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THE COMPLETE SKYWALD CHECKLIST
This index is as complete as
possible given Skywald’s custom of often dropping credits off stories; hiding
credits in the art of the story (mostly under Hewetson’s reign--in windowsills,
gables, panel borders, etc.), the heavy use of pennames & single names and
the miscrediting of stories to the wrong artist.
Many of the mysteries
regarding credits have been solved by access to Al Hewetson’s notes &
checklists as well as the aid of Christos N. Gage. For the time being this is as good as it
gets. Check out the end of the
bibliography for an interview with Mr. Hewetson!
Nightmare
1. Cover: Brendan Lynch?
(Dec. 1970) [edited: Sol Brodsky;
authors listed include Wayne Benedict; Marv Wolfman;
Mike Friedrich; Noel Haven; Ross Andru & Mike Esposito; artists listed
include Don Heck;
Mike Esposito; Syd Shores; David Hadley; Bill Everett; Tom Palmer; Dick
Richards]
1)
The Pollution Monsters [written: Mike Friedrich; pencilled: Don Heck; inked:
Mike Esposito] 10p
2)
Master Of The Dead! [written: ?, pencilled: Martin Nodell; inked: Vince
Alascia] 6p [reprint from Eerie #14, Avon,
1954]
3)
Dance Macabre [written: ?; illustrated? ] 6p
[reprint from the 1950s]
4)
Orgy Of Blood [written: Ross Andru & Mike Esposito; pencilled: Ross Andru;
inked: Mike Esposito] 8p
5) A
Nightmare Pin-Up [illustrated: Bill Everett] 1p
6)
The Skeletons Of Doom! [written: Art Stampler; illustrated: Bill Everett]
3p [text story]
7)
Help Us To Die! [written: ?; illustrated: ?] 6p [reprint from the 1950s]
8)
The Thing From The Sea! [written: ?; illustrated: Wally Wood?] 7p [reprint from Eerie #2, Avon, 1951, attributed to
Woods in The Wally Wood Checklist & The Wally Wood Treasury but I don’t really see Wally
Wood’s hand anywhere here.]
9)
The Creature Within! [written: ?; illustrated: ?] 3p [reprint from the 1950s]
10)
The Deadly Mark Of The Beast! [written: Len Wein; pencilled: Syd Shores; inked:
Tom Palmer] 8p
11)
Nightmare’s Nightmail [letters written before the first issue appeared!]
2. Cover: Boris Vallejo (Feb. 1971) [Authors listed included Wayne Benedict,
Marv Wolfman, Mike Friedrich, Noel
Haven, Ross Andru & Mike Esposito, Gardner Fox & Phil Seuling]
1)
The Children Of The Cold Gods! [written: Ross Andru & Mike Esposito;
pencilled: Ross Andru; inked: Ross
Andru] 10p
2)
The Phantom Of Philip Hawks [written: ?; illustrated: ?] 6p [reprint from the 1950s]
3)
The Mirror Of Death [written?; illustrated: ?] 6p [reprint from the 1950s]
4)
The Circle Of Circe! [written: Gardner Fox; pencilled: Syd Shores; inked: Mike
Esposito] 8p
5)
Nightmare Pin-Up #2 [illustrated: Bill Everett] 1p
6)
Time Stop [written: Art Stampler] 3p
[text story]
7)
Blood For The Vampire [written: ?; illustrated: ?] 8p [reprint from Eerie #7, Avon, 1952]
8)
The Massacre Of Mankind! [written: ?; illustrated: ?] 8p [reprint from the 1950s]
9)
Pressed For Time [written: Marv Wolfman; illustrated: Dan Adkins] 8p
3. Cover: Boris Vallejo (Apr. 1971)
1)
The Inner Man [written & pencilled: Tom Sutton; inked: Dan Adkins] 10p [Sutton’s work credited to Sinclair Rich for story;
Sean Todd for art]
2)
The Victims [written: Gerry Conway; illustrated: Rich Buckler] 6p
3)
Vault Of A Vampire [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Serg Moren] 8p
4)
When The Dawn Gods War! [written: Gardner Fox; pencilled: Paul Reinman; inked:
Mike Esposito] 8p
5) A
Rotten Deal [written & illustrated: Bruce Jones] 9p [credited to Philip Roland]
6)
Horror Man [written: Art Sampler] 2p
[text story]
7)
Nightmare Pin-Up #2 [illustrated: Chic Stone; one of the corpses rising from
the grave is Warren’s Uncle
Creepy!] 1p
8)
Soul Of The Warlock [written & illustrated: Chic Stone] 8p
9)
Beware Small Evils! [written: Jack Katz & Frank Giacoia; pencilled: Jack
Katz; inked: Frank Giacoia] 10p [story credited to Frank Voltaire]
10)
Ad for Psycho #2 & The Crime Machine #1 [on inside back cover]
4. Cover: Harry Rosenbaum (June 1971) [cover is miscredited to BorisVallejo]
1)
Phantom Of The Rock Era [written: Chuck McNaughton; illustrated: Ralph Reese]
8p
2)
Shoot-Out At Satan’s Coffin [written: Mike Jennings; illustrated: Jack Abel]
10p
3)
The Mad Mind Doctor! [written: Chuck McNaughton; pencilled: Dick Ayers; inked:
Mike Esposito] 6p
4) A
Nightmare Pin-Up [illustrated: Bill Everett] 1p
5)
Hag Of The Blood Basket! [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Tom Sutton]
16p [Sutton’s art credited to Sean Todd, lead character
greatly resembles EC’s Old Witch!]
6) A
Living Death! [written: Gary Friedrich; illustrated: Tom Palmer] 10p
7)
The Horror On The Chapel Wall [written: Gardner Fox; illustrated: Serg Moren]
9p
8)
Nightmare’s Nightmail [letter’s page] 1p
5. Cover: Boris Vallejo (Aug. 1971)
1)
The Man Who Became...Frankenstein [written: Allan Asherman; illustrated: Harold
Shull] 1p [frontispiece]
2)
Slime World [written: Chuck McNaughton; illustrated: Ralph Reese] 10p
3)
Whence Stalks The Werewolf [written: Len Brown; illustrated: Carlos Garzon] 6p
4)
Nightmare’s Nightmail [letter’s page; short bio & photo on Boris Vallejo]
2p
5)
The Doom Star! [written: Chuck McNaughton; pencilled: Tom Sutton; inked: Dan
Adkins & Ralph Reese]
10p [Sutton’s art credited to Sean
Todd]
6)
Great Men Of The Horror Films: Boris Karloff [written: Allan Asherman] 4p [text article w/ photos]
7)
Creature Of The Deep [written: Chuck McNaughton; pencilled: Jack Katz; inked:
Jack Abel] 12p
8)
Nazi Death Rattle [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Serg Moren] 9p
9)
Within The Torture Chamber [written: Kevin Pagan; illustrated: Doug Wildey] 8p
10)
back cover ads for Hell-Rider #1; The Crime Machine #2 and the never published
Science Fiction Odyssey
#1] 1p
6. Cover: Jeff Jones (Dec. 1971)
1)
Medea [written & illustrated: Michael Kaluta] 1p [frontispiece]
2)
Nightmare’s Nightmail [letter’s page; interview with Jeff Jones] 2p
3)
Love Witch And The Battle Of The Living Dead [written: Marv Wolfman; pencilled:
Ernie Colon; inked:
Jack Abel] 15p
4)
The Living Gargoyle [written: Jerry Siegal; illustrated: Carlos Garzon] 6p [has nothing to do with The Human Gargoyles series.]
5)
Broken Sparrow [written & illustrated: Larry Todd] 6p
6)
Great Men Of The Horror Films: Boris Karloff, part 2 [written &
illustrated: Allan Asherman] 4p [text article w/ photos]
7)
Corpse By Computer! [written: Robert Kanigher; illustrated: Doug Wildey] 11p
8)
The Cosmos Strain [written: Steve Stern; illustrated: Michael Kaluta] 6p
9)
The Geek! [written & illustrated: Pat Boyette] 8p
7. Cover: Pujolar (June 1972)
1)
The Haunted Strangler [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Pablo Marcos] 1p [frontispiece]
2)
The Penitent [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Ferran Sostres] 7p
3)
Group Jeopardy [written: S. F. Starr; illustrated: Amador] 6p
4)
The Giant Death Rat [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Serg Moren] 7p [Hewetson’s story credited to Howie Anderson]
5)
Nightmare’s Nightmail [letter’s page] 2p
6)
Gasp! [written & illustrated: Donald Brown] 3p
7)
FANtasia [written: Jeff Rovin] 1p [text
article]
8)
Dracula [written: Allan Asherman] 6p
[text article w/ photos]
9)
The Altar Of Blood [written: Bob Kirschen; illustrated: Pablo Marcos] 7p
10)
A Father’s Lament [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Frank Cueto] 9p
11)
Artifacts [written & illustrated: Dennis Fujitake] 4p
12)
The Essential Horror [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ramon Torrents] 8p
13)
Mummy Pin-Up [illustrated: Pablo Marcos] 1p
[on back cover]
8. Cover: Vicente Segrelles (Aug. 1972) [Al Hewetson credited as Assoc. Editor]
1)
Andras: The Grand Marquis Of Hell! [written: Al Hewetson?; illustrated: Pablo
Marcos] 1p [frontispiece]
2)
Snow-Bound! [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Felipe Dela Rosa] 8p
3)
Hey Creep: Play The Macabre Waltz [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ferran
Sostres] 6p
4)
Nightmare’s Nightmail [letter’s page, letter from Mrs. Julie Hewetson] 2p
5)
Rot, Robin, Rot! [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Dan Sevilla] 3p [story credited to Jay Wood.]
6)
The Tunnels Of Horror [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Pablo Marcos] 8p
7)
Satan’s Graveyard [written & photos: Al Hewetson; pencilled: Syd Shores;
inked: Dan Adkins] 7p [Shores’ art credited
to Jim Elder.]
8)
Nightmare Movie Review: Tales From The Crypt [written: Al Hewetson] 4p [text article w/ photos]
9)
Hung Up [written & illustrated: Bruce Jones] 10p
10)
The Sting Of Death [written & illustrated: Chic Stone] 6p
11)
The Weird And The Undead [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ferran Sostres]
7p [Hewetson’s story credited to Howie Anderson]
12)
Ad for Psycho #8 [inside back cover] 1p
13)
Phantom Of The Opera Pin-Up [illustrated: Pablo Marcos] 1p [back cover]
9. Cover: Jose Mirelles (Oct. 1972)
1)
Frontispiece & title page [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Pablo Marcos]
2p [introduces a host for Nightmare]
2)
Markheim [adapted: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Jesus Duran] 7p from the story by Robert Louis Stevenson [art credited to D. Duran]
3)
The Nightmare World Of James Edgar: Call The Ghouls, Call Them Trolls, Call
Them Things [written: Al
Hewetson; illustrated: Pablo Marcos] 3p
from a dream by James
Edgar
4)
The Guillotine [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Felipe Dela Rosa] 1p
5)
Zoo For The Beasts Of The Universe [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Maelo
Cintron] 2p
6)
Lunatic Letters’ page/editiorial page [written: Al Hewetson] 2p
7)
The Shoggoths: The Skull Forest Of Old Earth [written: Al Hewetson;
illustrated: Zesar Lopez] 7p
8)
The Abominable Dr. Phibes [written: Al Hewetson] 4p [text article w/ photos]
9)
The 300th Birth Day Party! [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ramon Torrents]
5p
10)
The Gargoyle Trilogy [written: Al Heweston; illustrated: Felipe Dela Rosa]
11p [Has nothing to do with The Human Gargoyles
series.]
11)
The Night In The Wax Museum [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Villanova]
8p [Artist’s name is variously spelled
Villanova or Vilanova. Since his work
for Seaboard/Atlas is spelled with 2 L’s, I’ve
followed that custom.]
12)
Dracula [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Pablo Marcos] 1p
13)
The Beast Within [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Amador] 9p
14)
Next Issue Ad [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Pablo Marcos] 1p
15)
The Thing In The Alley [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Berni Wrightson]
1p [on back cover, this text story also appears,
due to a printers’ mistake, on Warren’s Eerie #42 the same month! Art originally
intended for Science Fiction Odyssey #1.]
10. Cover: Ken Kelly (Dec.
1972) [edited: Al Hewetson]
1)
Mr. Pook’s Introduction [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Pablo Marcos]
2p [frontispiece & title page; mentions the
Horror-Mood as does the cover]
2)
Princess Of Earth! [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Pablo Marcos] 7p [cover story]
3)
Nightmare Movie Review: Frogs [writen: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Berni
Wrightson & Pablo Marcos] 3p [text article with spot illos. Art originally intended for Space Odyssey
#1.]
