Vampirella #9

Warren's long-running horror magazine reaches its ninth issue with a cover that doubles as a showcase — a black-and-white ink illustration of a pale, ethereal woman beckoning a wandering figure toward a darkened house, paired with a vivid painted inset depicting two ghostly women hovering menacingly over a screaming, ensnared man, teasing the story boldly headlined "The Boy Who Loved Trees." The striking combination of black-and-white linework and full-color painted imagery reflects the collaborative cover work of Boris Vallejo and Wally Wood, two very different artistic sensibilities sharing the same page to genuinely arresting effect. Rounding out the package, the issue also spotlights a "Masterpiece by Wallace Wood" alongside Jeff Jones's fully illustrated "Lilith" — making this January 1971 edition a particularly rich gathering of talent for fans of Warren's brand of macabre storytelling.