Archie Goodwin)
Overall
review
Creepy is an
excellent sampler of the titular magazine’s superb early, macabre morality
tales, one that thrilled me as a preteen and thrilled me anew as a
fifty-year-old man. If these succinct stories are predictable and doomy, they
have something that a lot of newer horror works don’t: succinct, plot- and
character-driven storylines, great iconic artwork and an Aesop’s Fables vibe
that makes these Creepy entries stick in one’s mind. Highly recommended
for readers who love older horror stories, comic books and great illustrations.
Stories
“Sand
Doom” – Archie Goodwin (author), Al Williamson (illustrator):
A ruthless, desert adventurer accidentally falls into treasure room a scantily clad
priestess of Nepthy and lots of snakes.
“Overworked”
– Archie Goodwin (author), Wallace Wood & Dan Adkins
(illustrators): Allan, a comic book writer/artist, finds that his life is being
swallowed by his relentless job demands.
“Untimely
Tomb!” – Archie Goodwin (author), Angelo Torres (illustrator): After
a doctor (Beamish) accidentally contributes to a woman being married alive, his
life take a turn toward murder and further horror.
“Vampires
Fly at Dusk!” – Archie Goodwin (author), Reed Crandall
(illustrator): Carlos and Elena Orsini, a count and countess, move into an old
villa in a small village and a rapid string of killings ensue. Do they have
something to do with them?
“Werewolf”
– Larry Ivie (author), Frank Frazetta (illustrator): In the Gonteekwa
Valley in Africa, a confident big-game hunter is hired to track and shoot a giant
wolf, thought to be a supernatural creature.
“Grave
Undertaking” – Archie Goodwin (author), Alex Toth
(illustrator): In Merry Olde England, two resurrectionists get too greedy and
pay a grisly price.
“Curse
of the Full Moon!” – Archie Goodwin (author), Reed Crandall
(illustrator): Bavaria. Sir Henry Langston’s coachman is ripped apart by a werewolf,
leading him to deal with gypsies and hunt it.
“Collector’s
Edition!” – Archie Goodwin (author), Steve Ditko
(illustrator): An intense bibliophile and lover of rare books, Colin Danforth, seeks
such a tome (Marquis Lemode’s Dark Visions), unaware that it most
certainly will illustrate his doom.
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