Since the 1950s, countless horror fans have walked up to magazine racks in bookstores, drugstores, supermarkets, comic shops, and gas stations to seek their favorite grisly ghouls and maniacal monsters peering at them from the glossy cover of a periodical. Encompassing an expanse of content, horror magazines provide reviews, features, and behind the scenes articles on horror projects, as well as tingle our spines with short stories and comics.

Creepy, by Warren Publishing, launched in 1964. The black and white anthology magazine was first printed quarterly then evolved to a bimonthly periodical. Each issue was hosted by Uncle Creepy, portrayed by founding editor, Russ Jones. The magazine was filled with scary stories inspired by EC Comics with art regularly contributed by Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Steve Ditko, Dan Adkins, Neal Adams, and Wrightson.

After a falling out, Jones left and Archie Goodwin, who was already writing original tales and adapted public domain stories for the publication, became the editor. Then after he left, several editors helmed Creepy. Changes and updates included using several Spanish artists, themed specials like Edgar Allan Poe-focused issues, Christmas specials, science fiction installments, issues focused on a single artist, and one in which the stories centered around the cover painting. Eerie and Vampirella were sister publications to Creepy, and followed a very similar format.

It ended in the mid-1980s, then in the 2000s New Comic Company LLC bought the rights to the title and partnered with Dark Horse Comics to republish archival hardcover versions.

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