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Creepy #101                                              Magazine
Featuring the Jaws of Death Special Issue. Awesome!
Cover by: Richard Corben

When the Comics Code brought down EC comics in the mid-1950s, fans of horror comics faced the prospect of substandard, watered-down fare instead of their steady diet of well-illustrated blood and gore. James Warren answered their prayers in 1965 with Creepy, a deluxe black-and-white magazine (thus not subject to the Code) offering chilling tales in the EC tradition, told by the master artists and writers from the classic days – Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, Reed Crandall, Al Williamson, and John Severin, plus Alex Toth, Neal Adams, and Bernie Wrightson. Creepy was an anthology title, with four or five stories per issue hosted by the ghoulish “Uncle Creepy.” Original editor Archie Goodwin made Creepy and its companion, Eerie, a showcase of storytelling talent through the first several years. After Goodwin’s departure, Creepy slipped a bit, but continued to be a unique and influential publication into the 1980s.

Now Warren Publishing presents, Creepy #101 Special Issue: Jaws of Death! Featuring beautiful “Shark Terror” cover art by Richard Corben. With “shark stories” reminiscent of 1977’s Jaws, it’s safe to say that Creepy in 1978 was feeding the “Shark/Jaws” craze at that time. Bruce Jones along with Richard Corben and Leo Duranona reminds us again of the dangers of going back into the waters. All presented in Glorious Black & White… with exception of the story “Water Babies” which is presented in color.

Creepy #101 contains:

“Dear Uncle Creepy”   Page 4

Your Uncle Creepy (aren’t I a dear?) is now 101 issues old. For this one I thought we’d take a big dip in the big deep! Keep those cards and letters coming! Because you love your Uncle!
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“In Deep I”   Page 5
Writer: Bruce Jones
Artist: Richard Corben

Brock and Peggy go sailing, but their yacht capsizes and leaves them drifting in the Bermuda Triangle. Fate sees fit to take Peggy to its bosom while Brock fights off sea gulls and marauding sharks, but not trauma!
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“In Deep II”   Page 15
Writer: Bruce Jones
Artist: Leo Duranona

A problem with salt water is a slight tendency to produce sharking experiences. Ouch! A shark in the Bermuda Triangle had the munchies and Brock lost his wife. He has been on the warpath ever since to get revenge.
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“A Boy and His Thing”   Page 24
Writer: Bill DuBay
Artist: Alex Nino

A tall tale, a salty tale is always found well past the tail end of truth! Except, of course, for the one you can take home with you in a box! Try it sometime and see how far you can get!
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“Water Babies”   Page 35
Writer: Louise Jones
Artist: Pablo Marcos

Jennifer wants to hunt waterbabies. She is rich and bored, so she and her stud go off to do just that. But when the genetically manipulated waterbabies came into being, one mistake was made: too many brains.
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“Seven Sisters”   Page 43
Writer: Gerry Boudreau
Artist: Alfredo Alcala

Seven sister set adrift, seven sisters with a curse! Seventeen pirates as good as dead, and for one something worse! Never undress distressed damsels, or a distressing penalty could be a double death!
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“Alternate Paths”   Page 53
Writer: Chris Adames
Artist: Pepe Moreno Casaures

Time forward or time backward, where ever you are but now, always think of the world that might have been, or the one that is mighty vanish like a pin! Dr. Radzil discovers nothing is unchangeable!
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Magazine is bagged & boarded and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

Publisher: Warren Publishing
Publication Date: September 1978
Format: BW/FC, 84 pages, Mag, 10.75″ x 8.15″
UPC: 0716585630009

Collectible Entertainment note: Magazine is in Very Good condition. (tear at bottom of spine >> see 3rd scan also some wear & creases) Overall… Very Nice Reading Copy!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Richard Corben, Creepy and/or Horror collector / enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining read.  Very Highly Recommended!

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