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"Bookworm"
7 pgs. Appeared first time
in Eerie
#32 (1971). Reprinted
in Creepy
#103 (1978) and
in Eerie Archives Volume #7 (2011).
Story: Gerald Conway. Art: Richard Corben
(no signature, © around 1971). Color (around 1980/1981): unknown, prob Richard
Corben. Lettered by
hand (Warren).
DK: as "Bogormen" in Gru
#6 (1972).
FIN: as "Kirjatoukka" in Shokki
#46 (6/76).
FRA: as "Ver lisant" in Vampirella
[FRA] #2"Nouvelle série" (1978) and Vampirella
[FRA] Album #1 "Nouvelle série" (1978),
(!)
in Une
femme bafouée (1982).
GER: as "Bücherwurm",
(!)
in Vampir-Comic
#2 (1974),
(!)
in Vampirella [GER] #8 (1983),
and
(!)
in Vampirella [GER] Sammelband
#2.
NL: as "Boekenwurn" in Creepy
[NL] #6 (1981).
SPA: as "Gusano de biblioteca" in Delta
#1,
(!)
in Famosos "Monsters" del
cine #11 (1976), and
(!)
in Creepy [SPA] Almanaque 1981.
SWE: as "Bokmalen" in Chock
13/74.
Style: B&W zipatone. Genre: Horror. Time
Span: Present. Nudity: None.
Keywords: Private library. Magic. Human sacrifices. Cousin
Eerie (in the end Eerie not by Corben).
Synopsis: Young guy works for money in old man's book
collections. Old man is true bookworm, and for sure young guy
will be too.
Comment: Brilliant B&W artwork, some movie like cuts.
Quite good story by Gerald Conway.
Alternatives,
:
Specially colored for German edition.
In Vampirella [GER], Cousin Eerie is removed totally
from
the beginning and replaced with a B&W Vampi in the end.
About Vampir-Comic I don't know. Same color version used in some other translated
prints (on pg 6 you can see red German language, "Ich habe Hunger! Ich brauche
Flutter! Ritter!").
Copyright © 1997 Heart-Attack-Series,
Ink!,
Created: September 12, 1997. Modified:
January 30, 2012.
