Great cover by Gray Morrow! Spooky and weird, this looks like it could've come right from a paperback book. Sa-weet!"Eerie's Monster Gallery" is all about zombies this time, featuring an unsettling portrait of a throng of them, staring right at you, by Roy Krenkel. Run!
First up is "House of Evil!" by Archie Goodwin and Joe Orlando, about a man receiving a mysterious summons by his brother to come to a spooky haunted house. Gruesome and fun.
Next is "Hatchet Man" by Goodwin and Gene Colan, who did a lot of work for Warren early on, all of it uniformily excellent. A homicidal killer walks the streets; can the police find him before he hacks up another victim?
Third is "Gnawing Fear!" by Ron Parker and Rocco Mastroserio, about a nasty, unfeeling chemist working on a new rat poison. You should always be kind to animals, even rats...
Following that is "Shrieking Man!" by Goodwin and Steve Ditko. Ditko does a great job on the tale of two psychiatrists working in an insane asylum, one with a terrible secret. Fifth is "Undying Love!" by Goodwin and Donald Norman(?), a story set in the 15th century about a count who asks a wizard to create a potion to have the beautiful Esmerelda fall in love with him. As happens a lot in these early Warrens, be careful what you wish for!
The final story is "Island at the World's End!" by Goodwin and cover artist Gray Morrow, about a mysterious island(at the world's end, presumably) and a sea captain who falls for a beautiful, seductive woman named Cthylla who resides there. The unusual setting is nice and Morrow does his usual fine job. His sea captain reminds one of Gregory Peck as Ahab in Moby Dick, a cool touch I thought.
Warren was really doing well with Eerie, right out of the gate like they did with Creepy, and picking up speed. A solid issue.
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