Aliens VS Predator VS Dracula

Y'all like a little humor mixed in with your horror? I hope so, 'cause that's what you're getting this time around.
The premise here is simple: the 'classic' Universal monsters are out to destroy the Aliens and Predator.

by Clint Mcelroy, Bill Maus & Bob Hanon
from ILLEGAL ALIENS (one-shot) 1992



























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ROADKILL

Here's another tale of terror for y'all. Once again from the classic yet short-lived series from the now defunct Eclipse comic company. Not exactly sure why anthologies always have a shorter life-span than regular continuing series, but I guess that's the nature of the game; western readers seem to prefer much longer stories, I guess.
This story here is one that most definitely has it's roots firmly planted in the old EC tradition. All that's missing is a creepy narrator to make a bad pun at the end. But it works just as well without it.

by Chuck Dixon & Bob Hardin
from TALES OF TERROR #12, May 1987








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Eyes In The Darkness

In this tale of terror, the real monster is not the paranormal one, but rather one of the regular kind of human evil.
Not all supernatural monsters have to be scary, do they?

by Glen Johnson & Buzz Dixon
from TALES OF TERROR #3, November 1985









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DREAD!

I haven't read the original story or seen the film, so I can't say with any certainty if this version of the story is the creepiest of the three. But I can say that this comic is pretty damn disturbing in it's own right. Of course that's partly because of Fred Burke's writing, but I think mostly because of Dan Brereton's decision to do this as fully painted art. Much better than his comic art. In fact, I don't think it would've worked at all in Brereton's regular style, but I guess y'all can be the judge of that.
And no, this isn't the whole story, just a vignette from the 58 page graphic novel. Perhaps if it isn't reprinted anytime soon, I'll post more; but I'm hoping that somebody (Fantagraphics? Dark Horse?) will pick up the reprint rights. This definitely is something that should stay in print.

by Fred Burke and Dan Brereton
from CLIVE BARKER'S DREAD (ISBN: 1-56060-142-6) 1992









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The Olde Curiosity Shoppe

Doc Stearn, Mr. Monster was a character that only appeared once in an obscure Canadian comic published in 1947. The character would be unknown if it weren't for the revival of the character by Michael T. Gilbert, who used the character extensively throughout the 80s and 90s for several different publishers (he even appeared in PENTHOUSE Comics).
I like this particular story because of the art of Keith Giffen, in which he utilizes the style that was heavily influenced by Jose Munoz.

By Michael T. Gilbert and Keith Giffen.
from DOC STEARN...MR. MONSTER #6, June 1986












Interview with Mr. Monster
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