Chamber of Darkness
Chamber of Darkness | |
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Bi-monthly | |
Format | Ongoing series |
Genre | |
Publication date | 1969–1974 |
Creative team | |
Artist(s) | Tom Sutton, Syd Shores, Tom Palmer, Don Heck, Bernie Wrightson |
Penciller(s) | John Buscema, Marie Severin, Barry Windsor-Smith, Jack Kirby, Sal Buscema |
Inker(s) | John Verpoorten, Herb Trimpe |
Chamber of Darkness is a
After the eighth issue, the title changed to Monsters on the Prowl, and the comic became almost exclusively a reprint book.
Original series
Designed to compete with DC Comics' successful launches House of Mystery and House of Secrets,[1] 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.
The anthology, in addition to running original stories, also included writer
Industry notable
Marvel published the all-reprint Chamber of Darkness King-Size Special #1 (Jan. 1972).[2]
Monsters on the Prowl
Retitled Monsters on the Prowl with issue #9 (Feb. 1971), this version ran one new story each issue through #13 (Oct. 1971) with the remaining content consisting of reprints from Atlas Comics, Marvel's 1950s predecessor, and "pre-superhero Marvel", primarily drawn by Jack Kirby or Steve Ditko. It expanded into a double-sized, 25-cent comic for two issues (#13-14, Oct.-Dec. 1971). Some issues of the reprint books featured new covers by John Severin, Marie Severin, Gil Kane, and Herb Trimpe.[2]
A 10-page
A flashback adventure pitting superheroes against Marvel monsters appeared in a 2005 one-shot comic with the cover trademark Monsters on the Prowl, and the copyrighted title Marvel Monsters: Monsters on the Prowl, as given in its postal indicia.[3]
Reprints
Chamber of Darkness stories reprinted in other Marvel comic books or black-and-white horror-comics magazines:
- "Forewarned Is Four-Armed" (#2, Dec. 1969)
- Writers Neal Adams, Roy Thomas, penciler Marie Severin, inker Dan Adkins
- Creatures on the Loose #14 (Nov. 1971)
- "The Warlock Tree" (#3, Feb. 1970)
- Writer Gerry Conway, penciler Barry Smith, inker Syd Shores
- Giant-Size Chillers #3 (Aug. 1975)
- "The Monster" (#4, April 1970)
- Writer-penciler Jack Kirby, inker John Verpoorten
- Giant-Size Chillers #3 (Aug. 1975)
- "The Sword and the Sorcerers" (#4, April 1970; one-shot character Starr the Slayer)
- Writer Roy Thomas, penciler-inker Barry Smith
- Conan the Barbarian #16 (July 1972); The Conan Saga #6 (Oct. 1987); The Essential Conan Vol. 1 (Marvel, 2000, ISBN 0-7851-0751-7)
; "Conan Omnibus: The Marvel Years", volume 1, (Marvel, 2019)
- "The Music From Beyond" (#5, June 1970)
- Writer Roy Thomas, penciler-inker Johnny Craig
- Masters of Terror #2 (Sept. 1975)
- "Gargoyle Every Night" #7 (Oct. 1970)
- Writers Bernie Wrightson, Roy Thomas, penciler-inker Bernie Wrightson
- Giant-Size Chillers #3 (Aug. 1975); Book of the Dead #1 (Dec. 1993)
References
- ^ Roach, David A. (May 2001). "Shadows and The Darkness". Comic Book Artist. No. 13. Via OhTheHorror.com. Archived from the original on February 15, 2008.
- ^ a b c d e Chamber of Darkness at the Grand Comics Database
- ^ Marvel Monsters: Monsters on the Prowl #1 at the Grand Comics Database
External links
- Chamber of Darkness at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
- Chamber of Darkness at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Chamber of Darkness at the Big Comic Book DataBase