Trashy Garish Over-The-Top Envelope Pushin' Monster Magazines!

horrorhunter · January 21, 2014, 02:03:22 PM

Marvel monster mags are of much greater quality than Eerie Pubs or *choke* Stanleys. However, they fall short of the excellence exhibited in the Warrens, and are appropriate for this thread. Really everything fell short of the Warrens except the three issue run of Web Of Horror, so any monster mag aside from Warrens have a home here. We don't love them any less than the Warrens, but we simply acknowledge their shortcomings.

Savage Tales was a superior effort by Marvel in the early '70s. With art by Neal Adams, Barry Smith, Al Williamson, Frank Brunner, and many other great talents, it cut deep like Conan's bloody blade. Presented are issues 1-5. The first issue even boasted the first appearance of Marvel's Man-Thing. And, no, even I won't lower myself to making Man-Thing jokes.

Strikingly spectacular cover by the great Neal Adams.

Another beautiful Adams cover.

horrorhunter · January 21, 2014, 02:10:42 PM

More purple prose from Archaic Al in the moldy pages of Skywald's excellent Nightmare. Issues 11-15 for your ogling pleasure.

Hepcat · January 21, 2014, 02:28:49 PM

Quote from: horrorhunter on January 21, 2014, 02:03:22 PM

Strikingly spectacular cover by the great Neal Adams.

Another beautiful Adams cover.

You gotta love those Neal Adams covers!

horrorhunter · January 23, 2014, 03:12:59 PM

In the mid '70s Marvel flooded the newsstands with several black and white monster mag titles and squeezed out several of the little guys. One of those little guys was Skywald. The end came for Skywald in early 1975. I like the Marvel mags, but I like the Skywalds even more. Most collectors consider the Skywalds inferior to the Warren Publications, but I'm one of those who place them as equal to the Warrens. The Skywalds are appropriate for this thread because of general opinion, and I had rather post them here than create a separate thread for them considering the few amount of Skywald issues. Click el linko for the short version of Skywald history.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skywald_Publications

horrorhunter · January 23, 2014, 03:23:40 PM

The first five issues of Monsters Unleashed from Mighty Marvel. Some great art here.

Boris cover goodness.

Great Adams cover.

horrorhunter · January 23, 2014, 03:35:49 PM

Here are the last few issues of Skywald's Scream, #s 6-11. The death knell had been sounded by Marvel's flooding the market. Horror-Mood piqued in this period with some classic storylines such as the controversial Saga Of The Victims.

Strangely beautiful Cushingesque cover by Faba.

horrorhunter · January 23, 2014, 03:44:12 PM

The iconic cover of Scream #10 posted above was used for the cover of The Great Monster Magazines (2008) written by Bobb Cotter. Good book, get one if you can.

Here's a review, so clicky already.

http://books.google.com/books/about/The_great_monster_magazines.html?id=oNQqAQAAIAAJ

Hepcat · January 23, 2014, 03:51:37 PM

Quote from: horrorhunter on January 23, 2014, 03:23:40 PM
The first five issues of Monsters Unleashed from Mighty Marvel. Some great art here.

Great Adams cover.

Once again the Neal Adams cover stands out for me.