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

[horrorhunter]

Web Of Horror is my favorite monster magazine. I'm posting these again because these scans are much better than the previous ones. I think the three issues of Web Of Horror rivaled the excellence of the very best of Warren Publishing due to the sheer raw talent of the artists and writers. Lots of Wrightson goodness here along with Jeff Jones, Ralph Reese, and many more. Best of the best.

http://enjolrasworld.com/Richard%20Arndt/Web%20Of%20Horror.htm

Superior work by the great Jeff Jones.


Another fantastic Jeff Jones cover.


Spectacular Wrightson Yeti cover.


http://comicbookcatacombs.blogspot.com/2009/09/skin-eaters-web-of-horror-1-dec-1969.html

I'm posting Horrors Of Spider Island here because the adorable little spider monster looks a lot like Webster, the host for Web Of Horror. Whomever made Webster up must have seen the movie and based the little guy on it. Another good reason to post it is it's full of hot chicks. And we shall view it with a dash of MST3K. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtoH-yPwZKE&feature=player_detailpage

[horrorhunter]

Wrightson!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEMPCVvzRKs#ws


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCLNaAVgspM&feature=player_detailpage

[Wicked Lester]

I thought I'd give the full link for anyone that has the time. These download SLOW and cover scans are very incomplete which makes these all the more desirable

BTW is issue 1 of Pit of Evil an early Corben piece? Looks like it might be.

http://www.ausreprints.com/content/main/?group=16191

ENJOY!

Ok 24 hours later I took another look at Pit of Evil and I'm thinking more Tom Sutton than anything.

[horrorhunter]

Here are the last three issues of Nightmare, along with Annual, Special, and Yearbook. A sad farewell to a great monster magazine.

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23, the last issue, dated Feb. 1975

[horrorhunter]

I thought I'd give the full link for anyone that has the time. These download SLOW and cover scans are very incomplete which makes these all the more desirable

BTW is issue 1 of Pit of Evil an early Corben piece? Looks like it might be.

http://www.ausreprints.com/content/main/?group=16191

ENJOY!

Ok 24 hours later I took another look at Pit of Evil and I'm thinking more Tom Sutton than anything.

It does look Suttonesque, with the general chaos and the eyes. Sutton was very prolific. If this is a Sutton piece he was painting above himself. Maybe there were really good recreational pharmaceuticals involved. 

BTW, thanks muchly for the link above. Those Aussie covers are great! 

[jimm]

HH, you have a stellar mag collection I must say...

[horrorhunter]

HH, you have a stellar mag collection I must say...

Thank you, jimm. I had a few from decades ago, but I started diligently building my monster mag collection about 15 years ago. They take up a lot of room, but it's worth it being able to read them anytime. I have about 3K now, and I'm glad I'm about finished with some of the current prices on these things. I bought most of them when they were fairly inexpensive. I couldn't afford to re-buy them now. Mostly what I buy now are a few current publications like Scary Monsters, Monsters From The Vault, and Famous Monsters.

[horrorhunter]

Monsters And Things was a Famous Monsters competitor that jumped on the monster bandwagon in the late '50s. It only ran two issues. It came out in 1959 (when I did  ). There were a few of these titles that tried to capitalize on the popularity of monsters during the Shock Theater craze- Monster Parade and World Famous Creatures were two of the best. The only one to really last, besides FM, was Journal Of Frankenstein in a different incarnation as Castle Of Frankenstein by Calvin Beck. I'll eventually get around to posting those, as well.

[horrorhunter]

Another great '70s Marvel mag is Dracula Lives!. These have very nice art by Neal Adams, Mike Ploog, Gene Colan, Jim Starlin, Alan Weiss, and many more. Presented are the first five issues.

Cool Vallejo cover on #1.




Classic Neal Adams cover on #3.

[Wicked Lester]

I like the cover of that Monsters and Things first issue. Reminds me of the Pulp title Thrilling Mystery from the 30's early 40's.

WL

[horrorhunter]

I like the cover of that Monsters and Things first issue. Reminds me of the Pulp title Thrilling Mystery from the 30's early 40's.

WL

Good point, WL. It does look very Pulpish. I wish one of the UMA members with lots of Pulps would start a thread about those and post some of those covers. I never got into collecting them but I love those spectacular covers.

[Hepcat]

Another great '70s Marvel mag is Dracula Lives!.

Classic Neal Adams cover on #3.

My eyes are invariably drawn to any Neal Adams covers!

[horrorhunter]

Shown are the last four issues of Psycho, along with Annual and Yearbook. Thanks to Archaic Al Hewetson for a very entertaining trip through the Horror-Mood. Alan Hewetson passed away in 2004. He is missed.

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

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23  Another hot Boada cover.


24  The last issue dated March, 1975. This issue signaled the end of Skywald Horror-Mood.







A parting note on collecting Skywald monster magazines. They are tough to find, especially in high grade. The later issues seem to be much more scarce than the earlier ones. Unless you have deep pockets you may have to settle for mid or even low grade on some issues. If you go the eBay route they can be found but most have expensive single issue buy-it-now prices. You will get a better deal winning an auction lot, but you end up with duplication. If you just want to read the great stories check the link earlier in the thread. It took me a long time and a lot of $ to finish my Skywald runs but it was worth it. As evidenced by the scans in this thread most of mine are mid-grade, some are high-grade, and some are low-grade. There is just something about having, and reading, and smelling, the original issues with those great old ads. Nothing like it. Happy collecting.

[Hepcat]

A parting note on collecting Skywald monster maazines. They are tough to find, especially in high grade. The later issues seem to be much more scarce than the earlier ones.

My impression too.

[Wicked Lester]

As an add on I'll say that the Skywald actual comic books which are mostly western and jungle seem to be skyrocketing in asking price. I saw a couple today in higher grade asking almost 4x guide. Whether people actually get these crazy prices is an other matter but because they are HTF I guess sellers will always be pushing the envelope looking for collectors who don't research. I have almost all the Skywald westerns and admit that I paid for F+ copies what was almost 2x guide because that was really not that much $ wise at the time. The Heap comic is all over the place ranging from $10-30 for the same grade. Waiting for that P.T Barnumish sucker.

WL