Marvel Masters Of Terror

From a time in the 1970s, when Marvel was making magazines, comes these two issues entitled Masters Of Terror, all under the editing of Tony Isabella, who usually gave a page on an original writer in the issue, taking classic tales of horror, and presenting them in comic style.

Masters Of Terror #1 (July, 1975)

In the first issue, with a cover by Gray Morrow, are stories of "It!" by Theordore Sturgeon (adapted by Roy Thomas), with art by Marie Severin and Frank Giacoia, "The Horror From The Mound!" by Robert E. Howard (adapted by Gardner Fox) with art by Frank Brunner, "The Terrible Old Man!" by Robert E. Howard (adapted by Roy Thomas) with art by Barry Windsor-Smith, Dan Adkins and John Verpoorten, "The Drifting Snow" by August Derleth (adapted by Tony Isabella) with art by Esteban Maroto, "The Shambler From The Stars" by Robert Bloch (adapted by Ron Goulart) with art by Jim Starlin and Tom Palmer and "Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper" by Robert Bloch (adapted by Roy Thomas and Ron Goulart) with art by Gil Kane and Ralph Reese, plus some cartoons and horror history!

Masters Of Terror #2 (September, 1975)

The second issue, with a cover by Dan Adkins, contained stories of "The Invisible Man" by H. G. Wells (adapted by Ron Goulart) with art by Dan Adkins and Val Mayerik, "The Man Who Cried Werewolf" by Robert Bloch (adapted by Gerry Conway), with art by Pablo Marcos, "Dig Me No Grave" by Robert E. Howard (adapted by Roy Thomas) with art by Gil Kane and Tom Palmer, "The Music Of Erich Zann" by H. P. Lovecraft (adapted by Roy Thomas) with art by Johnny Craig and Dan Adkins, "Pickman's Model" by H. P. Lovecraft (adapted by Roy Thomas) with art by Tom Palmer, and "The Roaches" by Thomas M. Disch (adapted by Gerry Conway) with art by Ralph Reese, with creepy cartoons and historical articles as well.

See The Invisible Man

Technically, if the formula works, you can't see the Invisible Man.

But, after H. G. Wells wrote the novel, after Claude Rains played him in the movie....there was the Classics Illustrated comic (#153 in November, 1959) with a cover painted by Geoffrey Biggs, and interior art by Norman Nodel, detailing the problems humans have with science gone wild.

Not the last time Wells' work would be adapted, as Marvel did it as well!

Marvel At The Classic Comic Of H.G. Wells' Invisible Man

Comics weren't entirely for the undereducated.  

They even dealt with the classics, as seen (or perhaps NOT seen) with this adaptation of the H. G. Wells' novel, The Invisible Man, in Marvel Classics Comics #25 (1977) with cover likely by John Romita Jr/Pablo Marcos and Frank Giacoia, with the main story by Doug Moench, Dino Castrillo and Rudy Messina as a part of their 36 issue line of adaptations of classic novels.

Remembering H.G. Wells

Author H.G. Wells (Herbert George Wells) was born September 21, 1866 (and passed on August 13, 1946)....and, among many other works, wrote The Invisible Man and The Time Machine (two concepts that have played out in comics time and time again...)

With these classic covers from Classics Illustrated, we remember H.G. Wells!

The Time Machine

From Classics Illustrated #133 (July, 1956), comes the tale of the Time Machine, with a cover from George Wilson, Lorenz Graham handling the adaptation, and Lou Cameron working on the interior pencils and inks of this book...


...relating the tale of the author, his travels in time with a machine of his own invention, going forward into danger, and meeting with the Morlocks and the Eloi (as well as friendly native Eloi girl, Weena, whom the narrator of this tale grows quite fond of....) in the future...

....and of the author's final fate!

The Invisible Man 

From Classics Illustrated #153 (November, 1959), there is the story of the Invisible Man, with a cover by Geoffrey Biggs, and interior art by Norman Nodel (though no one is listed as taking credit for the adaptation of the story, so whomever adapted this is an invisible man)...




...this story deals with a man named Griffin making himself invisible, then he terrorizes the countryside as the formula that made him invisible slowly drives him mad.