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Creepy Comics Volume 3: The Lurking Fate

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  • Creepy Comics Volume 3: The Lurking Fate



    Published by: Dark Horse Comics
    Released on: Feb. 26, 2014
    Writer: various
    Artist: various
    Cover: Richard Corben
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    Volume 3 of the Dark Horse Comics re-launch of the classic Warren Publishing title re-presents the stories told in issues 10 through 13 of their quarterly series, as well as a little bit from issues 8 and 9 (more on that in a moment). This issue's cover is created by the always fantastic Richard Corben, which also adorned the cover of issue #12 in the run, and its classic Creepy for sure. There are 176 black and white pages to drool over and the issues within break down like this:
    • Creepy #10: cover by E.M. Gist, frontispiece by Troy Nixey; “The Lurking Fate That Came to Lovecraft” by Doug Moench and Kelley Jones; “The Strange Case of Panel Number Six” by Dan Braun and Peter Bagge; “Mint in Package” by Matt Weinhold, Darick Robertson, and Richard P. Clark; “Providence” by Jim and Ruth Keegan; “The Illuminations of Charity Wallis” by John Arcudi and Richard Corben; “The Bane” by Peter Bagge; “Dreams” by Jim and Ruth Keegan
    • Creepy #11: cover by Chrissie Zullo, frontispiece by Stan Sakai; “Two Faces Have I” by Gilbert Hernandez; “The Widower and the Mermaid” by J. Torres and Amy Reeder; “Love At First Bite” by Dan Braun and Peter Bagge; “Curse of the Moon Maiden” by Alisa Kwitney and Chrissie Zullo; “Someone to Watch” by Jamie S. Rich and Joelle Jones; “It's the Thought That Counts” by Peter Bagge
    • Creepy #12: cover by Richard Corben, frontispiece by Mike Mignola; “Uncle Magnus” by Richard Corben; “Fishing” by Ron MArz and Richard P. Clark; “Role Models” by Dan Braun and Peter Bagge; “Mother's Little Helper” by Peter Bagge; “Local talent” by Matthew Allison; “Pack Leader” by John Arcudi and Julian Totino Tedesco; “Reflections of My Life” by Peter Bagge
    • Creepy #13: cover by Jason Shawn Alexander, frontispiece by Matt Wagner; “The Scales” by Josh Simmons and Dean Haspiel; “Remember the Date” by Dan Braun and Peter Bagge; “The Prospectre” by John Habermas and D.W. Frydendall; “The Last Stop” by Dan Braun and Lukas Ketner; “Cat Crossing” by Pater Bagge; “Deer X-ing” by Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook; A Heady Occasion” by Peter Bagge

    Issue #10 held part 3 of the 3-part story “The Lurking Fate That Came to Lovecraft” and thankfully they included parts 1 and 2 from issues 8 and 9, so we get the whole story. It is easily the best tale in the issue and one of the best in this volume. Lovecraft's visions show him the end of the world at the destruction of evil beings, and he is deemed insane for it. Kelley Jones fully captures the tone that made the original black and white books so appealing: great shading and intricate details. His pencils and inks are absolutely perfect for the format and his monsters are hellish and slimy as snot, and that comes through so well in his work. Issue 10 also houses a sweet Richard Corben artistic powerhouse called “The Illuminations of Charity Wallis”. This is a quaint little story set in the days before electricity about an ancient book and some weird cavemen in suits.

    Issue #12 is the single best issue in the collection, with an awesome back-from-the-grave tale told by Richard Corben. He's been gushed over already at least once in this write up, but so what. He is one of the most amazing comic artists ever. “Fishing” is a nasty little tale about some boys who find a fairy- or does she find them? Fantastic art by Richard P. Clark. And speaking of fantastic art, Matthew Allison's story “Local Talent” is a great look at shitty movie making in the Philippines and how some method actors take it a little too far.

    Issue #11 has Gilbert Hernandez showing just what women with big boobs are all about but other than that the issue isn't one that excited this reader. It's actually a disappointing issue. Art-wise nothing stands out, and other than Hernandez's contribution it simply fails to feel like stories that feed that need for horror. Issue #13 falls into that same category of unimpressive over all, although there is more to appeal to the eyes than in #11. Namely “The Prospectre” and “The Last Shop”, which look really nice on the page and the stories aren't bad either. But it's the cover of #13 that takes the cake for the whole issue. It's an especially evil painting.

    One complaint: the cartoon strips in every issue by Peter Bagge. Creepy has dark humor for sure, but a comic strip? It totally takes the reader out of the “creep” mode they should be in. Perhaps work like this is more fitting in other books, but not this one. No disrespect is meant to Peter Bagge, but it's like throwing a Yogi Bear cartoon in the middle of a horror movie.

    Overall, Creepy Comics Volume 3 is a very satisfying entry in the world of horror anthology comics, and one that warrants more than one reading, especially that Lovecraft story. That one just stands above the rest and Kelley Jones' art is perfect.

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