Another theme collection, courtesy of the Warren archives!This is a pretty good selection of material--it leads of with the excellent "Curse of the Vampire" by Archie Goodwin and Neal Adams. Adams really pulled out all the stops on these Warren jobs--along with his trademark innovative layouts, he used different techniques like washes, directly-reproduced pencils, etc. It's a great story, well told.
Next is "A Flash of Lightning" by Gerry Boudreau and someone you wouldn't think of doing a vampire story, John Severin. The story is set in the Old West, so Severin still got to do his horses and cowboys, but with the creepy vampire element thrown in. Third is the semi-pretentiously titled "Like Icarus, Quickly Falling" by Roger McKenize and Leopold Sanchez, another story set in America's past.
McKenize has another story "A Game of Hide and Seek" (drawn by Leo Duranona) which is a full-bore gory horror story, full of blood-dripping bodies, giant swarms of rats, etc. Ew. Next is the EC-esque "Swamped" by Archie Goodwin and Angelo Torres, which combines the unlikely settings of vampires and the bayou. "Day of the Vampire 1992" (ah, the future!) by Bill DuBay and Gonzalo Mayo s unfortunately one of those stories (you know the kind) where a couple of pages in, you find yourself saying "um, what the hell is going on?"
After the usual Captain Company ad section, we get to the "Special Ad" promised on the front cover(!)--a chance to buy Genuine Soil from Dracula's Castle...for only a mere $17.95!* Who the hell would buy this, and just how much did they pay Jim Warren to get their ad mentioned on the front cover??
*limit 3 per customer
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That cover alone is so awesome that I just opened another window, logged onto eBay, and bought one.
Shazam!
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