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Issue: Creepy #8
Publication Date: April 1966
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Issues: #8 of 145 Issues (160 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWarren
Brand: A Warren MagazineView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Warren Publishing Co.
On Sale Date: 01/20/1966
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Archie Goodwin
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date in U. S. Copyright Office filings.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black & white interior, occasional color inserts
Dimensions: magazine size
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#64-65, 73-on?)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Interior Page
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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ORIGINAL TITLE PAGE ART
From the private collection of James Halperin
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Gray Morrow (painting) (signed)
Inker(s): Gray Morrow (painting) (signed)
Colorist(s): Gray Morrow (painting) (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Archie Goodwin
Penciller(s): Angelo Torres
Inker(s): Angelo Torres
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Creepy's Loathsome Lore!
First Line: Wanna get rid of a vampire...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dear Uncle Creepy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from William F. Hammond, Mark Basso, Ron Black, Kevin Washington, Steve Burnett, Carl Peters, Bill Drlikow, Linda Hunt, Scott Leslie and Terry Matson.
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The Coffin Of Dracula!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Archie Goodwin
Penciller(s): Reed Crandall [as R. Crandall] (signed)
Inker(s): Reed Crandall [as R. Crandall] (signed)
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Dracula
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCreepy #48 published October 1972
as The Coffin of Dracula! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCreepy The Classic Years #[nn] published January 1991
as The Coffin of Dracula [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Death Plane

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Ivie
Penciller(s): George Evans [as G. Evans] (signed)
Inker(s): George Evans [as G. Evans] (signed)
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Editor(s): James Warren (Original Editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Uncle Creepy (Host)
Synopsis: A mysterious plane shoots down both Germans and Americans during World War I. One unlucky pilot sent to shoot down the plane manages to see the face of the one piloting this plane, although he wishes he hadn’t.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagEerie #1 published September 1965
was Death Plane [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Mountain

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Johnny Craig [as Jay Taycee]
Penciller(s): Johnny Craig [as Jay Taycee]
Inker(s): Johnny Craig [as Jay Taycee]
Letterer(s): Johnny Craig ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCreepy Annual #1971 published January 1971
as The Mountain [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Invitation

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Engleheart; Russ Jones ?; Maurice Whitman ?
Penciller(s): Manny Stallman
Inker(s): Manny Stallman
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Editor(s): James Warren (Original Editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Uncle Creepy (host); Dr. John Cabore; Baron Von Renfield; Eva; Boris Hedra (Death, returned as vampire); Dr. Kovac (Death, returned as vampire); Hugo (Death, returned as vampire)
Synopsis: Vampires find it easy to get victims by inviting them to their home.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCreepy Yearbook #1970 published January 1969
as The Invitation [Story on Interior Page(s)]with Uncle Creepy
From Content Item: FlagEerie #1 published September 1965
was The Invitation [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Uncle Creepy is not in the story in Eerie [ashcan] #1, so he is added to the story in this issue.
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Gray Morrow

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Archie Goodwin ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo of Gray Morrow); Kirk Henderson (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (photo of Gray Morrow); Kirk Henderson (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): The Creepy Fan Club!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: biography of Gray Morrow and fan drawing of Uncle Creepy.
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Adam Link's Mate!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder [as Eando Binder]
Penciller(s): Joe Orlando (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Orlando (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Adam Link
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: adaptation of Otto Binder's story
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A Vested Interest

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ron Parker
Penciller(s): George Tuska
Inker(s): Don Heck; Frank Giacoia; Mike Esposito ?
Letterer(s): Charlotte Jetter
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCreepy #20 published May 1968
as A Vested Interest [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Although Tuska is solely credited as artist, Nick Caputo notes that Don Heck inked most of the story, with assistance from Frank Giacoia and possibly Mike Esposito.
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Fitting Punishment

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Archie Goodwin
Penciller(s): Gene Colan (signed)
Inker(s): Gene Colan (signed)
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCreepy The Classic Years #[nn] published January 1991
as Fitting Punishment [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Subscription ads for Creepy, Blazing Combat and Famous Monsters of Filmland.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Captain Company advertisements for monster masks, monster toys and other novelties.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Uncle Creepy portrait and subscription ad for Eerie.

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