Scream #1
In "I, Slime," writer Al Hewetson and artist Maelo Cintron deliver a surreal, meta horror tale where real-life figures Fredric Wertham and Len Darvin confront Skywald Comics' staff—including Hewetson himself—over the company’s horror titles. Tensions escalate in the office, culminating in a shocking murder that triggers a bizarre, nightmarish retaliation when tiny, living versions of the company’s classic monsters emerge from the pages to exact revenge. The story’s wild premise is rendered with striking, eerie art, and Vicente Segrelles’ cover captures the tale’s unsettling tone with chilling precision.
In "The Comics Macabre," the real-life figures Fredric Wertham and Len Darvin confront Skywald Comics staff Al Hewetson and Herschel Waldman over the company’s horror titles, sparking a tense standoff that turns deadly when the very monsters from Skywald’s pages—tiny, animated versions of the Heap and Frankenstein’s Monster—emerge to exact their own justice. Written by an unknown hand and illustrated by an unknown artist, this 1973 tale blends historical satire with supernatural horror in a chilling, self-aware twist on the comic book backlash of the era.
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Reprinted in Dossier Negro #56 (1974), Dossier Negro #72 (1975), Fright #4 (1988), Gwandanaland Comics #2370 (2019), Dossier Negro #69
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