Creepy #12

Dark Horse's Creepy #12 delivers on its promise of "the finest in illustrated horror" with a cover by Richard Corben that is genuinely unsettling — a rotting, decomposed corpse rises from a moonlit graveyard, clutching a limp victim while bare, skeletal tree branches claw at the blood-red full moon behind them. The tagline "Revenge from Beyond the Grave!" sets an ominous tone that feels right at home in this anthology series, which also boasts contributions from Mike Mignola, John Arcudi, Dan Braun & Peter Bagge, and others. Corben pulls triple duty on the lead story "Uncle Mangus" as writer, artist, and inker — and if this cover is any indication, the interior work promises the same visceral, atmospheric dread.