HORROR AND FANTASY FILM POSTERS OF THE 80'S

This week I found another stack of clippings, these from VARIETY, in my unsorted box of monster ephemera. During the 80's film companies were heavily promoting their films, many of which were European imports. This is a mix of fantasy, science-fiction, sword & sorcery, horror and one for adults only thrown in for good measure.

THE MUMMY (DELL COMICS)

Well, Monster Kids, here's another Dell Comics adaptation of a Universal's classic monster movie.

Wrongly classified as a Dell Movie Classic according to some references, the indicia clearly indicates "THE MUMMY" with no volume or number -- just the date. This time, the art is by Jack Sparling and there is some speculation that the script might have been written by Don Segall (maybe even Don Arneson). No surprise that once again, the character's names have been changed and the plot doesn't follow the movie. But there is one surprise that didn't even happen in any of Universal's Mummy movies -- the monster speaks!

THE MUMMY

No number (One-shot)

September-November 1962

Dell Publishing Co. Inc. (Dell Comics)

Editor: Don Arneson

Cover: Vic Prezio?

Pages: 36

Cover price: 12-cents

Read FRANKENSTEIN HERE.

Read THE WOLFMAN HERE.

Read THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON HERE.

Read TALES FROM THE TOMB HERE and HERE.