If memory serves, this is the only Creepy in my collection to sport this new, slicker logo. I guess the old drippy one didn't seem "eighties" enough? (Didn't last long, though--they went back to the classic one just long enough for Creepy to go belly up)The imposing cover is by Jeff Easely, and after an Uncle Creepy frontspiece by Rudy Nebres, we have "The Terrible Truth About Danny!" by Will Richardson and Martin Salvador. A creepy(jeez, I gotta get a thesaurus) tale of a boy with amazing powers, but doesn't know how to control them, straightforwardly told and well done.
Second is "The Saga of Popeye Jackson!" by Gerry Boudreau and Paul Neary, about a guy who finds his brain put in a robot body. Somebody call Adam Link!
Third is "Working Class Hero!" by Roger McKenzie, Carmine Infantino, and Alfredo Alcala, a goofy tale of a 9 to 5 office nebbish who longs for adventure, and gets it. Charmingly silly, and Infantino and Alcala make a nice team.
Next is "The Last Voyage of Sinbad" by Budd Lewis and Fred Carrillo which is, as the title indicates, the final adventure of Sheherazade's creation. Much fun, even if Carrillo's work here is a little gloomy; I would've liked to have seen more Sinbad stories via Warren.
"He Who Lives!" is by Lewis and Daniel Bulandi, a short(six pages) mystical/futuristic tale of Lord Purge, who hunts down and eradicates all evil. Somehow, a vampire is worked into this story, too! Not terribly involving, though it ends before it really wears out its welcome.
Last is "Strategic Retreat" by John Ellis Sech and Herb Arnold, a tale of a bloody war between two races of beings, with one thing in common--they wanna get paid. Arnold's art is cartoony in a Corben-esque manner, not bad.
Not a bad issue, not a great one--no instant classics, but no dreck, either.
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I'm not a big fan of later Warrens, but I enjoy seeing Infantino teamed with a variety of inkers, usually with pretty interesting results.
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