The Undead Thread: Pre-Code Horror 22 22

[rjpb]

And this one, while not as striking as Mysterious Adventures #13, still is an admirable effort at showcasing a larger-than-life skull coming at you (oh, Bill!)

 

 

This is actually my fave Mysterious Adventures cover - and the story inside that ends with dinosaurs bowling with human heads is an oddball horror classic.

[precodekeith]

Just picked up this one. Don't normally collect this title but liked the cover.

 

Thanks for sharing that one, Sfilosa!

The panel of the witch on the right hand side is CREEPY!

[precodekeith]

Moving on to the "N" section of my collection, a little beauty from Ziff-Davis.....

 

Edited November 16, 2005 by precodekeith

[precodekeith]

A Kubert classic from under -appreciated (IMO) St. John...

 

Edited November 17, 2005 by precodekeith

[precodekeith]

This is a great cover...

Edited November 18, 2005 by precodekeith

[adamstrange]

Awesome cover, PKC. One of my favorite painted covers in the horror genre.

[originalisbest]

The Nightmares are cool, great covers - they just never seemed to show up in any quantity at cons, etc.? Maybe that's just me.

[precodekeith]

Glad you guys are enjoying the Nightmare stuff!!! Here's another cool one by Kubert...

 

Edited November 20, 2005 by precodekeith

[precodekeith]

My final Nightmare. I've owned three copies of this one, with this example being the best grade I could muster...

 

Edited November 21, 2005 by precodekeith

[*paull*]

I love the cover to Nightmare #13!

[Scrooge]

I love the cover to Nightmare #13!

 

I'll concur that I like it as well. Any ideas of the artist. It's not Kubert and the GCD does not any one listed. Does OSPG (am at work right now) or Gerber list an artist? And while I am at it, how much faith should one put in Gerber's listing of artists in cover and inside art chores? Thank you.

[precodekeith]

Without double checking, I'd say it is Baker off the top of my head. I could be wrong, I need to look it up to be sure.

[*paull*]

They don't look like Baker faces to me, but I'm not an expert on identifying his work.

 

Did Baker do work outside of the Iger studio? Did Iger do work for St. John?

 

I think that cover is terrific... I'd like to know the artist as well.

[Norrin_Radd]

 

That cover is the basis of my favorite Photoshop Phriday pic...

 

 

 

You need to start your own thread with stuff like this.

 

Here's another one...

 

[precodekeith]

They don't look like Baker faces to me, but I'm not an expert on identifying his work.

 

Did Baker do work outside of the Iger studio? Did Iger do work for St. John?

 

I think that cover is terrific... I'd like to know the artist as well.

 

I got around to checking. Overstreet credits Baker with the cover art. I'm no Baker expert by a long shot either, but I think he worked for Fox, Fiction House, and maybe even an occasional Atlas story, too.

[Scrooge]

[..] maybe even an occasional Atlas story, too.

 

Atlas Tales put the number of suspected Baker stories in Atlas books at, at least, 42. Goes to show that pinning down Matt Baker as an artist is harder than what one would think! Thank you for looking it up. Should we run a mini-poll to see what people think? I vote this is not Baker but am willing to be proven wrong.

[*paull*]

The Fiction House and Superior material was done with the Iger Studio also. Not sure about Fox though.

[precodekeith]

hey Paull, which publishers did Iger farm out to? I imagine it is quite a few.

[precodekeith]

Should we run a mini-poll to see what people think? I vote this is not Baker but am willing to be proven wrong.

 

Sure! Sounds like fun!

[precodekeith]

OK, it's been almost 24 hours since the poll started, so on with the posting! A whopping 5 votes with 4 yays & 1 nay.

 

I voted 'yes' just because Overstreet credits him, & since I'm no real Baker expert I'd give them the benefit of the doubt this time around. The cover looks close enough to some of his other work for me.

 

I thought it would be a nice jab to put "Overstreet don't know diddly" in there because I am certainly no OSG apologist or fanboy, even though I am siding with them on this occasion. In fact, I'm usually against them when it comes to their price quotes for mid-low pch, which I feel they have way too high & are irresponsibly slow to adjust downward, as many of you know.

 

Maybe one of the very knowledgable "art-spotters" like adamstrange could chime in with an opinion on this cover?