Sword and Sorcery Week! Shades of Gray: "Barometer Falling..." by Morrow

As the great Jerry Reed said, "When you're hot, you're hot!" and in the mid-1970s, Gray Morrow was hot! Hot enough that Archie Comics let him create and spearhead a comic very, very different than their normal teen-age fare. They christened what was to be a line of comics Red Circle, and the imprint's first mag was Chilling Adventures in Sorcery. The supernatural (thanks in no small part to The Exorcist) was all the rage in December 1973 when CAiS #5 hit the stands. Sword and sorcery and sci-fi were also making inroads into comics at that time, so when Gray Morrow combined all of those elements for "Barometer Falling...", t'was no wonder the tale was made the cover feature. Sure got Young Groove's twin dimes with ease!

Shades of Gray Tuesday Two-Fer: "Missing Link!" and "Haunted Gallery" by Gray Morrow

Dig it, Groove-ophiles! It's been a while since we dug some groovy Gray Morrow masterpieces, so here are two gems from Chilling Adventure in Sorcery #3 (August 1973), the first Red Circle ish in which Master Morrow takes over writing, editing, drawing, even lettering, and possibly coloring the whole sinister she-bang! Are your eyes prepared for the magnificence of Morrow? Then...onward!

Shades of Gray: "Immortality Factor"

Here's a classic Gray Morrow chiller from Red Circle's Chilling Adventures in Sorcery #3 (July 1973).

Shades of Gray: "Cat!"

Check it out, Groove-ophiles! Here's a special treat from Red Circle's Chilling Adventures in Sorcery #3 (July 1973),--the debut story from the Gray Morrow-edited era of Archie Comics' one, true mystery/horror mag (well, at least until they converted Madhouse for a few issues...). Ol' Groove is sure you're gonna flip for the..."Cat!"