The House of Hammer comic books issue 2
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Published Dec 1976 by Top Sellers Ltd..
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Painted cover by Brian Lewis. Stories by Dez Skinn, Donne Avenell, Denis Gifford, Steve Moore, John Fleming, John Brosnan, Barrie Pattison, Benny Aldrich, Tise Vahimagi and Steve Parkhouse. Art by Brian Lewis, Ian Gibson, and Alberto Cuyas. Edited by Dez Skinn of Warrior fame, House of Hammer presented comics adaptations and articles based on Hammer Films' legendary horror movies, featuring an array of British comics talent early in their careers. A comics adaptation of Hammer's first Frankenstein film, 1957's Curse of Frankenstein. Baron Frankenstein is obsessed with building his Creature, and will stop at nothing, not even murder. Captain Kronos battles vampires in the second part of the authorized comics sequel to the Hammer adventure film, featuring art by future Judge Dredd and Halo Jones artist Ian Gibson. In a Terror Tales short, Roman soldiers building a road in early Britain ignore warnings from the locals about a curse. An interview with makeup artist Roy Ashton. Plus a behind-the-scenes look at Hammer Studios, a retrospective on horror films of the 1930s by Denis Gifford, and the films of Italian horror director Mario Bava. The Curse of Frankenstein; Media Macabre; The Golden Age of Horror; To the Devil - a Daughter; Behind the Scenes; The Devil's Other Children; Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter; Horror Around the World; Effectively Speaking; The Texas Chainsaw Massacre; Van Helsing's Terror Tales: Highway of Hell. 8-in. x 10.5-in., 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

