Ah, memories of Creepys gone by with this reprint of Frazetta's cover from Creepy #5, made all the more poginant when you know that this was the next-to-last issue of the magazine. *sigh*It says "Collector's Edition" on the cover, an indication of an all-reprint issue. Man, this is getting hard to type. Let's see what's inside...
"Forgotten Flesh" by Doug Moench and Vincente Alcazar--graverobbers get what's coming to them! (Creepy #64)
"For The Sake of Your Children!" by E.A. Fedory and Jaime Brocal. Something is happening to all the village children, something deadly. Very gory with some sexy vampire babes, always fun. (Creepy #45)
"It!" by Tom Sutton, a brilliantly-executed(no pun intended) story about a creature who rises from the grave. The first three pages are told in sixteen panels each, all the same size, and then the story opens up for the finale. A great tale, a classic. (Creepy #53)
Next is "In Darkness It Shall End!" by Moench and Alcazar again, a straightforward vampire tale, featuring Alcazar in a more photo-realistic style. Not bad, but nothing groundbreaking. (Creepy #76)
Next is "The Ghouls!" by Carl Wessler and Martin Salvador--more graverobbers, though with a gory, goofy twist. (Creepy #61)
Poe's "Berenice" is adapted by Rich Margopolous and Isidro Mones, a tale of a man driven mad(duh, it was Poe!). Excellent rendered by Mones. (Creepy #70)
Last is "The Terror-Stalked Heiress!" by Wessler and Jose Gual, a very silly and charming story of an air-headed heiress(who's, like, so hot) constantly threatened by nasty demons, but is under the protection of her dead uncle Tom. Yes, I typed that right. (Creepy #72)
...as usual with these "best of" collections, its an excellent issue sine there was so much good material to perm from. Yeah, its sad that Creepy was doing so many all-reprint issues near the end, but at least it was all good stuff!
1 comment:
Looks awesome. I like the artwork of Tom Sutton. It's more expressionistic and cartoony than some others.
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