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ILLUSTRATED TALES TO BEWITCH & BEDE'
VAMPI#18
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The Cold Touch of
The Conjuress
awaits Vampirella--
when she discovers
"DRACULA STILL LIVES"
ART BY LUIS GARCIA /STORY BY KEVIN PAGAN
EDITOR and PUBLISHER: James WarrenEDITORIAL DIRECTOR: J.R. Cochran • ART DIRECTOR: W.B. DuBay
MARKETING DIRECTOR: Flo Steinberg • COVER: EnrichARTISTS THIS ISSUE: Auraleon, Luis Garcia, Jose Gonzalez, Esteban Maroto,
Felix MasWRITERS THIS ISSUE: T. Casey Brennan, Don Glut, Esteban Maroto,
Donald F. McGregor, Douglas Moench, Kevin Pagan
CONTENTS
SCARLET LETTERS"I will defend Vampirella until a stake is driven through my heart,'
reader Rick Salinger. Plus Don Glut on the story behind the story.
DRACULA STILL LIVES!The continuing adventures of Vampirella as Conrad Van Helsing wills the
alien girl through time and space to confront Dracula and the Conjuress.
KALIThe tale of the Goddess Kali beset by the powers of the mad magicianCaligor. He wished the maiden girl as a sacrifice to the great god Agni.
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SONG OF A SAD-EYED SORCERESSOne woman can be all things to a man, as David Winters learns to his ever-
lasting regret. Come walk the spiral road of the soul and the serpent. Xq
WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN!Like a thing unknown, the Cates' mansion sat proudly on the crest of death,
its gabled roof sagging with the weight of a century-old murdered ghost. 46
VAMFI'S FLAMESProfile of writer Kevin Pagan, author of "Nymphs" on p.2, plus a treasure
trove of fan page terror stories, including one titled "Eye of the Skull."
THE DORIAN GRAY SYNDROMEPoor Hemut! He lived only for his art, that mysterious almost living paint-
ing people spoke of only in their darkest whispers, death's portrait.
VAMPIRELLA NO. 18, PUBLISHED BI-MONTHLY WITH AN ADDITIONAL SPECIAL ISSUE IN NOVEMBER. BY WARREN PUBLISHING CO. PRICE75C PER COPY. SUBSCRIPTION: 7 ISSUES (INCLUDING NOVEMBER SPECIAL ISSUE) FOR S5.50 IN THE U.S. ELSEWHERE: $7.00. EDITORIAL& BUSINESS OFFICES AT 145 EAST 32nd STREET, N.Y "
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-JRNATIONAL COPYRIGHT CONVENTION. ANDIOLE OR IN PART WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROMENVELOPE ARE ENCLOSED: OTHERWISE MATERIAL CAN-
Printad in U.S.A.
"I'll burn my coffin and stand in the sunlight!"
As to that letter from L.F.
in VAMPIRELLA # 16, (ReaderL.F. who gave only his initials
wrote, "Congratulations onconvertingVAMPIRELLA froma horror comic to one filled
with love stories and fairy
tales."— ed.) I fail to see his
point. What's his gripe any-way? I will defend VAMPIREL-LA until a stake is driventhrough my heart.
RICKSALLINGERLiberty Bora, Pa.
L.F. doesn't know what he's
talking about! Creepy and Ee-rie may be okay but VAMPIR-ELLA is tops by a long shot.
BRUCE BARRLawrence, Kansas
The VAMPIRELLA series is
getting as bad as "GeneralHospital." I don't really mindthe fact that the stories arefar beyond the realm of nor-mal imagination. I more orless expect that from VAM-PIRELLA. But for someonewho presupposes to tell thetrue story of VAMPIRELLA,you sure are doing a rottenjob. You won't print this.
T.GAGLIANOWarminster, Pa.
Sure wish you'd cut downon the love story atmospherein VAMPIRELLA. We wantmore horror and gore! Beststory in VAMPIRELLA #16was "And Be a Bride of Cha-os." The VAMPIRELLA series
is really great!
MARK THOMSONSalt Lake City, Utah
I've been following your ex-?loits for some time, VAMPf.ou've fared well thus far but
it's really too bad you lost
your wings back in VAMPIR-ELLA #8. It must be difficult
for a being, once so at home in
the air, to be confined toearth.
SCOTT STANSBURYPalo AI|o, Calif.
"Gorilla My Dreams" in
VAMPIRELLA #16 was one of
your best yet! When Eva turn-ed into a gorilla, I just abouthad heart failure! I've just
started reading VAMPIRELLAand I think its really great!More stories like "Gorilla MyDreams,"VAMPI.
Oh wow! I've been holdingoff writing to say that "WolfHunt" in VAMPIRELLA #14was one of the best storiesI've ever seen. Now I'm gladI waited. I refer, of course, to"And Be a Bride of Chaos" in
VAMPIRELLA #16. This was,in my opinion, the best of theVAMPIRELLA saga and aboutthe greatest story yet! Theonly thing that burned me in
Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula"was that Stoker killed off themaster. Thanks to you, he is
no longer dead! If "Wolf Hunt"& "And Be a Bride of Chaos"don't make the VAMPIRELLA1973 SPECIAL ISSUE. I'll
burn my coffin and stand in
the sunlight!
RANDY HOLLISMartin, Tenn.
