We loved both his Marvel and DC work, from X-Men to Avengers, to Green Lantern/Green Arrow and his Deadman series, and I guess there was a general buzz in the air that year, for that summer EERIE magazine released a special BEST OF NEAL ADAMS issue which ALL of us grabbed!
MAN, this issue BLEW US AWAY- For one thing, not only was the Neal Adams art superb, he used so many different techniques for his story depiction- (from straight pencils, to charcoal, to painting and washes, no two stories looked the same) and Two: Holy COW, the STORIES THEMSELVES were so freaking GREAT! Samples from some faves:
" The Curse of the Undead"
Always been a huge fan of Neal Adams ladies, and we start things off right with this story where a man has fallen in love with a beautiful countess whom the town believe is cursed to awake as one of the undead. Look at that pic of the woman sleeping, man what awesome artwork!
“Goddess from The Sea"
Oooooh, MAN, how I lusted after the illustrations in this story! This story tells the tale of a man who meets a lusciously curvy blue-skinned woman who claims she is from the lost undersea world of Atlantis and needs his help protecting her from warriors who want to take her back. What’s a poor boy to do!!!
Two Police Investigators try and find the motive behind ayoung lad’s seemingly senseless shooting spree in the middle of town. Though the crime seems at first to be no more than a frivoulus and callous attack, the more they delve, the more they feel the boy may have had other reasons…
What, a myserious cave that goes to deep into the earth and comes out in a lush, prehistoric apradise where dinosaurs roam free? Where have I seen this story before? Oh Yeah., in Neal Adams’ X-eMen stories where the gang goes to the Savage Land! LOL, Neal sure does love drawing those Pterosaurs…
And I’ve been putting out fire with gasoline! Sorry, I’ve had David Bwoie’s “Cat people” song gojg through my mind as I re=read this tale of a safari man who crosses paths with a sultry feline- a woman part human and part cat! Makes me wondeer what it would have looked like if Neal had illustrated Hellcat!
I love this one because out of all of these stories, it’s the most like those traditional ‘spooky Comics” like House of Mystery, etc, and Neal's art is more like his Marvel work. The tale of a rich old man who trades his body for a young, healthy one is a tale oft trodden, in fact, I have another similar story in GHOSTS that Neal illustrated as well! Of course, these body-switching things never seem to work out…
