Chamber of Chills

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Chamber of Chills
Chamber of Chills #23 (May 1954), cover-art credits uncertain.
Publication information
PublisherHarvey Publications
ScheduleBimonthly
FormatOngoing series
Publication dateJune 1951 — December 1954
No. of issues26
Creative team
Artist(s)Bob Powell
Warren Kremer
Lee Elias
Rudy Palais
Howard Nostrand

Chamber of Chills is the name of two anthology horror comic books, one published by Harvey Publications in the early 1950s, the other by Marvel Comics in the 1970s.

Harvey Publications

The first Chamber of Chills was a 10-cent horror anthology published bimonthly by Harvey Publications that ran 26 issues (

cover-dated June 1951 - Dec. 1954).[1]

Artists included

Richie Rich
.

Chamber of Chills was formerly Blondie Comics, taking over that comic's numbering with issue #21. After issue #24 (Dec. 1951), the numbering was reset to #1. Chamber of Chills became Chamber of Clues with the February 1955 issue, and ceased publication two issues later, the last cover-dated April 1955.

Marvel Comics

An unrelated comic-book series titled Chamber of Chills was published by Marvel Comics in the 1970s. It ran 25 issues (Nov. 1972 - Nov. 1976).

The title was one of four launched by Marvel Comics editor-in-chief

anthologies with more thematic cohesiveness than the company's earlier attempts that decade,[2] which had included such series as Chamber of Darkness and Tower of Shadows
. Whereas those titles generally presented original stories, these new books would instead adapt genre classics and other works.

With the four titles' debuts set to be staggered over the course of four months, Marvel premiered

penciled by P. Craig Russell (then credited as Craig Russell), and a slightly retitled adaptation of the Harlan Ellison short story "Delusions for a Dragon Slayer", by writer Gerry Conway and artist Syd Shores; in-between was a story by writer Stan Lee and artist Russ Heath, "They Wait in Their...Dungeon", reprinted from Menace #1 (March 1953), from Marvel's 1950s forerunner, Atlas Comics
.

The bimonthly series ran exclusively new material through issue #4, with one reprinted story added to the mix for the following two issues, and only one new story in issue #7, after which the series became all-reprint. Most of the reprinted stories were 1950s "pre-Code" horror stories, which the industry self-censorship organization the Comics Code Authority had forbidden on Code-approved comics until a loosening of the Code in 1971.

Other creators included novelist

Gardner F. Fox, a DC Comics veteran from the 1940s on, with a story each in #3 (art by Ernie Chan) and #4 (penciled by Howard Chaykin). Also contributing were Marvel regulars Steve Gerber, Tony Isabella, Larry Lieber, Don McGregor, and Doug Moench, as well as editor Thomas, adapting Robert E. Howard's "The Thing on the Roof", with artist Brunner (#3). Others include two writers better known for their work at rival DC, John Albano and Steve Skeates. Other artists included Don Heck, Jay Scott Pike, and Paul Reinman
.

The 1950s reprints included work by artists

John Romita, Sr.

References

  1. ISBN 9781605490540
    .
  2. ^ Roach, David A. (May 2001). "Shadows and The Darkness". No. #13. Comic Book Artist via OhTheHorror.com. Archived from the original on February 15, 2008.

Sources

  • Overstreet, Robert M.. Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide. House of Collectibles, 2004.

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