"Unprovoked Attack on a Hilton Hotel"
8 pgs. Appeared first time in Creepy #73 (1975). Reprinted in Eerie #86 (1977) and in Star Quest Comix #1 (1978), in Creepy Presents Richard Corben (2012) , and in Creepy Archives Volume #16 (2013) , and Eerie Archives Volume #18 (2015) .
Story: Jim Stenstrum. Art: Richard Corben (no signature). Lettered by hand (Warren).
BR: as "Ataque Inesperado ao Hilton Hotel" in Shock #3 (1977).
DK: as "Uprovokeret angreb på et Hilton Hotel" in Stjerne-serien #2 (1979).
FIN: as "Yllätyshyökkäys Hilton-hotelliin" in Shokki tekijänä Richard Corben #2 (2014).
FRA: as "L'attaque du Hilton-Saturne" in Creepy [FRA] "annual serie" #28 and Nuits blêmes (1979).
ITA: as "L'attacco dell'Hilton Saturno" in Collana Nera #11 (1984).
NL: as "Onverhoedse aanval op een Hilton Hotel" in 1984 [NL] #12 (1981).
SER: as "Unprovoked Attack on a Hilton Hotel [SER]" in Jeznovik #2: Ričard Korben (2013).
SPA: as "Guerra entre hoteles" in Rufus #31 (1975).
Style: Tonal. Genre: SF. Time Span: Future. Nudity: None.
Keywords: War. Bomb. Genius/crazy.
Original Art Plate: Drawn with pen and ink, gray markers, and Prismacolor pencils on Bainbridge paper, size 11"x17". [Corben's web site]
Synopsis: Two hotel enterprises fight for their places near Saturn. Albert Einstein look-a-like artist, part-time physics genius gives for one of them a bomb to solve the war.
Comment: Corben's artwork is nothing special, neither Jim Stenstrum's story. Then again they talk too much.
Alternative, : In Creepy Presents Richard Corben the original art plates were scanned by Richard Corben. Presumably Creepy Archieves Volume#16 is likewise.
Copyright © 1997 Heart-Attack-Series, Ink!,
Created: August 24, 1997. Modified: February 27, 2019.