Cerebus #91: "The Applicant"

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Hell Hath No Fury Dept. Yes, I know that I posted a Cerebus the Aardvark funny on April 15th, but I inadvertently stumbled across this gem tonight and was again reminded how hilarious Dave Sim can be with his short stories. Consequently, I simply cannot resist running this one back-to-back with the last one. So take a gander and enjoy a good laugh!

Epic Illustrated #28: Cerebus the Aardvark in "A Friendly Reminder..."

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[Sigh...] it's April 15th, which is to say that time of the year again. Yes, that dreaded day of damnation and... well, read on as this one is self-explanatory, which is courtesy of Dave Sim's Cerebus the Aardvark.

Weird War Tales #31: "Doomsday!"

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I must have over 50 issues of Weird War Tales boxed and bagged in my storage shed out in my backyard, which I picked up one at a time—no subscriptions! It was thanks to offbeat tales like "Doomsday" that kept me coming back for more. In retrospect, I realize that "Doomsday" is hardly an original story idea, but I thought it was downright mind boggling back when I was only 12. David V. Reed (writing as Coram Nobis) turned in a superb script and Alex Niño executed the artwork flawlessly. This one is highly recommended.

Alex Niño was among the vanguard of Philippine comics artists — including Alfredo Alcala, Nestor Redondo, and Gerry Talaoc — recruited for American comic books by DC Comics editor Joe Orlando and editor-in-chief Carmine Infantino in 1971, following the success of the pioneering Tony DeZuniga. Niño's earliest U.S. comics credit is penciling and inking the nine-page story "To Die for Magda" in DC Comics' House of Mystery #204 (July 1972) written by Carl Wessler. Niño was soon contributing regularly to such other DC supernatural anthologies as companion title House of Secrets and Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion, Secrets of Sinister House, Weird War Tales, Weird Mystery Tales, and The Witching Hour.

Except for one story for Gold Key Comics' Mystery Comics Digest #17 (May 1974), Niño, who moved to the U.S. in 1974, drew comics exclusively for DC through the beginning of 1975. With writer-editor Robert Kanigher, Niño created DC's 19th-century Caribbean-pirate protagonist Captain Fear in Adventure Comics #425 (Dec. 1972). Niño and writer Jack Oleck created the science-fiction feature "Space Voyagers" in Rima, the Jungle Girl #1 (May 1974).


Credits

Script: David V. Reed (as Coram Nobis)
Pencils: Alex Niño
Inks: Alex Niño

Monster Hunters #4: "That Old Gang of Mine"

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Monster Hunters #4 came to me via a stocking stuffer on Christmas and I am glad it did as I might have passed this one over on the racks at Rexall's Drugstore, despite the allure of the beautiful cover painting courtesy of the still-underrated Tom Sutton. "That Old Gang of Mine" was written by Joe Malloy and drawn by a then-unknown Mike Zeck and the entire thing just sucks you into the story with "you cannot run fast enough or hide well enough... for when they catch your scent, you can do but one thing... you can DIE!"

Creepy #65: "Star Slaughter"

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Ramon Torrents was born in Barcelona, Spain in 1937. He began his career drawing for the comic Space Ace. He later worked on Fleetway romance comics like Marilyn and True Life Library. He worked with Esteban Maroto on Cinco x Infinito in the late 1960s. Through his connections with Selleciones Illustrada, Torrents began working for Warren Publishing in 1972. Torrents drew 42 stories with Warren and remained with the company until 1979. The majority of his work appeared in Vampirella, with approximately 8 stories done for Creepy and one story done for Eerie. Torrents drew primarily stand-alone stories except for a three part series titled Fleur and a single story where he drew Vampirella herself. Torrents also worked for Warren competitor Skywald for a period of time in the early 1970s. After leaving Warren, Torrents retired from the comic book industry.

Gor-117 is a robot soldier, whose job it is to kill. But even an android can feel, as the all-powerful mechanism decides that murder is wrong.

The story of tormented Gor-117 was written by Richard Margopoulos and the beautiful and flashy art is by Ramon Torrents. Now this is how black and white art should be done!


Credits

Script: Rich Margopoulos
Pencils: Ramon Torrents
Inks: Ramon Torrents

Reprinted:

• in Galactic Wars Comix (Warren, 1978 series) #nn (December 1978).
• from Creepy (March 1973) #51