Pulpy, smart, and scary, the stories in "Creepy" constituted some of the best shortform horror fiction ever told in comics. With legendary comics writer/editor Archie Goodwin both editing the magazine and crafting most of its storytelling, "Creepy" was at once a newsstand favorite with fright fans, and a vaunted showcase of fine comics art for serious fans of the art form. For decades, the only sources for these stories were the expensive collectible original issues. Now Dark Horse is collecting all of the original material ...
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Pulpy, smart, and scary, the stories in "Creepy" constituted some of the best shortform horror fiction ever told in comics. With legendary comics writer/editor Archie Goodwin both editing the magazine and crafting most of its storytelling, "Creepy" was at once a newsstand favorite with fright fans, and a vaunted showcase of fine comics art for serious fans of the art form. For decades, the only sources for these stories were the expensive collectible original issues. Now Dark Horse is collecting all of the original material from the history of "Creepy" magazine into a hardcover archive library that is garnering rave reviews from fans and critics alike! * ..". this superlatively packaged "Creepy Archives" hardcover is a fine denouement for fans of EC and comics history." Boston Weekly Dig * Grab your "bleeding" glasses and crack open this fourth big volume, collecting "Creepy" issues #16#20. "Since the stock is much finer than the authentic newsprint, visually, these pages are better than the originals, with moodly, dark blacks that punctuate the shock endings." Publishers Weekly"
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Crandall, Reed, Frank Frazetta, Roy Krenkel, Gray Morrow, Joe Orlando, John Severin, Angelo Torres, Al Williamson, Ben Oda,... Fine in Fine jacket. Comic/Graphic Novel Book is in excellent condition with black leatherette covers, gold embossed art at front, gold print at spine, decorated endpapers. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket is Fine also, now wrapped in protective clear cover. 237 pages on glossy paper with color covers of the individual comic books, b&w pages of the comics with ads for such things as 10 foot inflatable snake, Meat eating plant, Terrifying books, Watch the miracle of birth before your very eyes, Monster foot, Human skeleton, Live monkey, etc. Reprinted from the original comic books in 1966, 1967 and 1968, contains Creepy comics # 16--#20.
