The Complete Skywald Checklist
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Notes: $.75 for 64 pages. Villanova’s cover is rather noteworthy as it is in paneled comic form and actually is a separate story in its own right. Bruce Jones’ story ‘Starchild’ was done in 1971 and originally intended for the aborted Science Fiction Odyssey. It features the best art in this issue and is also a very good story. Best story, however, goes to Al Hewetson’s great ‘The Diary Of An Absolute Lunatic’, which could almost be a poster child for the ‘Horror-Mood’. Good work also appears from Maelo Cintron, Felipe Dela Rosa, Ricardo Villamonte, Doug Moench, Jesus Suso Rego, Ed Fedory & Fernando Rubio. A photo of Ricardo Villamonte appears on the letters’ page. 15. cover: Ken Kelly (Oct. 1973) 1) How They Killed The Chicago Vampiress [Ed Fedory/Emilio Bernardo] 1p [frontis] 2) Dracula Did Not Die! [Al Hewetson/Antonio Borrell] 9p 3) The Gargoyle Who Went To War [Al Hewetson/Fernando Rubio] 2p 4) Nightmare Movie Review: Theatre Of Blood [Al Hewetson] 4p [text article w/photos] 5) The Truth Behind The Myths About Bats…Particularly Vampire Bats [Al Hewetson/Domingo Gomez] 2p 6) The Kid And The Killer And The Bum Rap [Al Hewetson/Francisco Cueto] 6p [story credited to Joe Westmuller] 7) Tapestry Of Blood! [Ed Fedory/Fernando Rubio] 7p 8) A Wretched Bunch Of Letters/Editorial: Felipe Dela Rosa Profile [Al Hewetson] 2p [text article w/photos] 9) The Shoggoths: The Grotesque Green Earth [Al Hewetson/Zesar Lopez] 11p 10) …Ravings Of The Damned! [Ed Fedory/Juez Xirinius] 8p 11) The Human Gargoyles, part 5: Once Upon A Time In Alabama: A Horror [Al Hewetson/Maelo Cintron] 9p 12) Psycho Ad [various] 1p [on inside back cover]
1) The Voodoo Dead [Al Hewetson/Ricardo Villamonte] 7p [story credited to Joe Dentyn] 2) The Werewolf Macabre: The Birth Of A Beast [Al Hewetson/Fernando Rubio] 9p 3) The Werewolf Macabre: Dragnet: Werewolf [Al Hewetson/Jesus Suso Rego] 9p 4) When The Devil Sent Us Death! [Augustine Funnell/Maro Nava] 5p 5) The Ghoul Out Of Hell [Al Hewetson/Maelo Cintron] 2p [text story] 6) A Wretched Bunch Of Letters: Editorial: Antonio Borrell Profile [Al Hewetson/Antonio Borrell] 2p [text article] 7) The Roots Of Evil [Al Hewetson/Antonio Borrell] 10p [story credited to Howie Anderson.] 8) I Am Legend Review [Augustine Funnell/Gene Day] 2p [text article] 9) The Vampyre! [Ed Fedory/Pablo Marcos] 9p 10) Hell Hath No Face [Al Hewetson/Ricardo Villamonte] 6p [story credited to Harvey Lazarus] 11) Human Gargoyles Ad [Vicente Segrelles] 1p [on back cover, never published cover in B&W]
1) The End Of all Vampires [Al Hewetson/Jesus Suso Rego] 10p [story credited to Howie Anderson] 2) Wretched Nightmare Letters/Editorial [Al Hewetson] 2p [text article] 3) The Vampire Out Of Hell [Al Hewetson/Ricardo Villamonte] 10p [story credited to Edward Farthing] 4) The Night In The Horror-Hotel [Al Hewetson/Jesus Duran] 7p [story credited to Stuart Williams] 5) An Exclusive Interview With Christopher ‘Dracula’ Lee [Christopher Lee & Al Hewetson] 8p [text article w/photos] 6) The Psycho [Al Hewetson/Ruben Sosa] 10p 7) The Inquisition [Al Hewetson/Lombardia] 4p [story credited to Joe Dentyn] 8) The Autobiography Of A Vampire, Chapter 1 [Al Hewetson/Ricardo Villamonte] 10p 9) The Lunatic Creations Of Edgar Allan Poe [Al Hewetson/Domingo Gomez] 1p [on back cover]
Macabre]
