BEFORE THEY WERE SCREAM QUEENS: MARLA ENGLISH

Like so many other women who became actresses, the lovely Marla English was first a model. She signed with Paramount where she received modest success and at one time was paid well. However, her flame burned out pretty quickly and she resorted to playing in B-movies, including THE SHE CREATURE (1956) and VOODOO WOMAN (1957), after which she married and retired from Hollywood at the ripe old age of 25.

This pictorial of a 20-year-old Marla English is from MEN (May 1955), published by Martin Goodman.

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THE THING THAT COULDN'T DIE!

We're all familiar with plant-based foods by now, but how about a plant-based monster? Well, of course we have! There's THE HEAP, MAN-THING, SWAMP THING and a few others that have had their moment in the sun getting their muddy, mucky bodies dried out in the meantime.

The comic shown here today is an adaptation of Theodore Sturgeon's short story, "It!", which was first published in the pulp magazine, UNKNOWN (August 1940). It is still highly-regarded among other stories about swamp monsters and muckmen.

SUPERNATURAL THRILLERS

Vol. 1 No. 1

December 1972

Magazine Management Co., Inc. (Marvel Comics)

Editor: Stan Lee

Cover: Jim Steranko

Script: Roy Thomas

Pencils: Marie Severin

Inks: Frank Giacoia

Lettering: Sam Rosen

Pages: 36

Cover price: 20 cents

FULL MOON RISES -- WEREWOLF KILL!

Just a few months after his short stint in MARVEL SPOTLIGHT, WEREWOLF BY NIGHT got his own title. Gerry Conway and Mike Ploog continue to provide the script and art respectively.

WEREWOLF BY NIGHT

Vol. 1 No. 1

September 1972

Magazine Management Co., Inc. (Marvel Comics)

Editor: Roy Thomas

Cover: Mike Ploog

Script: Gerry Conway

Art: Mike Ploog

Inks: Frank Monte (Frank Chiaramonte)

Lettering: John Costanza

Pages: 36

Cover price: 20 cents