THE HOUSE OF MYSTERY The Bronze Age Omnibus Volume 2

One of the most celebrated anthology titles of the Bronze Age of comics, The House of Mystery earned its iconic status in the early 1970s under the skillful hands of editor Joe Orlando, who had an uncanny aptitude for the fearsome and the frightful—perhaps thanks to his days at EC Comics—and enlisted young, brilliant new artists to bring those tales to life, pushing the boundaries of the Comics Code each month! Now those classic tales of the weird and the otherworldly are gathered for in one handsome and huge Omnibus edition, filled with the scarily sublime works by some of comics' greatest artists, including: Bernie Wrightson, Michael Wm. Kaluta, Sergio Aragonés, Alex Niño, Nestor Redondo, Alfredo Alcala, and some of the earliest published work by Jim Starlin. Wrightson alone has work in nine issues, as well as many covers. Kaluta does just as well. And it's obvious from the names that this was part of the famous "Filipino Invasion" heralded by DC. There's brilliant work here by all three of the artists mentioned: Niño, Redondo, and Alcala. They were all eager to prove themselves in this new U.S. market. And they certainly did, raising the bar for fine illustrated comic stories, some of the best work in comics since EC and Warren's magazines. Written by Steve Skeates, cJohn Albano, Gerry Conway, Steve Skeates, John Prentice, Robert Kanigher, Mary Skrenes (as "Virgil North), Bernie Wrightson, Jack Oleck, Carl Wessler, Michael Fleisher, Jack Sparling, E. Nelson Bridwell, Lore Shoberg, Virgil Redondo, Bill Meredith, Sheldon Mayer, Maxene Fabe, Sheldon Mayer, Mark Evanier, George Kashdan, Doug Moench, Len Wein, David Michelinie, David Izzo, Denny O'Neil, Marv Wolfman, John Broome, Mark Hanerfeld, Martin Pasko, and Paul Levitz. Art by Adolfo Buylla, Bernard Bailey, Sergio Aragonés, Ruben Moreira, Jim Aparo, Sam Glanzman, Mike Sekowsky, Nestor Redondo, Gene Colan, Sid Greene, Ted Perry, Ernie Chan (as "Ernie Chua"), Nick Cardy, Jack Sparling, Bernie Wrightson, Win Mortimer, Alex Niño, Gerry Talaoc, John Albano, Alan Weiss, Bill Payne, Mike Sekowsky, Ernie Patricio, Jim Starlin, Joe Schenkman, E. R. Cruz, Ruben Yandoc, Alfredo Alcala, Bill Riley, Jim Aparo, Rudy Nebres, Jose Delbo, Dan Green, John Calnan, Romy Gamboa, Sonny Trinidad, Rico Rival, Fred Carrillo, Tony DeZuniga, Abe Ocampo, Russell Carley, Frank Thorne, Ralph Reese, Ramona Fradon, Joe Orlando, Frank Robbins, Bill Draut, Howard Purcell, Dick Dillin, Neal Adams, Mort Meskin, George Roussos, Frank Giacoia, Murphy Anderson, Joe Giella, Pat Broderick, Leonard Starr, Bernard Sacchs, Bill Ely, Jess Jodloman, Curt Swan, and George Klein.     Collects House of Mystery #201-226.