Bronze Horror

Bronze Age Horror comics published between 1970 - 1985

Marvel Apr 1970

Chamber of Darkness #4

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1st appearance of Starr the Slayer, a Conan the Barbarian prototype introduced to test market interest in a sword and sorcery property
First cover collaboration of artists Marie Severin and Bill Everett who signed their artwork as "7EV" a combination of their last names
Warren Nov 1970

Vampirella #8

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1st full Vampirella feature that began to develop her character, written by Archie Goodwin
Previous issues had Vampirella mainly in short stories or acting as the host, providing introductions and closing commentary
1st appearance of Adam Van Helsing, a vampire hunter
1st appearance of Conrad Van Helsing, a vampire hunter and the father of Adam
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Cover art by Neal Adams
An error variant exists in which the interior copyright information (indicia) was originally sent to print with the title 'THE BRAVE & THE BOWL' and appeared in a substantial portion of the print run until the error was corrected
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Cover and interior art by Bernie Wrightson
Story titled ‘Things Old...Things Forgotten’ features a character similar to Swamp Thing and/or The Heap
Warren Jun 1972

Vampirella Annual #1

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One-shot with painted cover art by Aslan, initially intended to be the cover for Vampirella #1 before Frank Frazetta's cover was chosen instead
Origin retold
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Adaptation of the 1940 Theodore Sturgeon short story 'It!'
Story is considered the inspiration for Heap, Swamp Thing, Man-Thing and other swamp based characters
Marvel Oct 1972 Vol 2

Journey Into Mystery #1

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1st appearance of Death as a cosmic entity, co-created by Jim Starlin
Starlin's iteration of Death would take different forms in future story arcs
Last Gasp Jun 1973

Grim Wit #1

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Anthology of horror stories by Richard Corben
First printing has the 'Rip Off Press' logo located in the 'R' of 'Grim Wit'
Second printing has the Last Gasp logo in the 'R' of 'Grim Wit'
Charlton Apr 1975

Haunted #21

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1st appearance of Baron Weirwulf, the new host of Haunted until the series concluded with issue #75
Western Jun 1978

Twilight Zone #84

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First professional written and illustrated work in comics by Frank Miller
Three-page story titled 'Royal Feast'

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