“Dead Hill”
6 pgs. Appeared first time [B&W] in Weirdom Comix #14 (1971) [VERS.1]. Reprinted [B&W] in Flights into Fantasy (1981) on pgs 46 to 51, and [B&W] in Werewolf (1984) [VERS.2].
Story/Art: Richard Corben (signed as R.V.C.). Lettered by hand (Richard Corben).
France [FRA]: as “Dead Hill [FRA]” in Belles à croquer (1985).
Germany [GER]: as “Der Totenberg” in Flüge in die Fantasie (1981).
Spain [SPA]: as “La colina de las muertos” in Richard Corben obras completas #2 (1984).
Style: B&W zipatone. Genre: Horror. Time Span: Ancient past. Nudity: Voluptuous girl.
Keywords: Laural Li. Dark Ages. Traveller. Execution. Werewitch. Wewewolf. Help.
Synopsis: A taveller passes by Dead Hill, where they used to hang werewolfs and werewitches. A girl is hanging to wait her death, when traveller comes. She pleads her innocence and traveller desides to help her.
Comment: Short and usual werewolf story. A girl’s closeups hints, what Mr. Corben loves to draw in a future; this is one of his first published stories. The story has been drawn on tight place and here it has extra wide space around. Prob. drawn in the 60’s.
Alternatives, [VERS.2]: Random shades added on each page. Difficult to say by who…
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Created: August 14, 2002. Last updated: July 6, 2019 at 21:36 pm