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Reading a Stephen King story in "Shining in the Dark: Celebrating 20 Years of Lilja's Library", I found out that he based his story, "The Blue Air Compressor" on a comic which he once bought that contained female inflation. Here is the quote:

Part of the inspiration for this story came from an old E. C. horror comic book, which I bought in a Lisbon Falls drugstore. In one particular story, a husband and wife murdered each other simultaneous))- in mutually ironic (and brilliant) fashion. He was very fat; she was very thin. He shoved the hose of an aircompressor down her throat and blew her up to dirigible size. On his way downstairs a booby-trap she had rigged fell on him and squashed him to a shadow.

Does anyone have any clue about this? I remember seeing a male weight gain scene from a similar old 1950's-1960's horror comic where a man got fat and then got killed be belching while holding a sword in his mouth on YouTube, but this is not that scene. I have a feeling some of you might be interested in this one.

Posted by Kwasior Solone Frytki on 17 July 2023 at 18:29.

I too would like to find this

Posted by on 17 July 2023 at 21:18.

As a very big E.C. horror fan, I can tell you the scenario may have happened, but it didn't come from those comics. While King has said he's a fan, too, his written recollections of what issues he read decades ago as a kid have often been inaccurate or only partially correct, even if those memories as he remembers them have persisted (such as accidentally plagiarizing the story "℞... Death" for his own, later short story "Gray Matter"). It's worth looking into, as he could've been reading another horror comic entirely, but it's also possible he got the details confused.

Posted by Kwasior Solone Frytki on 17 July 2023 at 18:29.

»I remember seeing a male weight gain scene from a similar old 1950's-1960's horror comic where a man got fat and then got killed be belching while holding a sword in his mouth on YouTube...«

I can tell you, however, that that one's "Fed Up!" from Haunt of Fear #13.

Posted by Morbiose on 17 July 2023 at 22:39.

Unrelated : I found a NewGrounds Game Called Short and Sweet. Weight gain Starts at 0:26. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiJzrSH9Sjo

Posted by MR.E on 18 July 2023 at 03:51.

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