no 4 the monster who came walking

série:	Chamber of Darkness
dessinateur / scénariste:	Collectif
éditeur:	Marvel USA
genre:	Horreur
classement:	carton131
date:	1970
format:	broché
état:	TBE/N
valeur:	20 €
critère:	*
remarques:	Chamber of Darkness is a horror/fantasy anthology comic book published by American company Marvel Comics, under this and a subsequent name, it ran from 1969 to 1974 for 8 issues after the eighth issue, the title changed to Monsters on the Prowl, and the comic became almost exclusively a reprint book only the issue no 4 (the best one of the serie and the most expensive one) is collected here as a representative sample of the serie Chamber of Darkness no 4, no serie number, April 1970 1/ and the monster man came walking, a very special voyage into the worlds of weird script and art by Jack Kirby 2/ the man who owned the world story and art by Tom Sutton 3/ the sword and the sorcerers by Roy Thomas and Barry Smith enclosures - cover no 4 - cover no 1 Information designed to compete with DC Comics' successful launches House of Mystery and House of Secrets, Chamber of Darkness, like its companion comic Tower of Shadows, sold poorly despite its selected roster of creators, after its first few issues, the title, published bimonthly, began including reprints of "pre-superhero Marvel" monster stories and other SF/fantasy tales from Marvel's 1950s and early 1960s predecessor, Atlas Comics. it featured work by creators such as writer-editor Stan Lee, writers Gerry Conway and Archie Goodwin, and artists John Buscema, Johnny Craig, Jack Kirby, Tom Sutton, Barry Windsor-Smith (as Barry Smith), and Bernie Wrightson, stories were generally hosted by either of the characters Digger, a gravedigger, or Headstone P. Gravely, in undertaker garb, or by one of the artists or writers
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