 Savage Tales, Vol. 1, No. 1, May.,
1971. "Rated M for the mature reader!" Black and white stories in the Warren
tradition, with some of the past Warren illustrators, including Gray Morrow, Gene Colan,
and John Buscema. The cover, by John Buscema, is a poor Frazetta imitation.
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 Savage Tales, featuring Conan, The
Barbarian, Vol. 1, No. 2, Oct., 1973. The second Savage Tales came out nearly 2 1/2 years
after the first, then ran fairly regularly for ten more issues. Artists in this issue
included Barry Smith, George Barr, Frank Brunner, Joe Maneely, Gray Morrow, Al Williamson,
and Berni Wrightson.
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 Kull and the Barbarians, Vol. 1,
No. 1, May, 1975. Stan Lee began another Robert E. Howard barbarian saga with this issue.
Lee brought in another great group of artists, including Neal Adams, Ross Andru, Wally
Wood, Marie and John Severin, Gil Kane, Ernie Chua, and Roy G. Krenkel.
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 Unknown
Worlds of Science Fiction, Vol. 1, No. 1, Jan., 1975. Another Stan Lee production with
more great artists, including a cover by Kelly Freas (known for his Mad Alfred E. Newman
covers), plus Gene Colan, Neal Adams, Frank Brunner, Wally Wood, Al Williamson, and Mike
Kaluta.
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 Web
of Horror, No. 3, Apr., 1970. A publisher other than Warren and Stan Lee (Marvel), Major
Magazines, Inc., tried to enter into the Creepy/Eerie domain with this title, which lasted
only 3 issues. However, it was good exposure for a few younger artists, including Berni
Wrightson, Bruce Jones, and Mike Kaluta. Jones copied Wally Wood quite well, and another
artist, Ralph Reese, copied Frank Frazetta. Berni Wrightson unique style was developing
well with his work on this issue.
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 Weird
Tales of the Macabre, Vol. 1, No. 1, Jan., 1975. In 1975, Seaboard Periodicals released a
barage of comic and magazine titles. Their Atlas comics came out with 21 titles, all
lasting a whopping 3 or 4 issues. Weird Tales of the Macabre, like the comics, lasted only
2 issues. Most notable about the first issue is the cover by Jeff Jones. Other artists
included Pat Boyette, Ernie Colon, Leo Duranona, Leo Summers, Ramon Torrents, and
Villanova.
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