"Bowser"

8 pgs. Appeared first time in Vampirella #54 (1976). Reprinted inVampirella [AUS] #40 (1976), in Comix International #5 (1977), in Creepy #132 (1981), in Heavy Metal Special: The Best of Richard Corben from Creepy and Eerie! (1998) and in Creepy Special #1: All Star Spectacular (2007).
Story: Jan Strnad. Color(prob. colored by overlays)/Art: Richard Corben (no signature, © around 1976). Lettered by hand (Warren).

FRA: as "Médor" in Nuits blêmes (1979) and Creepy [FRA] "nouvelle serie" #3.
ITA: as "Medoro" in Super Totem [ITA] #1 (1988).
SPA: as "Bowser [SPA]" in Famosos "Monsters" del cine #21 (1977) and Creepy [SPA] #74.

Style: Black line with colors / Greytonals. Genre: Horror. Time Span: Present. Nudity: None.
Keywords: Man-eating pet. Normality. Alternative present day.
Synopsis: Kid has got a strange pet, which suppouse not to eat people. Parents want to give it away, until they find out reason for pet's behaviour.
Comment: Brilliant color artwork (second page has strange colors) and interesting story, by Jan Strand, to have a pet problem.
Special: The story was planned to appear for the first time in Creepy #67 (1974), but because the cofusion of the printer it was replaced with "The Raven", which was planned to appear later in Creepy #69 (1975), in a Special Edgar Allan Poe issue.
Extras: The Jan Strnad interview (February, March 2001)