Comments on: You Decide ’09 – Who is Your Favorite Horror Comic Host?

By: OtakuLad

OtakuLad — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:24:57 +0000

Had to go with The Three Witches. Cynthia is way hotter than Vampirella. And Cain did participate in some HOM stories in the early days. I would have voted for Impy from Charlton’s “Haunted” if that was an option. Hard to beat a ghost narrator…

By: Omar Karindu, with the power of SUPER-hypocrisy!

Omar Karindu, with the power of SUPER-hypocrisy! — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:06:45 +0000

Hilariously, Destiny was just a Spectre recolor as far as anyone knows. (Yes, that Spectre, who’d ended up demoted to horror host at some point.)

By: Blackjak

Blackjak — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:10:04 +0000

Would have voted for the Phantom Stranger… There were a few tales that he merely introduced and didn’t participate in…

No Elvira, Mistress of The Dark???

Yeah, I’ll go with Destiny too…. Sinister and mysterious…

By: Andrew-TLA

Andrew-TLA — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:06:56 +0000

@Ruler Bulon: Digger was my first thought, too!

By: Andrew Collins

Andrew Collins — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:17:53 +0000

The only one of those I’ve read in any great quantity is House Of Mystery (thank you, Showcase editions) so I had to go with Cain…

By: Dalarsco

Dalarsco — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:35:09 +0000

I wanted to vote Lucien, but I couldn’t justify it because I never read him as a horror host. In fact, I didn’t know that was the case until right now. Loved Lucien in Sandman, but I have to go with Crypt Keeper for the best horror host.

By: Ganky

Ganky — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:52:55 +0000

Wow, I used to have that issue of Secrets of Sinister House when I was a kid! Haven’t thought about that in years or even remember the stories inside, but that cover is forever! Is that the one with some dudes from the middle ages using a magic circle to travel to a modern hospital? Or the criminal on the run who goes to a doctor to get his face changed, only to find he’s been horribly mutilated because the doctor was an alien or something? Aaah, good times!

By: Bucky Sinister

Bucky Sinister — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:36:58 +0000

Had to go with Cain here. The Cryptkeeper was the first, but I actually bought House of Mystery specifically because of Cain. The stories weren’t always the best, but Cain never failed to entertain. Can’t say that for anyone else on the list.

By: chill bill

chill bill — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:06:24 +0000

I remember getting House of Mystery back in the 70s, Cain has always been entertaining.

By: sgt rawk

sgt rawk — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:43:49 +0000

Vampirella, natch!

By: Mary Warner

Mary Warner — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:24:11 +0000

I’ve only read a handfull of horror books, so I’m really not equipped to judge. Of the ones I’ve seen, Destiny seems the most unique, so that’s a point in his favour.

But if I could I would vote for the Genesis trio of Cain, Abel, and Eve together because of Plop! That was one great series. I had hoped to be the first one to bring it up, but Kerry Callen beat me to it.

By: buttler

buttler — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:03:22 +0000

In lieu of the Phantom Stranger, I had to go with Destiny. I like ‘em grim and mysterious.

By: MarkAndrew

MarkAndrew — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:46:26 +0000

I’ve only really followed the Charlton books regularly – So the Midnight Philosopher and Arachne.

By: Aaron Thall

Aaron Thall — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:04:54 +0000

No way anybody can win this except Crypt Keeper. He’s just too well known compared to any of the rest. He is one spooky puppet.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:01:07 +0000

Or because he did participate?

Yep.

By: Black Manta

Black Manta — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:54:50 +0000

Why wouldn’t Phantom Stranger be considered? Were his stories not horror enough? Or because he did participate?

By: benday-dot

benday-dot — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:30:32 +0000

I probably would have gone for a Charlton host if the option was there, so instead I picked good old Cain. He was a great character, who on a the odd delightful occasion exceeded his role as host.

By: Kerry Callen

Kerry Callen — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:22:03 +0000

I wanted to go with Cain, Abel, AND Eve because of Plop!, but since I can only pick one– Cain.

By: Ruler Bulon

Ruler Bulon — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:11:31 +0000

What, no Digger? He fought the West Coast Avengers!

By: s1rude

s1rude — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:53:52 +0000

How to pick between Cain and Abel? I went for the former, cause, you know...murder. And, through the magical randomness of the late 70s/early 80s newstand spinner rack, one of my first comics was a House of Mystery that scared the crap out of me. In a good way. I also remember being enthused that they showed up in Swamp Thing and Blue Devil (and then some other comic that I think some people liked back in el dia) at a time when the shared universe idea was really important to me.