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HardJohn #1: "An Angel Shy of Hell" aka "Hard John Apple"
(HardJohn's Nuclear Hit Parade)
8 pg. Appeared first time
in Creepy
#64 (1974). Reprinted
in Comix
International #3 (1976),
in Eerie
#106 (1979),
in Heavy
Metal Special: Richard Corben Special (1998)
,
in Heavy Metal
Special: The Best of Richard Corben from Creepy and Eerie! (1998)
,
in Creepy Presents Richard Corben (2012)
, and
in Creepy Archieves Volume #14 (2012)
.
Story: Jim Stenstrum. Color:
(no mention, colored
by Richard
Corben with his overlays).
Art: Richard
Corben (no
signature, © around
1974). Lettered by hand (Warren).
DK: as "Englen som var
bange for helvede" in Total
Metal #9 (1986).
FRA: as "L'ange déchu",
in Sueurs
froides (1983).
GER: as "Der Dämon im
Cockpit" in Der
Dämon im Cockpit (1985).
NL: as "Waarom iemand engels wil leren..." in 1984 [NL] #13 (1982).
SPA: as "El mercenario del diablo
",
in Vampus
#40.
Style: Tonal and colored with overlays. Genre: SF. Time
Span: Future. Nudity: Nude bathing girls.
Keywords: Post War World. Religions. Nymphs.
Synopsis: After two big religions wars lands are deserted
and people have no education but guns. Hard John Apple is freelancer
contract killer with no religion. He kills out of contracts,
too.
Comment: B&W artwork (only in Eerie) is
a little bit messy - screening reproduction is not very successful,
but Heavy Metal version (in color) artwork is more clearer.
Story by Jim Stenstrum is bellow average. The whole Eerie is filled
up with storys by Jim Stenstrum; first four are special "Hard John's Nuclear Hit Parade" storys,
Corben's story is first of them. Actually in Creepy "An Angel Shy
of Hell" appeared as a single story, but later Jim Stenstrum
wrote more as sequels for this story (all together in Eerie).
Special: There is an ad of Comix Internationals
in a Warren magazine Star Quest
Comix #1 (1978). It has a mention of Corben's "Hard
John Apple", which equals to "Hard John's Nuclear Hit
Parade: An Angel Shy of Hell".
Alternatives,
: Nude
nymphs has been dressed with swimming suits (on both pg 6 and 7)!
Alternatives,
: Poorly scanned from magazine.
Alternatives,
: Restored with piety by José Villarrubia.
Copyright © 1997 Heart-Attack-Series,
Ink!,
Created: Sept. 12, 1997. Modified:
January 12, 2013.