'Better get ready to burnyour coffin, Randy. Both sto-ries are much too recent tosee publication this year.
VAMPIRELLA is fantastic!
I imagine you get a lot of let-
ters which say that but I've
heard that women never tire
of flattery. At any rate, VAM-PIRELLA #16 was excellent! I
was pleased to see that thecover pictured a full pagepainting instead of the border-ed ones on VAMPIRELLA #'s
14 & 15, The cover of VAM-PIRELLA #16 was good,though not quite up to thelevel of the now classic VAM-PIRELLA #12. It was great tosee Maroto's work again in
"Gorilla My Dreams." Pat Boy-ette is one of my very favoriteartists and I really enjoyed his
story, "Lover." Of course, notenough can be1 said of theVAMPIRELLA series. JoseGonzalez outdoes himselfwith each new issue. VAMPIR-ELLA is destined to be thebest horror fantasy book ever!
The stories "Lover" and"Girl on the Red Asteroid" in
VAMPIRELLA #16 were su-perb!
ERIKMIAZGAToronto, Canada
VAMPIRELLA #16 was a bigdisappointment. The onlygood story was "And be a
Bride of Chaos." And the onlyreason that was any good wasbecause of Gonzalez* artwork.When on earth is your lovelyvisagegoingtogracea poster?It has to be by Gonzalezthough! I will continue to readVAMPI till Chaos needs false
teeth.
iNsideUncle Creepy may have
been the first with his own"Creepy Comments" feature(since retitled), but VAMPIR-
^^^^k ELLA's special, and at first,
^g^^k she didn't want anythingtf^B ^B ^m that reeked of Creepy'sH ^^^^F handiwork. Now that she's
^^^^^ come around, this INSIDE #H ^H ^H section promises to be a reg-H ^K^^V ular letters page feature of
^m^r VAMPIRELLA. wherein we'll
fill you in on VAMPI news of
note and provide some background to the stories you'rereading. News of note this go-around includes word of
a fantastic 17" by 11" puzzle of the cover of VAMPIR-ELLA #2. Painted by Bill Hughes, the cover picturesVAMPTs cousin, Evilly the witch. See p.56 for details.
This issue of VAMPIRELLA is host to the second "Tomb of
the Gods" story, "Kali" on p. 26, the creation of "Dax, theWarrior" artist Esteban Maroto. His "Tomb of the Gods"series will appear in future is-
sues of VAMPIRELLA while theadventures of Dax currentlyrun in Eerie.The Transylvanian Count,
Dracula, returns to plague VAM-PIRELLA this issue after one is-
sue's hiatus. According to VAM-PIRELLA writer, T. Casey Bren-nan, 1972 Warren Award winnerfor Best Story ("On The Wingsof a Bird-Creepy #36), ourDrakulonian sweetheart hasn'theard the last of Dracula either.
Profiled this issue, p.66, is
veteran writer Kevin Pagan, author of the VAMPI's Feary Tale;
piece "Nymphs" on the insidefront cover. Pagan's work alsoappears in the current Creepy.#46. with the chiller. "On TheNinth Day of Satan" about the coming of the Warlocks.
In case you've noticed some changes in VAMPIRELLA,Creepy and Eerie lately (like the start of this INSIDE #feature, for one), those responsible include J.R. Cochran,author of "The Disenfranchised" (Eerie #39). who was re-
cently promoted to Editorial Director. Effective with Eerie#40, our new Art Director is Bill Dubay (call him "Dube").who was profiled in VAMPIRELLA #15. Dube last illustrat-
ed "Girl on the Red Asteroid" in VAMPIRELLA #16 andnext has a solo opus coming up in Creepy #47 titled, "Fu-turization Computation."
Surprise! Flo's Back and Warren's got her! Flo Stein-berg, formerly of Marvel Comics, joins our Captain Com-pany division as Marketing Director. Although she'll bespending 100% of her time on this, Mr. Warren also expectsher to put an additional 25% on editorial work, where she'll
be able to give us the benefit of her experience with thatother publisher.
17" x 11" cover puzzle
THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY
Girl On the Red AsteroidDon Glut, author of "Girl
on the Red Asteroid" in
VAMPIRELLA $16, giveshis reasons for writing thepiece: My memory on thewriting of "Girl on the RedAsteroid" is rather vague. I
recall being requested towrite a science fiction storyfor a paperback anthologyabout three years ago.After trying to come upwith something original, I
thought of a beautiful girl
hatching from an egg on analien world. After that, thestory was a cinch to write.Unfortunately, neither thestory nor anthology eversaw print due to a problemwith the publishing com-pany. So, a few years later.
I made some changes in thestory and adapted it to theformat of VAMPIRELLA.Thus, it's finally printed.
"Jose Gonzalez is a Michaelangelo when it comes to drawing Vampirella!"
You've really made it big.
VAMPI. Keep that great com-bination of stories, artworkand covers going and you'll
put the "bite" on everybody!Let's have more of you by JoseGonzalez. He's a Michaelan-gelo when it comes to drawingyou!
BRUCE HOLROYDHarrisburg, Pa.
