CONAN THE BARBARIAN ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS HC #2
ADAMS DM VAR
(W) Roy Thomas (A) John Buscema (CA) NEAL ADAMS
The legend of Conan continues! Tired of the thieving life, Conan signs on as a mercenary for the warring kingdom of Turan. The enemy will tell of Conan's legendary skill in battle - if any are left alive - but palace intrigue may prove more dangerous to the barbarian than any foe! After all, it's never wise to bed a wizard's woman... Then, Conan joins Red Sonja for a multipart adventure! Last, but far from least, comes Roy Thomas and Gil Kane's never-before-reprinted adaptation of "The Hour of the Dragon" - the iconic story of how Conan became king and conqueror, and met the woman who would become his wife. And it's all restored to the original, authentic coloring! Collecting CONAN THE BARBARIAN (1970) #27-51 and ANNUAL #1; GIANT-SIZE CONAN #1-4 and material from SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN (1974) #1, #8 and #10. Rated T
DECADES MARVEL 70S TP LEGION OF MONSTERS
(W) Doug Moench (A) Val Mayerik (CA) NEAL ADAMS
Celebrate 80 years of Marvel Comics, decade by decade - together with the groovy ghoulies of the Supernatural Seventies! It was an era of black-and-white magazines filled with macabre monsters, and unsettling new titles starring horror-themed "heroes"! Now, thrill to Marvel's greatest horror icons: The melancholy muck monster known as the Man-Thing - whosoever knows fear burns at his touch! Morbius, the Living Vampire! Jack Russell, cursed to be a Werewolf by Night! And the flame-skulled spirit of vengeance, the Ghost Rider! But what happens when they are forced together to become...the Legion of Monsters? Plus: Stories starring Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, Manphibian, the vampire-hunter Blade...and never-before-reprinted tales of terror! Collecting LEGION OF MONSTERS (1975) #1, MARVEL PREVIEW #8, MARVEL PREMIERE #28; MARVEL SPOTLIGHT (1971) #2 and #5, TOMB OF DRACULA (1972) #1 and FRANKENSTEIN (1973) #1. Rated T+
JAMES WARREN HC EMPIRE OF MONSTERS CREEPY VAMPIRELLA
(W) Bill Schelly (A) James Warren (CA) James Warren
James Warren was the visionary publisher of Famous Monsters of Filmland, the magazine that fueled the movie monster craze of the 1960s, and inspired such future filmmakers as Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Joe Dante. Warren went on to publish Help!, Harvey Kurtzman's satirical magazine that featured early work by Gloria Steinem, Terry Gilliam, Robert Crumb, and Diane Arbus. With Creepy and Eerie, Warren popularized the black-and-white comics magazine and ran covers by the legendary painter Frank Frazetta before Frazetta was a superstar. Warren's magazines established a new category of popular fiction, a transitional step toward the graphic novel. They included art by over 30 Hall of Fame talents such as Wallace Wood, Steve Ditko, Alex Toth, NEAL ADAMS, Bernie Wrightson, Al Williamson and many others. His most famous creation (co-created with Forrest J. Ackerman) was the sensual Vampirella, who debuted in her own magazine in 1969 and who continues to be published today. Bill Schelly's Empire of Monsters features numerous eye-opening, often outrageous anecdotes about Warren, a colorful, larger-than-life figure whose ability as a publisher, promoter, and provocateur makes him a fascinating character study.