Creepy #98 - Warren

An unusual cover look for Creepy; they usually didn't do the whole incorporating-the-text look, but I thought this cover, by Attila Hejje, was really cool and effective.

First is "The Alien Factor" by Budd Lewis and Jose Ortiz, about a weird little blob that shows up in a small Texas Town circa 1973, and the less-than-thought-out reaction to it.

Second is "Helen Horror Hollywood" by Gerry Boudreau and Leo Duranona, about a young woman whose love of movies crosses into obsession.

Next is "Graveyard Shift" by the great Bruce Jones and Leopold Sanchez, about a late-night DJ who gets a call from someone saying the stranger is coming to kill him! Great paranoid-y type tale with nice moody wash work by Sanchez.

Fourth is "Starlet, Starlet, Burning Bright" by Boudreau and...well, the story is credited to Ramon Torrents, but I think it's a safe bet it was by Carmine Infantino and Dick Giordano(who are listed as contributors on the contents page):
...you don't have to be comics-art expert to recognize that's Infantino!

It's a really grim tale of a woman who meets a G.I. and they fall in love, but with a tragic end. It's an odd combo; seeing a very Warren-esque tale told with a very DC-type style, but it works.

Last is "The Image Makers" by Nicola Cuti and Ortiz, about two intrepid inventors who come up with a device to create real-looking holograms, and plan to get rich. Of course, one of them plans to get a little more rich than the other...

And as the cover promises, this issue does contain lots of Star Wars merchandise, like t-shirts(had some), action figures(had 'em all), bedsheets(check), and lightsabers(that, too!). Send your money in today!