This little epistle concernstwo letters that saw print in
VAMPIRELLA #17. One wasfrom Mike Adkisson who saidthere was too much blood andgore in VAMPIRELLA. Heyman. this is a horror comic!If you dig peace and love, youshould be reading love com-ics. The other letter, signedonly "Paty," read like a witch-es brew. I think "Paty," who-ever she is, has been watch-ing TV's "Bewitched" too long.I may be a male chauvinist butat least I'm giving my full
How do I love thee? Let mecount the ways: Jose Gonza-lez, Esteban Maroto, Auraleonand Sanjulian to name a few.That is how I love you. Eversince our dear though eccen-tric Uncle Creepy lost the oldgreats like Reed Crandall(Lost? Uncle says there's aReed Crandall piece comingup in Creepy #47 — ed.>, I
thought the artwork wouldnever be the same. Thanks toyou. VAMPi. your new artistsrival the talents of the great-est master of all. "Prince Val-iant" artist Hal Foster. Afterall these years of readingVAMPIRELLA, Creepy and Ee-rie and having mixed emo-tions about the quality of eachissue, the latest VAMPIREL-LA. #16, brought together all
of my favorites.
1 MllllON
reacJersCAN'T bE WRONG,!
...TrtEY^U AsliEd foR A
SEE pAC,E 61
Cause of much letter page comment this go-around is "Pu-rification," a three-page humor piece written and illustrat-ed by Nebot from VAMPIRELLA #16. Writes El Segundo,Calif, reader DRAKE LETCHER, "Who's this Nebot? Youknow who I'm talking about. The guy who drew that greatstory 'Purification.' His work is realty fabulous! Give usmore Nebot. Wow! Great! Fantastic! Super! Out of sight!"
"And be a Bride of Chaos"in VAMPIRELLA #16 was byfar the best story I've readin the last two years! And thatGonzalez art. It's really toomuch. The way he picturedCount Mordante's castle onp.9 of VAMPIRELLA #16 wasso good that I was temptedto frame it. "Purification" wasrather childish. What rightdoes Uncle Creepy have pan-ning your face and makingcracks about your book? (Seethe letters pages of Creepy#45-ed.) Both Creepy andlead-belly Eerie are so far be-hind you. it's ridiculous.
FREDTESKAYorktown Heights, NY.
How true. How true.
Bela Lugosi never did looklike I pictured Dracula. Gon-zalez' Dracula is much closerto the real thing. The bestlove horror story I've everread is "Cilia" in VAMPIREL-LA #16. It was excellent.
Sanjulian's cover of VAM-PIRELLA #16 was beautiful.
I'm distressed however by thecontinued use of the forcesof Chaos in the VAMPIRELLAseries. A pure diet of Chaos,however formidable a foe heis, tends to take the versatil-ity out of the series.
Cilia" in VAMPIRELLA #16; truly unbelievable.
Enjoyed "Purification" in
VAMPIRELLA #16. "GorillaMy Dreams" had quite a sur-prise ending. Didn't muchcare for "Girl on the Red As-teroid." Sanjulian's cover wasmagnificent! Have more cov-ers with VAMPIRELLA as she'sthe star!
Sanjulian's cover of VAM-PIRELLA #16 was wild! "Pu-rification" was a refreshingchange of pace, Stories like
that are just another reasonwhy your magazine is s'o great."Cilia" was billed as one ofthe most beautiful horror sto-ries ever told and I have toagree with that.
I started this letter twicebefore realizing that I can'treally find the right words toexpress my appreciation ofVAMPIRELLA. I consider my-self a comics connoisseur of
sorts (I own over 2,000 com-ics), and I must say that thebest comic book around is
VAMPIRELLA.
I loved that story aboutDracula and VAMPI in VAM-PIRELLA #16.
"Horrific" is the only wordthat adequately describesVAMPIRELLA #16. "Cilia" tru-ly was one of the greatesthorror stories ever told.Cheers for Gonzalez' render-ing of the castle of Count Mor-dante on p.9 of VAMPIRELLA#16. Unfortunately, the story"Purification" just did notcompute. I hope you stick tostraight horror and leave thehumor strips where they be-long. VAMPI's Flames andVAMPI's Feary Tales are mon-sterific. I really dig them. Morehorror!
JOHN KIMBLEWillingboro, N.J.
VAMPIRELLA #16 was morelike it! Like VAMPIRELLA #12that is. I really sank my fangsin. "And be a Bride of Chaos"and "Gorilla My Dreams" weresuperb. The artwork in "Girlon the Red Asteroid" wasgreat. "Cilia" was really good.We want a VAMPI poster.
JOSEPH JIMENEZLos Angeles, Ca.
One thing I've noticed late-ly is the injection of socialrelevance into stories aboutwerewolves and monsters.Forget it! Relevance ruinscomics. Love the VAMPIREL-LA series but isn't the idea ofpeople laying in Dracula's cof-fin (see VAMPIRELLA #16,p.25-ed.) getting a little tir-
ed?
What a magazine! What fas-
cinating and artistic stories!VAMPIRELLA is pure magicalecstacy!
P.PANAGISCape ProvinceSouth Africa
BRIAN IVERSONSpokane, Wash.
Gasp! Ottly 2,000 Utters This morninc,!
Poor Vampi's maudlin! The postmanonly counted out 2,000 Scarlet Lettersthis morning. What's wrong? Writer'scramp? Address all Scarlet Stationery
"SCAB1EI urnsc/o Warren Publishing Co.145 East 32nd StreetNew York, N.Y. 10016
FOR CONRAD VAN HELSING, IT HAS BEEN A LONG JOURNEY- TAKING HIM FROM THE SUNNY BUT TURBULENTISLAND REPUBLIC OF COTE DE SOLEIL.TO THE COLD AND DREARY GROUNDS OF THE VAN HELSING FAMILY
MANSION. BUT THERE IS NO joy IN THIS HOMECOMING, ONLY HATRED FOR, THE GIRL CALLED...WMMN6M
.
