Comix International #1-5 (Of 5) Complete

was a short-lived magazine comprised entirely of reprinted material (in color) from other Warren publications. Warren Publishing was an American magazine company founded by James Warren, who published his first magazines in 1957. Magazines published by Warren primarily cover the science-fiction and fantasy-horror genres and include , and . Comix International was launched in 1974 and was published annually, with two releases (issues #3 & #4) in 1976, but stopped publication in 1977 after only five issues. These series also serves as a showcase of artist Richard Corben's prodigious talent and skill as he did most of the artwork. Of course we all know him for his illustrated fantasy stories in . For the comics collector. Warren Publishing's initial publications were the horror-fantasy--science fiction movie magazine and , both edited by Forrest J. Ackerman. After first introducing what he called "Monster Comics" in Monster World, Warren expanded in 1964 with horror-comics stories in the sister magazines and — black-and-white publications in a standard magazine format, rather that comic-book size, and selling for 35 cents as opposed to the standard comic-book price of 12 cents. Such a format, Warren explained, averted the restrictions of the Comics Code Authority, the comic-book industry's self-censorship body. By publishing graphic stories in a magazine format to which the Code did not apply, Warren paved the way for such later graphic-story magazines as the American version of ; Marvel Comics' (posted here at Avaxhome complete by yours truly--see link below); and other "horror-mood" series from Skywald Publications; and Warren's own line of magazines.

Comix International #1 - 84 Pages | 88.9 MB Stories in this first issue include: by Richard Corben; by Richard Corben; by Steve Skeates and Richard Corben; by Doug Moench and Richard Corben; by Bill DuBay and Richard Corben; by Rich Margopoulos and Richard Corben; by Greg Potter and Richard Corben; by Gerry Boudreau and Richard Corben; by Jack Butterworth and Richard Corben; and by Rich Margopoulos and Richard Corben. Cover depicts a montage of interior panels. Comix International #2 - 84 Pages | 62.9 MB Stories in this issue include: by Richard Corben (from the poem by Edgar Allan Poe); by Budd Lewis and Richard Corben; by Bill DuBay and Richard Corben; by Gerry Boudreau and Esteban Maroto; by Gerry Boudreau and Esteban Maroto; by Gerry Boudreau and Wally Wood; by Bruce Bezaire and Jose Ortiz; by Victor Mora and Luis Garcia; by Budd Lewis and Reed Crandall; and by Bernie Wrightson. Also includes artist profiles of Richard Corben, Reed Crandall, Wally Wood, Bernie Wrightson, and others. Cover depicts a montage of interior panels. Comix International #3 - 84 Pages | 95.0 MB Stories in this issue include: by Greg Potter and Richard Corben; by Budd Lewis and Richard Corben; by Jack Butterworth and Richard Corben; by Jim Stenstrum and Richard Corben; by Jeff Jones; by Jeff Jones; by Fernando Fernandez; by Jose Bea; by Esteban Maroto; by Doug Moench and Esteban Maroto; and by Joseph Toutain and Jose Gonzalez. Includes artist profiles of Richard Corben, Jose Bea, Jeff Jones, and others. Cover depicts a montage of interior panels. Comix International #4 - 68 Pages | 81.7 MB Stories in this issue include: by Budd Lewis and Richard Corben; by W. Eaton and Rafael Auraleon; by Doug Moench and Leopold Sanchez; by Greg Potter and Richard Corben; by Archie Goodwin and Reed Crandall (from the story by Edgar Allan Poe); by Bill DuBay and Paul Neary; and by Bill DuBay and Zesar Lopez. Includes artist profiles of Richard Corben, Reed Crandall, Rafael Auraleon, and others. Cover depicts montage of interior panels. Comix Internatinoal #5 - 69 Pages | 81.0 MB Stories in this final issue include: by Jan Strnad and Richard Corben; by Gerry Boudreau, Carl Wessler, and Ramon Torrents; by Bill DuBay and Jose Gonzalez; by Steve Skeates and Jaime Brocal; by Doug Moench and Esteban Maroto; by Bill DuBay and Jose Ortiz; by Will Eisner and Chuck Kramer; and by Bruce Jones and Richard Corben. Cover depicts montage of interior panels. --

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