Today's short tale was inspired by the strips I read in Creepy and Eerie comics in the late Sixties and Seventies.
The comics belonged to my older brothers and I read them all.
Its hard to put into words the impact these comics had on me as a kid and in many ways shaped who I am. They represent for me the very essence of my late Sixtoes childhood and more importantly a golden age with my family in our Parent's home.
Since devouring them the first time round I have managed to get my own cool set of classic Sixties Creepy and Eeries, a treasured stack of loathsome lore for sure, mostly collected via Memorabilia, Thunderbooks and a few other dealers in the late 90's/early 00's, when I had spare cash.
I also got a hardback modern archive one recent Christmas. It was published by Dark Horse and lets me read some of the classic strips without crawling into the attic to unearth my originals.
When blogging today's tale I had in mind various Creepy strips hauled from the cellars of memory:
The Damned Thing, about a shadowy beast [inspiration for my title too]:
Moon City, about a pack of wolves in space! [there's a nuclear ferry in it as well!]
and a story about vampires on the moon, the name of which is lost in Uncle Creepy's dungeon I'm afraid!
Do you remember any Creepy and Eerie strips readers?
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