CRYPTOLOGY #4

An A+ issue that will appeal to any comics or movie fan. -Bud. Acclaimed illustrator Alex Ross regales us with the gory lowdown on his Universal Monsters paintings. Discover the early origins of blood-curdling slasher movies. Two meaty features display the macabre pre-Code artwork of Atlas’s Bill Everett as well as a look at the hugely collectible Venus run with its own Everett covers and stories! There's a look at ACG’s artist maestro Harry Lazarus.  Editor Peter Normanton literally brings that era’s 3-D comic books to life with a mini-history and complete 3-D story reprint! Another Killer "B" movie awaits (courtesy of Steve Kronenberg), as does cartoon creepiness by Pete Von Sholly.  Mark Voger puts the horrors of 3-D movies of the 1950s into focus, and Tim Leese and "Hammer Time" then take us face-to-face with that studio’s classic film “Brides of Dracula.” It’s a crypt full of the macabre, prepared especially for retro horror fans!