ART BY JOSE GONZALEZ / STORY BY T. CASEY BRENNAN
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28 iHyl^' r"'j= ^ 'SH (k T,e*em^ ^
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W£Tma£&AND ON THE OTHER. SIDE OF THE WORLD, HI3H IN THETRANSYLVANIAN ALPS, WHERE NIGHT HAS ALREADYFALLEN, ANOTHER. VAMPIRE STIRS...
N^
MyES
AND IN THAT ONE BRIEF FOMENT, A THINS LOWSFORGOTTEN IS REBORN IN THE SOULOF AWOMM...
A THIN© CALLED GUILT, A REMEMBRANCE OFINNOCENCE AND INNOCENCE LOST, AND OF THINGS
DONE WHICH CAW NEVER. B£ UNDONE...
*FOR MORE OF PRACULA AND HIS HOME PLANET, PRAKULON, SEE VAMPtRELLA#/6..."AND BE A BR/Pa OF CHAOS.
*S££ VAMPIRELLA- :"BEWARE, DREAMERS,
CONRAD VAN HELSINGEXPLAINS HIS PLAN...
FROM WHAT YOU'VE SEEN.N MERLIN'S MIRROR,, ANDFROM WHAT MY SIXTH SENSE
TELLS ME, IT SEEMS THATDRACULA HAS ENTERED SOME
OTHER PLANE OFEXISTENCE! THATMEANS WE CAN'TREACH HIM BY
NATURALMEANS
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MEANWHILE, DRACULA WALKS THE f*7ftOFATONCMettr.. >OUR FIRST ORDEAL ^BEGINS NOW, DRACULA! THE
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TOTAL REALIZATION 0? THEEVIL yOU HAVE DONE! AND-I FEAR- IT IS AM ORDEALyOU MUST FACE
WITHOUT WE!
THEN, AT THAT VERY MOMEMT, tf4MP/G£ll4 COMES.
" WWEW NO ONE WOULD LISTEN, I S0U3HT AN ALLY THROUGH
THE OtOWAYS- WlTCHCRAFTl "
FORGET THECONJURESS, POOL!
SHE CARED NOTHING FOR YOU-IS GONE, AND VOU SHALL
NEVER SEE HER AGAIN! THINKNOT OF YOUR COUNTRYMEN AT
SUCH A TIME - FOR THEYSCORN YOUR PATHETICDEVOTION! IE7 ALL OFDRAKULON DIE— FOR..
AND AT THE VAN HELSINS FAMILY MANSION.
HE IS EVILINCARNATE-BUT 15
HE TRULV MORE EVIL
THAN I ? 1 TOO FEELTHE BLOODLUSTWHICH COURSESTHROUGH HIS VEINS'. I
TOO HAVE BETRAYED MYOWN SOUL FOR. THE SAKEOP THAT BLOODLUST--HOW CAN I EVER FORGETWHAT I DID TO ADAM,EVEN THOUGH IT WASUNDONE*!... PERHAPSDfiACUlA DESERVES
VAMPIRELLA RELATES HER TALE TO ADAM AND HIS FATHER.
SO 1 COULDN'T KILL
DRACULA! DO «3U BLAME7 ME FOR THAT, DR. VAN
•HELSIM3?
WAIT! I REMEMBER. NSOMETHING ELSE!
r4MP/*euA/ shewaMBRe— inmvDAZED STATE, I THOUGHTSHE WAS YOU! WHV-
I COULD HAVED6STROVEDHEREASILV, HAD I
KNOWN
NEXT ISSUE: "TMB SHADOWOFZ3R.ACue.4!"\
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PAST LIES HIPPEfl IN THE VASTRECESSES OF TIME AMP SPACE,A THING UNKNOWN AMIPST THEEXPLOSIONS Op SULFUROUSFLAMES ANC HOWLINS GAS-SEOUS AT/NIPS.
Perhaps it is here that man'sifjsorn awareness of the super-natural and belief in the importanceof sayth anc legemo began.
ms,~^gmian*.m<Mias
Since time's pawning,only a chosen few
have possessed thevery secret op l/peITSELF.
TN THE HANPSOF MEN, POWERCORRUPTS...BECOMES ANINSTRUMENT OFEVIL.
ART AND STORY BY ESTEBAN MAROTO
THE PRUMS Of THE MILAGE HUM AHPTHE HYPHOT/C RHYTHM PWNGES THE UM-COHSC/OUS KAi/ /A/TO A TRAMCE...ATRANCE THAT S/MG£ OF FREEPOM .
Her senses prowa///v a sea of vis/oajs.
flutteringhuman wingsPROMISEESCAPE.
£yes like surniug coalsTRANSFORM THE CREAM/NTO A BRUTAL REAL/TY,
: KAL/ WAITS, UNMOVING, ATHING OF STILLNESS
.
SOMEH/HERE IN THE VASTNESS KNOWN AS SPACE,THE SILENT CALL OF KALI IS HEARP. THE STRENGTHOF HER LIFE REVERBERATES LIKE A WAIL THROUGHTHE COSMOS, BECKONIMG TO THAT WHICH IS EVENSTRONGER THAN DEATH.
