Fantasy Ink: Dan Adkins

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Monday, July 13, 2009

Blazing Combat and the Combat Quiz

Blazing Combat was James Warren's short-lived attempt at produced a war comic similar to his successful horror titles Creepy and Eerie. Unfortunately, this series only lasted four issues. All four issues sported covers by Frank Frazetta and the interior stores were drawn by some of the best in the business: Wally Wood, Alex Toth, John Severin, Angelo Torres, and Al Williamson to name a few of the highlights.

Fantagraphics Books recently published a hardcover reprint of all four issues. I have not seen a copy, but from everything I've read about it, it sounds very nice.

The "Combat Quiz" was a one-page featuring multiple choice questions about different aspects of military history. This format gave the artists chances to draw one panel depictions of military action ranging from the Crimean War up to the Vietnam War. Below are all four installments of Warren's "Combat Quiz." How do you stack up in combat know-how?

Blazing Combat #1, October 1965. Art by Alex Toth.

Blazing Combat #2, January 1966. Art by Angelo Torres.

Blazing Combat #3, April 1966. Art by Angelo Torres.

Blazing Combat #4, July 1966. Art by Dan Adkins.

Monday, June 29, 2009

Creepy's Loathsome Lore

"Creepy's Loathsome Lore" was a feature that ran in early issues of Warren Publishing's Creepy magazine. The feature focused on true stories (or the legends behind them) of vampires, zombies, and other monsters. They were all written by Archie Goodwin and featured art by the best artists from Warren's stable at that time. Below are the "Loathsome Lore" features from Creepy #2 - 12. It did not run in the first issue.