Creepy
#5
(October 1965)
Warren,
1964 Series
- Price
- 0.35 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1965-08-08
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Warren Publishing Co.
- Brand
-
A Warren Magazine [block text only]
- Editing
- Archie Goodwin (editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is the publication date in U. S. Copyright Office filings.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Frank Frazetta (signed) (painting)
- Inks
- Frank Frazetta (signed) (painting)
- Colors
- Frank Frazetta (signed) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
-
in Chock (Semic, 1972 series) #2/1974 -
in Dr. Tetrik (Mazzone, 1970 ? series) #8 -
in Horror (Dečje novine, 1986 series) #11 -
in Creepy Yearbook (Warren, 1968 series) #1968 (Summer-Fall 1967) -
in Creepy (Publicness, 1969 series) #2 (mai 1969) -
in Vampus (Ibero Mundial de ediciones, 1971 series) #6 (Febrero 1972) - in Creepy (Warren, 1964 series) #144 [Regular Edition] (January 1983)
- in Creepy Archives (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #1 (August 2008), #5 (February 2010)
-
in I Grandi Maestri (Editoriale Cosmo, 2017 series) #64 - CREEPY 1 (giugno 2022) - in Creepy Archives (Dark Horse, 2023 series) #1 (May 2023)
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Indexer Notes
Frank Frazetta later republished the painting as a poster titled "Count Dracula."
[no title indexed]
Creepy's Loathsome Lore! / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Archie Goodwin ?
- Pencils
- Angelo Torres (signed as A. T.)
- Inks
- Angelo Torres (signed as A. T.)
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dig the beat of voodoo drums...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in Vampus (Ibero Mundial de ediciones, 1971 series) #6 (Febrero 1972)
-
in Vampirella (Mehmet K. Benli, 1976 series) #5 (Kasım 8, 1976) which is reprinted - in Vampirella (Mehmet K. Benli, 1977 ? series) #2 ([1977?])
- in Creepy Archives (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #1 (August 2008)
-
in Støkk (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2012 series) #3/2012 ([juni] 2012) - in Creepy Archives (Dark Horse, 2023 series) #1 (May 2023)
-
[Creepy Contents]
table of contents / 1 page
- Reprints
- in Creepy Archives (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #1 (August 2008)
- in Creepy Archives (Dark Horse, 2023 series) #1 (May 2023)
-
Indexer Notes
List of stories with illustrated panels.
[no title indexed]
Dear Uncle Creepy… / letters page / 1 page
- Reprints
- in Creepy Archives (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #1 (August 2008)
- in Creepy Archives (Dark Horse, 2023 series) #1 (May 2023)
-
Indexer Notes
Artist Bernie A. Wrightson has a fan letter published here.
Letters also from Terry Davidson, , Larry Shoffner, Charles Jefferson Johnson, William Woolbelly, Vicki Whitmer, Billy Phillips, Mike Terry, Kerry Hotchkiss, Jimmy Lloyd, Roy Shildt, Tony Mammen, Raymond J. Hart, Jack Bennett, and Bradley Morse.
Note on Wrightson being up for crediting by Fred Snyder via the error tracker.
Family Reunion!
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Archie Goodwin
- Pencils
- Joe Orlando (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Orlando (signed)
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Uncle Creepy (story host); Sam; Benson Cartwright; Aaron Cartwright; Horace Cartwright; Jack Cartwright; Mr. Fisk
- Synopsis
- After Benson Cartwright dies and leaves the farm equally to his 3 sons, the youngest, Jack, gets rid of his older brothers so he can sell the farm.
- Reprints
- in Creepy Archives (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #1 (August 2008)
- in I Grandi Maestri (Editoriale Cosmo, 2017 series) #64 - CREEPY 1 (giugno 2022)
- in Creepy Archives (Dark Horse, 2023 series) #1 (May 2023)
-
Untimely Tomb!
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Archie Goodwin; Anne Murphy (title)
- Pencils
- Angelo Torres (signed)
- Inks
- Angelo Torres (signed)
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Uncle Creepy (story host); Earl of Stanford; Doctor Beamish
- Synopsis
- Stanford gets his revenge on the incompetent Doctor Beamish after the Doctor mistakenly pronounces his sister dead.