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COMPLETEP, KALIEMERGES FROM HERSILKEN WOMB WITHPOWERS YET UNKNOWN
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{.IKE A WINGLESSBUTTERFLY. KALI ISCARRIED THROUGHTHE WINP OF WIGHT...
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...7ȣ WHISPER OF GRASSANP FLOWERS/ W/NPS OFLOVE l "WHY PO X LOVEYOU SO ? "
She runs to the villageshouting,"! am kali.' i havereturned i come forth,friends.'mp x will tell youof the tigers.' "
DAVID WINTERS HAS PLAYED
THIS SCENE BEFORE, ONLYTHE BIT PLAYERS CHANGE THE
CHOREOGRAPHY.THE SIT PLAYER
THIS TIME IS HARRIET STONE.
PLAY IT COLD. PLAY IT HARD.
RE-ENACT THAT FIRM, STIFF
WALK. ONLY THE FAINT CHILL
OF THE NIGHT AUTUMN AIR
SUGGESTS THIS ISN'T THE
SAME EPISODE STAGED
THREE MONTHS BEFORETO A WARM JULY EVENING.
THE TORN SOBBINGS.THEMASCARA BLED TEARSHAVE BEEN MIRRORED ONOTHERYOUNGFACES.IT IS
HARDLY NOTICEABLE THAT
OTHER LUNGS RIP OUTTHESE SOSS.THAT NEWEYES SPILL THESE TEARS.
JUST FAINT TREMORS ABOUT THE
FINGERS BETRAY ANY EMOTION TO
THE ABRUPT TERMINATION OFRELATIONSHIP. A TYPICAL REACTION..
IT DOESN'T GET ANY MORE DIFFICULT, JUST THE FAMILIAR NAGGING DREAD OF THE
PARTING SCENE. NO SWEET SORROW HERE, BABY.' mmm^m ~
SONG OFA SAD-EYED SORCERESSTHE LAST THOUGHT FADES TO NEWSTIMULI. WINTERS SEES ONLY THESWEEP OF HER BACK, THE GRACEFULFALL OF HER HAIR, AND YET SOMETHING
CATCHES IN HIS THROAT AND A STRANGE
SCENT CATCHES AT HIS NOSTRILS.
ART BY LUIS GARCIA / STORY BY DONALD F. McGREGOR
HARRIET STONE HAD ONLY BEEN WORKING FOR KELLY AND LISSON, INC. FOR LITTLE OVER A WEEK WHEN DAVID WINTERS HAD FIRST
WALKED INTO HER LIFE DELIVERING ONE OF THOSE SMUG, ARTIFICIAL SMILES, SHE ASSUMED, THAT HE USUALLY DELIVERED IN
EXECUTNE SUITES. ANd'she HAD SEEN ALSO AWARE THAT HE WAS NOT ONLY ON THE MAKE IN A BUSINESS SENSE, HIS ENTIRE LIFE STYLE
WAS ONE CONTINUOUS "MAKE-IT" DRIVE.
THAT HAD BEEN HER BRST ENCOUNTER WITH DAVID WINTERS. IN FACT, IT HAD BEEN HER FIRST ACTUAL ENCOUNTER WITH
ANYBODY IN NEW YORK CITY SINCE HERARRIVAL. SHE HAD LOOKED INTO THE DUSTY MIRROR EACH MORNING, ASSURING
HERSELF THAT SHE HAD NO STARS IN HER EYES, THAT SHE WAS TOUGH AND SELF-RELIANT; BUT AS THE NIGHT CITY SOUNDS
DRIFTED UP INTO HER TENEMENT ROOM THE RETURN LOOK WAS NOT AS FIRM. AMD - DESPITE THE NEAR RELIGIOUS
LECTURES SHE HAD PREACHED SILENTLY TO HERSELF - DAVID WINTERS BECAME THE FIRST RECOSWIZABLE FACE.
THE STING OF THE AUTUMN WIND SHARPENS ON HIS CHEEKS AS HE STEPS FORWARD.A DIM VOICE PLEADS WITH HIM NOT TOTAKE THE STEP, BUT HIS MOVEMENTS ARE NOT OF HIS OWN VOLITION.
THE SAME DIM VOICE THROWS OUT THE WARNING AGAIN, BUT DAVID WINTERS KNOWS IT IS A LOST CAUSE THAT HE WILLFOLLOW THE FLOWING APPARITION, THAT THE DECISION HAS BEEN DETERMINED IN A PART OF HIM THAT HE HAS NEVERVISITED BEFORE.
I BE/OND THAT, THESE CO-WORKERS OF HERS
I GOT ALL THE BREAKS AND BENEFITS WHICH
I ADDED TO HER LAMENT.
QUrTE A PAD you've GOT \
f
HERE. AND USTENJ'M SORRY
jABOUT THE COME-ON THE
i
PAST FEW WEEKS. GUESS IT'Sj
THE PRESSURE,YOUKNOW? /
CHANGEof tact;
WHAT IN '^/'OH.ISEETHE HELL IS YOU'VE DISCOVERED
. THAT* W*L MY ATHAME.
YOU'RE )^^ATHAMEi DON'T \
WHAT? / W YOU KNOW ANYTHING
f ABOUT THE OCCULTI ARTS? IT'S ACONSECRATION KNIFE.
