Richard Corben Timeline
The highlights of Richard Corben's career in one timeline. The cover mentions taken from Richard Corben's own list of highlights mention on his web site on page called, Checklist. If making year is mention on Checklist it has been put according that and the publishing year is mention inside parentheses. Otherwise used the publishing year. Pay attention, Mr. Corben Checklist does not cover each and every comic stories (missing ones marked with asterisk, *, till 2009).
Mr. Corben's Checklist ends in year 2009 (Hellboy, Camazotz).
1968
- Monsters Rule (Voice of Comicdom, Corben's Checklist says, 1969, but acutally it was printed already in 1968)
[UNDERGROUND PERIOID] - Star Beat (*unpublished, well, a couple of pages printed afterwards without premission)
1969
- Tales from the Plague (Weirdom)
- The Lure of the Tower (*Voice of Comicdom)
- Dead Hill (Weirdom, 1971)
1970
Duel of the Titans (*Squa Front) - Razar, the Unhero (Fantagor/Las Gasp) (bw+col)
- Horrible Harvey's House (Last Gasp, 1971)
- When Dreams Collide (Rip Off, 1971)
- Twilight of the Dogs (Fantagor/Las Gasp)
- Rowlf (Voice of Comicdom)
- (The Story of) Oteg (Promethian, 1971)
- Gastric Fortitude (Kitchen Sink, 1972)
Inna Pit (Last Gasp) (bw+col) - Fantagor and Uk (*Last Gasp) (bw+col)
- Lame Lem's Love (*Last Gasp)
- Frozen Beauty (Warren) [WARREN PERIOID]
- How Howie Made It in the Real World (*Last Gasp)
1971
Cidopey (Rip Off Press) - To Spear a Fair Maiden (Rip Off Press)
- (A Brief) Encounter at War (Jan Strand) (both)
- A Dumb Story (Last Gasp)
- Bookworm (Warren) (bw+col)
- Golden Sun Disk of the Incas (Warren, 1972)
- Astrology (Warren, 1972)
- A Tangible Hatred (Warren)
- The Pest! (Warren)
Heirs of Earth (*Last Gasp)
1972
- The Beast of Wolfton (Rip Off Press/Last Gasp) (col)
- A Gothic Tale [Part 2] (Last Gasp)
- Kittens for Christian (Last Gasp)
- Space Jacked (Last Gasp)
- The Temple (Last Gasp)
To Meet the Faces you Meet (Kitchen Sink) - Going Home (Funnybook) (bw)
- Dome Battle (Fantagor. 1985)
- Bull Digger (Fantagor. 1985)
- Rats in the Walls (Last Gasp) (artplate)
- Necromancer (Rip Off Press/Last Gasp) (bw, col)
- Melton's Big Game (Last Gasp, 1973)
- Flys (Sal Quartuccio, 1974)
- The Awakening (Last Gasp)
- For Love of a Daemon (Last Gasp)
Bright Eyes! (Warren) - Friedheim the Magnificent (Warren)
- Bug (Sal Quartuccio, 1974)
- The Secret of Zokma (Weird Fantasies, 1972; Fantagor, 1987, Corben's Checklist dates it in 1991 which is false) (bw)
- Mangle, Robot Mangler (*Last Gasp) (1st)
1973
Alice in Wonderlust (Bud Plant, actually Nov. 1972) - Damsel in Dragon Dress (Last Gasp)
- Terror Tomb (Warren, 1974)
- Change into Something Comfortable (Warren)
- The Slipped Mickey Click-Flip (Warren) (col)
- The Low Spark of High Heeled Noise! (Warren)
- Lycanklutz (Warren)
1974
Unprovoked attack on a Hilton Hotel (Warren, 1975) - As Though They Were Living! (Warren)
- Wizard Wagstaff (Warren)
- Top to Bottom (Warren)
- The Woodlik Inheritance! (Warren)
- Child (Warren)
- Child 2: Mind of the Mass! (Warren)
- The Hero Within (Warren)
- Child 3: Childhood's End (Warren)
- An Angel Shy of Hell (Warren)
- Pinball Wizard! (Warren)
- The Raven [I] (Warren)
- Judas (Warren, 1975)
- Demon in the Cockpit (Warren)
1975
Forgive Us Our Trespasses (Warren) - Bye, Bye Miss American Dream (Warren)
- Anti-Christmas (Warren)
- The Oval Portrait! (Warren)
- Shadow (Warren)
- Voluptas (*Sal Quartuccio)
1976
- The Dweller in the Dark (Sal Quartuccio)
- Bowser (Warren)
- Within You Without You (Warren)
- The Believer (Warren)
- The Mummy's Victory (Warren)
- Time and Time again (Warren)
- In Deep [Part 1] (Warren)
- Bloodstar (Morning Star) (3 vers.)