1) The Vampire [Al Hewetson/Zesar Lopez] 8p [art miscredited to Cesar Lopez] 2) The Werewolf [Al Hewetson/Jesus Suso Rego] 11p [story credited to Howie Anderson] 3) The Archaic Horror Mailbag [Al Hewetson] 2p [text article] 4) The Creep [Al Hewetson/Jesus Duran] 10p 5) The Dead Things [Al Hewetson/Ricardo Villamonte] 2p [story credited to Stuart Williams] 6) The Vulture [Al Hewetson/Jose Cardona] 12p [story credited to Joe Dentyn] 7) The Ancient One [Al Hewetson/Ricardo Villamonte] 7p [story credited to Howie Anderson] 8) The Thing In The Space [Al Hewetson/Emilio Bernardo] 10p [story credited to Harvey Lazarus] Notes: JAD’s cover is particularly good. With the exception of ‘The Ancient One’, all the stories in this issue were grouped together as part of ‘The 7 Tales Of The Man-Macabre’. Al Hewetson introduces the first story & the issue as a whole. ‘The Thing In The Space’ is a takeoff on Lewis Carroll’s Alice In Wonderland. Jesus Suso Rego was probably the best single artist that Skywald had during Hewetson’s tenure {although Maelo Cintron was a strong presence as well}. It’s strange he didn’t achieve more fame here in the states. His women were beautiful but realistic, his pacing & storytelling top notch and his pages looked great. His artwork again is the best in this issue. Although the use of the multiple pseudonyms tried to mask it, this was an all Hewetson authored issue and the stories are all generally quite good. 19. cover: Sebastia Boada (June 1974) 1) Horror Fragments: The Hell Hounds Of The Baskervilles [Al Hewetson/ Ferran Sostres] 1p [frontis] 2) What The Hell Is Dracula Doing Alive And Well In 1974? [Al Hewetson/Jesus Duran] 9p [story credited to Howie Anderson] 3) Horror Preview Contest [Ricardo Villamonte] 1p [fill in the word balloons contest] 4) The Archaic Horror Mailbag [Al Hewetson] 2p [text article] 5) William Wilson [Al Heweston/Alphonso Font] 8p from the story by Edgar Allan Poe 6) The Shoggoths: The Vault [Al Hewetson/Jose Cardona] 10p [story credited to Howie Anderson] 7) The Great Classic Monster-Men [Al Hewetson] 2p [text article] 8) Tales Out Of Hell: The Kingdom Of The Dead [Al Hewetson/Jesus Duran] 10p 9) The Autobiography Of A Vampire, part 3: My Tomb Is My Castle [Al Hewetson/Ricardo Villamonte] 10p
10) The Human Gargoyles, part 6: The Human Gargoyles vs. The United States Of America [Al Hewetson/Maelo Cintron] 9p Notes: A voice balloon contest was begun, in which readers were encouraged to fill in empty dialogue balloons from a Ricardo Villamonte illustrated page. Al Hewetson & Jose Cardona appeared in the Shoggoth story, despite the fact that ‘Howie Anderson’ supposedly wrote the story. ‘Howie Anderson’ was one of Hewetson’s many pseudonyms and was so popular with readers that he got his own fan mail. ‘Tales Out Of Hell’ continued in Scream #10. ‘The Autobiography Of A Vampire’ is continued from Scream #5. Best art is from Maelo Cintron. Best story is the Shoggoth tale. 20. cover: Sebastia Boada (Aug. 1974) 1) Horror Fragments: The Demon Whale [Al Hewetson/Ferran Sostres] 1p [frontis] 2) The Shoggoths: The Scream And The Nightmare [Al Hewetson/Jose Cardona] 20p 3) The Archaic Horror Mailbag [Al Hewetson] 2p [text article] 4) Wanted: …More Dead Than Alive… [Al Hewetson/Emilio Bernardo] 12p [story credited to Howie Anderson] 5) A Tale Of Horror [Al Hewetson/Luis Collado] 10p 6) The Black Cat [Al Hewetson/Ricardo Villamonte] 5p from the story by Edgar Allan Poe 7) The Castle [Al Hewetson/John Byrne & Duffy Vohland] 2p 8) The Human Gargoyles, part 8: I, Gargoyle [Alan Hewetson/Maelo Cintron] 9p 9) Ad for Psycho 1974 Yearbook [Steve Hickman] 1p [on inside back cover] art reprinted from Psycho #2 (Mar. 1971) Notes: At the end of the Shoggoth story, Hewetson announces the start of a planned expedition to travel beneath the earth to locate and battle the Shoggoths. The reader was encouraged to send in 15 cents to receive a Shoggoth Crusade certificate, signed by Hewetson & others, making the reader a member of the expedition! Both Hewetson & Cardona appear