(August 2000)

Cross Plains Comics, 2000 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
5.95 USD
Pages
68
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Cross Plains Comics
Brand
Cross Plains Comics
ISBN
1-928909-06-X Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781928909064 50595
Editing
Richard Ashford (editor)
Color
Black and White
Dimensions
Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock
Cardstock cover with glossy interior
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
One-Shot

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
various
Inks
various
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Accompanied by mini illustrations from each of the stories.

Hope Empty of Meaning (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Robert E. Howard (story)
Pencils
Richard Pace
Inks
Richard Pace
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense

Forward (Table of Contents: 3)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Richard Ashford
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense

The Black Stone (Table of Contents: 4)

Steve Costigan / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (adaptation); Robert E. Howard (story)
Pencils
Gene Day
Inks
Gene Day
Letters
Joe Rosen

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Steve Costigan
Synopsis
Costigan seeks for the Black Stone and witnesses a pagan ceremony where a child and a woman are sacrificed to a horrible beast.
Reprints

The Horror From the Mound (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox (adaptation); Robert E. Howard (story)
Pencils
Frank Brunner
Inks
Frank Brunner
Letters
Jean Simek

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Juan Lopez (death); Steve Brill; Hernando De Estrada (flashback); Don Santiago De Valdez
Synopsis
A greedy rancher scoffs at the legend of the local Indian burying ground and digs it up, looking for buried treasure, but releases a vampire.
Reprints

Dig Me No Grave! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (adaptation); Robert E. Howard (story)
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Tom Palmer
Letters
Sam Rosen (sourced) (pages 1-3); John Costanza (sourced) (pages 4-6)

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Professor Conrad; Dan Kirowan; John Grimlan (flashback) (death)
Synopsis
When John Grimlan dies, two of his friends must undertake a strange series of tasks that reveal dark secrets about the life of the dead man.
Reprints

The Thing on the Roof! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (adaptation); Robert E. Howard (story)
Pencils
Frank Brunner
Inks
Frank Brunner
Letters
Dave Hunt

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Erwin; Samuels; Tussmann (death)
Synopsis
A search for a treasure in Central America unleashes a terrible creature that pursues the treasure-hunter to his doom.
Reprints

Death of a Legend (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Sandy Plunkett
Inks
Sandy Plunkett
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Robert E. Howard; Mrs. I.M. Howard
Synopsis
Depicting the death of Robert E. Howard.
Reprints

The Beast of the Arkansas Woods (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Lightle
Pencils
Steve Lightle
Inks
Steve Lightle
Letters
Steve Lightle

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Jerry Campbell (death)
Synopsis
A werewolf and a woman trap a killer in the woods.

A Look Back (Table of Contents: 10)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Esteban Maroto; Gene Day; Frank Brunner
Inks
Esteban Maroto; Gene Day; Frank Brunner
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Red Sonja / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Steve Lightle
Inks
Steve Lightle

Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Red Sonja

Indexer Notes

Illustration of Red Sonja that was intended to be a cover for the Red Sonja comic (per Steve Lightle via Facebook).

Robert E. Howard (Table of Contents: 12)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Richard Ashford
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Recounting some of Howard's earliest works. Includes quote from Stephen King.

Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Hope Empty of Meaning
  4. 3. Forward
  5. 4. The Black Stone
    Steve Costigan
  6. 5. The Horror From the Mound
  7. 6. Dig Me No Grave!
  8. 7. The Thing on the Roof!
  9. 8. Death of a Legend
  10. 9. The Beast of the Arkansas Woods
  11. 10. A Look Back
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Red Sonja
  13. 12. Robert E. Howard
This issue was modified by
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Valmiki Annamanthadoo
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)