This Christmas-themed horror anthology is a landmark in several ways, being an early Marvel experiment with prestige-format color printing, and the final issue of the series that began as Marvel Preview. Howard the Ducks Christmas, written by Steven Grant with art by Paul Smith; Son of Santa, written by Mark Gruenwald, with art by Alan Kupperberg; Dr. Deth, written by Larry Hama, with art by Hama and Ren and Stimpys Bob Camp; Santa Bites the Big Apple, script and art by Al Milgrom; Slay Bells, script and art by Mike Carlin; and Bucky Bizarre, written by Steve Skeates, with art by Steve Smallwood. Painted cover by Joe Jusko.
Mature readers. Full color; 48 pages. Cover price $2.00.
Cover art by Frank Brunner. All new stories: The Opener of the Crypt!, script by John Jakes, art by Frank Brunner
A man who is fascinated by a short story of Edgar Allan Poe finds that he has a part to play in its continuation; adapting the story by John Jakes (sequel to "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe). Pawn of the Devoured, script by Steve Skeates, pencils by Jay Scott Pike, inks by Frank Chiaramonte; A shipwrecked castaway meets a horrible fate on an island inhabited only by ants. The Demon From Beyond!, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Howard Chaykin, inks by Joe Sinnott; Adventurer Murdoch Adams saves a woman from being sacrificed in a pagan ritual, and defeats the demon Ludi that required the sacrifice.
36 pgs., full color. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.