- Instinct (Warren)
1977
Chard (Sal Quartuccio) - Years & Mind Forever (Warren, 1978)
- You're A Big Girl Now (Warren)
- Blood's a Rover (paperback - book was never published, but illustrations printed in 1977, 1981, 1993, 1994, 2003) illustrations
1978
Den [I]: NeverWhere (short story version: Last Gasp, 1973/full feature: Metal Hurlant, 1975, HM, 1977, HM album, 1978) (HM vers.) [HM PERIOID]- New Tales of the Arabian Nights (HM-Fantagor)
- A Woman Scorned (Warren)
- Ogre (Metal Hurlant/Warren)
- Mutant World (Warren, 1978; Fantagor, 1983)
1979
The Bodyssey (HM-Fantagor; actually short story version done around 1982/full feature: HM, 1985)- The Spirit of the Beast (HM, 1980)
1981
- Den II: Muvovum (HM 1981; Fantagor, 1991)
- Spirit [VII] Jam (*Warren)
1982
Jeremy Brood (Fantagor) - Infected (Pacific)
1983
- Rex 'n' Me (Pacific)
1984
Roda and the Wolf (HM)
- Fur Trade (Fantagor)
- The Small World of Lewis Stillman (*Pacific)
1985
- Night of the Monkey (Eclipse, 1986)
- X-men for Ethiopia aka Heroes for Hope (Marvel)
Twisted Tales (Pacific, 1987) illustrations
1986
- Rip in Time (Fantagor) [FANTAGOR PERIOID]
1987
Children of Fire (Fantagor) - Vic and Blood (Mad Dog)
- The Cave of Ancient Fear (Fantagor, 1987; HM, 1995) (bw, col)
1988
- Den Comic cover 1 (Fantagor) Den 4
- Den Comic cover 2 (Fantagor)
- Den Comic cover 3 (Fantagor)
Den Comic cover 4 (Fantagor) Den 5 - Den Comic cover 5 (Fantagor, 1989)
- Den Comic cover 6 (Fantagor, 1989)
- Den Comic cover 7 (Fantagor, 1989)
- Den Comic cover 8 (Fantagor, 1989)
- Den Comic cover 9 (Fantagor, 1989)
- Den Comic cover 10 (Fantagor, 1989)
1989
The Fall of the House of Usher (acutally 1984; Pacific, 1984)
- Such Pretty Little Toes (Fantagor, color version / Shadows on the Grave, B&W version) (both)
- Wreck of the Katera Dan (Fantagor)
- Donneman's Bluff (Fantagor)
- Slash and Burn (Rip Off)
1990
The Man on the Juice Wagon (Dark Horse, 2007) - Son of Mutant World (Fantagor) (full col)
- Inducement (Fantagor) (bw, col)
- Different (Fantagor)
- Fireworks (Fantagor)
- Silver, Emeralds and Rubies (Fantagor)
- Turtles Take Time (Mirage)
1991
Forgotten Tomb (Fantagor) - Dreaming (*Fantagor)
- The Mounds (*Fantagor)
- Cold Blood (Fantagor)
- Cartoon of Blood (Fantagor)
- Bath of Blood (Fantagor)
- Birth of Blood (Fantagor)
- Crypt of Blood (Fantagor)
1992
- Planetoid (*Fantagor)
- DenSaga (Fantagor)
- There is no Epiloge in DenSaga #1
- DenSaga Epilogue #2: Bog's Deal (*Fantagor)
- The Seed from the Sepulcher (Fantagor)
1993
- DenSaga Epilogue #3: Mola the Mole (*Fantagor)