4)
The Funeral Barge [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Juez Xirinius] 7p
5)
Satan’s Cellar [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ferrer Maitz] 6p
6)
The Proverbial Killer [written: Doug Moench; illustrated: Villanova] 7p [lead character is clearly Woody Allen!]
7) A
Macabre Fact Of Life: Demonic Possession [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Pablo Marcos] 4p
8)
Game Of Skill [written: Kinsman?; illustrated: Maelo Cintron] 1p [Kinsman may be a penname for Al Hewetson]
9)
The Nightmare World Of Trisha Hamlin Of Livingston, Kentucky: They Crawled Out
Of The Crater [written:
Al Hewetson; illustrated: Lara] 4p
[from a dream by Trisha Hamlin]
10)
Black Communion [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Felipe Dela Rosa] 8p
11)
...Slither Into The Concocted Lunacy Of The Astonishing Horror-Mood Within This
Noxious Nightmare
Number 10... [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ernie Colon, Berni Wrightson
& Basil Wolverton]
2p [text article/editorial]
12)
The Human Gargoyles, part 2: 1 and 1 Equals 3 [written: Al Hewetson;
illustrated: Maelo Cintron] 9p
13)
Ad for Psycho #10 [written: Al Hewetson, on inside back cover] 1p
11. Cover: JAD (Feb. 1973)
1)
Mr. Pook’s Introduction [written: Al
Hewetson; illustrated: Pablo Marcos] 2p
[frontispiece & title page]
2)
The Wetness In The Pit [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Pablo Marcos]
5p [Lead character is meant to caricature publisher
Herschel Waldman.]
3)
Taw!!! [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Antonio Borrell] 6p
4)
Lon Chaney Sr. in The Phantom Of The Opera [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Pablo Marcos] 1p
5)
Nightmare World: The Beasts Of Tomb Beach! [written: Al Heweston; illustrated:
Wayne Howard] 4p [from a dream by Mike Black]
6)
Where Gods Once Stood [written: T. Casey Brennan; illustrated: Carlos Garzon]
6p
7)
Corridors Of Caricature [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Jesus Duran] 7p
8)
Man-Bat [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Pablo Marcos] 1p [looks quite a lot like DC’s Man-Bat!]
9)
Letters-Editorial Page: Doug Moench Profile [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Jay Lynch] 2p [text article w/ photos]
10)
The Shoggoths: Where Are The Inhabitants Of Earth? [written: Al Hewetson;
illustrated: Zesar Lopez] 10p
11)
Titan Weep [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Pablo Marcos] 3p
12)
Nightmare Movie Macabre Reviews: The Classics [written: Al Hewetson] 5p [text article w/ photos]
13)
The Horror War [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Antonio Borrell] 9p [includes Richard Nixon as a character]
14)
ad for Psycho #11 features the Heap [on inside back cover] 1p
12. Cover: Vicente Segrelles
(Apr. 1973)
1)
Nightmare In The House Of Poe [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ferran
Sostres] 13p
2)
Premature Burial [adapted: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Juez Xirinius] 8p from the story by Edgar Allan Poe
3)
Kiss Of The Vampires [written & illustrated: Chic Stone] 9p
4) I
Am Dead: I Am Buried! [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Villanova] 10p
5)
The Night Of The Corpse-Bride [written: Doug Moench; illustrated: Villanova] 7p
6)
Screaming Scrawlings: Editorial-Letters’ Page: Hershel Waldman Profile [writen:
Al Hewetson] 2p [text article]
7)
The Assassin-Bug [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Antonio Borrell] 9p
8)
Monster Monster On The Wall! [written: Augustine Funnell; illustrated: Pablo
Marcos] 4p [Funnell’s first pro work]
13. Cover: Vicente Segrelles (June 1973)
1)
...The Corpse-Feast! [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Juez Xirinius] 1p [frontispiece]
2)
At Mind’s Edge [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Jesus Duran] 6p
3)
Curse Of The Werewolf [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Villanova] 1p
4)
...Die Little Spider! [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Rubio] 4p [Story credited to Stuart Williams.]
5)
The Mad Nightmare World Of H. P. Lovecraft [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Felipe Dela Rosa] 2p
6)
...Only The Wretched Die Young... [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ricardo Villamonte] 9p [story credited
to Ricardo Villamonte.]
7)
Editorial Page: Syd Shores Profile [written: Al Hewetson] 2p [text article, mentions a story that Shores is working on, but it never
appears, probably due to Shores’ death]
8)
The Corpse [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Frank Cueto] 10p [story credited to Howie Anderson]
9)
Frankenstein 1973 [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Villanova] 9p [story credited to Earle Leroy.]
10)
Nightmare Movie Review: Ben & Willard [written: Al Hewetson] 5p [text article w/ photos]
11)
The Human Gargoyles, part 3: Only The Strong Shall Survive [written: Al
Hewetson; illustrated: Maelo
Cintron] 9p
13)
Psycho Ad [illustrated: various] 1p [on
inside back cover]
14)
Scream Ad [illustrated: ?] 1p [on back
cover]
14. Cover: Villanova (Aug.
1973)
1)
The Easter Island Things [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Maelo Cintron]
1p [frontispiece]
2)
The Diary Of An Absolute Lunatic [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Felipe
Dela Rosa] 10p
3) A
Wretched Bunch Of Letters/editorial [written: Al Hewetson] 2p [text article]
4)
The Plastic Plague [written &
illustrated: Jack Katz] 8p
5)
Death Of The 80th Victim! [written: Doug Moench; illustrated: Ricardo
Villamonte] 8p
6)
...Werewolf... [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Juez Xirinius] 1p
7)
...And The Corrupt Shall Dine! [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Rubio] 5p
8)
Charles Laughton: Scream Screen Scenes [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Domingo Gomez] 2p
9)
Starchild [written & illustrated: Bruce Jones] 6p [originally intended for Space Odyssey #1.]
10)
The Creature From The Black Lagoon [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ricardo
Villamonte] 2p
11)
The Butchered At Earth’s Core! [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Jesus Suso]
7p [The Grand Comic Book Database lists Suso’s
first name as Ruben, a Ruben Sosa [clearly not Suso] did do some artwork on later Skywald
issues but Suso’s name is Jesus Manuel Pena Rego [as shown in Scream #3] so the GCBD has the two
artists mixed up.]
12)
The Human Gargoyles, part 4: And They Did Battle With The Thing From Underneath
[written: Al Hewetson;
illustrated: Maelo Cintron] 9p
15. Cover: Ken Kelly (Oct. 1973)
1)
How They Killed The Chicago Vampiress [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Emilio
Bernando] 1p [frontispiece]
2)
Dracula Did Not Die! [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Antonio Borrell] 9p
3)
The Gargoyle Who Went To War [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Rubio] 2p
4)
Nightmare Movie Review: Theatre Of Blood [written: Al Hewetson] 4p [text article w/ photos]
5)
The Truth Behind The Myths About Bats...Particularly Vampire Bats [written: Al
Hewetson; illustrated: Domingo
Gomez] 2p
6)
The Kid And The Killer And The Bum Rap [written: Joe Westmuller; illustrated:
Frank Cueto] 6p
7)
Tapestry Of Blood! [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Rubio] 7p
8) A
Wretched Bunch Of Letters/Editorial Page [written: Al Hewetson; Felipe Dela
Rosa profile] 2p [text article 2/ photos]
9)
The Shoggoths: The Grotesque Green Earth [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Zesar Lopez] 11p
10)
...Ravings Of The Damned! [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Juez Xirinius] 8p
11)
The Human Gargoyles, part 5: Once Upon A Time In Alabama: A Horror [written: Al
Hewetson; illustrated:
Maelo Cintron] 9p
12)
Psycho Ad [illustrated: various] 1p [on
inside back cover]
16. Cover: JAD (Dec. 1973)
1)
The Voodoo Dead [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ricardo Villamonte] 7p [story credited to Joe Dentyn.]
2)
The Werewolf Macabre: The Birth Of A Beast [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Rubio] 9p
3)
The Werewolf Macabre: Dragnet: Werewolf [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Jesus Suso] 9p
4)
When The Devil Sent Us Death! [written: Augustine Funnell; illustrated: Maro
Nava] 5p
5)
The Ghoul Out Of Hell [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Maelo Cintron]
2p [text story]
6) A
Wretched Bunch Of Letters/Editorial: Antonio Borrell Profile [written: Al
Hewetson; illustrated: Antonio
Borrell] 2p [text article]
7)
The Roots Of Evil [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Antonio Borrell] 10p [story credited to Howie Anderson. Originally intended as the cover story to
Scream #1.]
8) I
Am Legend Review [written: Augustine Funnell; illustrated: Gene Day] 2p [text article]
9)
The Vampyre! [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Pablo Marcos] 9p [Originally entitled Nosferatu & changed because of
the new Scream serial.]
10)
Hell Hath No Face [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ricardo Villamonte]
6p [story credited to Harvey Lazarus.]
11)
Human Gargoyles Ad [illustrated: Vicente Segrelles] 1p [on back cover, never published cover in B&W]
17. Cover: Sebastia Boada
(Feb. 1974)
1)
The End Of All Vampires [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Jesus Suso]
10p [story credited to Howie Anderson]
2)
Wretched Nightmare Letters/Editorial [written: Al Hewetson] 2p [text article]
3)
The Vampire Out Of Hell [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ricardo Villamonte]
10p [story credited to Edward Farthing.]
4)
The Night In The Horror-Hotel [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Jesus Duran]
7p [story credited to Stuart Williams.]
5)
An Exclusive Interview With Christopher ‘Dracula’ Lee [written: Christopher Lee
& Al Hewetson] 8p [text article w/ photos]
6)
The Psycho [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ruben Sosa] 10p
7)
The Inquisition [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Lombardia] 4p [story credited to Joe Dentyn.]
8)
The Autobiography Of A Vampire, Chapter 1 [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Ricardo Villamonte] 10p
9)
The Lunatic Creations Of Edgar Allan Poe [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Domingo Gomez] 1p [on back cover]
18. Cover: JAD (Apr.
1974) [special issue featuring the 7
Tales Of The Man-Macabre]
1)
The Vampire [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Zesar Lopez] 8p [art is credited to Cesar [Lopez] but artwork is clearly Zesar
Lopez’s]
2)
The Werewolf [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Jesus Suso] 11p [story credited to Howie Anderson]
3)
The Archaic Horror Mailbag [written: Al Hewetson] 2p [text article]
4)
The Creep [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Jesus Duran] 10p
5)
The Dead Things [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ricardo Villamonte] 2p [story credited to Stuart Williams.]
6)
The Vulture [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Jose Cardona] 12p [story credited to Joe Dentyn.]
7)
The Ancient One [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ricardo Villamonte] 7p [story credited to Howie Anderson, not listed as one
of the 7 Tales]
8)
The Thing In The Space [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Emilio Bernardo]
10p [story credited to Harvey Lazarus, takeoff
on Alice In Wonderland]
19. Cover: Sebastia Boada
(June 1974)
1)
Horror Fragments: The Hell Hounds Of The Baskervilles [written: Al Hewetson;
illustrated: Ferran Sostres]
1p [frontispiece]
2)
What The Hell Is Dracula Doing Alive And Well In 1974? [written: Al Hewetson;
illustrated: Jesus Duran]
9p [story credited to Howie Anderson]
3)
Horror Preview Contest [fill in the word balloons contest; illustrated: Ricardo
Villamonte] 1p
4)
The Archaic Horror Mailbag [written: Al Hewetson] 2p [text article]
5)
William Wilson [adapted: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Alphonso Font] 8p from the story by Edgar Allan Poe
6)
The Shoggoths: The Vault [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Jose Cardona]
10p [story credited to Howie Anderson;
series continued from Scream #1]
7)
The Great Classic Monster-Men [written: Al Hewetson] 2p [text article w/ photos]
8)
Tales Out Of Hell: The Kingdom Of The Dead [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Jesus Duran] 10p
9)
The Autobiography Of A Vampire, part 3: My Tomb Is My Castle [written: Al
Hewetson; illustrated: Ricardo
Villamonte] 10p [series continued from
Scream #5]
10)
The Human Gargoyles, part 6: The Human Gargoyles vs. The United States Of
America [written: Al Hewetson;
illustrated: Maelo Cintron] 9p
20. Cover: Sebastia Boada
(Aug. 1974)
1)
Horror Fragments: The Demon Whale [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ferran
Sotres] 1p [frontispiece]
2)
The Shoggoths: The Scream [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Jose Cardona]
20p [Hewetson announces at the end of story of a planned
expedition to travel beneath the earth and the reader is encouraged to send in 15
cents to become a member of the expedition]
3)
The Archaic Horror Mailbag [written: Al Hewetson] 2p [text article, includes a reader’s questionnaire]
4)
Wanted: ...More Dead Than Alive... [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Emilio
Bernardo] 12p [story credited to Howie
Anderson]
5) A
Tale Of Horror [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Luis Collado] 10p
6)
The Black Cat [adapted: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ricardo Villamonte] 5p from the story by Edgar Allan Poe
7)
The Castle [written: Al Hewetson; pencilled: John Bryne; inked: Duffy Vohland]
2p [Bryne’s pro debut]
8)
The Human Gargoyles, part 8: I, Gargoyle [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Maelo Cintron] 9p
9)
ad for Psycho 1974 Yearbook [illustrated: Gene Day?] 1p [on inside back cover]
21. Cover: Jose Mirelles (Oct. 1974) [cover states this is the 1974 Nightmare
Summer-Special. Only the title page states that this
is #21]
1)
Let Her Rot In Hell [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Jose Cardona] 10p
2)
The Slither Slime Letters’ Page/Editorial [written: Al Hewetson] 2p [text article, mentions never- published Jesus
Suso stories including Screaming Bloody
Murder, a 20 page Killer Fu Manchu story
with Fu Manchu vs Dracula, as well as Suso taking over the Darkos Manse Saga.]
