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Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Top Tens: The Halloween & horror covers of Bernie Wrightson

I first became aware of Bernie Wrightson (1948 - 2017 ) in the early 1970's , when he and writer Len Wein created comics most famous muck monster, Swamp Thing. Although I came to the Swamp Thing late with my first issue being #8 (Bernie's last issue on the title being #10) I did manage to console myslef by picking up several of his amazing covers and strips in many of DC and Marvel's mystery / horror comics - some of my favourites are noted below.
Cover above taken from the Grand Comics Database (my issues cover is badly damaged)
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4 comments:

  1. KidOctober 30, 2024 at 5:58 AM

    The only issue I have of the bunch is the Swamp Thing one. I do have some House Of Mystery mags, but none of the ones you show here. Just when I think I've already got far too much stuff, McS, you show me something else I'll have to consider adding to my collection. Some nice images there, sure enough.

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  2. McSCOTTYOctober 30, 2024 at 8:19 AM

    Sadly Bernies art only appears on the covers of almost all of these comics ( not Swamp Thing of course) I picked up 3 of these last month on a trip to Brighton for a wee holiday for £3 each , House of Mystery 255, 256 and the Gargoyle #1

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  3. Rip JaggerNovember 2, 2024 at 5:18 AM

    Berni Wrightson and I showed up at the comics thing at about the same time. His eerie artwork was always compelling and his Swamp Thing issues were stellar.

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  4. McSCOTTYNovember 3, 2024 at 10:13 PM

    Bernie was always one of my favourite artists. His Swamp Thing was without doubt stellar, I wish he had drawn a few more of them

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