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Weird Tales is an old pulp horror anthology comic book. It's original run lasted between 1923 and 1954, though a revival has been started.

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This comic book provides examples of:

• Have a Gay Old Time: This comic is not eccentric: weird used to mean scary.
• Robert E. Howard: The magazine was the birthplace of Conan, Solomon Kane and Kull
• H. P. Lovecraft: Contributed several stories, most notably "The Call of Cthulhu".
• Magician Detective: For a time the magazine had stories featuring Harry Houdini.
• Tennessee Williams: Believe it or not, he submitted a story to the magazine, the Very Loosely Based on a True Story "The Vengeance of Nitocris".
  • It got a Comic Book Adaptation in Savage Sword of Conan #216, which was filled with Shout Out after Shout Out to Williams' other works.
    Conan: ... you will have to depend upon the kindness of strangers!

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We Have Always Lived In The Castle

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