Child, Part 1(3): "Child"

8 pgs. Appeared first time in Eerie #57 (1974). Reprinted in Comix International #1 (1975), in Comix International #4 (1976), in Heavy Metal Special: Richard Corben Special (1998) and in Heavy Metal Special: The Best of Richard Corben from Creepy & Eerie (1998).
Story: Greg Potter. Color(colored by overlays)/Art: Richard Corben (no signature, © around 1974). Lettered by hand (Warren).

In France: as "Gamin [#1]" in Creepy [FRA] "nouvelle serie" #1 (1978) and Profondeurs (1978). In Germany: as "Frankie" in Vampir-Comic #8 (1975), and as "Child [GER]" in Die Aussergewöhnliche Welt des Richard Corben, Vol. 1 (1977). In Italy: as "Bimbo [#1]" in Collana Umanoidi #6 (1982). In The Netherlands: as Kleine Jongen, Hoofdstuk 1(3): "Kleine Jongen" in Richard Corben #2 [NL]: Diepten (1981). In Spain: as "Niño", in Rufus #19 (1974) and El extraordinario mundo de Richard Corben #2 (1981).

Keywords: Freak. Sanity.
Synopsis: A wife of a man is dead. Man wanted a kid with her, but now the urge to get kid pushes him to build one. He creates a frankensteinish creature with a mind of a child. Unhappy event in a family forces the child creature to leave home.
Comment: Corben's color artwork and Greg Potter's first story of a serial of the child creature are much more better than following sequels. Comic is full of innovative and beautiful frames; colors, though, in whole serial are a bit too murky.
Technique: Pen and ink, markers, and gray pencils on paper, 11" x 17".