3)
Valley Of Blood [written: Charles McNaughton; pencilled: Jack Katz; inked:
Frank Giacoia] 8p reprinted from
Psycho #2 (Mar. 1971)
4)
The Cosmos Strain [written: Steve Stern; illustrated: Michael Kaluta] 6p reprinted from Nightmare #6 (Dec. 1971)
5)
Comes The Stalking Monster! [written: Larry Todd; pencilled: David Cook; inked:
Syd Shores] 5p reprinted from Psycho #4 (Sept. 1971)
6)
Sleep [written & illustrated: Jeff Jones] 5p reprinted from Psycho #6 (May 1972)
7)
Corpse By Computer! [written: Robert Kanigher; illustrated: Doug Wildey]
11p reprinted from Nightmare #6
(Dec. 1971)
8)
Sand Castles [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Pablo Marcos] 14p reprinted from Psycho #6 (May 1972)
22. Cover: Faba (Dec. 1974) [Tomb Of Horror issue, authors or artists
would introduce each story, misdated Oct. 1974]
1)
The Mood-Team Undertakers [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Maelo Cintron]
1p [frontispiece; portrays Maelo
Cintron, Zesar Lopez, Ed Fedory, Cesar Lopez, Jesus Duran, Al Hewetson & Augustine Funnell]
2)
Tomb Of Horror Introduction [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Domingo Gomez]
2p
3)
The Tales Of The Vulture: The Bat--Mercy, Mercy Cries The Monster [written: Al
Hewetson; illustrated: Roberto Martinez]
10p [Martinez’s name is always listed
as either Bob Martin or Robert
Martin.]
4)
Tomb Of Horror Editorial Page [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ernie
Puchades, photos of Al Hewetson;
Augustine Funnell, Ed Fedory & Maelo Cintron] 2p [text article]
5)
When I Was A Boy I Watched The Blood-Wolves! [written: Augustine Funnell;
illustrated: Jose Cardona]
6p
6)
Kill, Kill, Kill, And Kill Again [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ferran
Sostres] 7p
7)
My Soul Is In Hell [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Gene Day] 2p [text story]
8)
The War Of The Hell-Damned! [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Jesus Duran]
10p
9)
The Coxsackie-Axe Murder [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: John Agras] 9p
10)
Daughter Of Darkness Ad [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Maelo Cintron]
1p [advertises the Cintron’s
husband/wife team on an upcoming story]
11)
Tales Of Evil Ad [illustrated: ?] 1p
[ad for an upcoming special or series]
12)
The Mummy Khafre: The Funeral [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Cesar Lopez]
10p
13)
Learn To Die In The Tomb Of Horror [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Zesar
Lopez] 1p [on back cover]
23.
Cover: Maelo Cintron & Vicente Segrelles/frontipiece: Gene Day (Feb.
1975) [cover identifies it as The 1975 Nightmare Winter
Special, only title page identifies it as #23]
1)
The Human Gargoyles, part 9: The Human Gargoyles vs. The Human Dead [written:
Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Maelo Cintron] 9p
2)
The Human Gargoyles cover [illustrated: Vicente Segrelles] 1p [a B&W repro of a future [never published] cover
featuring the Human Gargoyles]
3)
Nightmare Mailbag [letters’ page; illustrated: Robert Martin] 1p [text article]
4)
The Fiend Of Changsha! Ad [illustrated: Sanho Kim] 1p [promo for Kim’s story in Psycho #24]
5)
Tradition Of The Wolf [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Roberto Martinez]
8p [remarkable for the amazing number of
swipes in it, backgrounds appear to be lifted from many Esteban Maroto stories, while
foreground characters are lifted from Maroto and Frazetta stories from Warren comics,
especially Frazetta’s ‘Werewolf’ from Creepy #1]
6)
Death Walk! [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Jose Cardona] 8p [art credited to Andy Crandon.]
7)
Time For Living, Time For Dying [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Gene Day]
2p [text story]
8)
The Vampire Freaks [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Paul Pueyo] 6p [story credited to William Davie, art credited
to Stan Connerty.]
9)
The Thing In The Ragged Mountains [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Amador]
7p [story credited to Ted Freeman, art credited to
Walter Fortiss.]
10)
Fistful Of Flesh [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Cabrerizo] 5p [story credited to Leslie Jerome; art credited to Denis Ford.]
11)
Snakewizard! [written: Augustine Funnell; illustrated: Jose Cardona] 8p
12)
Werewolf graphic novel ad [illustrated: Roberto Martinez] 1p [on back cover, ad for never published graphic novel.]
Psycho
1. Cover: Brendan Lynch (Feb. 1971) [edited: Sol Brodsky, lists Gardner Fox,
Roger Elwood, Art Stampler & Wayne
Bennedict as writers, David Haldye, Paul Reinman, Gray Morrow & Mario
Acquaviva as artists]
1)
The Skin And Bones Syndrome! [written: Roger Elwood?; illustrated: Gray Morrow]
8p
2)
The Glistening Death [written: ?; pencilled: Martin Nodell; inked: Vince
Alascia] 6p [reprinted from City Of The Living Dead
#1, Avon, 1952]
3) I
Painted Only Terror! [written: ?; illustrated: ?] 6p [reprinted from Eerie #5, Avon, 1952]
4)
Psycho’s Gruesome Gallery No. 1 [illustrated: Steve Hickman] 1p
5)
The Thing In The Mirror [written: ?; illustrated: Everett Ryamond Kintsler]
6p [reprinted from The Phantom Witch Doctor
#1, Avon, 1952]
6)
The Steps In The Cellar! [written: Art Stampler; illustrated: ?] 4p [text story]
7)
Horror House Ad [illustrated: John Severin] 1p
[ad takes care to point out that it is a real ad!]
8)
...And Then There’s Cicero! [written: Gardner Fox?; illustrated: Paul Reinman]
6p
9)
Anatomical Monster [written: ?; illustrated: ?] 7p [great splash page!, reprinted from Eerie
#11, Avon, 1953]
10)
The Hands Of Death! [written: ?; illustrated: ?] 7p [50s reprint]
11)
The Gruesome Faces Of Mr. Cliff! [written: Len Wein?; illustrated: Mario
Acquaviva?] 8p
2. Cover: Hector Varella (Mar. 1971)
1)
The Heap [written: Chuck McNaughton; pencilled: Ross Andru; inked: Mike
Esposito] 10p
2)
To Laugh...Perchance To Live! [written: Chuck McNaughton; pencilled: Jack Katz;
inked: Rich Buckler]
9p
3)
Death’s Stranger [written: Marv Wolfman; illustrated: Tom Palmer] 8p
4)
Psycho’s Gruesome Gallery #2: The Vampire [illustrated: Steve Hickman] 1p
5)
Revolution! [written & pencilled: Tom Sutton; inked: Dan Adkins] 8p [story credited to Rick Poulos & pencilling to Sean
Todd]
6)
The Quest! [written & illustrated: Chic Stone] 8p [story credited to Rick Poulos]
7)
Dream Planet [written: Phil Seuling; illustrated: Serg Moren] 8p
8)
Valley Of Blood [written: Chuck McNaughton; pencilled: Jack Katz; inked: Frank
Giacoia] 8p
3. Cover: Boris Vallejo (May 1971)
1)
Frankenstein, Book II: Chapter One [written & pencilled: Tom Sutton; inked:
Dan Adkins] 12p [story & pencilling created to
Sean Todd]
2) A
Coffin For Captain Cutlass [written: Gardner Fox; illustrated: Serg Moren] 9p
3)
The Heap: The Heap Meets The Horror Master! [written: Chuck McNaughton &
Ross Andru; pencilled: Ross
Andru; inked: Mike Esposito] 15p
4)
Psycho Delivery [letters’ page] 1p
5)
Gruesome Crewcut! [written & illustrated: Chic Stone] 3p
6)
The Man Who Stole Eternity [written: Gardner Fox; illustrated: Bill Everett]
10p
7)
The Love Witch [written: Marv Wolfman; illustrated: Ernie Colon] 11p [Colon’s art created to Jack Purcell.]
4. Cover: Ken Kelly (Sept. 1971)
1)
The Innsmouth Apparition [written & illustrated: Larry Todd] 1p [frontispiece]
2)
The Heap: Night Of Evil! [written & pencilled: Ross Andru; inked: Mike
Esposito] 10p
3)
Out Of Chaos...A New Beginning [written: Marv Wolfman; illustrated: Rich
Buckler] 10p
4)
Museum Piece [written: Len Wein; illustrated: Serg Moren] 7p
5)
Comes The Stalking Monster! [written: Larry Todd; pencilled: David Cook; inked:
Syd Shores] 5p
6)
Psycho Delivery [letters’ page] 2p
7)
Behind The Planet Of The Apes [written: Allan Asherman] 4p [text article with storyboard art.]
8)
Escape [written & illustrated: Dennis Fujitake] 2p
9)
Plague Of Jewels [written & illustrated: Bruce Jones] 10p
10)
Frankenstein: Freaks Of Fear! [written & pencilled: Tom Sutton; inked: Jack
Abel] 10p [Sutton’s work credited to Sean
Todd]
11)
The Heap pin-up [illustrated: Bill Everett] 1p
[on back cover]
5. Cover: Boris Vallejo (Nov. 1971)
1) A
Psycho Scene [written & illustrated: Bill Everett] 1p [frontispiece]
2)
Let The Dreamer Beware [written: Jerry Siegal; illustrated: Ralph Reese] 7p
3)
Power Of The Pen! [written: Doug Moench; illustrated: Doug Wildey] 9p [Lead characters appear to be based on Archie Goodwin
& Stan Lee!]
4)
Psycho Delivery [letters’ page, includes a pencil sketch by Vallejo of the
cover of Psycho #3] 2p
5)
The Psycho-Analyst [written: Jeff Rovin] 1p
[text article w/ photo] 1p
6)
The Heap: Cavern Of Doom [written & pencilled: Ross Andru; inked: Mike
Esposito] 10p
7)
The Vampire [written: Allan Asherman] 4p
[text article w/ photos]
8)
The Unholy Satanists [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Serg Moren] 8p
9)
Out Of Chaos...A New Beginning, part 2 [written: Marv Wolfman; illustrated:
Rich Buckler] 10p
10)
Frankenstein: The Sewer Tomb Of Le Suub! [written & illustrated: Tom
Sutton] 10p [Sutton’s work credited to Sean Todd]
11)
Ad for Nightmare #6 [illustrated: Jeff Jones] 1p [on inside back cover]
12)
Ad for Hell-Rider #3 [on back cover, the magazine was never published] 1p
6. Cover: Vicente Segrelles (May 1972) [Jeff Rovin listed as Assistant Editor]
1)
Psycho’s Supernatural Series: Abrasax [written: Al Hewetson?; illustrated:
Pablo Marcos] 1p [frontispiece]
2)
The Vow! [written & illustrated: Pat Boyette] 7p
3)
The Midnight Slasher [written: Doug Moench; illustrated: Pablo Marcos] 6p
4)
Sleep [written: Steve Stern; illustrated: Jeff Jones] 5p
5)
Psycho Delivery [letters’ page] 2p
6)
The Psycho-Analyst [written: Jeff Rovin] 1p
[text article w/ photos]
7)
The Heap: Dark Victory [written & pencilled: Ross Andru; inked: Pablo
Marcos] 8p
8)
The Seventh Voyage Of Sinbad [written: Jeff Rovin; photos: Allan Asherman]
6p [text article]
9)
Of A Sudden Is Thy Death! [written & illustrated: Gus St. Anthony] 2p
10)
Frankenstein: The Phantom Of The Opera [written & illustrated: Tom Sutton]
10p [story & art credited to Sean
Todd]
11)
Sand Castles [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Pablo Marcos] 14p
12)
Ad for Nightmare #7 [on inside back cover] 1p
13)
Werewolf Pin-Up [illustrated: Bill Everett] 1p
[on back cover]
7. Cover: Vicente Segrelles (July 1972) [Al
Hewetson listed as Assoc. Editor]
1)
Edgar Allan Poe’s Pit & Pendulum [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Pablo
Marcos] 1p [frontispiece]
2)
Kerene [written: David Anthony Kraft; illustrated: Domingo Gomez] 5p
3)
Horror Has 1 Thousand Faces! [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Domingo Gomez]
8p
4)
The Family Jewels! [written & illustrated: Dennis Fujitake] 5p [Fujitake must have had a laugh with that title!]
