"Weird Warped Tales of Lunatic Screaming Horrors!"
Skywald's SCREAM was the next title, after NIGHTMARE and PSYCHO, in the evolution of editor Al Hewetson's "Horror-Mood" cycle. Declared as Phase 3 of his mad dream, the main difference here is that the content for SCREAM was based on the suggestions of readers who had filled out the "Bunch of Questions" and "Bigger Bunch of Questions" surveys.
By this time, reliance on artists was mostly from overseas talent such as Pablo Marcos, Maelo Cintron and Zesar Lopez. This did not diminish the striking work produced for the magazine. As a matter of fact, the artist's singular styles provided a wholly unique look that was not often seen in other horror comic magazines. Hewetson was at the writer's helm and penned all the scripts.
This, the first issue of SCREAM is notable for the story, "The Comics Macabre" in which a character that is unmistakably Al Hewetson is killed by the characters who are unmistakably Clean Comic Crusaders, Dr. Fredric Wertham (referred to as "Doctor" in the story) and Len Darvin (as "Jarvin") in order to keep him from publishing his gory horror comics.
The next tale is another "inside" spoof starring underground comix creators Robert Crumb and Jay Lynch, in "The Strange Painting of Jay Crumb". Also, you will see a number of Bela Lugosi's DRACULA photo swipes and a reference to H.P. Lovecraft and his Necronomicon for good measure. And one more extra-special bonus -- only two pages of ads!
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SCREAM
Vol. 1 No. 1
August 1973
Skywald Publishing Corporation
Publishers: Sol Brodsky; Israel Walman
Editor: Al Hewetson
Cover: Vicente Segrelles
Pages: 68
Cover price: 75 cents
SKULL-CRACKING CONTENTS
"Prologue To A Scream"
Script: Al Hewetson
Pencils: Zesar Lopez
Inks: Zesar Lopez
Letters: ?
"I, Slime"
Script: Al Hewetson
Pencils: Jose Gual
Inks: Jose Gual
Letters: ?
"Weird Count, Black Vampire Bats And Lunatic Horrors"
Script: Al Hewetson
Pencils: José Rubio [as Rubio]
Inks: José Rubio [as Rubio]
Letters: ?
"This Archaic Breeding Ground..."
Script: Al Hewetson
Pencils: Jose Gual
Inks: Jose Gual
Letters: ?
"...Hickory Dickory Dock..."
Script: Al Hewetson
Pencils: Ferran Sostres
Inks: Ferran Sostres
Letters: ?
"Nosferatu: Where Lunatics Live"
Script: Al Hewetson
Pencils: Zesar Lopez
Inks: Zesar Lopez
Letters: ?
"The Skeleton In the Desert" (text story)
Text: Al Hewetson
Pencils: Maelo Cintron
Inks: Maelo Cintron
Letters: typeset
"The Tale Of The Perfect Crime"
Script: Al Hewetson
Pencils: Felipe Dela Rosa
Inks: Felipe Dela Rosa
Letters: ?
"The Comics Macabre"
Script: Al Hewetson
Pencils: Maelo Cintron
Inks: Maelo Cintron
Letters: ?
"The Strange Painting Of Jay Crumb"
Script: Al Hewetson
Pencils: Felipe Dela Rosa
Inks: Felipe Dela Rosa
Letters: ?
NOTE: Some of these stories were reprinted in the Spanish publication, DOSSIER NEGRO.
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