Note that Uncle Creepy has been replaced by the Phantom of the Opera for no apparent reason in the below 1972 reprint in FM of the above 1965 CREEPY tale by Gray with Archie Goodwin.
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I wonder if Uncle Creepy wasn't pasted on originally, and fell off and got lost before or when they dug out the art again? Why they didn't have the original plates or film is still a mystery, I guess...
ReplyDeleteNo mystery at all. The reprint was from the "dark era" at Warren when a large percentage of the mags were recycled stories and articles and covers.
ReplyDeleteEarly issues of MONSTER WORLD had "monster comics" adaptations of films like "The Mummy" that led to the creation of CREEPY (where the MW strips were later recycled). FAMOUS MONSTERS later occasionally used this as an excuse to recycle strips from the Warren comics as filler when they were short on articles.
And CREEPY and EERIE were both largely reprints from each other for about two years before the creation of VAMPIRELLA in mid-1969. Whenever they'd reprint a story in a different magazine, they'd paste over the host picture.
If you look closely by the balloon on the left, you can still see "Uncle Creepy's" gloved fingers, which means the art was likely drawn directly on the board.
However, I think at that point, the "host" art was frequently done by someone other than the story artist-- usually Jack Davis but possibly Angelo Torres here. I could be wrong, but I think they may have supplied Morrow with a board for this page with the title and host drawing already in place.
Great blog, BTW, which I just discovered through a link on the "Grantbridge Street" blog. Gray Morrow was always a favorite of mine and he's much missed by me.