-|>J3(ij^ WITCHES WOULD USEL THOSE TO INVOKE
%.- "" zk 1 DEMONS BY DRAWING A* MAGIC CIRCLE WITH ITA IT'S ONE OF MY^L MOST PRIZED
^^. POSSESSIONS. /
HARRIET STONE HAD LISTENED TO WINTERS
REPLV, STILL AWARE ASTO HIS NATURE. SHE HAD
REMAINED STOIC, UNATTAINABLE THROUGH-OUTHIS SOPHISTICATED RAR PLEASED THAT ANOTHER
PERSON SHARED THE ROOM FOR THE MOMENT;AND SHE HAD ALSO BEEN AWARE THAT HER
PASSION FOR THE OCCULT WAS A FACET OF HER
WINTERS HAD NEVER SUSPECTED
..AND THROUGHOUT THAT EVENING HE COULD NEVER REALLY FORGET THE BLADE OF ATHAME RESTING UNPER THE FLOOR-LAMP.
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TWO SECTIONS OF WINTER'S MIND BATTLE WHO IS THIS CREATURE WHO BECKONS AND
FOR DOMINANCE. ONE SECTION IS FILLED SWAYS BEFORE HIM, ENTICING HIM ONWARD
WITH THE FLEEING SPECTRE BEFORE HIM, . WITH EVERY FLUID MOVEMENT, EACH SUPPLE
BUT THE OTHER SECTDW IS GRIPPING ATq>^ CURVE DEMANDING OBEDIENCE ? IS HE
SOME THIN EPGE OF NORMALITY. //^- FALLING PREY TO SOME PSYCHOTIC FEAROF WOMEN THAT HE HAS HELD IN CHECK
i DURING HIS ENTIRE LIFE?
BUT THAT IS FOOLISHNESS. YET, IF
IT IS FOOLISHNESS, THEN WHY CAN'T
HE STOP HIS FEET FROM MOVING
OUT ONTO THAT BRIDGE? WHY IS
THE DESIRE TO POSSESS BURNING
SO FERVENTLY IN HIS VEINS.'AND
MAHEMAH,SHEIS LIKE SOMESYMBOLIC LIFE -FORM WHOSECREATION AND PURPOSE HAS BEENLOST IN THE PASSAGE OFTIME.WHYIS THAT ?
I HARRIET STONE HAD PLACED THE SAME,
I FOLLOWING THE PRESCRIBED FORMULA,
I INCLUDING ALL THE TENTATIVE MOVESI AND DOUBLE ENTENDRES.
"
I SHE HAP PLAYED THE GAME AND PLAYED IT
I WELL.TRYING TO REMAIN AWARE OF THE
I FACT THAT THAT WAS ALL IT WAS:AGAME.
SHE HAD HEARDHERSELF UTTERING
WORDS THAT WERESCHOOL-GIRL TEXT,
WORDS SHE HADKNOWN BETTYFRIEPAN WOULD MFROWN UPON; ANDSHE FELT ALTERNATE
SENSATIONS
A MINGLING OFNEED WITH AFEELING OFFAJLURE.
THE SOFT. MELLOW SOUNDS OF FRANK
SINATRA CROONING LOST LOVE IU THEBACKROUND HAD ADDED THE FINAL
TOUCH TO THE SCENE. SHE HAD
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WINTERS HOVERS AT THEBRINK WITH DEATH AND LIFE
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CURIOUS SENSATION THATIT IS HAPPENING TOSOMEONE ELSE.
A TENTATIVE STEP, THEFEAR STILL CLUTCHINGAT HIS INS1DES, AND HIS
BALANCERS RESTORED.
THE TERROR SUBSIDES IN HIS BREAST AS HE CONTINUES ACROSSTHE TERMITE AND WEATHER-EATEN BRIDGE.
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,
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MEM PAGANdoesn't? A Moon Child witha reasonable (sometimesstubborn) disposition, I trea-sure my bachelorhood, free-
dom ol opinion (in what oth-er country are you so damnfree?) and sense of humor.Women's Lib causes me noend of amusement. Not par-ticularly a sports fan, I oc-casionally break down andwatch the Mets. I like Italian
food. English horror movies,and toasted bagels.
Since greedily absorbingvolumes of Ray Bradbury,A.E. Van Vogt and EdmondHamilton as a child, I've
evolved into a fierce readerof everything from best-sell-
ers to sci-fi paperbacks. I
relax my mind by either lis-
tening to the Neil Diamondsound or scripting horror-fantasy sagas, the latter of
which I've been scribblingdown for longer than I canremember.My first published work
was in those amateur, pri-
vately printed, ditto-mimeothings called fanzines avail-
able only through the mail.
First Pro work was 'way backin Creepy #31, ably illus-
trated by William Barry, I
plan to be a bit more fre-
quent after this in futureissues of the Warren maga-zines. Of course, Editors al-
ways have the last word.
Portrait of writer Kevin Pa-gan, whose work "Nymphs"appears on this issue's in-
side front cover. Garcia art.
The above sketch of mewas done by my father,Frank Pagan, who is a part-ner and Creative Directorfor a major advertisingagency. He originally start-
ed as a comics illustrator
in the forties. Since my fa-
ther is a designer and mymother a former profession-al singer, both periodicallywonder where my writingstreak came from.
