A cool, its about to go all wrong cover by Frank Frazetta on this early issue of Eerie.On the inside cover is "Eerie's Monster Gallery!" this time about The Mummy, courtesy Wally Wood and Dan Adkins, and then appropriately the first story is "The Mummy Stalks!" by Archie Goodwin, Roy Krenkel, and Reed Crandall. You haven't seen anything until you've seen a werewolf jump out of a sarchopagus.
Second is "The Jungle", by Goodwin and Al Williamson, about two explorers not quite ready to deal with the horrors waiting for them deep in the jungle.
Third is "Black Magic", by Goodwin and Steve Ditko, about two competing sorcerers. Giving Ditko a sorcery tale was like throwing it right over the plate. Go ahead an knock it out of the park, Steve!
Next is "A Matter of Routine!" by Goodwin and Gene Colan, about a Regular Joe who suddenly steps into the world of the supernatural. As usual, Colan's work is top-notch. Colan didn't do that much work for Warren past these early issues, which is a shame, since they feature some of his best work, and that's saying something.
Fifth is "Dr.Griswold's File!" by Carl Wessler and Rocco Mastroserio, about a doctor who brings a corpse back to life to commit crimes for him! Absolutely flawless plan.
Next is the cover feature "The Swamp God!" by Goodwin and Angelo Torres, about some intrepid explorers(not the ones from "The Jungle", they're dead) who discover a dinosaur hidden in the deep, dark jungle. Nice wash work by Torres.
Last is "Vampire Slayer!" by Goodwin and Joe Orlando. It's about Baron Alexi, a self-professed fearless vampire killer, who gets involved with a woman with pale white skin and hair long enough to cover her neck. Hmmm....
A solid issue, highlighted by some fine, fine work by Ditko, Torres, Williamson, and especially Colan. For my money, I could've read a whole book of Goodwin/Colan tales....
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