5)
Psycho Delivery [letters’ page] 2p
6)
Guest Column [written: Ed Fedory] 1p
[text article w/ photo]
7)
The Heap: A Spawn Of Satan [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Pablo Marcos] 9p
8)
The Terrible Tragedy Of The Tormented One! [written: Marv Wolfman; illustrated:
Pablo Marcos] 5p [art credited to {Jim}
Elder.]
9)
The Masters Of Blood [written: Al Hewetson] 4p
[text article w/ photos]
10)
I Am Demona: The Feastings Of Prince Yamm [written: Gardner Fox; illustrated:
Steve Englehart] 10p
11)
The Asylum Of Frozen Hell [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Pablo Marcos]
8p [cover story]
12)
Forewarned Is Forearmed! [written & illustrated: Jim Pinkoski] 2p
13)
The Discombobulated Hand [written: Jay Wood; illustrated: Ramon Torrents]
3p [story by Hewetson?]
14)
Ad for Nightmare #8 [on inside back cover] 1p
15)
Skeleton Pin-Up [illustrated: Pablo Marcos] 1p
[on back cover]
8. Cover: Jose Mirelles (Sept. 1972)
1)
The Theater Of Horror [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Domigo Gomez] 1p
2)
The Human Gargoyles, part 1: A Gargoyle--A Man [written: Al Hewetson;
illustrated: Felipe Dela Rosa]
10p
3)
Scream Screen: Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces Of Ultimate Horror [written: Al
Hewetson; illustrated: Pablo
Marcos] 4p [text article w/photos]
4)
Devil’s Woman [written: Marv Wolfman; pencilled: Ross Andru; inked: Mike
Esposito] 10p
5)
Psycho Delivery/The Psycho-Analyst [letters’ page/text article--written: Al
Hewetson] 2p
6)
Have You Ever Seen The Black Rain? [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Juez
Xirinius] 9p
7)
The Filthy Little House Of Voodoo [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ramon
Torrents] 9p
8)
Bad Choke [written: Don Glut; illustrated: Juez Xirinius] 6p
9)
City Of Crypts [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Villanova] 10p
10)
Ghoul Pin-Up [illustrated: Pablo Marcos] 1p
[on back cover]
9. Cover: Domingo Gomez (Nov. 1972) [edited: Al Hewetson]
1)
Horror-Mood Introduction [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Pablo Marcos]
2p [intro by the Slither- Slime Man; frontispiece
& title page]
2)
The Slither-Slime Man [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Pablo Marcos] 7p
3)
Ghastly Reunion [written: Doug Moench; illustrated: Ramon Torrents] 6p
4)
Psycho Scribblings [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Pablo Marcos & Ernie
Colon] [text article w/ spot illos, Skywald’s
response to Warren’s Xerox Awards included.]
5)
...Suffer The Little Children [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Villanova]
8p [sequel to Henry James The Turn Of The Screw.]
6)
Ghouls Of The Cinema! [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Pablo Marcos] 4p [text article w/ photos]
7) A
Plot Of Dirt [written: Doug Moench; illustrated: Felipe Dela Rosa] 10p
8) A
Question Of Identity!!! [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Zesar Lopez] 8p
9)
Voodoo Initiation [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Pablo Marcos] 1p
10)
The Graveyard Jungle [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Juez Xirinius] 8p
11)
All The Ways And Means To Die [adapted & illustrated: Jeff Jones] 8p from the story All The Myriad Ways by
Larry Niven [Originally intended for
Science Fiction Odyssey, same story adapted
under Niven’s title by Howard Chaykin for Marvel’s Unknown Worlds in 1975]
12)
Ad for Nightmare #10 [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Berni Wrightson]
1p [on inside back cover, Wrightson’s art from a illo
for the Frogs movie review in Nightmare #10, the new host of Nightmare is identified
as Mr. Pook]
10. Cover: Pablo Marcos &
[insert] Fernando (Jan. 1973)
1)
Introduction [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Pablo Marcos] 2p [frontispiece & title page]
2)
The Suicide Werewolf [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Pablo Marcos] 10p
3)
The Legend Of The Man-Macabre [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Villanova] 9p
4)
...Peter Piper Picked A Peck Of Pickled Corpses... [written: Al Hewetson;
illustrated: Maelo Cintron] 6p
5)
The Legend Of An 18th Century Gentleman: H. P. Lovecraft [written: Al Hewetson]
3p [text article w/ photos]
6)
This Is The Slither-Slime Page [written: Al Hewetson, mini bio of Ed Fedory]
2p [text article w/ photo]
7)
The Heap: Even A Heap Can Die! [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Pablo
Marcos] 9p
8)
The Transplant!! [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Rubio] 7p
9)
Scream Screen: A Leering Look At The Frankenstein Monster...Karloff [written:
Al Hewetson] 2p [text article w/photos]
10)
Tightrope To Nowhere [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Juez Xirinius] 9p
11)
Frankenstein [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Maelo Cintron] 2p [not a part of the Frankenstein series but a joke story]
12)
...It... [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Maelo Cintron] 1p [text story, on back cover.]
11. Cover: Fernando (Mar.
1973) [reprinted in b&w on
frontispiece]
1)
...And It Whispered..And It Wept...And It Did Shudder...And It Did Die...
[written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Felipe Dela Rosa] 7p
2)
Scream Screen Movie Review: Blacula [written: Al Hewetson] 3p [text article w/ photos]
3)
...Make Mephisto’s Child Burn... [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Felipe Dela
Rosa] 2p
4)
The Heap: A Ship Of Fiends [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Pablo Marcos] 9p
5)
...Roast Their Evil Bones... [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Antonio Borrell]
1p
6)
Her Majesty--The Corpse [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Juez Xirinius] 1p
7)
Hit And Run: Miss And Die [written: Doug Moench; illustrated: Villanova] 9p
8) A
Bunch Of Answers [letters’ page, brief bio of Pablo Marcos] 2p
9)
Don’t Die Up There, Stanley [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Jesus Suso] 9p
10)
Tales Of Darkkos Manse: The Thing In Horror-Swamp! [written: Al Hewetson;
illustrated: Pablo Marcos]
10p
11)
A Bag Of Fleas [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Jose Gual] 8p
12. Cover: Jeff Jones (May
1973) [intended for Science Fiction
Odyssey #1]
1)
The Mad-Doll Man [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Jose Gual] 8p
2)
Lunatic Picnic [written: Al Hewetson; illustated: Zesar Lopez] 6p
3)
The Truth Behind The Horrors Of Salem [written: Al Hewetson] 3p [text article w/ photos]
4)
Studies In Horror [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Felipe Dela Rosa] 2p
5)
The Weird Way It Was [written: Al Heweston?; illustrated: Pablo Marcos]
12p [another takeoff on Alice In Wonderland]
6)
The Swordsman Of Sarn [written: Gardner Fox; pencilled: Jack Katz; inked: Vince
Colleta] 12p [Originally intended for Space Odyssey
#1.]
7)
Scream Screen Review: Asylum [written: Al Hewetson] 2p [text article w/ photos]
8)
The Lunatic Page [letters’ page, brief bio of Gary Friedrich] 2p
9)
The Heap: And The World Shall Shudder [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Villanova] 9p
10)
Welcome To My Asylum [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Villanova] 4p
13. Cover: Vicente Segrelles (July 1973) [cover for the story “The 13 Dead Things’
which is not in the issue]
1)
Prologue To Horror [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Domingo Gomez] 1p
2)
The Day Satan Died [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Felipe Dela Rosa] 8p
3)
The Slither-Slime Pages: Maelo Cintron Profile [written: Al Hewetson/letter’s
page] 2p [text article]
4)
Monster, Monster In The Grave! [written: Augustine Funnell; illustrated: Pablo
Marcos] 6p
5)
Macabre Movie Review: Dracula A.D. 1972 [written: Al Hewetson] 3p [text article w/ photos]
6)
Let’s All Drink To The Death Of A Clown [written: Doug Moench; illustrated:
Rubio] 8p
7)
The Heap: When Dies A Lunatic...So Dies A Heap [written: Al Hewetson;
illustrated: Villanova] 11p
8) A
Taste Of Human Flesh... [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Ferran Sostres] 2p
9)
The Horror Within And Without [adapted: Rich Buckler & Chuck McNaughton;
illustrated: Michael Kaluta]
8p from the story City Of Yesterday by
Terry Carr [Originally intended for
Science Fiction
Odyssey #1.]
10)
The Raven [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Manuel] 2p [story credited to Jessica Vogel.]
11)
The Taste Of Carrion [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Pablo Marcos] 7p
12)
Scream Screen Scene: The Mummy [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Maelo
Cintron] 2p
14. Cover: Ken Kelly (Sept.
1973)
1)
The Dead [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Maelo Cintron] 1p [text story/frontispiece]
2)
The Classic Creeps [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Frank Cueto] 13p
3)
The Monstrosity [written: Augustine Funnell; illustrated: Ricardo Villamonte]
5p
4)
The Slither-Slime Page [letters’ page; text story by Bob Burros, brief bio of
Augustine Funnell; cartoon by
Jay Lynch] 2p
5)
Scream Screen Reviews: Vault Of Horror & Who Slew Auntie Roo? [written: Al
Hewetson] 4p [text article w/ photos]
6)
The Artist’s Other Hand [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Jesus Suso] 7p
7)
The Horror That’s Not As It Seems [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Antonio
Borrell ] 1p
8) A
Man Who Dare Not Sleep! [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Felipe Dela Rosa] 5p
9)
Cassandra...Sorceress Of The Seventh Wind [written: Marv Wolfman; pencilled:
Don Heck; inked: Mike
Esposito] 10p
10)
The Hippy-Criters Are Comin’ [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Rubio] 5p
11)
I Battle The Vicious Vampire Bats Of Transyvania And I Lived To Tell It
[written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Maro Nava] 8p [story credited to Mario
Nava.]
15. Cover: Vicente Segrelles (Nov. 1973)
1)
How To Make A Mummy [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Maelo Cintron] 1p [frontispiece]
2)
The 13 Dead Things [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Jesus Duran] 12p [the story for #13's cover, art credited to D. Duran.]
3)
Letters’ Page: Jose Gual Profile [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Jose Gual
& Maro Nava] 2p [text article]
4)
When The Bad Moon Rises...I Am A Ghoul! [written: Rodion Eis; illustrated: Maro
Nava] 9p
5)
The Ghoul [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ferran Sostres] 8p [story credited to Howie Anderson]
6)
The House Of Demons [written: Chic Stone; illustrated: Amador] 11p
7)
Scream Screen: All Girl-Ghoul Movies Of The Macabre [written: Al Hewetson]
5p [text article w/ photos]
8)
Ghouls Walk Among Us [written: Augustine Funnell; illustrated: Ferran Sostres]
7p
9)
The Town That Crumbled [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Jesus Suso] 1p
10)
I Laugh The Laugh Of The Graceful Dead! [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Felipe Dela Rosa] 5p
11)
Scream Ad [illustrated: Zesar Lopez?] 1p
[on the back cover]
16. Cover: Domingo Gomez (Jan. 1974)
1)
The Old Vampire Lady [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Jesus Duran] 10p
2)
The Archaic Horror Mailbag/Editorial: Christopher Lee’s Comic Opinion [written:
Al Hewetson & Christopher
Lee] 2p [text article w/ photos]
3)
Monster, Monster Rise From Thy Crypt [written: Augustine Funnell; illustrated:
Ricardo Villamonte] 8p
4)
Darkkos Manse: They Lived In Darkkos Manse! [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Maro Nava] [story credited to Joe Dentyn.]
5)
The Thing With The Red Ribbon In Its Hair [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Domingo Gomez] 1p [story
credited to Domingo Gomez.]
6)
Dead--But Not Yet Buried: Edgar Allan Poe [written: Al Hewetson] 4p [text article w/ photos]
7)
The Thing In The Box [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Rubio] 6p [story credited to Harvey Lazarus.]