in the story, while publisher Herschel Waldman has a cameo. The letters’ page included a new reader’s questionnaire. It also announces that ‘The Heap’ will be returning with story & art by Duffy Vohland & Don Maitz. That plan was abandoned. The first page of ‘Wanted: More Dead Than Alive’ featured a wanted poster that was a photo of Al Hewetson in a sombrero. John Byrne makes his professional debut on ‘The Castle’. During the Human Gargoyles’ story, the Gargoyles appear on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon. Best story and art is for Al Hewetson & Luis Collado’s superb WWII horror story, ‘A Tale Of Horror’, one of the best Horror-Mood stories published. Collado’s beautiful penciled artwork is particularly noteworthy. 21. cover: Jose Mirelles (Oct. 1974) 1) Let Her Rot In Hell [Al Hewetson/Jose Cardona] 10p 2) The Slither Slime Letters’ Page/Editorial [Al Hewetson] 2p [text article] 3) Valley Of Blood [Charles McNaughton/Jack Katz & Frank Giacoia] 8p reprinted from Psycho #2 (Mar. 1971) 4) The Cosmos Strain [Michael Kaluta] 6p reprinted from Nightmare #6 (Dec. 1971) 5) Comes The Stalking Monster! [Tom Sutton/Tom Sutton & Syd Shores] 5p reprinted from Psycho #4 (Sept. 1971) 6) Sleep [Jeff Jones] 5p reprinted from Psycho #6 (May 1972) 7) Corpse By Computer [Robert Kanigher/Doug Wildey] 11p reprinted from Nightmare #6 (Dec. 1971) 8) Sand Castles [Ed Fedory/Pablo Marcos] 14p reprinted from Psycho #6 (May 1972)
1) The Mood-Team Undertakers [Al Hewetson/Maelo Cintron] 1p [frontis, portrays Maelo Cintron, Zesar Lopez, Ed Fedory, Cesar Lopez, Jesus Duran, Al Hewetson & Augustine Funnell] 2) Tomb Of Horror Introduction [Al Hewetson/Domingo Gomez] 2p 3) The Tales Of The Vulture: The Bat—Mercy, Mercy Cries The Monster [Al Hewetson/Jose Martin Sauri] 10p
4) Tomb Of Horror Editorial Page [Al Hewetson/Ernie Puchades] 2p [text article w/photos] 5) When I Was A Boy I Watched The Blood-Wolves! [Augustine Funnell/Jose Cardona] 6p 6) Kill, Kill, Kill, And Kill Again [Al Hewetson/Ferran Sostres] 7p 7) My Soul Is In Hell [Al Hewetson/Gene Day] 2p [text article] 8) The War Of The Hell-Damned! [Al Hewetson/Jesus Duran] 10p 9) The Coxsackie-Axe Murder [Ed Fedory/John Agras] 9p 10) Daughter Of Darkness Ad [Al Hewetson/Maelo Cintron] 1p [Advertises a Cintron husband/wife teamup on an upcoming story.] 11) Tales Of Evil Ad [?] 1p [ad for an upcoming special or series] 12) The Mummy Khafre: The Funeral [Al Hewetson/Cesar Lopez] 10p 13) Learn To Die In The Tomb Of Horror [Al Hewetson/Zesar Lopez] 1p [on back cover]
1) The Human Gargoyles, part 9: The Human Gargoyles vs. The Human Dead [Al Hewetson/Maelo Cintron] 9p [story never concluded] 2) The Human Gargoyles cover [Vicente Segrelles] 1p [B&W repo of a future [never published] cover featuring the Human Gargoyles.] 3) Nightmare Mailbag [Jose Martin Sauri] 1p [text article & letters’ page] 4) The Fiend Of Changsha! Ad [Sanho Kim] 1p [Promo for Kim’s story in Psycho #24.] 5) Tradition Of The Wolf [Ed Fedory/Josep Martin Sauri] 8p 6) Death Walk! [Ed Fedory/Jose Cardona] 8p [art credited to Andy Crandon] 7) Time For Living, Time For Dying [Al Hewetson/Gene Day] 2p [text story] 8) The Vampire Freaks [Al Hewetson/Paul Pueyo] 6p [story credited to William Davie, art credited to Stan Connerty] 9) The Thing In The Ragged Mountains [Al Hewetson/Amador Garcia] 7p [story credited to Ted Freeman, art credited to Walter Fortiss] 10) Fistful Of Flesh [Al Hewetson/Folsengo Cabrerizo] 5p [story credited to Leslie Jerome, art credited to Denis Ford] 11) Snakewizard! [Augustine Funnell/Jose Cardona] 8p 12) Werewolf graphic novel ad [Jose Martin Sauri] 1p [on back cover.] Notes: Final issue. $1.00 for 64 pages. The cover identifies this