I am a basically decent-looking 22 year-old whodoesn't smoke, drinks mod-erately, has a good homelife, and has a hell of a lot
of trouble with women. Who
Scenes from stories written byKevin Pagan. Below, artist WilliamBarry's interpretation of Pagan'sfirst professional comic work,"Laughing Liquid" from Creepy #31.At right, the chiller called "Sleep"from Creepy #44, illustrated byMike Ploog, a terror epic.
Cerberus, the demon, leads the village children in homageto the devil in the haunting epic, "On the Ninth Day of
Satan," illustrated by Felix Mas and written by Kevin Paganfrom Creepy #46. Also from Pagan is the terrifying story
"Warped!" which appears in the current Eerie, #41. Artby Grandenetti, the story tells of immortality.
EVE 01 THE SKULLIn the darkened privacy of
his room, Nicholas unwrappedthe package, purchased anhour or so before at a Curios-ity Shop. It was a time-bleach-ed human skull with a sphereof pure gleaming crystal set in
the right eye-socket. As hestared at the skull, turningit in his hands, watching asthe light shot through thecrystal, he wondered why theshop owner had been so reti-
cent to sell the relic, why hehad told all those tales of theskull's origin from the Car-pathian mountains of Transyl-vania. The shop owner, old andbalding, the very picture of
a miser, warned Nicholas thatthe skull's previous ownerhad been a sorcerer who usedthe skull to guard his sacredgri moire. But Nicholas wasdetermined. He was not go-ing to be put off by a grimyshopkeeper, particularly whenhe was certain the legendswere all a ruse to raise theprice of the skull. "Whateveryou do," the shopkeeper hadsaid, leading Nicholas out thefront door, "do not look intothe crystal eye."What could possibly have
been so important about theeye, Nicholas wondered, amus-ed by the foolish tries of theold shopkeeper In trying toraise the ante for the skull.
The thing was harmlessenough and might well makean attractive conversationpiece, if placed on the mantlewhere everyone could see it,
see the gleaming eye as thelight poured through. He look-ed into the clear depths of
the stone. It seemed like a
bottomless void drawing himdeeper until his eye wasagainst the smooth stone it-
self. Then, the transparencyof the stone altered and it
took on a rose-like shade thatdarkened to scarlet and final-
ly blood red in color.
He felt teeth bite into his
throat, severing the jugularvein. Nicholas was powerlessto move. The room seemedto swim by its own will, as if
alive. As life ebbed away, hecould only stare into the ever-reddening stone set in theeye-socket of the skull. Hetried with all of his might to
fight the powers of the skull
but there was nothing to bedone, no way out. The roomdarkened as if through themight of the living presencewithin the skull, the skull thathad been host to a vam-pire before the unknown sor-
cerer using stake, axe andspells bound the blood-drink-ing spirit within the crys-tal.
By Thomas Pallanta
VoJcMfPMIfE?Everything about him said
vampire! His pallor was a
ghastly chalk-white and his
lips and tongue looked as if
they had been painted red.
When he shook hands withme, I felt hair on the palmof his hand. When he smiled,I noticed a pair of gleaming,white fangs, sharp and verydeadly. His long, thin handswith their long, sharp finger-nails looked strangely like
claws. He spoke with the clas-
sic Transylvanian accent. Thesight of him sent chills up anddown my spine. Then, whenhe began to lick his chopsas if in anticipation of a meal,I hurried away, as best I could,running with everything thatwas in me, fear drivingme on with the speed of awolf. In the end, 1 supposethe moon was full that night.
It is the only explana-
By Lloyd M. Auerbach
Haunting view of our girl
from Drakulon was renderedby West Haven, Conn. readerFRANK VILLANO, JR.
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HIDDEN DANGERThe whine of the airship
was already in his ears as heemerged from the apartmenthouse. Living right next doorto the jetport, the noise wasso common that he would nothave noticed it at all. hadhe not hated the magno-jetsso much.
"Blasted suicide ships," hemuttered as he gazed up at
the egg-shaped craft, comingaround in a tight loop beforeits rapid descent to the await-ing runway. As it whizzedpast, he cursed the companyjob that had lured him to thiscity, forced him to live asidethe jetport he loathed. Hard-ly had he time to completehis thought, when a terseshriek rudeiy announced thecoming of the next magno-jet. As he watched it. he won-dered whether anyone real-
ized the danger that this timethe craft might not make it.
As always, the craft executedits landing perfectly.
"Why doesn't anybody seethe danger?" he asked him-self. Feeling defeated, theman sullenly turned his headforward.
Suddenly, a panicky screampierced the curtain of noiseabout him and even as hetwirled to look, he shivered.A new magno-jet was pitchingheadlong into a cluster of
buildings alongside the jet-
port and before his horrified
eyes, a great ball of fire told
of the incendiary devastationwhich had overtaken his
home and the pain in his
chest told him that the re-
mote-controlled energy-source for his heart pacemak-er had not survived the flamingholocaust. L _ . ... _., .
By Eric W. Flesch
(Fan writer Flesch also hasa letter on The Letters page.)
