Eerie
Another classic magazine from the Warren Publishing stable, Eerie preceded Vampirella by several years. Eerie's format was that of a collection of horror stories which strayed occasionally into the realms of Science Fiction, and almost nudged into the spandex heavy super hero universe.
Many world famous artists and writers served their apprenticeship in Eerie (and Warren's sister magazine Creepy).
Issues #94 and #95 of Eerie featured a crossover story with Vampirella, Pantha etc joining up with Restin Dane (the time-travelling Rook), and issue #130 featured a full length story with just about every character in the Warren universe.
Issue 94 (August 1978) $1.50
Cover: Don Maitz
- The Rook: The Coming of the Annihilator [Luis Bermejo/ Bill DuBay]
- Honor and Blood: Sybil [Leo Duranona/ Nicola Cuti]
- Dead Man's Ship [Isidro Mones/ Nicola Cuti]
- Divine Wind [not credited]
- Don't Drink the Water [Martin Salvador/ Gerry Boudreau]
- Bruce Bloodletter of the IRS [Fernando Fernandez / Bill Dubay, Fernando Fernandez]
Military weapons tests causes an egg to hatch that contains a creature that drains energy - an Annihilator. Restin Dane is called in to help stop the beast, but fails to do so. Returning from space, Vampirella and Pantha offer to help, and suggest returning in timeto a period before the Annihilator egg is planted, and deal with it then. Dane, Pantha and Vampirella leave for one million years B.C. as the military prepare to storm Dane's base in the mistaken belief that aliens have captured it.
Issue 95 (September 1978) $1.50
Cover: Penalva
- The Rook: Warriors from the Stars [Bill DuBay/ Luis Bermejo]
- Willie's Super-Magic Basketball [Jim Stenstrum/ Carmine Infantino, Rudy Nebres]
- Abelmar Jones: Faster than a Speeding Whozit [Bill DuBay/ Alex Nino]
- Nuts [Nicola Cuti/ Pablo Marcos, Alfredo Alcala]
- Harrow House [Bruce Jones and Jose Ortiz]
- Mac Tavish: Caucus on Rara Avis [Alabaster Redzone (Jim Senstrum's pseudonym)/ Pepe Moreno]
Story precis
Issue 130 (1980) $2.00
Cover: Steve Fastner and Rich Larson
- Vampirella and the Time Force [Rich Margopoulos/ E.R. Cruz]