Cool Covers: Marvel Bronze Age Sci-Fi/Horror

Back in the early 70's, Marvel published a bunch of horror titles as just one of many attempts to compete in the extremely fluid and increasingly diverse comic industry. The majority of these early 70's sci-fi/horror titles reprinted Marvel sci-fi/horror material from the 50's, but there was some new material too. I'm especially attracted to these comics because the cover art is very cool! A lot of the cover art is reprinted from 1950's era Marvel covers. But, some of the cover art is new or reprinted art that is modified in some way. Most of these titles lasted for only a few years and usually had no more than 20-30 issues and, in many cases, fewer. Between that and the fact that these are relatively inexpensive comics, collecting every issue of any given title is pretty easy to do. So, completists rejoice!

Fear #3

Creatures on the Loose #11

Chamber of Darkness #5

Where Creatures Roam #6

Below is a list of some of the Marvel sci-fi/horror titles from the 70's. I'm sure there are numerous other titles that I don't have listed. I'm only listing titles that I have in my collection.

Beware
Chamber of Chills
Chamber of Darkness
Creatures on the Loose
Crypt of Shadows
Dead of Night
Fear
Journey Into Mystery (1972 Series)
Marvel Chillers
Monsters On the Prowl
Supernatural Thrillers
Tomb of Darkness
Tower of Shadows
Uncanny Tales from the Grave
Vault of Evil
Weird Wonder Tales
Where Creatures Roam
Where Monsters Dwell
Worlds Unknown

Tower of Shadows #7

The standard format of the above titles is this: Each issue is a compilation of reprinted material from multiple sources. Of course, a few of the titles include new material along with reprinted material. As an example, Where Monsters Dwell #1 contains a cover and 1 story reprinted from Tales of Suspense #10 , 1 story reprinted from Strange Tales #74, and 1 story reprinted from Tales of Suspense #12. This is pretty much what you can expect from any of the above titles. Some titles focus on demons and ghosts while others focus on monsters and aliens. But, the format is essentially the same.

Since I discovered these titles, I usually make sure to pick up, at least, 1 or 2 issues every time I visit a comic shop. I want them all. Why? Cuz they're cool.


Tomb of Darkness #1	Vault of Evil #4	Chamber of Chills #6	Dead of Night #4

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