

"Archaic Al", as he later jokingly called himself in print, quickly became the associate editor, and when Brodsky returned to Marvel after a few months, Hewetson succeeded him as editor. Painted cover by Harry Rosenbaum.īrodsky, who also served as editor, brought in Al Hewetson – briefly an assistant to Marvel chief Stan Lee and a freelancer for the Warren Publishing horror magazines and others – as a freelance writer. Publications (also known as Super Comics) in the late 1950s and early 1960s published unauthorized comic book reprints for sale through grocery and discount stores. The company name is a combination of those of its founders, former Marvel Comics production manager Sol Brodsky ("Sky") and low-budget entrepreneur Israel Waldman ("wald"), whose I.

Future industry star John Byrne published his first professional story, a two-pager written by editor Al Hewetson, in Skywald's Nightmare #20 (Aug.

Many who also contributed to rival Warren employed pseudonyms. Casey Brennan, Gerry Conway, Steve Englehart, Gardner Fox, Gary Friedrich, Doug Moench, Dave Sim, Len Wein, and Marv Wolfman and artists Rich Buckler, Gene Day Vince Colletta, Bill Everett, Bruce Jones, Pablo Marcos, Syd Shores, Chic Stone, and Tom Sutton. Ĭomics professionals who produced work for the Skywald magazines include writers T. Skywald's original comics were similar in appearance and quality to rival black-and-white publisher Warren Publishing, and even employed many of the same creators. It also published a small line of comic books and other genre magazines. Skywald Publications was an American publisher of black-and-white comics magazines, primarily the horror anthologies Nightmare, Psycho, and Scream. Cover art by José Antonio Domingo, as "JAD"īlack-and-white comics magazines, comic books Here we are, patiently panning the murky old print stream for the odd promising glimmer… Tags ACG Alan Moore Al Feldstein Alfredo Alcala Archie Comics Arnold Drake Atlas Comics Batman Bernie Wrightson Bill Everett Bob Oksner Bob White Boris Karloff Brian Bolland Carmine Infantino Charles Addams Charles Burns Charlton Comics Christmas Curt Swan Dan Piraro Dark Horse Dave Stevens DC Comics Dell Comics Denis Kitchen Dick Ayers Dracula EC Comics Eclipse Comics Famous Funnies Fantagraphics Fantagraphics Books Fawcett Comics Fiction House Frank Brunner Frankenstein Frank Giacoia Gahan Wilson Gardner Fox George Wilson Gil Kane Gold Key H.
