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Agree? Disagree? Comments?
From my end:
-9 and 1: I don't think I'd include two Gold Key series' in the list. Most of the GK stuff was good, but a lot of it felt the same. (Probably 'cos there were only a handful of folks doing all the art.) A lot of it felt like kiddied up EC stories too; WAY too safe for real horror. Bonus points for the awesome covers though.
-7: Yeah; I'm glad they added this one. The stories, the art, all of it was pretty durned creepy. Like the GK stuff, they kinda felt like junior EC.... but more in the spirit of things by presenting stories as unsavoury as you could and still do a kids' book.
-6: Hmmmm.... the Charlton stuff all kinda bleeds together after a bit too.... similarly to the GK books. Good overall, some brilliant bits but most of it subdued. The thing that made the Charlton stuff interesting to me is that they gave the hosts back stories. (Except for the hippie gost woman.... that I know of.) I think I would have gone with "Scary Tales" for the list. (Mostly 'cos the Countess was my favourite of their hosts.)
-4: Nyahahaaaa! NOW we're talking! I would have put this as number one. I'm surprised this book doesn't get more accolades, considering all the comic masters who contributed.
-3: Another weird one! I might not have scored it so high.... maybe.... but it is a trip. They're right about how disquieting it is to see horror rendered Archie-style.
-2: Good call. It seems like every comic company had it's horror lines back in the 70's; and each company had a predominant house style for those books. (Or one guy who did the art for them all....) Of the DC ones, The Witching Hour is my favourite, for the same reasons the article states.
Omissions?
I would DEFINITELY have added "The Midnight Philosopher" from Charlton. (One of my all time fave comics!) I would have added at least one Marvel book from the 70's too.... especially having read them recently through the "Essential" compilations. I'm likewise surprised there are no Warren mags on the list.... they're mentioned in the intro. They're mainstays might not count as underrated, but they did a lot of lesser known mags as well. Rex Havok for one, and they did a compilation book with comics (mostly from Europe) that was pretty good.
Don C.
Agree? Disagree? Comments?
From my end:
-9 and 1: I don't think I'd include two Gold Key series' in the list. Most of the GK stuff was good, but a lot of it felt the same. (Probably 'cos there were only a handful of folks doing all the art.) A lot of it felt like kiddied up EC stories too; WAY too safe for real horror. Bonus points for the awesome covers though.
-7: Yeah; I'm glad they added this one. The stories, the art, all of it was pretty durned creepy. Like the GK stuff, they kinda felt like junior EC.... but more in the spirit of things by presenting stories as unsavoury as you could and still do a kids' book.
-6: Hmmmm.... the Charlton stuff all kinda bleeds together after a bit too.... similarly to the GK books. Good overall, some brilliant bits but most of it subdued. The thing that made the Charlton stuff interesting to me is that they gave the hosts back stories. (Except for the hippie gost woman.... that I know of.) I think I would have gone with "Scary Tales" for the list. (Mostly 'cos the Countess was my favourite of their hosts.)
-4: Nyahahaaaa! NOW we're talking! I would have put this as number one. I'm surprised this book doesn't get more accolades, considering all the comic masters who contributed.
-3: Another weird one! I might not have scored it so high.... maybe.... but it is a trip. They're right about how disquieting it is to see horror rendered Archie-style.
-2: Good call. It seems like every comic company had it's horror lines back in the 70's; and each company had a predominant house style for those books. (Or one guy who did the art for them all....) Of the DC ones, The Witching Hour is my favourite, for the same reasons the article states.
Omissions?
I would DEFINITELY have added "The Midnight Philosopher" from Charlton. (One of my all time fave comics!) I would have added at least one Marvel book from the 70's too.... especially having read them recently through the "Essential" compilations. I'm likewise surprised there are no Warren mags on the list.... they're mentioned in the intro. They're mainstays might not count as underrated, but they did a lot of lesser known mags as well. Rex Havok for one, and they did a compilation book with comics (mostly from Europe) that was pretty good.
Don C.
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