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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Sept 12, 2015 9:46:33 GMT -5
I am getting excited for October and of course, Halloween. I want to have some reading arranged and while I know DC usually reigns supreme for horror from this era, I am interested in what Marvel titles have some good horror stories. So, outside Tomb of Dracula and Werewolf By Night, what is worth the read? Marvel Chillers? Beware? Chamber of Chills? Frankenstein? Vault of Evil? Let me know  |
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Post by fanboystranger on Sept 12, 2015 10:53:23 GMT -5
Steve Gerber's Man-Thing is my favorite Marvel horror book of the period, "Giant-Sized" or otherwise. It's Gerber at his most Gerber, full of social commentary, crazy ideas, and a general questioning of reality. Such a great book that's ahead of its time. A lot of great Mike Ploog art, too.
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Post by Cei-U! on Sept 12, 2015 11:32:52 GMT -5
The first five issues of Frankenstein are superb, as is the entire run of Tales of the Zombie. The Morbius stories in Vampire Tales are quite good but avoid the more super-heroish run in Fear. I also really like the Living Mummy series over in Supernatural Thrillers, and the adaptations of The Invisible Man, Dr. Jekyll & Mr Hyde and Robert E. Howard's Velley of the Worm that preceded it.
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Post by shaxper on Sept 12, 2015 21:46:58 GMT -5
Really, just about every Marvel b/w horror magazine from the 1970s was outstanding. One that is often overlooked is Haunt of Horrors, which (after issue #1) focused on Exorcist-style stories of demonic possession.
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Post by berkley on Sept 12, 2015 22:26:10 GMT -5
Haven't read it since it was on the stands but I was a big fan of Dracula Lives. I was a bit of a Dracula nut at the time, Stoker's novel being one of the first adult books I read as a kid; and even the Tomb of Dracula b/w mag that followed the demise of the colour comic had some excellent stuff from time to time.
I agree with fanboystranger that Man-Thing, including the (Journey into) Fear issues, is one of the greatest series of all time, in any genre.
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Post by MDG on Sept 14, 2015 9:56:58 GMT -5
If you're looking for individual stories (like EC or Warren) as opposed to continuing characters, issues of Vault of Evil an some of the others reprinted 50s Atlas stories. Not sure if they're pre- or post-code, or selected pre-codes submitted to the revamped CCA.
In the 90s, Marvel also put out two series of Atlas reprints: Curse of the Weird and Monster Menace that you can probably pick up cheap if you can find them. Some have new Ditko work in them.
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Post by Trevor on Sept 21, 2015 2:54:52 GMT -5
Anxious to do a complete Man-Thing read in October.
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Sept 21, 2015 7:16:53 GMT -5
Appreciate the feedback!
For some reading, I picked up Supernatural Thrillers #9 featuring the Living Mummy. And I could not stay away from DC so Unexpected #149 and a nice copy of Phantom Stranger #5 are making their way to me now. Perhaps I will add more!
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Post by benday-dot on Sept 22, 2015 18:44:50 GMT -5
If you're looking for individual stories (like EC or Warren) as opposed to continuing characters, issues of Vault of Evil an some of the others reprinted 50s Atlas stories. Not sure if they're pre- or post-code, or selected pre-codes submitted to the revamped CCA. In the 90s, Marvel also put out two series of Atlas reprints: Curse of the Weird and Monster Menace that you can probably pick up cheap if you can find them. Some have new Ditko work in them. I echo this, and lets not forget Marvel did have a few short lived attempts in the early 70's to more directly imitate DC's success with the two Houses of Secrets and Mystery, by issuing their own tandem of two Chambers (of Darkness and Chills) featuring, for a period of time, an anthology of original horror tales. And throw in Tower of Shadows here too and some nifty stories with some pretty fine art can be found in these books (Kirby, Steranko, J. Buscema, Everett, Heck, Trimpe, M. Severin, Brunner, Tom Sutton, Barry Windsor-Smith...) |
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Post by berkley on Sept 22, 2015 23:12:48 GMT -5
If you're looking for individual stories (like EC or Warren) as opposed to continuing characters, issues of Vault of Evil an some of the others reprinted 50s Atlas stories. Not sure if they're pre- or post-code, or selected pre-codes submitted to the revamped CCA. In the 90s, Marvel also put out two series of Atlas reprints: Curse of the Weird and Monster Menace that you can probably pick up cheap if you can find them. Some have new Ditko work in them. I echo this, and lets not forget Marvel did have a few short lived attempts in the early 70's to more directly imitate DC's success with the two Houses of Secrets and Mystery, by issuing their own tandem of two Chambers (of Darkness and Chills) featuring, for a period of time, an anthology of original horror tales. And throw in Tower of Shadows here too and some nifty stories with some pretty fine art can be found in these books (Kirby, Steranko, J. Buscema, Everett, Heck, Trimpe, M. Severin, Brunner, Tom Sutton, Barry Windsor-Smith...) yeah, it's too bad those titles didn't have longer runs. Great place to see those artists doing something different from the superhero stuff. |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Sept 23, 2015 3:51:21 GMT -5
If you're looking for individual stories (like EC or Warren) as opposed to continuing characters, issues of Vault of Evil an some of the others reprinted 50s Atlas stories. Not sure if they're pre- or post-code, or selected pre-codes submitted to the revamped CCA. In the 90s, Marvel also put out two series of Atlas reprints: Curse of the Weird and Monster Menace that you can probably pick up cheap if you can find them. Some have new Ditko work in them. I echo this, and lets not forget Marvel did have a few short lived attempts in the early 70's to more directly imitate DC's success with the two Houses of Secrets and Mystery, by issuing their own tandem of two Chambers (of Darkness and Chills) featuring, for a period of time, an anthology of original horror tales. And throw in Tower of Shadows here too and some nifty stories with some pretty fine art can be found in these books (Kirby, Steranko, J. Buscema, Everett, Heck, Trimpe, M. Severin, Brunner, Tom Sutton, Barry Windsor-Smith...) Ok, sold. |
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Post by Rob Allen on Sept 23, 2015 17:47:16 GMT -5
One of the more esoteric examples from this era is Marvel's two-issue experiment with a digest-size prose fiction magazine, Haunt of Horror (not to be confused with the later b&w comics magazine of the same title). This was the same size and shape as the science fiction and mystery magazines, some of which still exist (Analog, F&SF, Asimov's, Alfred Hitchcock's, Ellery Queen's). I liked it, and would have kept buying & reading it if they'd kept publishing it. diversionsofthegroovykind.blogspot.com/2008/10/haunt-of-horror-marvels-horror-prose.html |
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