THEE ASS/VSSIIMHe lay in a bush tunnel
atop a small knoll, overlook-ing the kill-area. Still, he didnot move and had not forhours. Drifting in the nightbefore, he had positioned him-self before daylight. Now, at
sunset, his target was due.Making a hit in twilight wouldbe tricky, but the followingnightfall would simplify his
escape. Just as his camou-flaged clothing defied detec-tion in his present location,
so would darkness cover his
fade-out later. He raised him-self cautiously to his elbowsand brought the small caliberrifle to his shoulder. Wherewas the target? If he waslate tonight, the darknesswould be on his side. Steady.The first job was always thetoughest: get through this ini-
tiation and he'd be on hisway. Hired killers were rare-
ly caught and the big moneywent to the cool kings whoalways succeeded. He squint-
ed through the scope. Plentyof light left. He checked thesilencer-cylinder on the bore,tight and straight. Relax. Stayloose. If not tonight, the nextor even the one after that. In
hunting, you stalked, waiting.His kill-area was the back
lot of a secluded, woods-sur-rounded home. His intendedvictim always circled thehouse and entered from theback. But this time insteadof sanctuary, death awaited.Movement from the corner of
the house caught the killer's
eye and he readied his aim.His target moved predictably.The first shot stopped himdead. Perfect I Dead beforehe hit the ground. Just tobe sure, the assassin emptiedthe remainder of his clip into
the victim's spine.He felt a slight pang of
conscience as he rode throughthe cool night air. It was toobad because it wasn't a badlooking dog. If it hadn't spentits time roaming the nearbyneighborhoods, barking in theearly dawn hours, the fed-upinhabitants would never havetaken up a collection for himto rid them of the nuisance.And he wouldn't have had a
chance to begin the realiza-
tion of a life-long dream.He was a professional kill-
er now. He caressed theweapon hidden beneath his
jacket and rode on, smil-ing at the cold and wintrynight.
By Bill Cantey
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"Sorry for the kidding cartoon, VAMP1," writes ManhattanBeach, Calif, fan artist SEAWARD TUTHILL. "You're great!"
Blonde-tressed female, dressed in VAMPIRELLA-type cos-
tuming and Levi's brand-trousers, wards off alien laser
beams while carrying her true love to safety in this ad-vertising takeoff on the comic book covers of yesteryearcurrently being promoted by the firm of Levi Strauss, trou-
ser maker. Cartoonish cover ad above appeared in thetrade publication. Women's Wear Daily in January.
DRINK, MY LOVEremember as if it were
yesterday. You remember dar-ling, don't you? We were real-
ly having a great time. Thenyou poured the wine in myglass. Softly, you whisperedinto my ear. "Drink, my love."
It was drugged, wasn't it,
Wendy?When I awoke, sometime
later, I was lying on the floor.
I watched you as you threwmy books on witchcraft anddemonology into the fireplace.
I tried to protest but it wasall in vain. You laughed at me."You believed in this stupidtrash, didn't you?" I can still
hear your taunts, how I wasnothing better than a super-stitious idiot. Then you pick-
ed up the poker from the fire-
place and drove it throughmy chest. I blacked out in asea of pain.
What happened after that,
I really don't know. You musthave bribed some doctor tomake out the death certifi-
cate. Then you made the mostfatal mistake. You removedthe poker from my chest. Thenext time I opened my eyes,
I was in a coffin. Now I amglad that you had the burial
vault built. Otherwise, 1 mighthave been buried too deep.My hand pushed easily againstthe coffin lid. How easily. Thesun had set and the air wasmost refreshing. My darling.
I am home. 1 see that youhaven't wasted time. A newboy friend, Charles. You hearda noise and called for him butwhen you came, you saw thathe was dead, a poker throughhis chest.You were frightened then.
You see that trash you burn-ed was what enabled me to
return, return as I am now,a huge bat. Yes, my dear,I am a vampire. Rememberwhen you told me to drink?Well, my thirst is beingquenched.
By George Siessel
DON'T BE LEFT OUT IN THE COLD!
Why tet all that great artwork, all thosefantastic stories sit in a desk drawer?You might as well throw them out in
the cold for all the good they're doingyou! Better yet, send them to VAM-PIRELLA! Address all fan art & storiesto;
VAMPI'S FLAMESc/o Warren Publishing Co.145 East 32nd StreetNew York, N.Y. 10016
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If you have a son10 years old,
you'd better start worrying.
e yoi i sent off tn ii.
ml will have lu f;u tu Vietnam H years from now.unl kind of war. Ami it's perfectly possible you will
It's perfectly possible because this is a war that's been fining on for the past ,'{( years. Yes,the past 30 years. That's how long there's been fisrlitini; and killing in Vietnam. So it isn't so
absurd to think this war can go on for another 8 years, is it'/
It's perfectly possible, because in spite of all the speeches and all the promises, the Presi-dent has yet to set a definite date for withdrawal. Yes. that's true. The President hasn't nameda day nor a month nor even a year as a time for getting out.
In fact, the President talks about leaving "residual" forces and "maintenance"' troops in
or around Vietnam. (If you remember, what got us into this mess was the sending of "ad-visory personnel" to Vietnam.)Now do you see why it's perfectly possible that your son will fight in this absurd war? A
war where mass murders of women and children are called "no big deal." A war that has al-
ready killed over 50,000 American boys who were 10 years old themselves not so long ago.
One of the most effective things you can do for your son is write your Congressmen today.They must know they have your support to act in Congress against thi^, absurd war.
Write them now. And maybe 10 years from now your son will he glad you did.
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