“Frozen Beauty”
6 pgs. Appeared first time [B&W] in Creepy #36 (1970). Reprinted [B&W] in Eerie #86 (1977), [B&W] in Creepy Archives Volume #7 (2010), [B&W] in Creepy Presents Richard Corben (2012), and [B&W] in Eerie Archives Volume #18 (2015).
Story/Art: Richard Corben (signed as Corben). Lettered by hand (Warren).
Brazil [BR]: as “Gélida beleza” in Kripta #28 (1978).
Denmark [DK]: as “Frossen skønhed” in Gru #17 (1973), and as “Den kølige skønhed” in Historier om hekse og varulve (1985).
Finland [FIN]: as “Jäätynyt kauneus” in Shokki #36 (6/75), and as “Jäinen sulous” in Shokki tekijänä Richard Corben #1 (2013).
France [FRA]: as “Belle de glace” in Creepy [FRA] “annual serie” #29 and Une femme bafouée (1982).
Germany [GER]: as “Frostige Schönheit” in Vampirella [GER] #4 (1982) and Vampirella [GER] Sammelband #1.
The Netherlands [NL]: as “Bevroren Schoonheld” in Creepy [NL] #7 (1982) and Weerwolf.
Serbia [SER]: as “Frozen Beauty [SER]” in Jeznovik #2: Ričard Korben (2013).
Spain [SPA]: as “Una fría belleza” in Delta #2 and Vampus #8 (1972).
Sweden [SWE]: as “Frusen skönhet” in Chock 2/75.
Turkey [TUR]: as “İntikam” in Korku 10/1971.
Style: B&W zipatone. Genre: Horror. Time Span: Ancient past. Nudity: Voluptuous, clothed girls.
Keywords: Magic. Betrayal. Cannibalism. Snow. Cousin Creepy/Uncle Eerie.
Original Art Plate: 31 x 42,5 cm [Source: Angoulême, 2019].
Synopsis: A rich but ugly countess Maleva wants to steel a girl’s beauty. She forces sorcerer Darman to do the spell, and as a reward she jails him into a cave with dead frozen beauty.
Comment: Brilliant artwork and storytelling by Corben. Ugly Maleva is specially “goodlooking”.
Alternatives: In a place of Cousin Creepy they put Uncle Eerie (in Eerie version, because prob. there was Cousin Creepy in original story, I haven’t seen), which is not drawn by Richard Corben.
Copyright © 1997 Heart-Attack-Series, Ink!
Created: Setempber 4, 1997. Last updated: April 12, 2020 at 10:45 am