CREEPY NO. 7 (PART 1)

Yet another classic early issue of Warren's CREEPY, this one from February 1966. And yet another memorable cover from Frank Frazetta (love that background!). Archie Goodwin continues to write well-plotted stories with the familiar EC Comics twist ending.

All the artists are at the top of their game and provide excellent page layouts, especially Alex Toth's crazy panel designs and Gray Morrow's skilled ink wash work.

On the "Dear Uncle Creepy" letters page, readers get to see their first glimpse of Cousin Eerie. While not included in the Table of Contents, this is also the first appearance of The Creepy Fan Club Page which includes a bio on Frazetta and a sample of fan art.

NOTE: Ben Oda does all the lettering for the stories in this issue with the exception of Alex Toth's.

CREEPY

Vol. 1 No. 7

February 1966

On sale date: November 20, 1965

Warren Publishing Co.

Publisher: James Warren

Editor: Archie Goodwin

Cover: Frank Frazetta (illustrating the interior story, "The Duel of the Monsters")

Pages: 68

Cover price: 35 cents

CONTENTS

"The Duel of the Monsters!"

Script: Archie Goodwin

Art: Angelo Torres

"Image of Bluebeard!"

Script: Bill Pearson

Art: Joe Orlando

"Creepy's Loathsome Lore: Werewolves"

Script: Archie Goodwin

Art: Frank Frazetta

"Rude Awakening!"

Script: Archie Goodwin

Art: Alex Toth

"Drink Deep!"

Script: Otto Binder

Art: Joe Orlando

"The Body Snatcher!"

Script: Archie Goodwin (adapted from the story by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Art: Reed Crandall

"Blood of Krylon!"

Script: Archie Goodwin

Art: Gray Morrow

UNIVERSAL LADIES BY ROMAN FREULICH

Here are more of Roman Freulich's studio photographs. This set features ladies who appeared in Universal's horror films.

EXTRA!

MARS ATTACKS ON MONDAY!

As we learned in the last installment, when Len Brown was hired on at Topps and began work on the Mars Attacks trading card set, Woody Gelman was the company's creative director. Gelman had been an animator and comic book writer himself (ACG, DC, Eastman Color funny animal stories), and co-created the Bazooka Joe mini waxed comic strip that was found in each piece of the iconic bubble gum brand.

Gelman had a hand in many of the card ideas and his layouts were penciled by veteran comic artist Bob Powell while illustrator Norman Saunders painted most of them (Geoffrey Biggs and Maurice Blemenfeld were the others).

Len Brown recalled: "Woody Gelman's theory was that every card should look like either a pulp cover or a movie poster or a paperback jacket -- the viewer should have an 'Oh, my gosh!" reaction when they see it. He really wanted each card to tell a story."

NEXT: Burning Flesh!