"The Hero Within"

8 pgs. Appeared first time in Creepy #60 (1974). Reprinted in Comix International #1 (1975) and in Heavy Metal Special: The Best of Richard Corben from Creepy & Eerie! (1998).
Story: Steve Skeates. Color(prob. colored by overlays)/Art: Richard Corben (no signature). Lettered by hand (Warren).

DK: as "Helten indeni" in Total Metal #5 (1985).
FRA: as "L'histoire du brave petit Lucien" in Vampirella [FRA] #18 (1974), Vampirella [FRA] Album #5 (1975) and Profondeurs (1978).
ITA: as "Eroe dentro" in Collana Umanoidi #6 (1982).
NL: as "Een Held in Gedachten" in Creepy [NL] #2 (1981), and as "Het mes met de hoge hakken" in Richard Corben #2 [NL]: Diepten (1981).
SPA: as "Pánico mental" in Famosos "Monsters" del cine #6 (1975), and as "Héroe por dentro" in El extraordinario mundo de Richard Corben #2 (1981).

Style: Full color. Genre: Horror / Fantasy. Time Span: Modern time / fantasy. Nudity: Voluptuous girl.
Keywords: Orphan. Imagination. Angry dog. Dinosaur.
Synopsis: Orphan boy drifts from one family to another and he is never a welcome guest. During punishment he escapes to Den releated dream world, where he can be hero. He fights with dinosaurs for voluptuous girl. But reality bites always back.
Comment: Brilliant color artwork. Interesting story by Steve Skeates. Coverstory for Creepy, cover by Sanjulian.