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Collecting issues #56-60 of Eerie, the latest deluxe hardcover in Dark Horse's acclaimed Eerie Archives series features work by Bernie Wrightson, Richard Corben, and Paul Neary, lavish covers by Ken Kelly and Sanjulian, and an interplanetary romance by none other than Wally Wood! We're introduced to the Spook, a voodoo-inspired zombie hero of the antebellum South. We continue the post apocalyptic adventures of Hunter and follow Dr. Archaeus as he tracks down each of the twelve jurors who sentenced him to death! Plus, comics retailer and frequent Warren contributor Buddy Saunders pens a brand-new introduction!
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- Published on: 2015-03-11
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. To be continued... By Diego Cordoba The year is 1974 and the Warren magazines are outselling everyone else in the business. As of 1973, Eerie is devoted to serials, Creepy to short stories and Vampirella to short stories & serials with a female character in the lead (something that would eventually change, but would come back in the late 70's).With this volume of the Eerie archives we continue with the serials, though by now those featuring the classic monsters (the Mummy, Dracula, Werewolf) have come to an end. Brocal Remohi drops the artwork for the Mummy, which is picked by Martin Salvador who adds the Werewolf into the lot and reaches a conclusion... But wait, The Mummy ain't dead yet, as he (or it?) will come for three more issues (starting with Eerie # 61; not included in this collection) and featuring some stunning art by Joaquin Blazquez (more on this artist in a future review, as his life-story is one of the most interesting).The Hunter series, which we've been following for a while, ends within this volume, but rest assured... it won't be the end of the character--yet! Of special interest within the first issue of this volume (Eerie # 56) is seeing some artwork by Enric Badia Romero, who would soon take over the art chores for the Modesty Blaise strip, and create in the early 80's Axa, a series with a semi-nude female warrior in a post-apocalyptical future. We also get a full-color Corben offering, a little on the whimsical side, though. The Victorian-set "Doctor Archaeus", is a Sherlock Holmes-type of thriller, featuring an escaped criminal vowing to kill all the 12 members of the jury who condemned him to death, by basing each of their individual deaths on one of the twelve days of Xmas, comes courtesy of Gerry Boudreau and Isidre Monès, and continues all throughout the different issues collected in this volume, and was back in then one of my favorite series (and still is).In Eerie # 57 we get to meet the politically incorrect Spook, a voodoo tale set in a swampy bayou featuring an avenging zombie as written by Doug Moench (who didn't know that "spook" was a pejorative reference to--well, I'll let you figure that one out) and drawn by the incomparable Esteban Maroto, who unfortunately would draw only the first story, the artwork being taken over by a very young Leopoldo Sanchez for subsequent issues. Leopoldo Sanchez is cousin to the great José Ortiz, and was only 25 years old when he began working for Warren. Corben delights us with a new color series called Child, a sort of Frankenstein series about a child-monster, featuring his inimitable color work. The artwork actually reproduces beautifully in this volume.In issue 58 we get a new series "Exterminator" about, uh, I'd give away the surprise ending if I say so, so let's just say it's set around the middle ages, and features a terrifying Knight, is again illustrated by Maroto, with some amazing artwork, but once again, he only draws the first story, the series being taken over by Paul Neary, a British artist who tried his best to compete with the Spaniards that had taken over almost all the artwork for the Warren magazines (and by the way, one of the reasons these magazines sold so well, as nothing came remotely close to this in the USA at the time). Berni Wrightson outdoes himself artistically for this issue, illustrating the self-written story "The Pepper Lake monster". Unfortunately, story-wise it isn't as great as the truly astonishing artwork he did. Series Child, Spook and Dr. Archaeus continue.Issue 59 is an all reprint issue, reprinting Maroto's Dax the Warrior, named for this occasion "Dax the Damned". However, it would have been interesting in seeing it all over again, as it was totally re-written by Budd Lewis, making it an almost different story altogether (and a practice the editor was wont to ask, and taken to ridiculous extremes with the adult sci-fi Warren mag 1984). One of the stories was even in color, so more of a reason to have simply reprinted it all over once again (at least the color one, for completists's sake).For issue 60, the last featured in this book, they forgot to put the credits under the stories, and though it's easy to guess the artists, it can be harder guessing the writers, so as a service to the fans at Amazon who follow these Warren archives, here goes the list of writers and artists for each story:1. New series "Night of the Jackass", another Victorian-set feature with crazed people killing everyone in their sight, due to their being given a drug that gives them superhuman strength and a will to kill, after which they themselves also die 24 hours later, is written by the extremely talented Bruce Bezaire, who after writing some excellent stuff for Warren would become a born-again christian, and I guess would rather forget his tenure at Warren. This series is illustrated by the always dependable José Ortiz, who even though arrived late at Warren, would be the most prolific artist the Warren magazines ever had, drawing 120 stories for them. Taking into account that he was also working for the european market at the same time, makes this all the most extraordinary. By the way, Night of the Jackass is one of the craziest, bleakest & best serials I've ever read. No wonder Bezaire became a christian afterwards...2. "Nightfall" is a whimsical short story featuring a kid who believes there are monsters under his bed and is illustrated by Berni Wrightson (it's not necessary to be a genius