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Any fans of Comics Magazines like Heavy Metal, Vampirella, Savage Sword of Conan?

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  • samurainoir
    Eloquent Member
    • Dec 26, 2006
    • 18758

    Any fans of Comics Magazines like Heavy Metal, Vampirella, Savage Sword of Conan?

    Heavy Metal is still around, but on the whole, I really miss the mature readers comics magazines we had back in the day on the newsstands. What were some of your favourite titles?

    I really loved the Warren titles like Creepy, Eerie, Vampirella. Marvel's Savage Sword of Conan, Deadly Hands of Kung Fu, The Rampaging Hulk, Monster's Unleashed, and Epic Illustrated.

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  • Earth 2 Chris
    Verbose Member
    • Mar 7, 2004
    • 32498

    #2
    I read a lot of Heavy Metal in college. We carried it at the comic shop I worked at. We kept it on the top shelves, because my boss was always afraid of someone freaking out over them.

    Drunna comes to mind...and I understand why he was so worried! WOW!!!

    Chris
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    • Marvelmania
      A Ray of Sunshine
      • Jun 17, 2001
      • 10392

      #3
      I was a huge fan of the Conan and Kazer magazines

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      • Makernaut
        Persistent Member
        • Jul 22, 2015
        • 1546

        #4
        Bought a lot of "Savage Sword of Conan" as a high schooler and tapered off to the occasional one in my early twenties. Found a used book store when I went through school in Pensacola in 1990 and they had back issues of Punisher Magazine. Bought about 10 or 12 of those while I was there. I miss the gritty-themed black and white comics like those.

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        • PNGwynne
          Master of Fowl Play
          • Jun 5, 2008
          • 19445

          #5
          I was barely able to buy mainstream comics when I was a kid, the more expensive "racy" B&W mags were off-limits. But, a kid my mother babysat had Savage Sword of Conan issues and I was mesmerized, it was like softcore to middle-school me.
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          • MRP
            Persistent Member
            • Jul 19, 2016
            • 2037

            #6
            I have a complete run of Savage Sword of Conan (and Savage Tales), and a complete run of the first 5 years of Heavy Metal (it starts to go downhill a bit in the mid 80s imo). I also have a near complete run of Epic Illustrated (need 3 issues) and am working on runs of Star* Reach, Imagine, Quack, etc. and some Warren Titles (Eerie, 1984/1994, Creepy) as I find them at shows. I also have a fair number of the Marvel mags too (Rampaging Hulk, Bizarre Adventures, Marvel Premiere, Kull & the Barbarians, Tomb of Dracula, Haunt of Horror etc.).

            I am a big fan of the the larger magazine format for comic art (either in b&w or in color). I haven't picked up much of the current crop of retro styled comic magazines though.

            -M
            "Opinion is the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding." -Plato

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            • Bruce Banner
              HULK SMASH!
              • Apr 3, 2010
              • 4327

              #7
              Loved Savage Sword and the other b&w Marvel magazines. Also a big fan of Epic Illustrated and Heavy Metal. And I picked up issues of Creepy and Eerie whenever I could find them on the racks.
              PUNY HUMANS!

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              • Mr.Marion
                Permanent Member
                • Sep 15, 2014
                • 2733

                #8
                Never had any of those but I did have like 20 issues of the Curtis POTA mag. I even had an issue of Hulk

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                • Hedji
                  Citizen of Gotham
                  • Nov 17, 2012
                  • 7246

                  #9
                  I was always a bit disappointed that they were black and white. They had such great painted covers. I'm a huge Bob Larkin fan. Plus there were so many. If I had another life to live, or more hours in the day, I'm sure I'd be a big fan, because I love the creepy vibe they had.

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                  • Confessional
                    Maker & Whatnot
                    • Aug 8, 2012
                    • 3410

                    #10
                    Originally posted by PNGwynne
                    "racy" B&W mags were off-limits. But, a kid my mother babysat had Savage Sword of Conan issues and I was mesmerized, it was like softcore to middle-school me.
                    My cousin "Richie" who was a few years older somehow acquired a hidden stash of Warren treasures (with lots of Conan) under his mattress. It was like a forbidden ritual when he pulled them out and we'd <bug-eye> and <Aahh!> in wonder at pages full of B/W goodness. Also something about the paper, ink and beautiful line-work and contrast in those old mags… the new ones that try and riff on that nostalgia just don't do it for me. I'd rather spend time with a brown dog-earred, folded original… the ads alone are worth revisiting.

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                    • samurainoir
                      Eloquent Member
                      • Dec 26, 2006
                      • 18758

                      #11
                      I also remember wishing the interiors art of many of these magazines matched the painted glory of the covers.





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                      • samurainoir
                        Eloquent Member
                        • Dec 26, 2006
                        • 18758

                        #12
                        Interior art from Cauldron Magazine. A Comics Magazine of Supernatural Tales.




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                        • Bruce Banner
                          HULK SMASH!
                          • Apr 3, 2010
                          • 4327

                          #13
                          The Rook was also a cool b&w magazine from Warren Publishing. I especially liked Alfredo Alcala's barbarian hero Voltar.

                          PUNY HUMANS!

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                          • Hedji
                            Citizen of Gotham
                            • Nov 17, 2012
                            • 7246

                            #14
                            Look at that Bob Larkin cover. I'd pay any ticket price to see something like that realized in cinema on the big screen.

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                            • Makernaut
                              Persistent Member
                              • Jul 22, 2015
                              • 1546

                              #15
                              Archive.org has a lot of these types of magazines scanned in and you can read them online.

                              Main Collection of all magazines
                              https://archive.org/details/magazine_rack

                              Warren Publishing's Titles
                              https://archive.org/details/warrenpublishing

                              Heavy Metal Magazine
                              https://archive.org/details/heavy-metal-magazine

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