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Editor-in-Chief VAMPI'S SCARLET MAIL An & Publisher angry young reader, Mary Quince, claims that JAMES WARREN ly beautiful heroine nd there are better toon. Who is Mary y is she saying those awful things? Consulting Editor BILL DuBAY VAMPI: GRANNY GROSS Our Lady of Ludicrous Luck has become the hap' less guest of Granny Gadget and the plaything of Rollo Small. All of her powers as a vampire have been counteracted by Granny's robots making VAMPI a totally helpless victim to Rollo's desires!
Art Director KIM McQUAITE THE COMIC BOOKS o„« .„ ,„, great, not to mention controversial, in Advertising Production of the comics field was the Classics I——, SUZIN FURST series. Some looked upon them as instant book reports, others as inspiration to read the novel. Here is a brief history and, sadly, an obituary.
KEN KELLY MASK OF U'GIIU A series of knifings had been plaguing the young girls of Harlem. The deaths patterned, Writers This Issue were almost ritualistic and GERRY BOUDREAU the killer appeared to be supernatural because NICOLA CUTI of the mask he wore. Panda, who ran a shop in BILL DuBAY Harlem, was especially scared. It was her mask! LUIS VIGIL
Artists This Issue SWAMP LOVERS The > AURALEON mit of the swamps had everything a body could LEO DURANONA need for survival. A sturdy home, food sloshing GONZALO MAYO over his porch and even companionship. " And that JOSE ORTIZ was the problem: the companion. RAMON TORRENTS was a lovely gal —other times, s
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CONCERNING OUR MAIL ORDER ADVERTISEMENTS: Warren Publishing guarantees our merchandise will be re- placed if not received in satisfactory condition. Should you need to write us concerning an order, whether it be from our address or a Post Office Box address, send your letter to: E.C. lues, Customer Service Dept., Warren Publish- ing Co., 145 E. 32nd Street, New York, N.Y. 10016. Yam arletLetters FOXY FLEUR WELCOME BACK! of VAMPI- face facts, when The big event Lei's RELLA #68 was the return you first started VAM- been awaiting PIRELLA you were writ- of Fleur. I've it a long time! The story ing for an audience of kids, Night of the Alley Cat" now you are writing for the and Ramon Tor- same kids, only they're was good didn't get his special adults. The funny thing is rents the VAMPI stories were far award for artistic excel- more mature then, than lence for nothing! It's deserved! they are now. KIERAN DIAMOND Our heroine is no more a Philadelphia, Pa. dark, seductively beautiful, mysterious character. The pulp style cover of VAMPI is just a dumb was fas- broad. VAMPIRELLA #68 I really liked "The Octo- "October Man" by Bruce Teaming her up with Pan- cinating and the effect of ber Man" in issue #68. Jones was excellent. It seeing the raven-haired tha is fine, but does it have it the Why? Because was started out slow but, by half VAMPIRELLA in the to go on forever? Here you kind of story that made me way through it had grabbed have a unique character, clutches of the 50's robot want to keep on reading! me! By the final two pages I unbelievable. Really equal to VAMPI herself, but was KEVIN CAVANAGH was really excited! An ex- you give VAMPI the meaty Montvale, N.J. cellent mystery/drama with ROBINSON parts of the stories and can- JERRY just atouchof horror! Binghamton, N.Y. cel Panthaout. My favorite story was HENRYJ.KUJAWA And don't expect me to Bruce Jones' "By De- Camden, N.J. I just bought issue #68 believe the story in "Or- grees." Jose Ortiz perfectly and it was far-out. I really phee" (issue #68)! I could captured the awful feeling Help! Are Jose Gonzalez' dug the story, "Orphee, get a better story watching of last minute shopping in drawings changing or are poor Orphee". a Bugs Bunny cartoon. the holiday crowds and eyes going on me? The