Nightmare
#3
(April 1971)
Skywald,
1970 Series
- Volume
- ?
- Price
- 0.50 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Skywald Publishing Corporation
- Editing
- Sol Brodsky (credited) (editor); Herschel Waldman (credited) (associate editor)
Issue Notes
Many of the Warren artists appearing here, mindful of Jim Warren’s edict that you couldn’t work for Warren & his competitors at the same time, used pseudonyms to hide their identities.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
When the Dawn Gods War!
cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Boris Vallejo (signed as
Boris) (painting) - Inks
- Boris Vallejo (signed as Boris) (painting)
- Colors
- Boris Vallejo (signed as Boris) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in The 1974 Nightmare Yearbook (Skywald, 1974 series) #1 (1974) [cover vignette] which is reprinted - in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2412 - Skywald's Nightmare: Volume 7 ([August] 2019)
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in Horus (Producciones Editoriales, 1974 series) #[1] ([1974]) - in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2369 - Skywald's Nightmare: Volume 1 ([May] 2019)
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The Inner Man
comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Tom Sutton ? (credited as Sinclair Rich)
- Pencils
- Tom Sutton (credited as Sean Todd)
- Inks
- Dan Adkins (credited)
- Letters
- Irv Watanabe
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Sutton’s story credited to Sinclair Rich; Sean Todd for art (Richard Arndt)
The Victims
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Gerry Conway (credited as Gerard F. Conway)
- Pencils
- Rich Buckler (credited)
- Inks
- Rich Buckler (credited)
- Letters
- Irv Watanabe
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
The writer's name was spelled as Gerald F. Conway in the credits.
Vault of a Vampire
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Al Hewetson (credited)
- Pencils
- Serg Moren (credited) (signed as Serg Moren)
- Inks
- Serg Moren (credited) (signed as Serg Moren)
- Letters
- Irv Watanabe
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in Psycho (Skywald, 1971 series) #[22] ([November 1974])
- in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2369 - Skywald's Nightmare: Volume 1 ([May] 2019)
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Indexer Notes
Future editor Al Hewetson’s first story for Skywald.
When the Dawn Gods War!
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox (credited)
- Pencils
- Paul Reinman (credited)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito (credited)
- Letters
- Jean Simek
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
A Rottin' Deal
comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Bruce Jones (credited as Philip Roland)
- Pencils
- Bruce Jones (credited as Philip Roland)
- Inks
- Bruce Jones (credited as Philip Roland)
- Letters
- Irv Watanabe
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Seriemagasinet (Semic, 1970 series) #4/1973 ([februari] 1973) - in The 1974 Nightmare Yearbook (Skywald, 1974 series) #1 (1974) which is reprinted
- in The Twisted Tales of Bruce Jones (Eclipse, 1986 series) #2 (February 1986)
- in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2412 - Skywald's Nightmare: Volume 7 ([August] 2019)
- in Horror in the Dark (Fantagor Press, 1991 series) #3 (1991)
- in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2369 - Skywald's Nightmare: Volume 1 ([May] 2019)
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Indexer Notes
Title may have changed in the reprint.
Horror Man
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Art Stampler
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Eerie (Avon, 1951 series) #14 (January - February 1954)
- in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2369 - Skywald's Nightmare: Volume 1 ([May] 2019)
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Indexer Notes
Source confirmed by Flashjay.
Nightmare Pin-Up #2
illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Chic Stone (credited)
- Inks
- Chic Stone (credited)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Uncle Creepy
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Actually this is pin-up #3, one of the corpses rising from the grave is Warren’s Uncle Creepy! (Richard Arndt)
Soul of the Warlock
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Kevin Pagan
- Pencils
- Chic Stone (credited)
- Inks
- Chic Stone (credited)
- Letters
- Jean Simek
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
As revealed in the letters page of Nightmare # 5, the story was incorrectly credited to Chic Stone.
Beware Small Evils!
comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Jack Katz (credited as Frank Voltaire)
- Pencils
- Jack Katz (credited)
- Inks
- Frank Giacoia (credited)
- Letters
- Irv Watanabe
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Story credited to Frank Voltaire (Richard Arndt)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
When the Dawn Gods War!
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1.
The Inner Man
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2.
The Victims
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3.
Vault of a Vampire
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4.
When the Dawn Gods War!
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5.
A Rottin' Deal
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6.
Horror Man
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7.
Nightmare Pin-Up #2
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8.
Soul of the Warlock
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9.
Beware Small Evils!
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10.
[Ad for Psycho #2 & The Crime Machine #1]
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