My scanner can never reproduce those neon-y Warren used sometimes for their logo, dammit.First up is a nice inside cover frontspiece by Berni Wrightson, and then the first story is "Stridespider Sponge-Rot"(wow, sounds like parody of Spongebob, thirty years ahead of time)by Doug Moench and Esteban Maroto, staring the recurring Warren voodoo character, The Spook(try getting these stories reprinted any time soon). Nice creepy atmosphere by Maroto.
Second is the final chapter of our cover star, "The Hunter", by Bill DuBay and Paul Neary. Hunter the Demon-Killer fights his arch-enemy Ofphal over nothing less than the end of the world!
Next is "Hide From the Hacker!" by Steve Skeates and Tom Sutton, a really creepy tale of a killer who only hunts police officers. Similar mood to From Hell but a lot shorter. Nice job by Skeates and Sutton.
Fourth is the color feature, "Child" by Greg Potter and Richard Corben. As well done as these Child stories were, I never really enjoyed them, they were so depressing. Corben's work has this tragic cartooniness, like you're reading a Sunday comic strip from Hell itself.
Next is "It: The Terror of Foley Mansion!" by Carl Wessler and Jose Gual, about an undead corpse with an undying need to protect its former home. Simple horror tale with classic elements, effectively told.
Last is "A Switch in Time..." by Gerry Boudreau and Isidro Mones, a gripping tale of murderous revenge. Mones' art is top-notch; the photo-realistic style makes you feel like this could've been turned into a Vincent Price movie with just a little effort. The grim, black humor ending works well, too.
A pretty good issue, overall. The sci-fi stuff like "Hunter" always sorta bored me, but considering how much of it they did it must have been popular. And the other stories are pretty much top-notch.
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