Catalogue information

LastDodo number
222995
Area
Comic Books
Title
Creepy 59
Collection / set
Issue Number
59
Addition to number
Release Year
1974
Cover Type
Soft cover
Edition
First edition
Colouring
Partly coloured
ISBN
-
Barcode / EAN / UPC
-
Print run
Number of Pages
86
Dimensions
20.7 x 27.6 cm
Language / dialect
Translator
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The killer Santa cover started something of a tradition for Warren, who covered a number of these over the years for their Christmas specials. I suspect that the controversial series of murderous Santa Claus films that sparked lines of protest in the early 1980s was directly inspired by these Warren covers. The new magazine featured on the front cover was Warren's take on The Spirit. The same magazine was also advertised on the back cover. WR Mohalley was Warren's head of production and his appearance on the feature page marked the first time the background staffers were profiled. The best story and art belonged to Bill DuBay and Richard Corben's inspired Christmas story about a lone cop and crazy Santa killer (well, what did you expect?). It was great, even if the reproduction made the color pages look a bit muddy. But even that worked in the story's favor, making the grim, dingy town seem even uglier. The parallel storyline, with half of each page (jolly separated by mistletoe and candy canes!) telling the separate stories of the cop and the boil until they tragically (?) come together in the finale, clearly inspired many future comics writers, including Alan Moore. The rest of the issue was pretty good too, with solid stories from everyone and another excellent one from Don McGregor & Tom Sutton. 'Not A Creature Was Stirring' is a great story with top level art. It was also the third and final story about police detective Dave Turner.

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Stories in this album9

Story title
Cover Creepy 59
Story number
00
Story title
A Few Words And Pictures About Our Brand New Comic Magazine
Story number
01
Writer / scripter
Story title
Destiny's Witch
Story number
02
Writer / scripter
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