At Last! More Nonsense from Paul! - Old Comics - "The Dangerous Doll"

Feb. 21st, 2007

01:02 pm - Old Comics - "The Dangerous Doll"

Do you know where all your action figures are? Here's a silly one from JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #63 (December 1960), courtesy of Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby. Horror fans will regret the lack of gore; I think the doll is sufficiently creepy without additional bloodletting. I don't think it would be TOO darn hard to find an ordinary action figure, then successfully modify it using a well-chosen turnip. After that, who knows what might happen?

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Read the story before you read the "comments," to avoid Spoilers. By the way, the Copyright on this story was not renewed after its original publication.

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From:	the_gneech
Date:	February 21st, 2007 06:44 pm (UTC)

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Well, if that wasn't the sweetest little evil doll EVAR!

-TG

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From:	paulcurtis
Date:	February 22nd, 2007 01:24 am (UTC)

the sweetest little evil doll

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...Beating out even "Talky Tina!" (From that TWILIGHT ZONE episode with Telly Savalas.)

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From:	medox
Date:	February 21st, 2007 07:30 pm (UTC)

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Aww! For some reason I love the panel with the little doll/alien eating a slice a bread on the table. I think it's the expression on his face.

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From:	paulcurtis
Date:	February 22nd, 2007 01:22 am (UTC)

I think it's the expression on his face

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Y'know, with your grasp of design and alterna-cuteness, you should keep an eye out for the Jack Kirby stories I put up. There's something amazingly solid and structural, yet dynamic and even personal, about his characters. The Doll guy being a perfect example!

When I find the Xeroxes, I'm gonna post "Mr. Morgan's Monster"...about robots...and you should get a kick out of the early robot designs. And the baby-faced monster of the title is darn cute, on its own merits.

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From:	medox
Date:	February 23rd, 2007 04:04 am (UTC)

Re: I think it's the expression on his face

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I was so enamored of the little alien dude, I put him in my sketchbook...

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From:	weaselwoman13
Date:	February 22nd, 2007 01:47 am (UTC)

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Aww! I'm so glad the creepy dolly turned out to be nice after all. In retrospect, it was highly unlikely that they would have killed off these lovely unfortunate people, but you never know..

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From:	weaselwoman13
Date:	February 22nd, 2007 01:50 am (UTC)

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Whatever happened to all the doll doody? Do they have toilets where the alien is from? Did the comics code not allow you say "doody"?

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From:	paulcurtis
Date:	February 22nd, 2007 02:04 am (UTC)

Did the comics code not allow you say "doody"?

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Funny you'd ask that...the answer is "no, it didn't." The topic was pretty much verboten.

I'm guessing the youthful alien snuck out of the house when necessary.

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From:	jheaton
Date:	February 22nd, 2007 07:39 pm (UTC)

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Judging from the way she's carrying that enormous gold brick with one hand, even if her dad's business fails, she'll have a lucrative career ahead of her as a circus strong woman.

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