Friday, October 30, 2009

Tower of Shadows #2: "One Hungers" (Neal Adams Art)


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Neal Adams is both writer and artist in the third tale in this issue of Tower of Shadows entitled "One Hungers." Frankly, it's not one of the best stories out there, but any story drawn by Neal Adams is worth reading. Tower of Shadows was a horror/fantasy anthology comic book published by Marvel Comics under this and a subsequent name from 1969-1975. It featured work by such notable creators as writer-artists (obviously) Neal Adams, Jim Steranko, Johnny Craig, and Wally Wood, writer-editor Stan Lee, and artists including John Buscema, Gene Colan, Tom Sutton, Barry Windsor-Smith (as Barry Smith), and Bernie Wrightson. Designed to compete with DC Comics' successful launches House of Mystery and House of Secrets, Tower of Shadows, like its companion comic Chamber of Darkness, sold poorly despite such notable talent.







Thursday, October 29, 2009

Savage Sword of Conan #14: "Shadows In Zamboula"


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Shadows In Zamboula

Conan / story / 39 pages

Script: Roy Thomas
Pencils: Neal Adams
Inks: Neal Adams and Tony deZuniga (as The Tribe).

Genre: sword and sorcery
Reprinted:

* in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #17 (September 1988).

Robert E. Howard adaption, credits from the letter pages of Savage Swords #14 & 16.



A King Kull Glossary
text article / 7 pages

Script: Fred Blosser
Pencils and inks: Michael Whalen (signed M); Michael Kaluta (signed MWK); Al Milgrom (signed AM)


The Silver Beast Beyond Torkertown

Solomon Kane / story / 11 pages

Script: Doug Moench
Pencils and inks: Mike Zeck

Genre: sword and sorcery
Characters: Solomon Kane
Reprinted:

* in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #36
* in Saga of Solomon Kane, The (Dark Horse, 2009) [nn]

Notes:

On the contents page the title was given as "The Silver Beast Out of Torkertown."







































































Special surprise bonus download: Neal Adams art prominently featured in Cartoonists And Illustrators Portfolio V3, published by Supergraphics in 1978:


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