to figure that one out), and written by Bill du Bay. Wrightson even did a cover for the issue, but it appears at the back, the editor opting instead for a Ken Kelly cover based on the Wally Wood story (yes, Woody is back).3. "Exterminator One" follows were Exterminator left off, though this time the story takes place in a more futuristic setting. Art by Paul Neary, text by Du Bay.4. "Child: childhood's end" is still illustrated in color by Corben, but this time around it's written by Budd Lewis.5. The next color story after Child is "The Man Hunters", with fantastic art by Wally Wood (yea!) and featuring some of his best, most classic sci-fi work since his days at EC. It's written by Gerry Boudreau, though you must have probably read by now a million variants on this type of story. The artwork is still tops, though.6. Back to b/w with "Unholy creation", another variant on the Frankenstein tale by Steve Skeates, writer, and Leopoldo Sanchez, artist.7. We end with an unbelievable cliff-hanger to "Dr. Archaeus: Interlude" by Gerry Boudreau and Isidre Monès, that'll just have you wanting to be able to get the next issue right now to see what happens next. This series along with Night of the Jackass, were some of my favorites.All in all, a great collection of stories and even greater art. So, what is there not to like?Since this review has been a little too long, I haven't had time to continue with my saga on the great Spanish artists, so I'll leave it for another time. Meanwhile, if you haven't already done so, check my other reviews on the Warren archives for some info on these great, yet unknown (at least in America), artists.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Serials Continue By Jason Kerr Eerie archives 12 collects issues 56 through 60 in the series. Issue 59 is a complete issue devoted to Dax, The Warrior reprints but only the superb cover done by Ken Kelly is shown. Since Eerie morphed into a serial type of magazine, serials come and go at will in this archive. I am listing the story and artist writer for each series but in issue 60, all that information is left off the bottom of each story and I'm not going to guess who did what. Disclaimer: The artwork is again, up to the wonderful Warren standards that we as fans hold dear. Here are this archives highlights:1. The Werewolf series (Skeates/Salvador) has one story and it comes to a close with a twist ending.2. Hunter (Dubay/Neary) has two stories and in the plot, the character Shreck is incorporated from his series. I wasn't much of a Hunter fan but these two stories are well done in finishing the series. Fans of Hunter will only be disappointed that the series came to an end.3. It (Wessler/Romero/Gual) contains great art but there is only so much you can do with a corpse that rises from the grave when family or the homestead is threatened. There are two stories included in this archive.4. Dr. Archaeus (Boudreau/Mones) has four stories and this series has really developed well as it was going along. Not only is the evil mad doctor deadly in exacting revenge on the jury that convicted him but also there is a good cat and mouse game going on between the doctor and the lawman that wants to stop him. You will learn about the master plan of Dr. Archaeus's method of revenge that is very clever and there are many twists and turns and good plotting in this series.5. The Spook (Moench/Maroto/Sanchez) is a good example of what not to do when introducing a new series. Moench sometimes has a bad habit of using too much verbiage; which bogs down the story. The very first panel is a good example. The words "the spook" are mentioned 14 times in that panel. The story concerns Serena, the high priestess of voodoo and it shows her performing a ritual. It takes 11 total panels of verbiage to describe that she's really having such a ball doing the ritual that she finally reaches orgasm! In the meantime, the Spook is visited by Jeesala, the mad woman, and it takes her 8 full panels of heavy dialogue to describe just how bad Serena is. We finally get some action at the end of the story but this was just not a good way to start a series. There are two more Spook stories and we have a 180° turnaround as there is less talking and more action. These last two stories are better to digest than the first one.6. Child (Potter/Corben) is introduced and it simulates Frankenstein in a way. The coloring by Corben is very good. There are 3 Child stories and the series closes.7. The Exterminator (Dubay/Maroto) has two stories and I can't really say if one is related to the other. The 1st is set in medieval times while the other is set in the future. Both stories are good but the only drawback is in the 2nd story whereby when the computer talks, the dialogue word font is hard to decipher.In the midst of all these serials, some one offs are thrown in. We have a comedy called "The Wizard of Wagstaff" by Butterworth/Corben. The "Pepper Lake Monster" is done well by Wrightson. Last but not least, we have "Night of the Jackass". This is a gripping story about people who commit suicide by using a drug that turns them into savages. These savages spend 24 hours raping and killing as much as possible because after 24 hours, they die from the drug. The story is set in a hotel and our gang of heroes has to fend the savages off. This sounds a little like the movie Night of the Living Dead but it is interesting. As a whole, this Eerie archive is better with the serials than some of the previous ones and I look forward to finding out what's next in the next archive.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A Fine volume of Eerie Artwork and writing By Dean Wirth Bernie Wrightson, Rich Corben, Paul Neary and Martin Salvador fill in the volumes with eye popping artwork, the black and white stuff is even better than the color work, which seems impossible until you see it. The covers are masterfully done by Ken Kelly and the ever reliable Sanjulian. The writing is serialized horror and sci-fi high end B-Movie with continuing storylines, but well done. The intro is by Buddy Saunders, he lists a few of his favorite artists, and trashes the rest, which is stupid. Altogether a great collection.
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