I do love seeing old European horror comics online.
They remind me of the comics I got as a kid in more ways than one. I bet a lot of continental kids grew up and had to get their collections back like I did.
The European covers are sometimes lifted from other publications and its fun to work them out. What can you see?
Here's a very Frank Frazettaesque cover on Escorpion. Is it lifted?
And this beastly fella has walked straight off a Creepy or Eerie cover, 'cos I had one!
This looks the same as Skywald's Psycho or Nightmare, if you're in the 'horror mood'! I had lots of 'Nightmares'.
And as for this, I'm pretty sure its a Creepy or Eerie cover just with different heads!
This monster should be Christopher Lee's Dracula but now its Wolfy!
These witches ring a bell too. Not sure why.
Another Christopher Lee pose. Beautiful colouring.
That looks like Barbara Steele up top. The raging lady looks familiar too.
The space-age Sophia Loren below reminds me of something, just unsure about it.
and finally, the big haired lady has an Aubrey Beardsley vibe I would say. Would you?
A lot of this sort of stuff on Dangerous Minds . . . quite a bit f which is NSFW!
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just read it Hugh ta. Interesting to see that these Spanish comics had arrangements with Jim Warren et al. That explains the similarities. I had thought they were simply cover lifts. I do like spotting the clones.
DeleteI enjoyed this gentle tour through old European horror comic covers, Woodsy. Interesting to see how these illustrations were re-worked and a great way to start a relaxed Sunday :)
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked it Tone. Hope you've got Sunday 'covered'! ha ha
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