Author Bob Weinberg, who wrote Horror in the 20th Century, among others, saw our article on the Bela Lugosi DVD collection (see 'The Bela Lugosi Collection'), and took strong exception to the characterization of Edgar Allen Poe's 'Murders in the Rue Morgue:'

As a professional writer of comic books as well as novels, non-fiction books, and short stories, I read ICv2 every day with much interest.  Lots of important news.  But, somebody needs to get a clue about mysteries.  Calling Poe's story 'Murders in the Rue Morgue' mundane shows an abysmal knowledge of the mystery genre.  'Rue Morgue' is considered by most fiction experts as the first mystery short story, as well as the first detective short story.  It's probably been reprinted more than any other mystery story ever written, and I suspect has been read by perhaps a billion people.  It is definitely one of the most important mystery stories of all time and a lot more important that a rather minor Bela Lugosi flick.  It is definitely not mundane.