- DenSaga Epilogue #4: The Light at the End of the Tunnel (*Fantagor)
- The Vault of Yoh Vombis (Fantagor)
- Return of the Sorcerer (Fantagor)
- A Sound of Thunder (Topps)
- Starstone of Blood (Fantagor)
1994
From the Pit (Fantagor) (parts 1+2)
1995
- Gone Fishin' (Penthouse, 1996)
- Penthouse gags [Pollution] (Penthouse)
- The Ringworld Throne Comic (Omni)
1996
Batman Black/White: Monster Maker (DC) [SUPERHERO PERIOID] - Denz (Penthouse)
1997
- Web of Fear (Frazetta, 1998)
- Alien Alchemy (Dark Horse)
- Gangland: Killer Smile (DC, 1998)
- Heart Throb: Apposites Attract (DC, 1999)
- Weird War (DC) cover
The Survivor (DC)
1998
- Tower of Ho (Frazetta)
- Killer Smile (DC) Corben's Checklist lists this twice! See 1997
- C-23 cover5 (Wildstorm)
- C-23 cover6 (Wildstorm)
- C-23 cover7 (Wildstorm)
- C-23 cover8 (Wildstorm)
- Satanica (Verotic)
X-Men Soul Killer (Byron, 1999) Marvel bookcover - Vampire (actually 1997, HM, 1997) cover, 2 versions
- M-80 (Galaxy, 1999)
- Angel of Andromeda (Galaxy)
- Spear & Fang (Cross Plains, 1999)
1999
Wolf Girl Eats (DC) - Apposites Attract (DC) Corben's Checklist lists this also twice! See 1997
- Congo Bill 1 (DC) cover
- Congo Bill 2 (DC) cover
- Congo Bill 3 (DC) cover
- Congo Bill 4 (DC, 2000) cover
- Grass Gator (Jeff Williams)
- Psychic Pilgrim (Jeff Williams) cd
2000
- Hard Time (DC)
- The House on the Borderland (DC)
- The Split (DC)
- Bludd (Bludd) Webisodes
2001
- Girl & Worm (DC) Flinch #16 cover
- Banner (Marvel)
- The Crusades (DC) cover
2002
Cyclops (DC, 2004) - The Plague (DC, 2004)
- Interactive video (Darkstar, 2005) models & characters
- Cage (Marvel)
- Herbert West: Reanimator, Part 1: From the Dark (*Eureka)
- On the Street (*DC)
2003
The Mummy: Belzon's Treasure (DC, 2004) - Cowboy: Homecoming (DC, 2004)
- Spector, A Missing Life (DC, 2004)
- Mask: Redhawk - Costumed Hero (Wildstorm, 2004)
- King's Crown (Metal Hurlant)
- Metal Hurlant (Metal Hurlant) cover
2004
- Punisher: The End (Marvel)
- Swamp Thing: Missing Links (DC)
2005
- Bigfoot (IDW)
- Swamp Thing: Little Runaway (DC)
- Hellboy Makoma (Dark Horse, 2006)
2006
Edgar Allan Poe: The Raven [II] (Marvel) - Edgar Allan Poe: The Sleeper (Marvel)
- Edgar Allan Poe: The Conqueror Worm (Marvel)
- Edgar Allan Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart (Marvel)
- Edgar Allan Poe: Spirits of the Dead (Marvel)
- Edgar Allan Poe: Eulalie (Marvel)
- Edgar Allan Poe: The Lake (Marvel)
- Edgar Allan Poe: Izrafel (Marvel)
- Edgar Allan Poe: The Happiest Day (Marvel)
- Edgar Allan Poe: Berenice (Marvel)
