Monster Comics

[Hepcat]

Monster DC Superhero Crossovers

Nice! I never knew about that one.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Thanks for posting these great scans guys. I love me some horror comics, esp. when it spills over into mainstream super hero fare.

Which is why my wife and I are covering classic horror movies and super hero comics featuring classic monsters on our Super Mates podcast. So far we've covered Superman #344:



A word to the wise: The Jose Luis Garcia Lopez cover is the best part.

Today we post our second episode where we cover Hammer's Horror of Dracula, and a comic that ties into it rather closely, Detective Comics #455:



This is a GOOD one!!!

Check the show out, if you are so inclined.

http://www.supermatescomic.blogspot.com/

Chris

[Dr.Terror]

Frankie looks a bit like Riff Raff.

[Earth 2 Chris]

^It's astounding.

Chris

[Hepcat]

Here are scans of a few more of my House of Secrets comics:







I had fun posing for that last cover, yes I did! The MAN's Corgi car collection will never be quite the same though....

[geezer butler]

Some of my collected editions and graphic novels

tombc by geezer2014, on Flickr

tombdrac by geezer2014, on Flickr

tombdrac2 by geezer2014, on Flickr

[geezer butler]

marvelzomb by geezer2014, on Flickr

marvelzomb2 by geezer2014, on Flickr

[geezer butler]

godzilla4 by geezer2014, on Flickr

godzilla2 by geezer2014, on Flickr

godzilla3 by geezer2014, on Flickr

godzilla by geezer2014, on Flickr

[Hepcat]

Here are scans of a few House of Mystery comics featuring Neal Adams covers:

[Flower]

^^^^^

I can't figure out if the 'creature' in the last scan is a rat or a cat.   

[Earth 2 Chris]

^It's a Neal Adams cat.

Boy, Adams like child-endangerment on these covers, didn't he?

What's really odd, is that nearly all of DC's line had a spooky vibe to it for a few years in the early 70s. Nearly every super hero cover could have been a horror cover, save for the bright costumes. The change to the comics code really took hold at DC and Marvel.

Chris

[horrorhunter]

^It's a Neal Adams cat.

Boy, Adams like child-endangerment on these covers, didn't he?

What's really odd, is that nearly all of DC's line had a spooky vibe to it for a few years in the early 70s. Nearly every super hero cover could have been a horror cover, save for the bright costumes. The change to the comics code really took hold at DC and Marvel.

Chris

Also, when Joe Orlando came on board DC got monstered up big time in the late Silver Age through the Age Of Bronze. They called it the "Mystery Line", but it was horror through and through, and the best horror in comics at the time. I liked the Marvel horror comics of the time as well as Charlton, Gold Key, etc. But, for me nothing topped DCs excellent '70s monster comics. Even though Marvel had Ploog, and Charlton had some top talent, the stable of DC artists was unmatched in comics with Adams, Wrightson, Orlando, Kaluta, Jones, and others. Warren was the only publishing house with better art than DC on average, but that was Monster Magazine format. Counting mags nothing topped Warren with many of the DC guys plus Frazetta!, Corben, Kelly, Sanjulian, Gonzalez, and more. The only short run monster mag to rival Warren was Web Of Horror, with the Skywald mags getting close.

[Hepcat]

^^^^^

I can't figure out if the 'creature' in the last scan is a rat or a cat.   

Neither has anybody else. And that's what makes the cover such a classic!

[Hepcat]

Boy, Adams like child-endangerment on these covers, didn't he?

I asked Neal about that at a comic convention here in Toronto about ten years ago and he said he modelled the kids on those covers after his own kids!

Here are scans of a few of my House of Secrets comics with Neal Adams covers:

[Wicked Lester]

And one of my fave covers. Very pulp horror like.