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Saturday, 31 January 2009

And Men Shall Call Him. . .Warlock! by Roy Thomas and Gil Kane.

from Marvel Premiere # 1.

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Alex Toth. ComputErr.

from The Witching Hour # 8.

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Bill Everett.

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Jack Oleck and Alfredo Alcala. No Ghoul Like an Old Ghoul.

from Plop! # 2.

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Tomb of Dracula.

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Labels: comics, dracula, gil kane, marvel, tom palmer

Gil Kane. Tarzan. The Maneater.

originally published September 16th 1979 - thru - December 2nd 1979.

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Bad Librarianship Now!

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The Pictorial Arts Journal

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Tarzan Neal Adams -
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