Eerie #2
In "The Thing from the Sea!", a chilling tale from Eerie #2 (1951), a mysterious deep-sea horror rises from the ocean's depths, threatening a coastal town with an ancient, unseen menace. Penciled and inked by Henry C. Kiefer, the story blends eerie suspense with the unsettling unknown, all wrapped in a striking cover by Wally Wood that captures the dread of the deep.
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Various facts such as the origin of the term "Justice is Blind" (from ancient Egyptian judges conducting trials in the dark), Cinderella's glass slipper being fur in the original fairy tale, the origin of the word "Wallop" (from Sir John Wallop who thrashed the French in 1514), the origin of the word "Rye" from the song "Coming Through the Rye" (it's a Scottish river), and the expression "Dead as a Herring" (from the fact that Herring die immediately upon being removed from water).
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