8)
Hunger Of The Slaughter-Sludge Beasts! [written: Doug Moench; illustrated:
Jesus Suso] 11p
9) A
Tale In Old Egypt: the Premature Burial Of A Mummy [written: Al Hewetson;
illustrated: Felipe Dela
Rosa] 2p [story credited to Howie
Anderson]
10)
Movie Reviews: Nosferatu [written: Ed Fedory] 1p [text article w/ photos]
11)
Greed [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ricardo Villamonte] 8p [story credited to Edward Farthing, monster in this story is
identical to the cover monster for #18]
17. Cover: Faba (Mar. 1974)
1)
The Death Pit [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Domingo Gomez] 1p [frontispiece]
2)
The Black Sculpture Of The Pharaohs [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ricardo
Villamonte] 7p
3)
Horror Preview Contest [illustrated: Ricardo Villamonte] 1p
4)
Slither-Slime Previews For ‘74 [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: various]
2p [text article previewing upcoming stories]
5)
This Is Your Life, Sam Hammer, This Is Your Death! [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Jose Cardona] 7p
6)
This If The Vault Of The Living Dead! [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Maro
Nava] 8p [story credited to Harvey Lazarus]
7)
There Are The Things That Are Dead [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Felipe
Dela Rosa] 8p [story credited to Howie
Anderson]
8)
The Crime In Satan’s Crypt! [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Antonio Borrell]
8p
9)
The Lunatic Class Of ‘64 [written: Jane Lynch; illustrated: Emilio Bernado] 4p
10)
The Narrative Of Skut [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Luis Collado] 7p
11)
Monster, Monster, Heed Death’s Call [written: Augustine Funnell; illustrated:
Ricardo Villamonte] 8p
12)
Heap Pin-Up [illustrated: Bill Everett] 1p
reprinted from Psycho #5 (Nov. 1971)
[on inside back cover]
18. Cover: Villanova (May
1974)
1)
The Macabre [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ricardo Villamonte] 10p
2)
The Archaic Horror Mailbag: Jose Maria Cardona Profile [written: Al Hewetson;
illustrated: Suso] 1p [text article]
3)
Lady Satan Sketch [illustrated: Pablo Marcos] 1p
4)
The Rats [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Felipe Dela Rosa] 10p
5)
The Saga Of The Victims Promo [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Jesus Suso]
1p
6) A
Descent Into The Maelstrom [adapted: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Cesar Lopez]
10p from the story by Edgar
Allan Poe
7)
Horror Preview Contest [illustrated: Ricardo Villamonte] 1p
8)
Now...Another Maniac! [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Maelo Cintron]
6p [story credited to Howie Anderson]
9)
Uncle Ed’s Grave [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Alphonso Font] 7p [story credited to Howie Anderson]
10)
Horror Books-Music-Movies [written: Ed Fedory, Augustine Funnell & Al
Hewetson] 2p [text article]
11)
The Boutique Macabre [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Antonio Borrell] 3p
[story credited to Edward
Farthing.]
12)
Monster, Monster, Watch Them Die [written: Augustine Funnell; illustrated:
Ricardo Villamonte] 8p
19. Cover: Sebastia Boada
(July 1974)
1)
Old Horrors [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Domingo Gomez] 1p [frontispiece]
2)
Lady Satan: The Son Of Lord Lucifer [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Pablo
Marcos] 9p [series continues from Scream]
3)
Like A Bat Outta Hell [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ricardo Villamonte]
7p [story credited to Edward Farthing.]
4)
The Yeti [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Alphonso Font] 7p [story credited to Howie Anderson]
5)
Ligeia [adapted: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Jesus Duran] 5p from the story by Edgar Allan Poe
6)
Horror-Mood Artist Of The Month: Ricardo Villamonte [written: Al Hewetson;
illustrated: Ricardo Villamonte]
2p [text article]
7)
Psychotic Psycho Mailbag [written: Al Hewetson] 2p [includes a profile of Luis Collado &
art from Scream’s
Victims Saga] 2p [text article]
8)
The Revenge Of Dracula: Hell Is On Earth! [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Emilio Bernardo] 9p [story credited to
Stuart Williams.]
9)
Horror Preview Contest [illustrated: Roberto Martinez] 1p
10)
Scenes From The Great Classic Horror Movies [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
photos & art from various
stories] 11p
11)
Monster, Monster: And In this Land...A Monster [written: Augustine Funnell;
illustrated: Ricardo Villamonte]
8p
20. Cover: Faba (Aug. 1974)
1)
Nosferatu Ad [illustrated: Zesar Lopez] 1p
[frontispiece]
2)
The Dead And The Superdead [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Jose Cardona]
15p
3)
The Horror Film Vault [written: Al Hewetson] 3p [text article w/ photos]
4)
Psychotic Psycho Mailbag [letters’ page] 1p
5)
Ad for 1974 Nightmare Yearbook [illustrated: Roberto Martinez] 1p
6)
The Burial Vault Of Primal Eld!!! [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Antonio
Borrell] 8p
7)
Horror-Mood Artist Of The Month: Maelo Cintron [written: Al Hewetson;
illustrated: Maelo Cintron] 2p [text article]
8)
The Masque Of Red Death [adapted: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ricardo Villamonte]
9p from the story by Edgar Allan Poe
9)
Tomorrow The Snowman Will Kill You! [written: Augustine Funnell; illustrated:
Luis Collado] 5p
10)
Requiem For A Human Being [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Antonio Borrell]
8p [story credited to Howie Anderson]
11)
The Human Gargoyles, part 7: The Freaks [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Maelo Cintron] 9p
12)
Ad for 1974 Nightmare Yearbook [illustrated: ?,] 1p [on inside back cover]
13)
Ad for Tomb Of Horror [illustrated: ?] 1p
[on back cover, ad for never published magazine]
21. Cover: Prieto Muriana
(Oct. 1974)
1)
The Fiend Of Changsha!, part 1 [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Sanho Kim]
8p
2)
Psychotic Psycho Mailbag [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Zesar Lopez]
2p [text article]
3)
The Facts In The Case Of M. Valdemar [adapted: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Jose
Cardona] 7p from the story by Edgar
Allan Poe
4)
Nightmare Yearbook Ad [illustrated: Robert Martin] 1p
5)
The Gloomb Bomb [written & illustrated: Jack Katz] 12p [Originally intended for Space Odyssey #1.]
6)
The Cadaver [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Gene Day] 2p [text story]
7)
The Ghost Of The Corpse [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Luis Collado]
8p [story credited to Edward Farthing.]
8)
Maxwell’s Blood Hammer [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Jose Cardona]
10p [story credited to Joe Dentyn.]
9)
The Claws Of Death! [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Folsengo Cabrerizo] 8p
10)
Scream #9 Ad [B&W repro of cover] 1p
[on inside back cover]
22. Cover: Prieto Muriana
(Nov. 1974) [The 1974 Psycho
Fall-Special is also Psycho #22, although it doesn’t say so anywhere on the issue.]
1)
The Saga Of The Frankenstein’s Monster: Die, Frankenstein’s Monster! [written:
Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Cesar Lopez] 10p
2)
Psychotic Psycho Editorial Page [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Virgil
Finlay; H. P. Lovecraft; Zesar
Lopez] 2p [text article w/ spot illos]
3)
Revolution! [written & pencilled: Tom Sutton; inked: Dan Adkins] 8p
reprinted from Psycho #2 (Mar. 1971)
4)
The Vow! [written & illustrated: Pat Boyette] 7p reprinted from Psycho #6 (May 1972)
5)
Birth Announcement! [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ramon Torrents] 4p reprinted from Psycho 1972 Annual
6)
Phantom Of The Rock Ear [written: Chuck McNaughton; illustrated: Ralph Reese]
8p reprinted from Nightmare #4 (June 1971)
7)
The Midnight Slasher [written: Doug Moench; illustrated: Pablo Marcos] 6p reprinted from Psycho #6 (May 1972)
8)
Within The Torture Chamber [written: Kevin Pagen; illustrated: Doug Wildey]
8p reprinted from Nightmare #5 (Aug.
1971)
9)
Vault Of A Vampire [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Serge Moren] 8p reprinted from Nightmare #3 (Apr. 1971)
10)
Nightmare Pin-Up [illustrated: Gene Day] 1p
[on back cover]
23. Cover: Sebastia Boada
(Jan. 1975)
1)
People Of The Dark [written: Robert E. Howard; illustrated: Gene Day] 1p [frontispiece]
2)
The Phantom Of The Dead: Midnight In Wax [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Roberto Martinez] 10p
3)
Psycho Mailbag [letter’s page; bio of Gene Day & Augustine Funnell] 2p
4)
The Curse Of The Snake Goddess [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Jose Cardona]
7p
5)
Portfolio Of The Master Criminal, The Vampire [illustrated: Gene Day, Ricardo
Villamonte, Ferran Sostres,
Zesar Lopez, Paul Puigagut, Jesus Duran, Pablo Marcos, photos] 1p [text article w/ photos, with the exception of Day, all art is
from previous stories]
6) A
Garden Of Hellish Delights [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Cesar Lopez]
4p [story credited to Edward Farthing]
7)
Killerclown [written: Augustine Funnell; illustrated: Gene Day] 2p [text story]
8)
The Werevampirewolf [written: Al Hewetson;
illustrated: Jose Cardona] 5p
[story credited to Jose Cardona.]
9)
The Man Of The Crowd [adapted: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ferran Sostres]
5p from the story by Edgar Allan
Poe
10)
The 300th Birth Day Party! [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ramon Torrents]
5p reprinted from Nightmare #9 (Oct. 1972)
11)
The Mummy Khafre, part 2: The Murderess [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Cesar Lopez] 10p
12)
Pin-Up [illustrated: Maelo Cintron?] 1p
[on inside back cover]
13)
Zombie Pin-Up [illustrated: Gene Day] 1p
[on back cover]
24. Cover: Sebastia Boada/frontispiece: Gene
Day (Mar. 1975) [title page only
identifies it as #24, cover says The
1975 Psycho Winter Special.]
1) A
Fragment In The Life Of Dracula: Within The Walls Of Castle Dracula! [written:
Al Hewetson; illustrated: Roberto Martinez]
10p [story credited to Howie Anderson]
2)
Monster Monster, chapter 7: Visions Of Bloody Death [written: Augustine
Funnell; illustrated: Paul Puigagut]
8p
3)
Daughter Of Darkness [written: Joan Cintron; illustrated: Maelo Cintron] 6p
4)
The Book Of The Dead! [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Domingo Gomez]
2p [story credited to Hugh Lasky]
5)
From Hell To Eternity! [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Jose Cardona] 8p [art credited to Andy Crandon.]
6)
The Cry Of The White Wolf [written: Dave Sim; illustrated: Luis Collado]
6p [Sim’s professional debut. Art credited
to Stan Connerty.]
7)
Psycho Mailbag [letters’ page/editorial] 2p
[discusses never published stories by Ed Fedory, Augustine Funnell, Carl Wessler &
J. R. Cochran and displays a pencil drawing by Sebastia Boada for an upcoming cover]
8)
...If I Should Die Before I Wake... [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Jose
Cardona] 5p [story credited to Victor Buckley, art
credited to Andy Crandon.]
9) The
Fiend Of Changsha, part 2: Dead By Day, Fiend By Night [written: Al Hewetson;
illustrated: Sanho Kim]
8p [serial never finished, but great
story!]
10)
Werewolf Ad [illustrated: Roberto Martinez] 1p
[same as back cover of Nightmare #23, advertising an upcoming (never
published) original illustrated novel!]
11)
Psycho Next Issue Ad [illustrated: Gene Day] 1p [on back cover, same art as Nightmare #23's frontispiece]
Scream
1. Cover: Vicentes Segrelles (Aug. 1973) [edited: Al Hewetson, most stories from
#1-4 do not list author but all
are Hewetson’s work.]
1)
Prologue To A Scream [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Zesar Lopez] 1p [editorial, frontispiece]
2)
Welcome To Scream #1 [written: Al Hewetson] 1p
[text article w/ photo]
3)
I, Slime [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Jose Gual] 6p
4)
Weird Counts, Black Vampire Bats And Lunatic Horrors [written: Al Hewetson;
illustrated: Sam Dela Rosa]
5p
5)
The Sluggoths: This Archaic Breeding Ground... [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Jose Gual] 10p
6)
...Hickory Dickory Dock... [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ferran Sostres]
10p
7)
Nosferatu: Where Lunatics Live [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Zesar Lopez]
10p
8)
The Skeleton In The Desert [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Maelo Cintron]
2p [text story]
9)
The Tale Of The Perfect Crime [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Rubio] 6p
10)
The Comics Macabre [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Maelo Cintron] 6p
11)
The Strange Painting Of Jay Crumb [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Felipe
Dela Rosa] 5p [strange satire of Jay Lynch &
Robert Crumb!]
