This is issue #16 of Jim Steranko's classy "magazine of popular entertainment". Published on newsprint paper like THE MONSTER TIMES, he would later print his other publications in standard magazine format.
This is one killer issue, with a feature on Gil Kane and Richard Corben's graphic novels that were in development at the time. Kane's THE FLAME HORSE was never published and Corben's KING OF THE NORTHERN ABYSS, based on Robert E. Howard's story, "The Valley of the Worm" morphed into BLOODSTAR which found life with Morning Star Press. Also included in this issue are interviews with Bernie Wrightson and Vaughn Bode, a profile of Jack Davis and a feature on The Shadow.
I ache when you post one of these for not having the foresight to get them at the time. There's not a thing in this issue that wasn't of great interest to me at the time (or now for that matter). Thanks for giving me a chance to savor what I missed out on.
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