Psycho
#5
(November 1971)
Skywald,
1971 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.60 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-Monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Skywald Publishing Corporation
- Brand
- A Skywald Publication
- Editing
- Sol Brodsky (credited) (editor); Herschel Waldman (credited) (associate editor); Helen Rudin (credited) (editorial assistant)
Issue Notes
Additional and new Skywald data by Richard Arndt from his Complete Skywald checklist. Used with permission.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Boris Vallejo (credited) (signed as
Boris) (painting) - Inks
- Boris Vallejo (credited) (signed as Boris) (painting)
- Colors
- Boris Vallejo (credited) (signed as Boris) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Psycho (Les editions de poche, 1972 series) #2 (2ème trimestre 1972) -
in Dossier Negro (Ibero Mundial de ediciones, 1968 series) #44 (Enero 1973)
-
A Psycho Scene
Earth-Worm / illustration / 1 page
- Script
- Sol Brodsky ? (credited)
- Pencils
- Bill Everett (credited) (signed as Bill Everett)
- Inks
- Bill Everett (credited) (signed as Bill Everett)
- Letters
- Irv Watanabe ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Earth-Worm
- Reprints
-
in The Bill Everett Archives (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) #2 - Heroic Tales (September 2013)
-
Indexer Notes
frontispiece
Let the Dreamer Beware
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (credited)
- Pencils
- Ralph Reese (credited) (signed as Reese)
- Inks
- Ralph Reese (credited) (signed as Reese)
- Letters
- Irv Watanabe
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in Dossier Negro (Ibero Mundial de ediciones, 1968 series) #44 (Enero 1973)
- in The 1974 Nightmare Yearbook (Skywald, 1974 series) #1 (1974) which is reprinted
- in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2412 - Skywald's Nightmare: Volume 7 ([August] 2019)
- in L'Écho des Savanes Spécial U.S.A. (Editions du Fromage, 1976 series) #13 (3e trimestre 1979)
- in Creepy (Toutain Editor, 1979 series) #66 ([diciembre 1984])
-
Indexer Notes
The writer's name was misspelled as Jerry Siegal in the credits.
Power of the Pen
comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Doug Moench (credited as Douglas Moench)
- Pencils
- Doug Wildey (credited)
- Inks
- Doug Wildey (credited)
- Letters
- Irv Watanabe
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in The 1974 Nightmare Yearbook (Skywald, 1974 series) #1 (1974) which is reprinted
-
Indexer Notes
Lead characters are based on Archie Goodwin & Stan Lee! (Richard Arndt)
Psycho Delivery
letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Jeff Rovin (credited as Jeffrey Rovin); Sol Brodsky ?
- Pencils
- Boris Vallejo; Ross Andru; ? (illustrations)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito; ? (illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters section includes a pencil sketch by Boris Vallejo of the cover to Psycho #3, letters from future artists John Workman and Duffy Vohland and "The Psycho-Analyst", a text article by Jeff Rovin which features an interview with Al Hewetson and a photo of the author.
Cavern of Doom
The Heap / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Ross Andru (credited)
- Pencils
- Ross Andru (credited)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito (credited)
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- horror-suspense
The Vampire
Psycho Photo-Special / text article / 4 pages
- Script
- Allan Asherman; Sol Brodsky
- Pencils
- ? (photographs)
- Inks
- ? (photographs)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- horror-suspense
Indexer Notes
Text article with photographs from various vampire films. Includes an editorial by Sol Brodsky on the price increase.
The Unholy Satanists
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Al Hewetson (credited)
- Pencils
- Serg Moren (signed as Serg Moren) (credited as Serge Moren)
- Inks
- Serg Moren (signed as Serg Moren) (credited as Serge Moren)
- Letters
- Irv Watanabe
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in Dossier Negro (Ibero Mundial de ediciones, 1968 series) #65 (octubre 1974)
-
Out of Chaos...a New Beginning, part 2
Out of Chaos / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Marv Wolfman (credited)
- Pencils
- Rich Buckler (credited) (signed as R. Buckler)
- Inks
- Rich Buckler (credited) (signed as R. Buckler)
- Letters
- Jean Simek
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in Dossier Negro (Ibero Mundial de ediciones, 1968 series) #80 (enero 1976)
-
Indexer Notes
Title change by Richard Arndt.
Frankenstein, Book II: The Sewer Tomb of Le Suub!
Frankenstein, Book II / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Tom Sutton (credited as Sean Todd)
- Pencils
- Tom Sutton (credited as Sean Todd)
- Inks
- Jack Abel
- Letters
- Irv Watanabe
- Genre
- horror-suspense
Indexer Notes
Story and pencils credited to Sean Todd. Abel inks per Richard Arndt, 2005-10-10 (Per Sandell ed.). Previous indexer credited Tom Sutton.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
A Psycho Scene
Earth-Worm -
2.
[no title indexed]
-
3.
Let the Dreamer Beware
-
4.
Power of the Pen
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5.
Psycho Delivery
-
6.
Cavern of Doom
The Heap -
7.
The Vampire
Psycho Photo-Special -
8.
The Unholy Satanists
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9.
Out of Chaos...a New Beginning, part 2
Out of Chaos -
10.
Frankenstein, Book II: The Sewer Tomb of Le Suub!
Frankenstein, Book II -
11.
[Ad for Nightmare #6]
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12.
[Ad for Hell-Rider #3]
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