House of Hammer (UK 1976 Top Sellers) comic books
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Issue #1
Published Oct 1976 by Top Sellers Ltd..- Paper: White
- Label #4272586001
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Cover by Joe Petagno. Stories by Dez Skinn, Steve Moore, John Fleming, John Brosnan, Barry Pattison, Benny Aldrich, and Tise Vahimagi. Art by Paul Neary, Ian Gibson, and Angus McKie. Edited by Dez Skinn of Warrior fame, House of Hammer presented comics adaptations and articles based on Hammer Films' legendary horror movies, featuring an array of British comics talent early in their careers. The series starts off with an adaptation of Hammer's first Dracula film, from 1958. The straightforward adaptation of the Bram Stoker classic features a script by Skinn and art by future Marvel artist Paul Neary. Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter returns in an authorized comics sequel to the Hammer adventure film, featuring art by future Judge Dredd and Halo Jones artist Ian Gibson. In a Terror Tales short, a man raises a horde of zombies for revenge against the woman who rejected him - but he chose the wrong zombies. Plus a biography of horror-film legend Christopher Lee, a look at past movie vampires, and the history of movie special effects. NOTE: Issues #1-18 are listed under House of Hammer (1976 UK); #19 & 20 (UK edition) are listed under House of Horror (1978 Top Sellers); #20 (US Edition) and #21-30 are listed under Halls of Horror (1978). Editorial; Dracula: a Hammer Film Production; Hammer House Biography: Christopher Lee; A Filmography of Christopher Lee; Media Macabre; Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter; Horror Around the World; Effectively Speaking; Drinkers of Blood, Stealers of Souls; Van Helsing's Terror Tales: Voodoo Vengeance. 8-in. x 10.5-in., 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.
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Issue #9
Published Jun 1977 by Top Sellers Ltd..$8.00
Painted cover by Brian Lewis. Stories by Steve Moore, John Fleming, Les Lilley, Ben Aldrich, Tony Crawley, Denis Gifford, John Brosnan, and Tise Vahimagi. Art by Brian Lewis and Jim Baikie. Edited by Dez Skinn of Warrior fame, House of Hammer presented comics adaptations and articles based on Hammer Films' legendary horror movies, featuring an array of British comics talent early in their careers. A comics adaptation of Hammer's first hit film, The Quatermass Xperiment. A scientist tries to convince authorities that a returned astronaut is infected with an alien pathogen that could destroy humanity. Plus the making of the Quatermass saga, and Hammer's emergence as an international film studio. An interview with Brian de Palma includes a look at the start of the Stephen King phenomenon. The history of the original King Kong. The Quatermass Xperiment; Media Macabre; In the Footsteps of Hitchcock; Seizure; The Quatermass Story; Squirm; The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue; Answer Desk; The Golden Age of Horror: King Kong; Fan Scene; Van Helsing's Terror Tales: Food for Thought. 8-in. x 10.5-in., 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.
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Issue #10
Published Jul 1977 by Top Sellers Ltd..$8.00
$8.00
Painted cover by Brian Lewis. Stories by Steve Moore, Sidney Falco, Ben Aldrich, Tony Crawley, Denis Gifford, John Brosnan, and Tise Vahimagi. Art by Brian Lewis and John Bolton. Edited by Dez Skinn of Warrior fame, House of Hammer presented comics adaptations and articles based on Hammer Films' legendary horror movies, featuring an array of British comics talent early in their careers. A comics adaptation of Hammer's Curse of the Werewolf features early art by legendary artist John Bolton. Cursed by the circumstances of his birth, a Spanish man becomes a werewolf. Plus the history of werewolves and werewolf movies (including a gallery of images), movie apes large and small, and the making of Hammer's Curse of the Werewolf. The Curse of the Werewolf; Media Macabre; The Sentinel; Shadowman; The Golden Age of Horror: 1932: Fu Manchu; Close Encounters; Monster Gallery; Kong's Kind; Answer Desk; Making of the Werewolf; Satan's Slaves; Stalkers in the Moonlight. 8-in. x 10.5-in., 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.
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Issue #17
Published Feb 1978 by Top Sellers Ltd..$8.20
$6.00
$6.00
Painted cover by Brian Lewis. Stories by Steve Parkhouse, John Brosnan, Tony Crawley, John Fleming and Tise Vahimagi. Art by Brian Bolland and Sergio Goudenzi. Edited by Dez Skinn of Warrior fame, House of Hammer presented comics adaptations and articles based on Hammer Films' legendary horror movies, featuring an array of British comics talent early in their careers. A comics adaptation of Hammer's Vampire Circus features early art by art legend Brian Bolland. Villagers realize a traveling circus is connected to the vampire they destroyed fifteen years before. In a Terror Tales short by future British comics legend Steve Parkhouse, a tyrannical carnival owner abuses his employees once too often. An interview with Michael Carreras, head of Hammer Studios (continued from the previous issue). Plus selections from the sketchbook of effects and animation legend Ray Harryhausen, and a retrospective of carnival-themed horror films. Vampire Circus; Media Macabre/Review; Hammerhead; Castle of the Living Dead; The Harryhausen Scrapbook; Fairgrounds of Horror; Van Helsing's Terror Tales: Carnival of Fear. 8-in. x 10.5-in., 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.
