Mugged at the Jekyll & Hyde Club

Nope, this isn't a return to Jekyll Island (dig that recent sun 'n fun post HERE though if you wish to revisit it!), --because instead, we're held rather tightly in the devastating grip of a nifty gift shop momento, via the unfortunately defunct Jekyll and Hyde Club of Greenwich Village, NY (RIP 1999 - 2022.) This is a nice 'n sturdy, ceramic mug featuring the sculpted likeness of the good doc and the bad mister, as well as the famous quote from Henry Jekyll himself right there on the back. Thanks to the creepy Creeches, Frankenstars, and other throat assaultin' fanged fiends, I kind of feel like DJ & MH get somewhat forgotten during this glorious monster-filled, Halloween season. So hey, this post is deadicated to him-- errr, --them! And what, pray tell, mysterious potion are we guzzling from this macabre mug, you ponder? Just give me a few seconds, the answer will become quite bludgeoningly clear to you! (Bottom photo below by Jim Henderson.)

Hollow Hallowe'en

The 2026 Hollowe'en festivities have already begun over at THOIA (HERE!), so let's take a look at another young man with a few hollow spots deep within his not-so-nimble noggin'! Yes sir, planning a holiday shindig in the parent's cellar couldn't / shouldn't be this painfully difficult, but leave it to Johnny Prep and Polly to do their best / worst! From the December (not October!) 1948 issue of Aggie Mack #4, with art via good 'ol Al Feldstein, who (according to his 2013 biography) claims he actually produced this silly Archies wannabe story for Bob Farrell over at Superior. I've also added an old ad for Fun Balloons-- because what's a party (or anytime for that matter) without a couple of big 'n bouncy, beautiful fun balloons to play with now? BOMP!

Welcome to Clifton Hill!

Back in a mid-August AEET post HERE, I mentioned having visited Clifton Hill in Niagra Falls, Canada this summer, and only just now have I suddenly remembered that I never showed you some of the dang pix from this "Monster Mecca" tourist trap town of awesome! And of course October is an even better time to share these images now, because Clifton Hill is one seriously spook-filled place, almost obnoxiously overloaded with haunted houses, wax museums, rides, and a perplexin' plethora of amusements ominously designed to make you screeeeam --yep, even the ice scream! So once you've gotten an eyeful of that gorgeous giant waterfall, just turn around and head back inland a few blocks to start blastin' some ghosts, or stumble around inside a pitch black spook house or two, or three... errr, or four, plus go-karts, arcades, a Frankenstein themed roller coaster on the roof of a Burger King (!!!), Ripley's, Tussaud's, annnd etc etc. Sweet Jesus, don't ya dare even get me started on all of the tasty food 'n freakin' gift shops!

No, no, use ME for a trick or treat bag... please

So, however one chooses to be used 'n amused this October (yep, it's already October!), you can rest assured that AEET chooses to start the month in the exact same monstrous manner / mode as we'll likely be ending it-- with some terrifyin' tricks 'n tantalizin' treat actionz! This is one of the more unusual vintage Halco costume packages, mainly because as you can see in the scans below it also doubles as a plastic bag for your sugar saturated goodie accumulation on Halloween. Lots of fun artwork on both sides, great colors, and the portal on the back reveals that there is indeed one wickedly witchy costume inside! The last two images at the very end of this post are of another magnificently monstery mask I stumbled upon recently, --a vampire with a bat literally smashed right into his own frightful face! AIEEEE! Nice paint jobs featured on both masks here today though... I just wish the antique mall prices were better. Boo! *gack!

Watch Out for the Bogey Man!

Cute midcentury key art illustrations highlight this fun little 4-page article about superstitions, jinxes, luck charms 'n juju, etc... via the May 1950 issue of Bandwagon Volume 10 #5.

 

KGB Creech

Here's a neat old compilation album cover I saw the other day, featuring a fun illustration (artist signature near the top right), --and highlighted with a really cool Creech appearance too!

Hallowe'en Hauntin' Party

I've had a weirdly busy month, (apologies for the gaps between AEET posts), and to make up for it we'll just skip the rest of September and jump right into our annual Halloween Hootenanny --like everyone else online already has, apparently! And let's kick it off with a sampler platter of All Hallows themed highlights from Marvel's fantastic 1940's magazine devoted to the greatest invention of all time: the female! Miss America ran for 83 issues from 1944 to 1953, and was consistently packed with fun stuff like self-help articles, Hollywood hullabaloo, comics, fashion etc., and also included party ideas, holiday themed advertising, and even terrific text stories like what we'll be looking at today. I might have more MA stuff in the coming weeks, --including my own silly photoshop lunacy, --so stick around, horror business at AEET is just getting started!