First up is Vampi herself of course, in a story by Bill DuBay and Jose Gonzalez:
This story involves no less than a space alien (I mean, another one) who comes for Vampirella as she lays unconscious in an isolation ward. Meanwhile, two petty thieves are messing around with an ancient tome, and causing all kinds of havoc, like this absolutely priceless panel:
...that is classic. Nicely done, Mr. Gonzalez.
Turns out the monsters are friendly monsters--despite their appearance--and they are here to help Vampi by taking her to a place where she will be accepted. Wow, a happy ending for once!
Next is "U.F.O." by Josep Toutain and Ramon Torrents:
Turns out the monsters are friendly monsters--despite their appearance--and they are here to help Vampi by taking her to a place where she will be accepted. Wow, a happy ending for once!
Next is "U.F.O." by Josep Toutain and Ramon Torrents:
A reporter visits who she thinks is a mad man, claiming he has evidence of aliens. The government is more than skeptical, but this "mad man" turns out to very, very, right.
Next is probably the best piece in the book, "Beautiful Screamer", by Bruce Jones and Leopold Sanchez:
Next is probably the best piece in the book, "Beautiful Screamer", by Bruce Jones and Leopold Sanchez:
...a classic tale of sex, greed, duplicity, and murder. It reads like a classic EC Shock Suspenstory, complete with twist ending. Sanchez draws the most beautiful evil woman you ever saw.
A change of pace is next, with "Time Ticket", by Gerry Boudreau and Esteban Maroto, turning in his usual breathtaking art job:
A seductive witch offers anyone their heart's content, her price a mere seven minutes of their life. Who could say no to that?
Next is another nice change of pace, a straight ahead creeping monster story called "The Fog" by our pal Nick Cuti with art by Carmine Infantino and Dick Giordano:
A change of pace is next, with "Time Ticket", by Gerry Boudreau and Esteban Maroto, turning in his usual breathtaking art job:
Next is another nice change of pace, a straight ahead creeping monster story called "The Fog" by our pal Nick Cuti with art by Carmine Infantino and Dick Giordano:
...two real eggheads find themselves chased by a malevolent, killer cloud of death, but it turns out their big brains don't really help them much.
Last is "By Treason's Knife" by Boudreau and Sanchez:
Last is "By Treason's Knife" by Boudreau and Sanchez:
Finished off with eighteen pages of Captain Company ads (Superman and Batman radios---neat-o!), this is a superb issue of Vampirella--diverse stories, all of them very good to great, with fine art all around. A real winner of an issue.
4 comments:
What the hell! why doesn't today's comic art look like Jose Gonzalez's stuff damit!
I have been checking out your site for a while and have never sent you a comment to tell you how cool it is. I am a big fan of old Warren mags and related zines. You get into the material deeply..thanks. I loved Jose Gonzalez and all the Warren illustrators.
I am planning a post on Blazing Combat soon at my site and will nudge you when it is done.
Great stuff and I will comment more.
bill-
thanks for stopping by and commenting!
swinebread--
yeah, a lot of the work in these warren mags are is pretty startling sometimes. i love that monster panel--its goofy and scary and weird all at once.
The posts you make on the Warren mags are always my favorites. The artwork of José González, Esteban Maroto and other latin artists was just fantastic! So different from the hordes of Jack Kirby clones one would see elsewhere.
In fact I just bought a Zatanna 4 part mini-series from Ebay just because it featured Esteban Maroto art.
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