Creepy #77 - Bernie Wrightson, Alex Toth art

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Creepy #77

Creepy v1 #77, 1976 - Unlike other issues, Bernie Wrightson's frontispiece appears in full color. His burdensome Santa Claus is terrific, but it's interior tale that stands out. "Clarice" tells of a tragedy during a winter storm in the mountains. Wrightson's superb drawings match Bruce Jones' poetic verse flawlessly (this story was later reprinted in Berni Wrightson Master of the Macabre #2 and Creepy #113). Alex Toth chronicles a pilot's strange encounter of a UFO during the 1920s. Thoughtfully laid out (see interior page below), the story is nicely representative of his work during the bronze age. Other artists in this bronze age magazine include Richard Corben and John Severin.

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Wrightson gallery
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Wrightson inside front cover pencils and inks = ***
Untitled Tibor Miko story Toth pencils and inks 6 pages = ***
"Clarice" Wrightson story pencils and inks 5 pages = ****
(All interiors in black and white)