Nightmare #9

(October 1972)

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

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

Script

Al Hewetson

Pencils

Pablo Marcos (signed as Pablo Marcos)

Inks

Pablo Marcos (signed as Pablo Marcos)

Letters

Irv Watanabe

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Mr. Pook

Reprints

• in Nightmare (Yaffa / Page, 1976 series) #2 ([1976])
• in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2374 - Skywald's Nightmare: Volume 3 ([July] 2019)

Indexer Notes

Frontispiece and titlepage. Introduces a horror host, later named Mr. Pook, for Nightmare. The contents page features the first mention of the term "horror-mood" in this title.

Markheim (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Louis Stevenson (author); Al Hewetson (credited as Hewetson) (adaption)

Pencils

Jesús Durán (signed as J. Durán) (credited as Duran)

Inks

Jesús Durán (signed as J. Durán) (credited as Duran)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• in Nightmare (Yaffa / Page, 1976 series) #2 ([1976])
• in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2374 - Skywald's Nightmare: Volume 3 ([July] 2019)

Indexer Notes

Art credited to Duran, with a signature that looks like D. Duran, but the D could be a stylised J.

The Nightmare World Of James Edgar: Call Them Ghouls, Call Them Trolls, Call Them Things (Table of Contents: 3)

Nightmare World / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Al Hewetson (credited as Hewetson); James Edgar (credited)

Pencils

Pablo Marcos (signed as Pablo Marcos) (credited as Marcos)

Inks

Pablo Marcos (signed as Pablo Marcos) (credited as Marcos)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• in Nightmare (Yaffa / Page, 1976 series) #2 ([1976])
• in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2374 - Skywald's Nightmare: Volume 3 ([July] 2019)

Indexer Notes

From a dream by James Edgar. "Nightmare World" began a semi-regular series in which readers sent in their nightmare, which were then adapted into stories.

The Guillotine (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Hewetson (credited as Hewetson)

Pencils

Felipe de la Rosa (credited as Dela Rosa) (signed as De la Rosa)

Inks

Felipe de la Rosa (credited as Dela Rosa) (signed as De la Rosa)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• in Dossier Negro (Ibero Mundial de ediciones, 1968 series) #72 (mayo 1975)
• in Nightmare (Yaffa / Page, 1976 series) #2 ([1976])
• in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2374 - Skywald's Nightmare: Volume 3 ([July] 2019)

Zoo for the Beasts of the Universe (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Al Hewetson (credited as Hewetson)

Pencils

Maelo Cintron (credited as Cintron)

Inks

Maelo Cintron (credited as Cintron)

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• in Nightmare (Yaffa / Page, 1976 series) #2 ([1976])
• in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2374 - Skywald's Nightmare: Volume 3 ([July] 2019)

Indexer Notes

Cintron’s professional debut.

Lunatic Letters’ Page [+ Editorial] (Table of Contents: 6)

letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Al Hewetson

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2374 - Skywald's Nightmare: Volume 3 ([July] 2019)

The Skull Forest of Old Earth (Table of Contents: 7)

The Shoggoths / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Al Hewetson (credited as Hewetson)

Pencils

Zesar (credited) (signed as Zesar)

Inks

Zesar (credited) (signed as Zesar)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• in Nightmare (Yaffa / Page, 1976 series) #2 ([1976])
• in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2374 - Skywald's Nightmare: Volume 3 ([July] 2019)

Indexer Notes

The Shoggoths series begins, with Hewetson using H. P. Lovecraft’s Shoggoths as villains, although the stories themselves are new, not adaptations. Hewetson’s Shoggoths didn’t physically resemble Lovecraft’s descriptions either.

The Abominable Dr. Phibes (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Al Hewetson

Pencils

Pablo Marcos (illustration); ? (photographs)

Inks

Pablo Marcos (illustration); ? (photographs)

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• in Nightmare (Yaffa / Page, 1976 series) #2 ([1976])
• in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2374 - Skywald's Nightmare: Volume 3 ([July] 2019)

Indexer Notes

Text article with photos.

Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (Table of Contents: 9)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Al Hewetson

Pencils

? (photographs)

Inks

? (photographs)

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• in Nightmare (Yaffa / Page, 1976 series) #2 ([1976])
• in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2374 - Skywald's Nightmare: Volume 3 ([July] 2019)

The 300th Birth Day Party (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Al Hewetson (credited as Hewetson)

Pencils

Ramón Torrents (signed as Ramón Torrents) (credited as Torrents)

Inks

Ramón Torrents (signed as Ramón Torrents) (credited as Torrents)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• in Psycho (Skywald, 1971 series) #23 (January 1975)
• in Nightmare (Yaffa / Page, 1976 series) #2 ([1976])
• in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2374 - Skywald's Nightmare: Volume 3 ([July] 2019)

The Gargoyle Trilogy (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Al Hewetson (credited as Hewetson)

Pencils

Felipe de la Rosa (credited as Dela Rosa) (signed as De la Rosa)

Inks

Felipe de la Rosa (credited as Dela Rosa) (signed as De la Rosa)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• in Nightmare (Yaffa / Page, 1976 series) #2 ([1976]), #2 ([1976]), #2 ([1976])
• in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2374 - Skywald's Nightmare: Volume 3 ([July] 2019)

Indexer Notes

The three parts of the story are titled: The Grotesque Gargoyle: The 1st Tale; And Starts 2: The Idiot Gargoyle!; and ..Now Starts the 3rd... the Darkness Gargoyle...

Although the gargoyles are identical, this story has nothing to do with the Human Gargoyles series. Next issue with the Gargoyles is Nightmare #10. Part 1 of 9?

The Night in the Wax Museum (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Al Hewetson (credited as Hewetson)

Pencils

Vilanova (credited as Villanova)

Inks

Vilanova (credited as Villanova)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• in Dossier Negro (Ibero Mundial de ediciones, 1968 series) #44 (Enero 1973)
• in Nightmare (Yaffa / Page, 1976 series) #2 ([1976])
• in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2374 - Skywald's Nightmare: Volume 3 ([July] 2019)

Indexer Notes

The artist’s name is variously spelled with one or two L’s.

Dracula (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Hewetson (credited as Hewetson)

Pencils

Pablo Marcos (signed as Pablo Marcos) (credited as Marcos) (illustration); ? (photograph)

Inks

Pablo Marcos (signed as Pablo Marcos) (credited as Marcos) (illustration); ? (photograph)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• in Dossier Negro (Ibero Mundial de ediciones, 1968 series) #64 (setiembre 1974)
• in Nightmare (Yaffa / Page, 1976 series) #2 ([1976])
• in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2374 - Skywald's Nightmare: Volume 3 ([July] 2019)

The Werewolf Within (Table of Contents: 14)

Darkkos Manse / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Al Hewetson (credited as Hewetson)

Pencils

Amador (credited)

Inks

Amador (credited)

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• in Dossier Negro (Ibero Mundial de ediciones, 1968 series) #44 (Enero 1973)
• in Nightmare (Yaffa / Page, 1976 series) #2 ([1976])
• in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2374 - Skywald's Nightmare: Volume 3 ([July] 2019)

Indexer Notes

There was no feature logo in this story, but this was the first appearance for the Darkkos Manse (called Darkkos Mansion in the last page of the story).

[horror-suspenseAd for Nightmare #10] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Thing in the Alley (Table of Contents: 16)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Hewetson (credited)

Pencils

Bernie Wrightson (credited as Berni Wrightson) (illustration)

Inks

Bernie Wrightson (credited as Berni Wrightson) (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Eerie (Warren, 1966 series) #42 (October 1972)
• in Nightmare (Yaffa / Page, 1976 series) #2 ([1976])
• in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2374 - Skywald's Nightmare: Volume 3 ([July] 2019)

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Due to a printer's error this story also appears in Warren's Eerie #42 in the same month. Art originally intended for Skywald's unpublished Science Fiction Odyssey #1.