Creepy Archives Vol. 1
Creepy was a magazine put out by Warren Publishing starting in the mid 60s. It was decidedly in the tradition of the EC horror comics of a decade previous. Since Creepy was published as a magazine, it escaped the trap of the Comics Code Authority that stopped the publication of the EC titles. This volume collects issues 1-5 of the magazine.
Printed in stark, glorious black and white, the artwork is on an equal footing with the EC stuff. The writing, sadly, is of markedly lower quality. Despite its shortcomings, Creepy is good fun. The art is mostly excellent, and while the stories aren't great, some of them are quite good. I enjoyed reading this and I'm glad I own it.
I don't know if I'm going to buy more of it, though. Creepy Archives is up to vol. 5, and Eerie Archives, a sister publication, is up to vol. 2. So I guess the good news is, I've got lots of material coming available. As to whether I pick up more Creepy and/or Eerie, I think I'll revisit the question when I have my collection of EC reprints where I want it. Until that time, any spare change for this sort of entertainment must go towards the cream of the crop stuff.
Tags: comics