12)
Scream [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Zesar Lopez] 1p [on back cover]
2. Cover: Jose Miralles (Oct. 1973)
1)
Editorial [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ricardo Villamonte] 1p [text article]
2)
Lady Satan: The Macabre Beginning [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ricardo
Villamonte] 9p
3) I
Was A Vampire For Hire [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Felipe Dela Rosa]
10p
4)
Gothic Fairy Tales: The Thing In The Black Dress [written: Al Hewetson;
illustrated: Jesus Suso] 5p
5)
The Pit And The Pendulum [adapted: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ricardo
Villamonte] 6p from the story by Edgar Allan Poe
6)
The Phantom Of The Opera [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Maro Nava] 2p
7)
The Vampire Hunters [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Domingo Gomez] 1p
8)
The Vampire Letters [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Emilio Bernardo] 8p
9)
The Thing That Left No Fingerprints [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ferran
Sostres] 1p
10)
The Fetid Belle Of The Mississippi [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Jesus
Suso] 8p
11)
Mailbag: Jesus Suso Profile [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Jesus Suso]
2p [text article]
12)
Nosferatu: The Name Is Sinner Cane...And The Name Means Evil! [written: Al
Hewetson; illustrated: Zesar
Lopez] 9p
13)
A Gothic Fairy Tale: A Tale Of 2 Macabre Snakes [written: Al Hewetson;
illustrated: Felipe Dela Rosa]
1p [on back cover]
3. Cover: Villanova/frontispiece: Jesus
Duran (Dec. 1973)
1)
The Phantom Of The Opera [adapted: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Jesus Duran]
18p from the novel by Gaston Leroux
2)
Lunatic Letters From The Macabre Scream Mailbag/Editorial: Domingo Gomez
Profile [written: Al Hewetson]
2p [text article]
3)
Lady Satan, part 2: What Is Evil And What Is Not [written: Al Hewetson;
illustrated: Ricardo Villamonte]
9p
4)
The Fall Of The House Of Usher [adapted: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Maro Nava]
12p from the story by Edgar
Allan Poe
5)
Messers. Crypts And Graves: Undertakers [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Ruben Sosa] 8p [story credited to Joe Dentyn]
6)
Nosferatu: The Tale Of Another [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Zesar Lopez]
10p
7)
Nightmare Ad [illustrated: Ricardo Villamonte] 1p [on inside back cover]
4. Cover: Villanova (Feb. 1974)
1)
Lady Satan, part 3: Satan Wants A Child [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Ricardo Villamonte] 9p [story credited to Howie
Anderson]
2)
Edgar Allan Poe In The Movies [written: Al Hewetson] 4p [text article w/ photos]
3)
The Oblong Box [adapted: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Mario Nava] 7p from the story by Edgar Allan Poe
4)
Archaic Scream Announcements [written: Al Hewetson, brief bio of Ed Fedory;
illustrated: Jose Gual & Jack
Davis] 2p [text article w/ photo &
spot illos]
5)
The Skull Of The Ghoul [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ferran Sostres] 10p
6)
The Legend Of The Cannibal Were-Wolf [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Ricardo
Villamonte] 8p
7)
The Lunatic Mummy [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Cesar Lopez] 10p
8)
The Vampire Kingdom [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Domingo Gomez] 2p
9)
Nosferatu: When The Dusk Falls...So Does Death... [written: Al Hewetson;
illustrated: Zesar Lopez] 9p
5. Cover: Fernando (Apr. 1974) [back cover a pen & ink version of the
cover as an ad for never published Tomb
Of Horror]
1)
The Autobiography Of A Vampire, Chapter 2 [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Ricardo Villamonte] 10p
2)
The Macabre Scream Mailbag/The Comics Opinion [written: Augustine Funnell]
2p [text article]
3)
Darkkos Manse: Get Up And Die Again [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Alphonso Font] 8p [story credited to Howie
Anderson]
4)
The Cask of Amontillado [adapted: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Maro Nava] 7p from the story by Edgar Allan Poe
5)
The Black Orchids And The Tale Of Anne [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Jose
Cardona] 7p [story credited to Stuart Williams]
6)
The Conqueror Worm And The Haunted Palace [adapted: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Domingo Gomez] 2p from the poems by Edgar Allan Poe
7)
Are You Dead Yet? [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ricardo Villamonte]
10p [pages 4 & 5 are reversed]
8)
Shift: Vampire [written: Augustine Funnell; illustrated: Emilo Bernardo] 6p
9)
The Picture Of Dorian Gray [adapted: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Zesar Lopez]
9p from the novel by Oscar Wilde [art miscredited to Cesar {Lopez}]
6. Cover: Faba (June 1974)
1)
The Vampire Of The Opera [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ricardo
Villamonte] 15p
2) Ms.
Found In A Bottle [adapted: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Alphonso Font] 6p from the story by Edgar Allan Poe
3)
Frankenstein 2073: The Death Of The Monster [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Cesar Lopez] 9p [story credited to Henry Bergman]
4)
The Archaic Horror Mailbag/Editorial: Zesar Lopez Profile [written: Al
Hewetson] 2p [text article]
5)
Nosferatu: ...And The Gutters Ran With Blood... [written: Al Hewetson;
illustrated: Zesar Lopez] 9p
6)
The Saga Of The Victims: What Is Horror?
No, Who Is Horror? [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Jesus Suso] 20p
7)
Psycho Ad [illustrated: Sebastia Boada] 1p
[B&W repro of #19]
7. Cover: Brea (July 1974)
1)
Horror Fragments: The Headless Horseman [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Ferran Sostres] 1p [frontispiece]
2)
The Man With No Face [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Jose Cardona] 10p [story credited to Howie Anderson]
3)
The Archaic Horror Mailbag Editorial [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Richard Martin] 1p
4)
Nosferatu: Satan’s Third Reich [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Zesar Lopez]
9p
5)
Berenice [adapted: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ricardo Villamonte] 7p from the story by Edgar Allan Poe
6)
Horror-Mood Artist Of The Month: Zesar Lopez [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Zesar Lopez] 2p
7)
The Saga Of The Frankenstein Monster: The Descent Into Hell! [written: Al
Hewetson; illustrated: Cesar
Lopez] 9p
8)
Tomb Of Horror Ad [illustrated: Zesar Lopez] 1p [ad for never published magazine]
9)
The Saga Of The Victims: I Am Horror [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Jesus
Suso] 20p
8. Cover: Faba (July 1974)
1)
Psycho 1974 Yearbook Ad [illustrated: Steve Hickman] 1p [frontispiece] reprinted from Psycho #2 (Mar. 1971)
2)
The Tell-Tale Heart [adapted: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ricardo Villamonte]
8p from the story by Edgar Allan Poe
3)
The Archaic Horror Mailbag/Augustine Funnell Profile [written: ?] 2p
4)
Nosferatu: My Prison In Hell [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Zesar Lopez]
9p [credited to Cesar {Lopez}]
5)
The Slither-Slime Man Rises Again [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Jose
Cardona] 8p [story credited to Howie Anderson]
6)
Jesus Suso: Horror-Mood Artist Of The Month [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Jesus Suso] 2p [text article]
7) The
Mechanical Cannibals [adapted & pencilled: Rich Buckler; inked: Chic Stone]
11p from the story ‘From Fanaticism Or For Reward’
by Harry Harrison [Originally intended
for Space Odyssey #1.]
8)
The Saga Of The Victims: I...Am Torment [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Jesus Suso] 20p
9)
Nightmare Ad [illustrated: Sebastia Boada] 1p
[B&W repo of #20's cover]
9. Cover: Fada (Aug. 1974)
1)
Psycho Ad for The Fiend Of Changsha! [illustrated: Sanho Kim] 1p [frontispiece]
2)
Down To Hades...To Die! [written: Augustine Funnell; illustrated: Paul
Puigagut] 7p
3)
The Archaic Scream Mailbag/Editorial [written: Al Hewetson] 2p [text article]
4)
Metzengerstein [adapted: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Luis Collado] 6p from the story by Edgar Allan Poe
5)
Nosferatu: Who Killed The Shark? [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Zesar
Lopez] 10p
6)
Horror-Mood Artist Of The Month: Pablo Marcos [written: Al Hewetson;
illustrated: Pablo Marcos] 2p
7)
The Asylum [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: John Agras] 5p [story credited to Howie Anderson]
8)
Gothic Fairy Tales: I Never Heard Of A Ghost Actually Killing Anyone! [written:
Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Antonio Borrell] 6p
9)
The Saga Of The Victims: I Am Treachery...I Am Horror Incarnate [written: Al
Hewetson: illustrated:
Jesus Suso] 20p
10)
Nightmare Ad [illustrated: Gene Day] 1p
[on back cover]
10. Cover: Sebastia Boada
(Oct. 1974)
1)
The Narrative Of Arthur Gordon Pym Of Nantucket preview [illustrated: Cesar
Lopez] 1p [frontispiece, advertised a 25
page Poe adaptation that never appeared]
2)
My Flesh Crawls [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Roberto Martinez] 10p
3)
The Archaic Scream Mailbag/Editorial [written: Al Hewetson] 2p [text article with art from various stories]
4) A
Fragment In The Life Of Dracula: Creatures In The Night! [written: Al Hewetson;
illustrated: Jose Cardona]
9p
5)
The Murders In The Rue Morgue [adapted: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Cesar Lopez]
12p from the story by Edgar Allan Poe
6)
The Art Of Killing Human Monsters [written: Al Hewetson] 3p [text article w/ photos]
7)
The Stranger Is The Vampire [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Paul Pueyo]
10p [story is credited to Pauyl Pueyo.]
8)
Tales Out Of Hell, part 2: In His Master’s Blood [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Jesus Duran] 10p [story credited to Howie
Anderson]
11. Cover: Ballestar (Mar.
1975)
1)
Werewolf illustrated novel ad [illustrated: Roberto Martinez] 1p [frontispiece]
2)
Nosferatu: I Kill To Live [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Zesar Lopez] 10p
3)
Scream Mailbag & Previews [illustrated: Cesar Lopez, Paul Puigagut & an
ad for the never published Psycho
#25 which was to have 10 linked stories about a single town snatched out of
hell.]
4)
You Can’t Judge A Killer By The Corpse! [written: Augustine Funnell;
illustrated: Jose Cardona] 9p [art credited to Andy
Crandon.]
5)
Who Are They? The Breeders! [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Luis Collado] 7p
6)
The Exorcist Reviews [written: Ed Fedory, Augustine Funnell & Al Hewetson;
illustrated: Gene Day] 4p [text article w/ photos]
7)
The Raven [adapted: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Peter Cappiello] 5p from the poem by Edgar Allan Poe [adaptation credited to Peter
Cappiello while art was credited to Denis Ford.]
8)
The Saga Of The Victims: I Am A Proud Monstrosity [written: Al Hewetson;
illustrated: Jesus Suso] 20p [story never concluded]
9)
Psycho #25 Ad [illustrated: ?] 1p [on
back cover]
Psycho
1972 Annual
1. Cover: Pujolar (Aug. 1972) [edited: Al Hewetson]
1) Psycho’s
Supernatural Series: The Horned Goat Of Satan [written: Al Hewetson;
illustrated: Pablo Marcos]
1p [frontispiece]
2)
Lucifer Awaits You! [written: David Anthony Kraft; illustrated: Villanova] 6p
3)
Burn, Baby, Burn [written: Len Brown; illustrated: Carlos Garzon] 6p
4)
The Heap: What Hath Hell Wrought? [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Pablo
Marcos] 8p
5)
The Myth Of Dracula [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: F. DelaFuente] 7p [artwork may be by Victor de a Fuente]
6)
...Blind Fate [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Frank Cuelo] 7p
7)
The Cursing Of Captain Skull [written: Gardner Fox; illustrated: Steve Hickman]
10p
8)
The Furnace Of Hell [written: Robert Kanigher; illustrated: Amador] 12p
9)
Birth Announcement [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ramon Torrents] 4p
10)
Pin-Up [illustrated: Pablo Marcos] 1p
[on back cover]
Nightmare
1972 Special
1. Cover: Vicentes Segrelles (Nov. 1972) [edited: Al Hewetson]
1)
The Truth Behind The Myth Of The Bride Of Dracula [written: Al Hewetson;
illustrated: Juez Xirinius] 1p [frontispiece]
2)
The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde [adapted: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Juez Xirinius] 10p from the novel by Robert
Louis Stevenson
3) A
Macabre Fact Of Life: The Indian Rope Trick [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Ricardo Villamonte] 2p
4)
Beauty Is Only Blood Deep [written: Doug Moench; illustrated: Fred Carrillo] 9p
5)
Limb From Limb From Death [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Pablo Marcos] 7p
6)
Nightmare World: A Grave Beneath The Sea! [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Bill Payne] 4p from a dream by Joseph Elliot
7)
Alone [written & illustrated: Bruce Jones] 12p
8)
And If A Fiend Should Come A-Callin’ [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: L. M.
