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Twisted Tales  (1982)

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Twisted Tales #2
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Pacific Comics ⋅ 1983
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Twisted Tales #2
 
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Cover art by Bernie Wrightson

đź’€ MATRIX COMIX: Founded in 1971, west coast-based distributor and publisher Pacific Comics worked with industry titans such as Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, while giving up-and-coming artists like Dave Stevens, their big break

In 1982, Pacific Comics published the horror series Twisted Tales with its first issue featuring a Richard Corben cover

The following issue would push the title's limits with a cover by the master of the macabre himself, Bernie Wrightson

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When invited to conjure his own theme for the illustration, Wrightson asked, “What are the restrictions?” The publisher answered, “it’s a horror magazine, draw whatever you wish”

Since Pacific Comics was a non-Comics Code Authority publisher, Wrightson was able to unleash what is arguably the grisliest cover of his illustrious career

Twisted Tales, and specifically this Wrightson cover, was a preface to the impending comic gore set to shock the mainstream in the following years and served as a bridge from Silver Age horror to the underground Copper era

If you're unfamiliar with the work of Bernie Wrightson, search Key Collector Comics under ARTIST and toggle on the non-key switch

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