Hello, Will. That was great. I wish that old magazine was still
around, so you could order past issues. I used to read that mag when I
was a kid.
Will Dockery wrote:
> FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND #59 (NOV 1969):
>
>
http://www.dialbforblog.com/archives/395/famous_monsters_of_filmland59.html
>
> Nice scans of some of the Gold Key Dark Shadows comics:
>
> http://www.dialbforblog.com/archives/395/index2.html
>
> "The interior art on the DARK SHADOWS comic book was done by Joe
> Certa, who had previously worked on DC's "John Jones, Martian
> Manhunter" series in Detective comics. Scripts were by John Warner,
> whose other comic work includes The Flash and The Defenders. Covers
> for DARK SHADOWS #1-7 used publicity photos from the show, and added
> some wording to make them relevant to that issue's story. After the
> photos were exhausted, the comic began running illustrated covers, and
> even a few painted covers."
>
> "BARNABAS COLLINS: MASTER OF THE MULTI-VERSE!
>
> Most issues of the comic book, particularly the later issues, had
> little or no resemblence to the TV series. There were several parallel
> worlds in the TV show, but in the comic book, Barnabas did enough time-
> traveling and parallel universe-hopping to rival DC's "Infinite
> Crisis" series. And for some reason, as the series went on, the eras
> our favorite vampire visited got more and more inappropriate for a
> horror series! Let's start with Barnabas in the Colonial era:
>
> http://www.dialbforblog.com/archives/395/index3.html
>
> "...After 1,225 television episodes and two feature films (House of
> Dark Shadows in 1970 and Night of Dark Shadows in 1971), DARK SHADOWS
> finally came to an end on April 2, 1971. The comic book actually out-
> lasted the TV series, running from 1968 until 1976, for a total of 35
> issues..."
>
> --
> "God's Toybox" by Dockery-Beck:
> http://www.myspace.com/shadowvilleallstars
>
> "Hasty Pudding" by Dockery-Conley:
> http://www.myspace.com/willdockery
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