Cryptology (2024 Twomorrows Publishing) comic books

Note : Copies of this issue contain a printing defect in the form of denting on cover

Written and Art by VARIOUS. Cover by Bernie Wrightson. Greetings, creep culturists! For my debut issue, I, the Cryptologist (with the help of From the Tomb editor Peter Normanton), have exhumed the worst Horror Comics excesses of the 1950s, Killer 'B' movies to die for, and the creepiest, kookiest toys that crossed your boney little fingers as a child! But wait... do you dare enter the House of Usher, or choose sides in the skirmish between the Addams Family and The Munsters?! Can you stand to gaze at Warren magazine frontispieces by this issue's cover artist Bernie Wrightson, or spend some Hammer Time with that studio's most frightening films? And if Atlas pre-code covers or terrifying science-fiction are more than you can take, stay away! All this, and more, is lurching toward you in TwoMorrows Publishing's latest, and most decrepit, magazine - just for retro horror fans, and featuring my henchmen Will Murray, Mark Voger, Barry Forshaw, Tim Leese, Pete von Sholly, and Steve and Michael Kronenberg! 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.

Cover by Don Heck. 'Heh-heh-heh, it's me again-the Cryptologist-and my ghastly little band have cooked up a few more grisly morsels to terrorize you with! Amongst them is Roger Hill's conversation with diabolical Don Heck, along with a complete 1950s story by that fabled horror comics artist! For something even more gruesome, Steven Kronenberg slices up his favorite severed hand films! Barry Forshaw brings back the otherworldly horrors of Hammer's Quatermass, while Tim Leese spends more Hammer Time on that studio's output. Then, Richard Hand resurrects spooky old radio shows, while editor Peter Normanton prepares a viewing of horror-inspired covers from the Shadow's own 1940s comic book! Peer into the dark side with TwoMorrows Publishing's latest terror-scribed just for retro horror fans!' 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.

Written and Art by Various. Cover by Reynold Brown. I, the Cryptologist, am back with editor Peter Normanton and my horrible little troop of ne'er do wells, to inflict the dread of Mars Attacks upon you-the banned cards, model kits, and despicable comics, along with a few words from the film's deranged storyboard artist Pete von Sholly! The chilling poster art of Reynold Brown gets brought up from my vault by Steve Kronenberg, along with a host of terrifying puppets from film, and more pre-Code comic books Dr. Wertham would prefer you forget! Plus, Tim Leese spends more Hammer Time on that studio's films, we run from another Killer 'B' movie (1959's The Manster), and Justin Marriot flips through obscure '70s fear-filled paperbacks. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.

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Written by Peter Normanton. Art by Alex Ross. Cover by Joseph Koutachy and Various. I, the Cryptologist, throw open my putrid sanctuary, as acclaimed illustrator Alex Ross regales us with the gory lowdown on his Universal Monsters paintings. Tim Leese and Hammer Time then take us face-to-face with that studios classic film Brides of Dracula. Mark Voger puts the horrors of 3-D movies of the 1950s into focus, and editor Peter Normanton literally brings that eras 3-D comic books to life with a mini-history, and complete 3-D story reprint! From there, we embark on a journey to discover the early origins of blood-curdling slasher movies, as a prelude to the macabre pre-Code artwork of Atlass Bill Everett and ACGs 3-D maestro Harry Lazarus. Another Killer B movie awaits (courtesy of Steve Kronenberg), as does cartoon creepiness by Pete Von Sholly. Its a crypt full of the macabre, prepared especially for retro horror fans! 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $10.75

Add to cart Near Mint $10.75

Written by Peter Normanton. Art by Various. Cover by Luis Dominguez. I, the Cryptologist, throw open my putrid sanctuary, as acclaimed illustrator Alex Ross regales us with the gory lowdown on his Universal Monsters paintings. Tim Leese and Hammer Time then take us face-to-face with that studios classic film Brides of Dracula. Mark Voger puts the horrors of 3-D movies of the 1950s into focus, and editor Peter Normanton literally brings that eras 3-D comic books to life with a mini-history, and complete 3-D story reprint! From there, we embark on a journey to discover the early origins of blood-curdling slasher movies, as a prelude to the macabre pre-Code artwork of Atlass Bill Everett and ACGs 3-D maestro Harry Lazarus. Another Killer B movie awaits (courtesy of Steve Kronenberg), as does cartoon creepiness by Pete Von Sholly. Its a crypt full of the macabre, prepared especially for retro horror fans! 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.

(W) Peter Normanton (A) Bernie Wrightson (CA) Bernie Wrightson “This time no one gets out alive, for I, your very own Cryptologist, have unleashed the walking dead for the sixth issue of my putrescent tome! It’s a gathering of zombies, journeying back to the films White Zombie and I Walked With A Zombie, before venturing on into the zombie apocalypse of George Romero and Lucio Fulci’s foul imagining. We also stagger through zombies that ran amok in the comic books of the pre-Code years, Bernie Wrightson’s cadaverous creations, and the decomposing abominations that overwhelmed the horror comics of Brazil. The contribution made by the black stars of classic horror cinema is consummately explored, digging out a few more of this atrophied brethren. But I can see you want more—so we have The Plague of Zombies in our Hammertime section, Fantaco’s macabre interpretation of Night of the Living Dead and the chilling Revenant from France. This decrepitude will have you frothing at the mouth, and it’s available especially for retro horror fans, by Tim Leese, Mark Voger, Steve & Michael Kronenberg, and editor Peter Normanton!” Cover price $10.95.

(W) Peter Normanton (A) Bernie Wrightson (CA) Bernie Wrightson “This time no one gets out alive, for I, your very own Cryptologist, have unleashed the walking dead for the sixth issue of my putrescent tome! It’s a gathering of zombies, journeying back to the films White Zombie and I Walked With A Zombie, before venturing on into the zombie apocalypse of George Romero and Lucio Fulci’s foul imagining. We also stagger through zombies that ran amok in the comic books of the pre-Code years, Bernie Wrightson’s cadaverous creations, and the decomposing abominations that overwhelmed the horror comics of Brazil. The contribution made by the black stars of classic horror cinema is consummately explored, digging out a few more of this atrophied brethren. But I can see you want more—so we have The Plague of Zombies in our Hammertime section, Fantaco’s macabre interpretation of Night of the Living Dead and the chilling Revenant from France. This decrepitude will have you frothing at the mouth, and it’s available especially for retro horror fans, by Tim Leese, Mark Voger, Steve & Michael Kronenberg, and editor Peter Normanton!” Cover price $10.95.

(W) Peter Normanton (A) Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff (CA) Various "I bet you thought I’d forgotten you… but don’t worry, the Cryptologist never forgets his fiends! In this issue, we find out what Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, and their cohorts were up to when they weren’t appearing in our favorite horror movies—you’d be shocked! Plus, at long last, I’ve exhumed some of Ghastly Graham Ingels’ gruesome artwork for your delectation. Then we get to meet Norman Bates, courtesy of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, Robert Bloch, and his lunatic mentor Ed Gein. Psycho II scriptwriter and Fright Night director Tom Holland will be dropping by for a chilling chat—you will definitely want to hear what he has to say! As if this isn’t enough, our Killer-B section takes you back to high school and a gathering of teenage monsters, and then we launch the first part of our extensive history of the pre-Code comic book, beginning in 1938. There’s all of this and more in my crypt crammed full of the macabre from editor Peter Normanton, made just for you retro horror fans!” Cover price $10.95.