Jayman

Well here goes my first try at a review.
Vampirella #14:
I’m usually not a fan of border covers but I agree with @OtherEric that this blue border especially with the yellow outline really enhances this Sanjulian painting. It is one of my favorites. Perhaps it is that along with the beautiful gal, there is that looming cyclops. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad was a movie that impressed young me, and made me a fan of everything cyclops!
Feary Tales: Good art on just ok features. How can a headless woman scream? 
Isle of the Huntress: A really solid story in script and art. Mixing shades of The Most Dangerous Game and The Island of Dr. Moreau. Gonzalez at his best with the opening splash showing the depth of field with varying ink weights.
The Wedding Gift: Ploog art is always a treat and we get to see see him draw curvy women and some creatures. My take on the ending was a nod to the Woman’s Liberation movement.
The Sword of Light: Really like the art on this one. The story needed a couple more pages to flesh it out better IMO, but was enjoyable. I thought this page was done well with the extensive crosshatching.
Deadman’s Treasure: A very nice story that was paced well. The Sutton art was good as usual except the pirate character looked more ape like than backwoods swamp dweller for some reason.
Wolf Hunt: Simply stunning art by Maroto! The plot is kind of bare and brutal but works well within the story as to why the wolf would break its code not to prey on humans. By his actions he became less than human, and therefore could be consumed as an animal.
Overall a great issue from cover to cover. Strong art and good scripts make this a top issue in my book! I also loved the double page spread highlighting the Vampi Annual too!

I just finished this for FCBD. A surprise for my local store. 

Just back from slabbing, trails a single 8.5 that I know isn't going anywhere anytime soon. 
Probably bound for Heritage.

Unless they cite a solid source for the attribution or it's done by one of the high quality art spotters, I don't take the GCD too seriously.  They were an open platform that encouraged lots of participation by enthusiastic but not always equally skilled contributors. 
It's an outstanding resource supported by an awesome group of volunteers, and they seem to be cleaning things up, gradually.

Well here goes my first try at a review.
Vampirella #14:
I’m usually not a fan of border covers but I agree with @OtherEric that this blue border especially with the yellow outline really enhances this Sanjulian painting. It is one of my favorites. Perhaps it is that along with the beautiful gal, there is that looming cyclops. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad was a movie that impressed young me, and made me a fan of everything cyclops!
Feary Tales: Good art on just ok features. How can a headless woman scream? 
Isle of the Huntress: A really solid story in script and art. Mixing shades of The Most Dangerous Game and The Island of Dr. Moreau. Gonzalez at his best with the opening splash showing the depth of field with varying ink weights.
The Wedding Gift: Ploog art is always a treat and we get to see see him draw curvy women and some creatures. My take on the ending was a nod to the Woman’s Liberation movement.
The Sword of Light: Really like the art on this one. The story needed a couple more pages to flesh it out better IMO, but was enjoyable. I thought this page was done well with the extensive crosshatching.
Deadman’s Treasure: A very nice story that was paced well. The Sutton art was good as usual except the pirate character looked more ape like than backwoods swamp dweller for some reason.
Wolf Hunt: Simply stunning art by Maroto! The plot is kind of bare and brutal but works well within the story as to why the wolf would break its code not to prey on humans. By his actions he became less than human, and therefore could be consumed as an animal.
Overall a great issue from cover to cover. Strong art and good scripts make this a top issue in my book! I also loved the double page spread highlighting the Vampi Annual too!

Maybe. Either way it does not make or break the story for me. It just seemed a bit ogre ish for no particular reason. Sutton was probably just having fun with it! 

Maybe. Either way it does not make or break the story for me. It just seemed a bit ogre ish for no particular reason. Sutton was probably just having fun with it! 

To paraphrase myself from when we first encountered Sutton in the reading group, one of Sutton's signature tricks is using exaggeration with the precision of a scalpel.  Here, I think it fits the modern version of character perfectly, while also working as a dramatic contrast when he reverts to the more eloquent reincarnation of the pirate captain. 
Also, thank you so much for joining the reviews, I should have said that in my last post.

Well here goes my first try at a review.
Vampirella #14:
I’m usually not a fan of border covers but I agree with @OtherEric that this blue border especially with the yellow outline really enhances this Sanjulian painting. It is one of my favorites. Perhaps it is that along with the beautiful gal, there is that looming cyclops. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad was a movie that impressed young me, and made me a fan of everything cyclops!
Feary Tales: Good art on just ok features. How can a headless woman scream? 
Isle of the Huntress: A really solid story in script and art. Mixing shades of The Most Dangerous Game and The Island of Dr. Moreau. Gonzalez at his best with the opening splash showing the depth of field with varying ink weights.
The Wedding Gift: Ploog art is always a treat and we get to see see him draw curvy women and some creatures. My take on the ending was a nod to the Woman’s Liberation movement.
The Sword of Light: Really like the art on this one. The story needed a couple more pages to flesh it out better IMO, but was enjoyable. I thought this page was done well with the extensive crosshatching.
Deadman’s Treasure: A very nice story that was paced well. The Sutton art was good as usual except the pirate character looked more ape like than backwoods swamp dweller for some reason.
Wolf Hunt: Simply stunning art by Maroto! The plot is kind of bare and brutal but works well within the story as to why the wolf would break its code not to prey on humans. By his actions he became less than human, and therefore could be consumed as an animal.
Overall a great issue from cover to cover. Strong art and good scripts make this a top issue in my book! I also loved the double page spread highlighting the Vampi Annual too!