Roca] 6p
9)
The Day The Earth Will Die! [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Ferran Sostres]
10p [cover story]
Nightmare
1973 Winter-Special
1. Cover: Ken Kelly (Mar. 1973)
1)
Die Mummy! [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Jesus Duran] 8p
2)
Nightmare Movie Review: Dr. Phibes Rises Again [written: Al Hewetson] 3p [text article w/ photos]
3) I
Left My Heart In The Burial Pit, I Had No Choice [written: Al Hewetson;
illustrated: Jose Gual] 7p
4)
Beyond The Walls!!! [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Villanova] 1p
5) Mephisto’s
Brand [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Suso] 1p
6)
The Horror Tub [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Rubio] 8p
7)
The Event In The Night? [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Pablo Marcos] 7p
8)
Beware It...Fear It...It Screams! [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Antonio
Borrell] 9p [cover story]
9)
The Night Of The Mutant-Eaters [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Dennis Fujitake] 8p
10)
The Last Witch! [written: Ed Fedory; illustrated: Anotnio Borrell] 1p
11)
Special Awards Page [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Gahan Wilson] 2p [text article w/ spot illos]
12)
Whether Man Or Scarecrow [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Felipe Dela Rosa]
7p
The
1974 Psycho Yearbook
1. Cover: Made of previous assorted covers
including Psycho #1, 3, 7, 8, 9, 13 (Apr. 1974)
1)
Frontispiece [illustrated: Paul Pueyo] 1p
2)
The Saga Of The Frankenstein’s Monster: The Brides Of Frankensteins [written:
Al Hewetson; illustrated:
Cesar Lopez] 9p
3)
Horror-Mood Ad [illustrated: Bill Everett] 1p
[art from prose story in Nightmare #1]
4)
Psychotic Psycho Mailbag [letters’ page, tributes to Syd Shores & Bill
Everett] 1p
5)
Slime World [written: Chuck McNaughton; illustrated: Ralph Reese] 10p reprinted from Nightmare #5 Aug. 1971)
6)
The Man Who Stole Eternity [written: Gardner Fox; illustrated: Bill Everett]
10p reprinted from Psycho #3 (May
1971)
7)
Beware Small Evils! [written: Jack Katz & Frank Giacoia; pencilled: Jack
Katz; inked: Frank Giacoia] 10p reprinted from Nightmare #3 (Apr. 1971)
8)
The Inner Man [written & pencilled: Tom Sutton; inked: Dan Adkins] 10p reprinted from Nightmare #3 (Apr. 1971)
9)
The Deadly Mark Of The Beast! [written: Len Wein; pencilled: Syd Shores; inked:
Tom Palmer] 8p reprinted from Nightmare #1 (Dec. 1970)
The
1974 Nightmare Yearbook
1. Cover: Vicente Segrelles plus previous
covers including 3, 7, 11, 13 (Oct. 1974)
1)
Frontispiece [illustrated: ?] 1p
2)
Dracula: The God Of The Dead [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated: Roberto
Martinez] 9p
3)
Dracula Is Alive (?) And Evil In This 1974 Nightmare Yearbook [written: Al
Hewetson] 2p [text article]
4) A
Rotten Deal [written & illustrated: Bruce Jones] 11p reprinted from Nightmare #3 (Apr. 1971)
5)
Let The Dreamer Beware [written: Jerry Seigel; illustrated: Ralph Reese]
7p reprinted from Psycho #5 (Nov. 1971)
6)
Escape [written & illustrated: Dennis Fujitake] 2p reprinted from Psycho #4 (Sept. 1971)
7)
Whence Stalked The Werewolf [written: Len Brown; illustrated: Carlos Garzon] 6p reprinted from Nightmare #5 (Aug. 1971)
8)
Power Of The Pen! [written: Doug Moench; illustrated: Doug Wildey] 11p reprinted from Psycho #5 (Nov. 1971)
9)
Hag Of The Blood Basket! [written: Al Hewetson; illustrated:Tom Sutton]
16p reprinted from Nightmare #4 (June 1971)
10)
Psycho #20 Ad [B&W repro of cover] 1p
11)
Scream Ad [illustrated: Suso] 1p [on
back cover]
Hell-Rider
1. Cover: Harry Rosenbaum (Aug. 1971) [edited: Sol Brodsky]
1)
How...Why...Hell Rider? [written: Gary Friedrich] 2p [text article, includes bios of Ross Andru
& Mike Esposito]
2)
Introducing The Hell-Rider [written: Gary Friedrich; pencilled: Ross Andru;
inked: Mike Esposito] 20p
3)
The Butterfly [written: Gary Friedrich; illustrated: Rich Buckler? or John
Celardo?] 14p
4)
The Wild Bunch [written: Gary Friedrich; pencilled: Syd Shores; inked: Mike
Esposito] 14p
5)
The Hell-Rider: The Final Chapter [written: Gary Friedrich; pencilled: Ross
Andru; inked: Mike Esposito]
10p
6)
Curly’s Cycle Corner [written: Gary Friedrich] 2p [text article]
2. Cover: Harry Rosenbaum (Oct. 1971)
1)
Write On!/Gary Friedrich Admits To A Few Things [written: Gary Friedrich]
2p [text article/letter’s page]
2)
The Hell-Rider: Night Of The Ripper [written: Gary Friedrich; pencilled: Ross
Andru; inked: Mike Esposito]
24p
3)
The Wild Bunch: Blood On Their Spokes [written: Mike Friedrich; pencilled: Syd
Shores; inked: Mike Esposito]
13p
4)
Curly’s Cycle Corner [written: Gary Friedrich] 1p [text article]
5)
The Butterfly: Against The Brothers Of The Crimson Cross [written: Gary
Friedrich; illustrated: Rich Buckler]
11p
6)
Shanghai...70's Style! [written: Gary Friedrich; pencilled: Ross Andru; inked:
Mike Esposito] 10p
* The never published
(although advertised) third issue would have featured a cover by Gray Morrow
and a Hell-Rider story entitled ‘The Zodiac Killers’.
The
Crime Machine
1. Cover: Tom Palmer (Feb. 1971) [edited: Sol Brodsky, all contents for both
issues composed of reprinted comics
from the 1950s.]
1)
Vinne Sherwood, Racket King! [written: ?; pencilled: Mike Becker; inked: Vince
Alascia] 6p reprinted from All True Detective
Cases, 1952, 100p special [likely a
reprint or rebinding itself]
2)
Marion Gilmore, Queen Of The Waterfront Gangs [written: ?; illustrated: Joe
Kubert] 7p reprinted from All True
Detective Cases, 1952
3)
Brothers In Crime [written: ?; Illustrated: ?] 7p
4)
Baby Face Nelson [written: ?; illustrated: ?] 8p
5)
The Mole [written: ?] 2p [text story]
6)
Walter Legenza And The Tri-State Gang [written: ?; illustrated: Steve Ditko]
8p [This story is not listed in Robin
Snyder’s excellent Ditko checklist.]
7)
George Krowl And The Big City Murder Mob [written: ?; illustrated: ?] 7p
8)
Boss Of The Death Gang [written: ?; illustrated: ?] 7p
9)
Greek-Fire To Flame-Thrower [written: ?; illustrated: ?] 1p
10)
Toots Garboli And His Fight Racketeers [written: ?; illustrated: ?]
2. Cover: Tom Palmer (May 1971)
1)
No Jail Could Hold Him! [written: ?; pencilled: Carmine Infantino; inked: Vince
Alascia] 6p reprinted from Prison Break #5, Avon,
1952
2)
Francine O’Conner...The Empress Of Crime [written: ?; illustrated: Tex
Blaisdell?] 7p
3)
Charlie Lupetti And His Bullet-Proof Gang [written: ?; illustrated: ?] 7p
4)
The Corpse In The Lake [written: ?] 1p
[text story]
5)
Lou ‘Limpy’ Savatto, Hired Gunman [written: ?; illustrated: ?] 5p
6)
Leech McCoy...Incendiary Killer! [written: ?; illustrated: ?] 6p
7)
Juanita Perez, The Gypsy Killer [written: ?; illustrated: Tex Blaisdell]
6p reprinted from All True Detective Cases,
1952
8)
Waxie Gordon! [written: ?; pencilled: Mike Becker; inked: Rocke Mastroserio]
7p reprinted from All True Detective Cases, 1952
9)
The Masqueraders [written: ?; illustrated: ?] 6p reprinted from Police Trap #17, IW/Super
Comics, 1964
10)
Death In The Air [written: ?] 1p [text
story]
11)
Easy Money [written: ?; pencilled: Mike Becker; inked: Vince Alascia] 6p reprinted from Prison Break #5, Avon, 1952
12)
Habit Traps A Killer [written: ?] 2p
[text story] reprinted from All
True Detective Cases, 1952
Science
Fiction Odyssey
1. Cover: Jeff Jones/frontispiece: Rich
Buckler (unpublished--intended for Sept. 1971)
[edited: Rich Buckler, Chuck
McNaughton & Sol Brodsky]
1)
Introduction {written: ?] 1p [text
article]
2)
From Fanaticism Or For Reward [adapted & pencilled: Rich Buckler; inked:
Chic Stone] 10p from the story by Harry Harrison [published in Scream #7 as The Mechanical
Cannibals.]
3)
All The Myriad Ways [adapted & illustrated: Jeff Jones] 6p from the story by Larry Niven [published in
Psycho #9 as All The Ways And Means To Die.]
4)
The Swordsman Of Sarn [written: Gardner Fox; pencilled: Jack Katz; inked: Vince
Colletta] 12p [published in Psycho #12.]
5)
Author’s Space [bios of Terry Carr, Gardner Fox, Harry Harrison, Larry Niven
& Don Thompson] 2p [text article]
6)
City Of Yesterday [adapted by Rich Buckler & Chuck McNaughton; illustrated:
Michael Kaluta] 8p from the story by Terry
Carr [published in Psycho #13 as The
Horror Within And Without.]
7)
The Weapon Within Us [written & pencilled: Jack Katz; inked: Jack Abel]
12p [published in Psycho #21 as The Gloomb Bomb.]
8)
The New Science [written: Don Thompson; illustrated: Berni Wrightson] 2p [text article, art is published as illos for the
text story The Thing In The Alley and the text article dealing with the Frogs movie.]
9)
Starchild [written & illustrated: Bruce Jones] 6p [published in Nightmare #14.]
An
Interview With Archaic Al Hewetson
RA:
Could we have some general background about yourself and your first experience
with comics?
AH:
When I was a teenager I was a fan and published my own fanzine called THE
PORTRZEBIE ANNUAL, which was mainly all about EC and Harvey Kurtzman and the
MAD artists. And during that time I
managed to meet--and then correspond regularly with--Harvey, Willy Elder, Jack
Davis and other EC artists. But I never
dreamed I would ever get into the field.
I first became aware of the Warren magazines because of Harvey
Kurtzman’s HELP! which was published by Jim Warren, and I would often talk to
Harvey about Jim when I was a teenager, long before I met him.
Many
years passed. I met Stan Lee at Marvel,
and a few months later Stan asked me to become his assistant. So I went directly from being a teenaged fan
to being on staff at Marvel in 1969, when I was around 22 years old. During [that] time I managed to meet almost
everybody I admired in New York, artists mostly. Writers are mostly boring.
RA:
What led you to submit stories to Warren?
AH:
While I was at Marvel I used to write stories for other magazines, like DC
Comics, SICK, CRACKED, and others, including a piece for CINEMA magazine about
the history of comic book characters on film.
I knew FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND had old movie stills so I called them
up, talked to Jim Warren, and he invited me round to meet him. He was very helpful providing pictures for my
feature, and we appeared to get along immediately. He asked me to write stories for EERIE and
CREEPY and I did--I sent him stories within about a week and he liked them and
asked for more. He never rejected
anything I ever wrote for him, even though I admit some of my earlier stories
were pretty flimsy.
RA:
Who was your initial editor? What did
you think of Jim Warren? And what were your experiences writing for Warren?
AH:
I only ever dealt with Jim Warren personally.
I seem to vaguely recall dealing with Archie Goodwin about something or
other, who I knew from Marvel, but Jim was my only editor, and he didn’t
actually edit anything. He’d simply ask
me for stories, accept them, and pass them along to the artists.
Jim
was very pleasant during this early period but when I started writing for
Skywald he went ballistic, basically, and called me up and demanded
loyalty. He wanted to monopolize the
entire horror market---that was very apparent to everyone who dealt with
him---and many of us felt that was sheer bullshit, to demand that young writers
and artists who were selling him one or two stories a month should have no
other income. I would have stopped
dealing with him at that point even if I weren’t getting along with Skywald so
well. At a certain point he and I
basically stopped talking to each other.