as the 1975 Nightmare Winter Special. Only the titlepage identifies it as #23. Segrelles painted the actual cover while Citron painted the cover insert. The Human Gargoyles story was originally intended for the Human Gargoyles Special advertised in Nightmare #16. A house ad again shows the Segrelles cover advertised for that special, but that cover was now planned for use on a special Human Gargoyles issue of Nightmare {obviously never released}. The letters’ page announces that Hewetson & Sanho Kim’s ‘The Fiend Of Changsha’ would continue in Psycho #24, thanks to reader demand. The Werewolf ad on the back cover advertised a graphic novel that never appeared. ‘Tradition Of The Wolf’ is remarkable largely for the extraordinary number of art swipes in it. Backgrounds appear to be lifted whole scale from various Esteban Maroto stories, while foreground characters are lifted from Maroto & Frazetta stories done for Warren Publications, especially Frazetta’s ‘Werewolf’ from Creepy #1. The back pages had the debut of a 5-page ad section called ‘The Little Horror-Mood Shop Of Horrors’—a catalog of novelty items such as Warren’s Captain Company ads displayed. A quite striking cover was done for the intended next issue {the art is unidentified but could be by either Sebastia Boada, the mysterious Martin Poll or Faba} which was to feature the Town Of Evil set of stories, a review of the Kolchak TV series and a Frankenstein contest. A cover by Warren cover artist Enrich Torres was intended for #25. Psycho 1. cover: Brendan Lynch (Jan. 1971) 1) The Skin And Bones Syndrome! [Roger Elwood/Gray Morrow] 8p 2) The Glistening Death [?/Martin Nodell & Vince Alascia] 6p reprinted from City Of The Living Dead #1, Avon, 1952 3) I Painted Only Terror! [?/?] 6p reprinted from Eerie #5, Avon, 1952 4) Psycho’s Gruesome Gallery No. 1: The Mirror [Steve Hickman] 1p [pin-up] 5) The Thing In The Mirror [?/Everett Raymond Kinstler] 6p reprinted from The Phantom Witch Doctor #1, Avon, 1952 6) The Steps In The Cellar! [Art Stampler/?] 4p [text story] 7) …And Then There’s Cicero! [Gardner Fox/Paul Reinman] 6p 8) Anatomical Monster [?/?] 7p reprinted from Eerie #11, Avon, 1953 9) The Hands Of Death! [?/?] 7p reprint from the 1950s 10) The Gruesome Faces Of Mr. Cliff! [Len Wein?/Mario Acquaviva?] 8p
1) The Heap [Chuck McNaughton/Ross Andru & Mike Esposito] 10p 2) To Laugh…Perchance To Live! [Chuck McNaughton/Jack Katz & Rich Buckler] 9p 3) Death’s Stranger [Marv Wolfman/Tom Palmer] 8p 4) Psycho’s Gruesome Gallery #2: The Vampire [Steve Hickman] 1p [pin-up] 5) Revolution! [written: Rich Margopoulos/Tom Sutton & Dan Adkins] 8p [story credited to Rick Poulos & penciling credited to Sean Todd] 6) The Quest! [Rich Margopoulos/Chic Stone] 8p [story credited to Rick Poulos] 7) Dream Planet [Phil Seuling/Serg Moren] 8p 8) Valley Of Blood [Chuck McNaughton/Jack Katz & Frank Giacoia] 8p Notes: The start of all new stories. Skywald’s first series, ‘The Heap’ began, featuring the origin and first appearance of Skywald’s most popular continuing character. Among readers, anyway. Hewetson himself hated the character. One issue of a color comic featuring the character was also produced by Skywald, with Robert Kanigher scripting & the team of Tom Sutton & Jack Abel illustrating. This Heap is not the same character that Hillman published in the 1940s-1950s or that Eclipse revived in the 1980s, although some similarities exist. Skywald’s Heap is particularly gross looking, often resembling a blob of phlegm. The best story here would probably be either ‘To Laugh…Perchance To Live!’ or ‘Valley Of Blood’, both written by Chuck McNaughton. Best art is Jack Katz & Rich Buckler’s on ‘To Laugh…Perchance To Live!’ There’s also good art from Chic Stone & Serg Moren. 3. cover: Boris Vallejo (May 1971) 1) Frankenstein, Book II: Chapter One [Tom Sutton/Tom Sutton & Dan Adkins] 12p [story & penciling credited to Sean Todd] 2) A Coffin For Captain Cutlass [Gardner Fox/Serg Moren] 9p 3) The Heap: The Heap Meets The Horror Master! [Chuck McNaughton & Ross Andru/Ross Andru & Mike Esposito] 15p 4) Psycho Delivery [letters’ page] 1p 5) Gruesome Crewcut! [Chic Stone] 3p 6) The Man Who Stole Eternity [Gardner Fox/Bill Everett] 10p 7) The Love Witch [Marv Wolfman/Ernie Colon] 11p [art is credited to Jack Purcell] Notes: Skywald’s continuation of Mary Shelly’s novel Frankenstein began, with Sutton’s storyline taking place directly after the events in her novel. The Frankenstein monster is also cover featured, with a striking cover by Vallejo. The short-lived Love Witch debuted, with her next & last appearance showing up in Nightmare #6. Best artwork & story easily goes to the superb Fox/Everett tale ‘The Man Who Stole Eternity’. 4. cover: Ken Kelly (Sept. 1971) 1) The Innsmouth Apparition [Larry Todd] 1p [frontis] 2) The Heap: Night Of Evil! [Ross Andru/Ross Andru & Mike Esposito] 10p 3) Out Of Chaos…A New Beginning [Marv Wolfman/Rich Buckler] 10p 4) Museum Piece [Len Wein/Serg Moren] 7p 5) Comes The Stalking Monster! [Tom Sutton?/Tom Sutton & Syd Shores] 5p [story credited to Larry Todd, art credited to David Cook] 6) Psycho Delivery [letters’ page] 2p 7) Behind The Planet Of The Apes [Allan Asherman/?] 4p [text article with storyboard art] 8) Escape [Dennis Fujitake] 2p 9) Plague Of Jewels [Bruce Jones] 10p 10) Frankenstein, Book II: Freaks Of Fear! [Tom Sutton/Tom Sutton & Jack Abel] 10p [story & pencils credited to Sean Todd] 11) The Heap Pin-Up [Bill Everett] 1p [on back cover] Notes: First squarebound issue. Editorial Assistant: Helen Rudin. Tom Sutton, who wrote and penciled ‘Comes The Stalking Monster’, often used pseudonyms, presumably to avoid getting into trouble with Jim Warren, for whom Sutton also worked, and who was legendary for unleashing his wrath on freelancers who worked for the ‘enemy’. In this case, for penciling, Sutton used the name “David Cook”. For writing it is likely he meant to use his old standby ‘Sean Todd’ but a mix-up credited it to Larry Todd, who was {and is} a real, separate writer-artist. The Wolfman/Buckler ‘Out Of Chaos…’ was a two-parter {concluded in the next issue} that was particularly good and provides the best story & art this issue, although Sutton’s work on Frankenstein, Book II and Bruce Jones’ on ‘Plague Of Jewels’ also delivered very good stories & art. Dennis Fujitake made his professional debut here and was warmly received. Everett’s rendering of Skywald’s version of the Heap was probably the best rendition that character ever received. 5. cover: Boris Vallejo (Nov. 1971) 1) A Psycho Scene [Bill Everett] 1p [frontis, pin-up] 2) Let The Dreamer Beware [Jerry Siegel & Ralph Reese] 7p 3) Power Of The Pen! [Doug Moench/Doug Wildey] 9p 4) Psycho Delivery [letters’ page, includes a pencil sketch by Vallejo of the cover for #3] 1½p 5) The Psycho-Analyst [Jeff Rovin] ½p [text article w/photo] 6) The Heap: Cavern Of Doom [Ross Andru/Ross Andru & Mike Esposito] 10p 7) The Vampire [Allan Asherman] 4p [text article w/photos] 8) The Unholy Satanists [Al Hewetson/Serg Moren] 8p 9) Out Of Chaos…A New Beginning, part 2 [Marv Wolfman/Rich Buckler] 10p 10) Frankenstein, Book II: The Sewer Tomb Of Le Suub! [Tom Sutton/Tom Sutton & Jack Abel] 10p [story & pencils credited to Sean Todd] 11) Ad for Nightmare #6 [Jeff Jones] 1p [on inside back cover, B&W repo of next issue’s cover] 12) Ad for Hell-Rider #3 [on back cover, this magazine was never published] |