- American Splendor (DC)
- Ghost Rider (Marvel)
2007
Jonah Hex (DC, 2008) cover - Living with the Dead (Dark Horse) 4 covers
- Conan the Cimmerian (Dark Horse, 2008)
- H.P. Lovecraft: Dagon (Marvel, 2008)
- H.P. Lovecraft: The Scar (Marvel, 2008)
- H.P. Lovecraft: A Memory (Marvel, 2008)
- H.P. Lovecraft: The Music of Erich Zann (Marvel, 2008)
- H.P. Lovecraft: The Canal (Marvel, 2008)
- H.P. Lovecraft: The Lamp (Marvel, 2008)
- H.P. Lovecraft: Arthur Jermyn (Marvel, 2008)
- H.P. Lovecraft: The Well (Marvel, 2008)
- H.P. Lovecraft: The Window (Marvel, 2008)
2008
Hellboy: The Crooked Man (Dark Horse) - Witchball (Dark Horse)
- The Hounds of Titus Roan (Corben's title, Wolves of Roan, might be the early stage title) (DC)
2009
- Starr the Slayer (Marvel)
- Hellboy: Bride of Hell (Dark Horse)
- Famous Monsters (IDW) cover
- Hellboy: Hellboy in Mexico (Dark Horse)
End of the Checklist of Richard Corben (*).
2010
Hellboy: Double Feature (Dark Horse) (both)
- Spirit: The Moon (Corben's title, Moon Wolf, might be the early stage title) (DC)
2011
- Hellboy: Being Human (Dark Horse)
- Murky World (Dark Horse)
- Hellboy: House of the Living Dead (Dark Horse)
2012
Creepy Comics (Dark Horse) cover - Ragemoor (Dark Horse)
- A Last, Full Measure (DC)
- The Illuminations of Charity Wallis (Dark Horse)
- Berenice [II] (Dark Horse)
- The Sleeper [II] (Dark Horse)
- Edgar Allan Poe's The Conqueror Worm [II] (Dark Horse)
- Shadow [II] (Dark Horse)
- The City in the Sea (Dark Horse)
2013
Uncle Mangus (Dark Horse) - The Fall of the House of Usher [II] (Dark Horse)
- The Assignation (Dark Horse)
- Alone (Dark Horse)
- The Raven [III] (Dark Horse)
- The Masque of Red Death (Dark Horse)
- Dun's Return (Image)
2014
- The Premature Burial (Dark Horse)
- The Cask of Amontillado (Dark Horse)
- Morella (Dark Horse)
- The Murders in the Rue Morgue (Dark Horse)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Bloodsport (no clear proof for when this was drawn; the original art plates were sold on Corben's web site in June 2014)
2015
- Rat God (Dark Horse)
2016
- Coherer (Creepy Comics)
- Strung Alone (Dark Horse)
- Roots in Hell! (Dark Horse)
- For Better or Worse? (Dark Horse)
- Denaeus (Dark Horse)
2017
- A Muddy Plot (Dark Horse)
- The Thing in the Swamp! (Dark Horse)
- Don't Steal from the Dead! (Dark Horse)
- Bogged in the Bayou! (Dark Horse)
- The Grave Flies (Dark Horse)
- Fair Trade (Creeps)
- The Clown (Dark Horse)
- Flex! (Dark Horse)
- Reunion (Dark Horse)
- The Island! (Dark Horse)
- Mirror Image (Dark Horse)
- Blind Choice (Dark Horse)