Black and White Wednesday: "The Vampyre!"

Don't let the generic title of this terror tale fool ya, Groove-ophiles! Ed Fedory and Pablo Marcos' "The Vampyre!" (from Skywald's Nightmare #16, cover-dated December 1973) is a scintillating shocker well worth your time for it's titanic twist ending!


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Random Reads: "Heart of a Vampire"

While "Iron" Mike Grell was making his reputation as DC's hottest sci-fi artist on Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes and Green Lantern/Green Arrow, he slipped in this far-out fable featuring his facility for fear-fraught figments. I can't for the life of me understand why Grell wasn't tapped to be The Batman's regular penciler, 'cause this little-seen classic sure goes a long way in proving that the man had the chops to capture the mood and mystery integral to the adventure of the Dark Knight. At least that's Ol' Groove's opinion. (Oh, and far be it from me to slight the writing skills of Elliot S! Maggin--he's grrrreat! But you knew that, right?) From Detective Comics #455 (October 1976), here's "Heart of a Vampire"!