However,
I have fond remembrances of our working relationship for a time. I gave him an original PEANUTS cartoon which
is in the background in a couple of the office photographs in THE WARREN
COMPANION, and he autographed and gave me a copy of EERIE #1, which is as much
a genuine treasure now as it was then. I
had a copy of the cover made and it appears in THE ART OF JACK DAVIS.
Later,
around 1973, I got a call offering me the job of editing the Warren line. I said no, without even asking for any
details. It was an extremely short
conversation. I was happy at
Skywald. I have been told by several
people who were around in those days that Jim Warren was absolutely furious
with me! Harvey Kurtzman laughingly
suggested that I was Jim Warren’s Bob Guccione, referring to the
Hefner/Guccione PLAYBOY/PENTHOUSE competitive relationship.
I
enjoyed writing for CREEPY, EERIE & VAMPIRELLA while it lasted. Several of the stories worked out quite
nicely, like HE WHO LAUGHS LAST IS GROTESQUE, IT’S GRIM, which I did with Syd
Shores (that black panther was a sculpture in Syd’s living room), and THE COOL
JAZZ GHOUL, which I really liked doing with Ken Kelly.
RA:
What prompted the move to Skywald and how did you become editor of the line?
AH:
After I left Marvel I was writing for a number of magazines, including Warren,
and then Sol Brodsky, who was now the editor at Skywald and with whom I’d
worked at Marvel, called me up and asked me to write stories for the new
Skywald, which I did. Within a very
short time I became Associate Editor, and when Sol returned to Marvel few
months later he recommended me to the Waldmans that I take over as editor.
For
the record, I had stopped writing for Warren before I became the editor at
Skywald, though probably by only two or three months, and although they still
had some unpublished stories which they eventually published, certainly by then
Jim and I had stopped talking to each other.
RA:
Before you became editor at Skywald, both PSYCHO & NIGHTMARE closely
resembled CREEPY & EERIE. After a
short hiatus the magazines returned with a distinct vision you called the
Horror-Mood. What exactly is your
definition of the Horror-Mood?
AH:
When I became editor I immediately wanted to make the Skywald magazines
distinctly different from Warren’s and everybody else’s titles on the
newsstand--so I bundled up this little vision within the framework of the
Horror-Mood, which wasn’t patterned after any other magazines that had ever
existed, but was inspired by everything that had ever...had the word horror
applied to it. I was particularly
enamored of Poe and the classics, and by Lovecraft who wasn’t exactly “unknown”
at the time, but he wasn’t exactly a household name either. And by then I’d come to love the old EC
horror comics, which I didn’t particularly like as a kid--well, in all fairness
they were published in the early fifties which was a whole generation before my
time--but I was aware of them. So the
Horror-Mood was a glass bowl containing everything I respected about horror,
including loftier writers like Kafka and Doestoevsky and Orwell.
RA:
It’s interesting that no one story from the Skywald magazines can be held up as
an example of the Horror-Mood. Rather,
it seems the Horror-Mood is displayed by reading a number of stories or issues
together, forming a cumulative effect of feverish, desperate trauma; very much
the stuff that H. P. Lovecraft or Edgar Allan Poe might write if they were
working today.
AH:
Right, well, you understand the Horror-Mood perfectly. There are, however, certain stories which
were pure Horror-Mood stories--like THE FUNERAL BARGE and KILL, KILL, KILL AND
KILL AGAIN and LIMB FROM LIMB FROM DEATH and THE SLITHER-SLIME MAN to mention
only a few--but the remark you make about the cumulative effect is interesting,
because when I took over as editor I inherited an art drawer full of
unpublished stories which Sol had bought from various artists and writers,
which were not-in-any-way Horror-Mood type stories, but which I was obligated
to use. Still, SCREAM was all Horror-Moodish,
and so were the writings of Ed Fedory and Augustine Funnell, who were my core
writing bullpen.
RA:
You adapted an number of Poe stories but no Lovecraft tales. Were you unable to obtain the rights to those
stories? AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS would
have seemed a natural for PSYCHO.
AH:
I admit I thoroughly enjoyed adapting all those Poe stories, along with Robert
Louis Stevenson’s JEKYLL & HYDE and works by Gaston Leroux, Oscar Wilde and
Henry James--all of which were public domain.
It was like writing CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED, which I had a full set of when
I was a kid. And every one of those
stories were perfect Horror-Mood stories.
But
Lovecraft wasn’t public domain, and Skywald--surprise!--had a minuscule budget,
so although I would have enjoyed having nightmarish heart attacks adapting his
works, buying adaptation rights was never a serious question. And Lovecraft was more horror-inspirational
than the other guys anyway--so I had much more fun ‘continuing the Cthuhlu
Mythos’ with my shoggoth stories, in which I involved real Skywald people. I did that to involve the reader, and it
worked out very well.
RA:
Why did your back cover text story THE THING IN THE ALLEY appear in both
Skywald’s NIGHTMARE #9 and Warren’s EERIE #42 at the same time?
AH:
That’s incredibly funny. We had the same
printer for awhile and the printer obviously made a mistake, lifting our back
cover and dropping it into EERIE. Jim
Warren must’ve flipped his lid!
RA:
I’ll just note here that not all of the EERIE #42 have that Skywald back cover
so obviously the printing error was corrected at some point during the
printing. Now, how many pen names did
you use?
AH:
I don’t know how many , but they included Joe Dentyn, Stuart Williams, Henry
Bergman, Hugh Laskey, Harvey Lazarus and, of course, Howie Anderson. Howie was very popular with the readers--he
used to get his own fan mail!
RA:
What were your impressions of fellow Skywald writers Ed Fedory and Augustine
Funnell?
AH:
Impressions of Ed and Gus? Ed was emotionally
disturbed and Augustine was awkward!
Seriously, they were my friends.
They were great writers and I bought as many of their stories as I
could. The three of us were so disparate
in our writing styles [that] we complemented each other as a well-rounded
package. We hung out together as much as
possible, and we’re still friends 30 years later!
RA:
Why didn’t Gene Day, whose art seemed perfect for your books, ever do anything
beyond spot illustrations?
AH:
Gene Day was working towards full stories.
He wrote and illustrated a number of single pages himself, only some of
which got published before we went out of business. Gene and I had discussed his doing full
length stories before we closed our doors. ... THE
EATERS by Funnell and Day was scheduled for a Skywald magazine but we closed
our doors about the point Gene finished the pencils. Later it was posthumously published in the
third issue of Gene Day’s BLACK ZEPPELIN, with Gene’s brother David completing the
inking for the artwork.
RA:
What can you tell us about the proposed Skywald titles such as SCIENCE FICTION
ODYSSEY, TOMB OF HORROR & TALES OF HORROR BY EDGAR ALLAN POE?
AH:
Sol was working on Science Fiction Odyssey when I started working for Skywald
but it was cancelled right before it was to be sent to press, because Skywald
had over-extended its budget on the color comics, and because nobody around the
office thought a science fiction magazine would sell. However, I managed to use ALL the stories
scheduled for this magazine in [either] PSYCHO, SCREAM or NIGHTMARE, including
the cover by Jeff Jones.
We
were doing so well on the newsstands that at one point we wanted to introduce a
couple of new titles, and TOMB OF HORROR was one of them. I was going to have the writers and artists
introduce each story, which I don’t think anybody had ever done [actually
Marvel had used something similar for a very brief period in the latter issues
of TOWER OF SHADOWS & CHAMBER OF DARKNESS--RA]. And the POE magazine was to reprint our Poe
and Stevenson and Wilde and Leroux adaptations as collector issues--not
necessarily as a continuing monthly magazine.
By about the fall of ‘74 when the writing was on the wall for us we
shelved the idea of introducing new magazines and I used up as many stories as
I could in the last issues of NIGHTMARE, PSYCHO & SCREAM, which perhaps
explains why our last couple of issues seem such a hodgepodge.
RA:
What caused the collapse of the Skywald line?
AH:
Marvel’s distributor. Our issues were
selling well, and some sold out. Such
returns as we received were shipped overseas, mainly to England, where they
sold out completely. We had built our
own huge fan base over just a few years.
I’ve always held that Warren and Skywald were healthy competitors, and
that we never did each other any financial damage, and that in fact our joint
presence on the newsstand probably helped each other’s sales.
When
Marvel entered the game with countless titles gutting the newsstand, their
distributor was so powerful they denied Skywald access to all but the very
largest newsstands, so our presence was minimal and fans and readers simply
couldn’t find us. Warren’s sales
similarly went downhill during this period.
I
absolutely assure you, our demise was not due to declining sales from a loss of
readership--but solely due to big business bully tactics on the part of
Marvel’s distributor at the time. The
Waldmans and I had a business lunch with our distributor in the fall of ‘74 and
we were given very specific information about the state of affairs on the
newsstands--which had nothing to do with Warren’s or Skywald’s solid readership
base.
RA:
You have a book coming out about your Skywald years...
AH:
It’s called THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE SKYWALD HORROR-MOOD and
it’s a big, handsome, 225 page book with 21 complete stories by our best
artists, new recollections by Ed Fedory [and] Gus Funnell, new interviews with
Pablo Marcos and Maelo Cintron, features and critiques by David Kerekes,
Stephen Sennitt and Peter Normanton, a complete (and exhaustive) checklist
including all the covers, a feature about my meeting with Fredric Werthan,
loads of unpublished art and photographs, and a beautiful, original, full color
wraparound painting by Pablo Marcos. All
the behind-the-scenes information you could ever want--including loads of
interesting details about guys like Harvey Kurtzman, Stan Lee and Mr. James
Warren. It’ll be out Apr./May 2004, and
you can get a discount if you order directly from the publisher at
www.headpress.com
Thanks
for the plug. I think Warren fans will
enjoy it as much as I loved THE WARREN COMPANION.
RA:
Do you have any future plans for comic work?
AH:
Yes. Having been unearthed after 25-30
years of living and working in the ‘normal’ world, I’m pleased to be
re-partnered with two of my old cohorts Pablo Marcos and Maelo Cintron on two
new comic books, both due out during 2004.
Pablo
and I are completing LABYRINTH STREET, an
anthology series with an ensemble cast about a weird street in New Orleans best
described as ‘a corridor to Hell’.
Maelo
and I are now finishing up the first issue of GARGOYLE JUSTICE, featuring a
grown-up Andy Sartyros, the baby gargoyle from our HUMAN GARGOYLES series. Andy is now a U.S. marshal in Colorado, and
the series continues as a social parody.
RA:
Speaking of the Human Gargoyles, your most popular Skywald characters, they
weren’t really horror characters, were they?
AH:
I suppose not. The series was more of a
social satire than a horror story. But
they sure fit comfortably into that glass bowl called the Horror-Mood.
RA:
Thank you, Mr. Hewetson. And that’s all,
folks!
Sadly, less than a month
after this interview, Mr. Hewetson passed away on Jan. 6, 2004 from a massive
heart attack. During the last couple
months of his life we emailed each other several times a day regarding his
upcoming book and notes to make this bibliography as complete as possible. He was a warm & generous gentleman and
he’ll be missed.
Al Hewetson: A Remembrance
by Richard J. Arndt
Well, first, I never actually met Al Hewetson. In 2003 I posted a Skywald bibliography on the Internet (at www.enjolrasworld.com) and Al contacted me to see if I knew how to get in touch with Skywald artist Maelo Cintron. I didn’t, but posted his interest on the website and a couple of weeks later Maelo emailed me with his addresses and I passed those along to Al. In Nov. 2003 I asked to interview him for an issue of the Warren fanzine SPOOKY and he graciously agreed. From that point right up to the day he passed away we were pretty much in daily contact, discussing the interview, working on the definitive Skywald checklist for his book, THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE SKYWALD HORROR-MOOD and just swapping stories.
One of the last stories he told me was of artist Syd Shores. He was very careful to tell me that Wally Wood had told him on numerous occasions that Wally regarded Syd as the best penciller he ever knew. Although Syd and Al had been friends for some years, Syd was angered by what he regarded as a vindictive ink job on one of his stories for Skywald and swore he’d never work for Al again. Al told me he spent two years rebuilding bridges with Syd (whom he greatly admired) and finally got him to agree to work for him again, only to have Syd drop dead of a massive heart attack at the age of 58. Less than a week after telling me the story, Al himself was gone.
Al was in the process of re-entering the comic field after 25 years, writing two comics--LABYRINTH STREET, an anthology series with art by Pablo Marcos, and GARGOYLE JUSTICE, an updating of his Skywald gargoyle series, with original artist Maelo Cintron, as well as writing the history of his Skywald days. I don’t know the fate of these comics but I hope they come out. It’d be great to see how his work had matured. Al’s horror stories were unlike anybody else’s in the field. Feverish, garish and, at times bordering on loony. Sometimes hampered by slapdash artwork but always done with a regard and respect for the reader that, sadly, seems rare in modern comics. Archie Goodwin did that sort of thing too. I miss them both.
Take care, Al.
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