The cover by Enrich was write a let- my I don't want to hero's panic as the world same hand is obviously fantastic. Enrich is second ter like this. I have been him began to around pushing the pen, but the only to Corben or Frazetta. buying WARREN maga- change and melt away! The result is so. . .static. I could care less about zines since I was knee-high story was a winner! Has JG abandoned his seeing more contests in to a rattlesnake. I want you CHRISTOPHER pen and ink for magic mark- future issues, but I would guys to do well. So quit the ALEXANDER er? The detail in his draw- really like to see the fan trash. Atlanta, Ga. ings is all gone, and so is pages return again. Lastly, I loved the photo the careful molding of each In VAMPI #65 she said cover of issue #67. I have noticed of late that to such an extent that that she and Adam would MARY QUINCE VAMPIRELLA is getting line — the "Orphee" episode meet again. Well, where the Brooklyn, N.Y. softer. I am not a hard-core almost appeared to be hell is he? How about put- horror fan but I am not pay- "October Man" was truly ing $1.25 for Jack and Jill! sketched. ting Dracula back into the excellent. More tales like EDNAZABLOCKI RICHARDVANBUREN series for a couple of this one, please. Afton, N.Y. College Park, Md. issues. ALEXRUDNOV J0HNR0B | NS0N Knoxville,Tenn. Brooklyn, N.Y. In issue #68, I'm over- VAMPIRELLA #68 was as joyed to see Fleur return in superb as ever. Jose Gon- Ah Adam will return to Degrees" was a for "By all her former glory. I was zalez can so marvelously WA the series, John. As
crime, of the poorest . . one left in sheer ecstasy after portray the beauty of VAM- ^.Dracula . he's not in excuses for a story I have reading "Night of the Alley PIRELLA. She has matured VAMPI's immediate future ever read! Maybe Bruce Cats!" Ramon Torrents' greatly in her adventures but we won't completely Jones should write for Mad magnificent art literally over the years and she rule out an eventual appear- Magazine or take up blew my mind! seems to be more beautiful ance by the masterful old
knitting. particularly like each time I see her. villain. I did not LEROYH. Bruce Jones' "By Degrees" JERRY ROBINSON That's a nice cover on Fort Worth, Texas but Jose Ortiz' art was a Binghamton, N.Y. Addan VAMPIRELLA #68. The treat. I enjoyed "AM Is there a chance VAM- ." original wasn't bad, either, Bill DuBay and "Orphee . . was the PIRELLA could feature at and Son." Maroto make a single most outrageous when it appeared on the least four regular co-stars. Esteban hilarious story I've read January 1950 issue of good team, but I didn't like and Of course, the first feature of the in the past year! The mad Startling Stories. Captain would be the fabulous the sideways set-up doctor's rantings, the hor- Future's pal Grag and our VAMPIRELLA, while the strip. ror-movie cliche sugges- gal VAMPI make a hand- second could be Pantha Please congratulate Frank Frazetta, Bruce tions about cannibalism, some couple. and the third, Fleur. The Jones, Alex Nino, Bill that awful sci-fi movie be- BERNARD DREW fourth could feature a dif- Bermejo, Rich ing made with such prepos- Housatonic, Mass. female horror hero- DuBay, Luis ferent Russ Heath and terous scripting!! And the ine each issue. Or better Corben, Ramon Torrents for me. For final surprise ending all fit yet, create a new black and Vanipis the winners together perfectly to make white mag, which could once, all of their Warren up a memorable story as fealure a team of super- deserved awards. well as a very funny satire. OO WARREN PUBLISHING ladies! JOE COLLINS HENRY R.KUJAWA 145 EAST 32nd STREET W , LS0N mvERA Brooklyn, N.Y. Afton, N.Y. Camden, N.J. NEW YORK, N.V. 10016 VAMP/BELLA STAREP BE- MUSEPLy POWNI A7 THE LITTLE MAN KNOWN AS ROLLEM SMALL. SHE HAP B6EN KIP- NAPPEP TO PLEASE THIS TOM MINIATURE MANIAC.
