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SCREAM!
24th March - 30th June 1984
15 issues / IPC Magazines
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'Not for the nervous!'
'Britain's
creepiest comic!'
'Stories
to make you shiver!'
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Scream! was a bloodcurdling British
weekly which sent a shiver down the
spine of its youthful readership
that can still be felt today.
Each blood-soaked
issue out 'ecched' the EC classics,
out 'vamped' the films from Hammer, and
outraged parents and adults in equal
amounts.
Our diabolical host was Ghastly
McNasty who introduced a rack of tortured tales
each week. All but one were in 'serious'
strip form. Here are the strips:
The Thirteenth Floor
Monster
Tales From The Grave
Library Of Death
Terror Of The Cats (#1-6)
The Nightcomers (#7-15)
Fiends And Neighbours
+ at least one stand-alone tale
The
majority were presented in black and white, with stark shadows and grisly
highlights and panels blotched with pools
of black inky blood. The star strip
was 'The Dracula File' detailing the
exploits of the infamous Count in London.
'The Thirteenth Floor' starred a diabolical,
possessed computer called Max
who would transport ne'erdowells to
the realm of the mysterious top floor
of his high-rise building. 'Tales
From The The Grave' graced the centre pages
and gave us the graveyard Leper, telling
'orrible stories in rich greens and reds.
In 'Monster' Uncle Terry was a hideous
Quasimodo-type on the run with young
Kenneth. For comic relief there was 'Fiends
And Neighbours' resuscitated from
Cor!! comic, back in the early seventies.
Several Scream! editions were wrapped
in a glorious, creature-filled colour poster
cover, tempting readers to pick the
staples on their beloved weekly and plant
its nastiness on their bedroom walls.
IPC only Scream!-ed for 15 issues
before the title was merged with Eagle,
but its diabolical excesses guaranteed
notoriety well beyond its limited run.
Like some immortal Transylvanian vampire,
the comic would return to news
agents every Summer in the form of
regular Holiday Specials, although
the idea of the title being associated
with a jolly holiday concept feels
just a tad unsettling, maybe... un-n-n-nerving...
maybe - look out!! - It's
Uncle Terry - behind you! - AAAAAAAAAGGGGHHH!!!!......
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On
the web
Back
From The Depths!
http://www.backfromthedepths.co.uk
A horrendously good site here,
giving us all the Scream! spiel we could
ask for. All fifteen covers
are displayed in lurid detail, there's info on the
strips, a mini Q&A with McNasty,
every single gruesome page of the first
issue and more - much more -
Take a look if you dare!...
26pigs
http://www.26pigs.com/scream/
26pigs remind us of Scream!'s ghoulish content, and if you're lucky,
give you the chance to purchase
a copy or two of this splendid weekly...
Hall
Of Obscurity
http://www.stereo.demon.co.uk/hall/13/13f.html
A deep link here into the Stereo's
'Hall Of Obscurity' featuring a page
dedicated to a favourite Scream!
strip 'The 13th Floor'. Okay, so it's a
slim page, but bonus points
must surely be awarded for the link to a full
page jpeg - going up!...
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