- Reprints
- in Eerie (Warren, 1966 series) #14 (April 1968)
- in The Best of Creepy (Grosset and Dunlap, 1971 series) #12125 (1971)
- in Dossier Negro Extra (Ibero Mundial de ediciones, 1972 series) #[1] (Noviembre 1972)
-
in Vampir-Comic (Pabel Verlag, 1974 series) #3 (November 1974) - in Creepy (Warren, 1964 series) #142 (October 1982)
- in Creepy Archives (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #1 (August 2008)
- in Støkk (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2012 series) #2/2012 ([april] 2012)
- in I Grandi Maestri (Editoriale Cosmo, 2017 series) #64 - CREEPY 1 (giugno 2022)
- in Creepy Archives (Dark Horse, 2023 series) #1 (May 2023)
-
Sand Doom
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Archie Goodwin
- Pencils
- Al Williamson (signed)
- Inks
- Al Williamson (signed)
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Uncle Creepy (story host); Whitey; Priestess of Nepthy
- Synopsis
- Whitey leaves his friend to die as he struggles to cross a desert. He finds Goddess Nepthy's treasure vault guarded by large sand viper snakes.
- Reprints
- in Creepy Yearbook (Warren, 1968 series) #1968 (Summer-Fall 1967)
- in The Best of Creepy (Grosset and Dunlap, 1971 series) #12125 (1971)
- in Creepy (Warren, 1964 series) #137 (May 1982)
- in Creepy Archives (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #1 (August 2008)
- in I Grandi Maestri (Editoriale Cosmo, 2017 series) #64 - CREEPY 1 (giugno 2022)
- in Creepy Archives (Dark Horse, 2023 series) #1 (May 2023)
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The Judge's House!
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Bram Stoker (original story); Archie Goodwin (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Reed Crandall (signed)
- Inks
- Reed Crandall (signed)
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Uncle Creepy (host); Mr. Malcomson (death); Mr. Cranford; Mrs. Dempster; The Judge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Malcomson finds out the hard way that the Judge still haunts his house.
- Reprints
- in Creepy (Warren, 1964 series) #22 (August 1968)
- in Creepy Annual (Warren, 1971 series) #1972 (1972)
- in Vampus (Ibero Mundial de ediciones, 1971 series) #5 (Enero 1972)
-
in Macabre (Semic Press, 1973 series) #4 ([1974]) - in Nye sjokk (Semic, 1992 series) #1/1993 ([januar] 1993)
- in Creepy Archives (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #1 (August 2008)
- in Creepy Archives (Dark Horse, 2023 series) #1 (May 2023)
-
Indexer Notes
Bram Stoker adaptation.
Grave Undertaking
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Uncle Creepy (story host); Mr. Peach; Mr. Thwackum; Doctor Ryder
- Synopsis
- Two undertakers dig up bodies for a medical school. Business is great until they dig up villagers bitten by vampires.
- Reprints
- in The Best of Creepy (Grosset and Dunlap, 1971 series) #12125 (1971)
- in Creepy Annual (Warren, 1971 series) #1971 ([1971])
- in Vampus (Ibero Mundial de ediciones, 1971 series) #9 (mayo 1972)
- in Creepy (Warren, 1964 series) #139 (July 1982)
- in Creepy (Harris Comics, 1985 series) #146 (Summer 1985)
- in Joyas de Creepy (Toutain Editor, 1986 series) #[5] - Antología de los mejores comics de vampiros (1988)
- in Creepy The Classic Years (Harris Comics, 1991 series) (1991)
- in Creepy Archives (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #1 (August 2008)
- in Creepy Presents Alex Toth (Dark Horse, 2015 series) (July 2015)
- in I Grandi Maestri (Editoriale Cosmo, 2017 series) #64 - CREEPY 1 (giugno 2022)
- in Creepy Archives (Dark Horse, 2023 series) #1 (May 2023)
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Revenge of the Beast!
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Archie Goodwin
- Pencils
- Gray Morrow (signed)
- Inks
- Gray Morrow (signed)
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Uncle Creepy (story host); Creed; Pinky; Moss; Horne; Banks; Kwi-Uktena (devil beast)
- Synopsis
- Stagecoach route surveyors find gold on an Indian burial ground.
- Reprints
- in Creepy Yearbook (Warren, 1968 series) #1970 (1969)
- in Macabre (Semic Press, 1973 series) #5 ([1974])
-
in Creepy (K. G. Murray, 1974 series) #7 ([October 1975] ?) - in Creepy Archives (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #1 (August 2008)
- in I Grandi Maestri (Editoriale Cosmo, 2017 series) #64 - CREEPY 1 (giugno 2022)
- in Creepy Archives (Dark Horse, 2023 series) #1 (May 2023)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
["Dig the beat of voodoo drums..."]
Creepy's Loathsome Lore! -
2.
[Creepy Contents]
-
3.
[no title indexed]
Dear Uncle Creepy… -
4.
Family Reunion!
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5.
Blazing Combat
-
6.
Untimely Tomb!
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7.
Creepy Fan Club
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8.
Sand Doom
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9.
The Judge's House!
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10.
Grave Undertaking
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11.
Revenge of the Beast!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Richard Arndt
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- R. S. Martin
- Lou Mazzella
- Darrel McCann
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
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