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you review the publishing house that has The bad days for Classics Ifless- than -glorious been distributing the re- didn't come until the news- five-decade history of mainders for the last five stand crunch of the late the comic-book business, years, says its inventory will 1960s, the crunch that af- you won't find too many run out before the end of fected the whole magazine truly noteworthy events. the year. business. After the rather ingenious "Of the 300 titles of "Classics began to fade decision was made to pub- Classics Illustrated orig- because dealers stopped dis- lish low-cost, full-color inally published, less than playing them," Mike funny books on a regular 50 remain," according to Kanter said. "They didn't basis in the early 1930s, Guild publisher M. Declan want to give valuable store there have been very, very ("Deck") Bransfield III. space to such a small profil few other milestones. "Rural states like Utah and There was Superman New Hampshire and Ari- originally conceived as a zona have been buying Bowing to the inevitable, comic-strip character, of them in quantity. We had Al Kanter sold the course—and the whole con- been selling about 25,000 a name Classics Il- cept of the "superhero." month in bulk, but they'll lustrated and the inventory There was Charles Biro's be gone pretty soon." to Twin Circle, the religious Crime Does Not Pay, the During their peaks in the publishing house that also produces evangelical first "crime" comic, and mid- 1 960s, Classics were the his little remembered but selling about 20 million editions of Archie. Twin trailblazing Tops book, the copies a year on newsstands Circle gave up the ghost— first oversized comic maga- and in chain stores such as or the spirit, if you will — in zine. There was the Woolworth. While they have read the Classics Il- 1972, stopped publishing Gaines/Feldstein "New sold for a quarter through- lustrated edition, don't Classics and sold the re- Trend" at EC, the start of out most of the 1960s, miss the added enjoyment maining inventory to the horror comic genre, and Guild was selling them at 59 of reading the original, ob- Guild. Harvey Kurtzman's Mad. cents a copy. tainable at your school or Of the remaining four Simon and Kirby's inven- public library"— at the end dozen titles, Bransfield tion of the "romance" Unlike most of the of each comic. said, there are plenty of comic in the 1950s certainly mimickry and imita- "They helped many chil- copies of Dickens' David tion that ran qualified. And, if you rampant dren become interested in Copperfield, but perilously stretch things, Stan Lee's in the 1940s^much like it great literature," Mike few copies of Melville's horde of Marvel "super- does today Classics were Kanter, former Classics dis- Moby Dick. heroes with problems" a true original. Kanter, a tribution manager, said the like all comics, were probably in the mile- publisher of only modest other day. "Kids called Classics, have become big, big stone category, too. means in a comic business them instant book reports, then dominated by Nation- but that was never my business, commanding There was one other al and Timely and Fawcett, brother Al's intent for them outrageous prices for first truly significant hit upon the idea of con- when he started the project. editions. Guild, however, is genre of comic pub- densing classics of litera- We never put ads in, either. selling its remaining inven- lishing, the Classics //lus- ture in comic form, when We always tried to keep tory for the 59-cent price, tra ted series, and it is sad to he discovered his own chil- them educational." plus 25 cents an order for report this once important dren were reading more delivery. They will ship the part .of the comic-book bus- comics than classics. Deck Bransfield, how- set of the 28 remaining iness is about to become ex- Although Classics—and ever, said his first en- Classics for $16.77, a set of tinct. Junior Classics for the counter with Classics 1 3 remaining Black History Although Al Kanter, the youngest comic readers in the 1940s was to use Illustrated for $7.92 and originator of Classics, sold had to weather some early them as the "instant book the six remaining "vocabu- the firm in 1969 and the opposition from teachers report." "1 kept putting off lary builders" (comic ver- new owners stopped pro- and schools and others in reading Crime and Punish- sions of nursery rhymes) ducing titles three years the educational bureau- ment by Dostoyevsky for so for $3.79. later, there have been mil- cracy, the books made a long that I read the comic And, if you're not a lions of copies in print for huge impact on the market. the night before and purist, Guild will also sell schools, libraries and other Educators learned the kids whipped out a book report. you a set of 1 1 of those institutions to buy through- would read Classics and the "The teacher never tacky Marvel Classics Com- out the 1970s. books spurred them on to knew," Bransfield claimed, ics for $6.49.
Now even thai supply is better things. Kanter bowed "bui even now I attribute Guild Books can be con- almost totally gone, never to the pressure, too, and my love of readings to tacted at 86 Riverside to be replenished. Guild began — printing a tittle Classics. They got me Drive, New York, New Books, the small New York caveat "Now that you started on Russian novels." York 10024.
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