First appearance and origin of Freddy Krueger in comics

Friday and no AxeElf. 
@Axe Elf if you’re reading this, hope you are well and that you will be back soon! 

I will dig out my copies and see what I have to read and contribute to the thread. 

Vampirella #14 thoughts:
Cover: A very nice piece by Sanjulian, I think the big border also works better than usual here, giving a claustrophobic feeling to the art, as well as some depth.
Feary Tales:  A nice couple of short pieces by Sutton; and I really like the Vampi-as-host panel as well.
Isle of the Huntress:  This is what I'm talking about.  The various subplots start to merge and the story is long enough to breathe, with gorgeous art by Gonzales and a genuinely clever and touching denouncement.  Great stuff.
The Wedding Gift:  Nice art by Ploog but I'm not sure I understand the ending of the story.
The Sword of Light:  Sam Glanzman is best known for his autobiographical stories dealing with WW II, he would have been a natural for Blazing Combat.  Instead his only Warren work is the excellent fantasy story he turns in here.
Deadman's Treasure:  Lynn Marron is not a name I'm familiar with.  They have a handful of credits for Warren and a couple dozen across comics in general, including a few with Warrant.  It's a good debut with excellent art from Sutton.
Wolf Hunt:  So, we get to see Wehrle's one script for Warren, having seen his one art job a few issues back.  And the script doesn't impress me any more than his art did, it's an ugly and nasty rape plot.  Some beautiful art by Maroto doesn't put this one into the win category but definitely brings up the score for the story.
This was a strong issue overall, with excellent art throughout, even if a couple of the scripts didn't quite live up to the illustrations.

EC Annual is in the house !

Found another spinner rack local.
it is missing the base so will have to keep an eye out for a solution.
Except for the Archie stands I have been lucky to find the rest locally. Albeit now I am in a new state.
 
Phillip
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I have always bought them because I like them. And because I like them and kept them, just by accident, they have become pretty good investments…

One of the better issues from this era, IMO.
Very solid artwork and some pretty entertaining stories as well. Not my favorite cover, but still very well done with an interesting color scheme. Maroto's art on "Wolf Hunt" is pretty outstanding, and it doesn't hurt when you have Gonzalez, Ploog and Sutton (among others) backing you up. 
Overall, a really solid issue which comes close to reaching the heights attained by issue #12---all that's really lacking here is another great story by Wally Wood.  

Vampirella #14- November 1971
According to the Warren Magazine Index:
14. cover: Manuel Sanjulian (Nov. 1971)
                1) Vampi’s Feary Tales: Ladies Of Misfortune [Tom Sutton] 1p   [frontis]
                2) Vampirella: Isle Of The Huntress! [Archie Goodwin/Jose Gonzalez] 20p
                3) The Wedding Gift [Nicola Cuti/Mike Ploog] 7p
                4) The Sword Of Light [Sam Glanzman] 9p
                5) Deadman’s Treasure! [Lynn Marron/Tom Sutton] 9p
                6) Vampi’s Flames: Doug Moench Profile/The Crimson Heel!/The Prisoner/The Entity/The Last Blast! [Doug Moench, Fuat Ulus, Ron Lovett, John Kaska & Dan McGee/Cara Shorman, Robert Shugrue, Jose Munoz, Vivian Jane Amick & Glen Abrams] 2p   [text article/stories]
                7) Wolf Hunt [Joe Wehrle/Esteban Maroto] 7p
Notes: Great issue!  True, the Vampirella story was no great shakes (but then, they rarely were) but the rest of the issue was dazzling.  Sanjulian’s cover was one of the best of the early Vampirella run.  Esteban Maroto made his first Warren appearance (and it’s a beaut!) in ‘Wolf Hunt’.  Mike Ploog illustrated a darn good Cuti story.  The legendary Sam Glanzman turned in his only Warren work and it’s a fine, fine job!  Lynn Marron made her professional debut with a solid story and Tom Sutton, who probably illustrated more stories by first time writers than anyone else at Warren, provided her with an equally solid art job.  Another South American pro, this time the great Jose Munoz, saw his sample art stuck on the fan page.
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A few notes:  Since I'm taking over the post the weekly starting block duty until further notice, I'll hold off on my personal thoughts on the issue for about a day to see if any discussion happens, and to give the thread a bump.  I won't promise to be quite on the nose time-wise as @Axe Elf was, although I'll try very hard to get it posted before I go to bed Saturday nights.  And I'll start posting the images of my copies of the issues with the opener posts, rather than when I give my review.  Other than that, I'm open to any suggestions people have: this has always been a group project, and it should continue that way.  Here's hoping that Axe Elf will be back soon to take back over, we're still trying to figure out a way to contact him or his family.  On a very different note, I highly recommend getting some contact info out to some other boardies you trust, so if something like this does happen we have a better chance of finding out what's going on.
Sorry if some of that is a bit of a downer; let's move forward and enjoy this weeks issue!