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The Creeper
The Creeper: Welcome to Creepsville
Collecting the 6-issue miniseries written by horror master Niles (30 Days of Night)! TV pundit Jack Ryder is transformed him into the Creeper, a superhuman with incredible strength, agility, stamina and an enhanced healing factor. Ryder dispatches his opponents and now calls forth his bestial alter ego in Gotham's war on crime.
160 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
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About the author
Steve Niles
837 books457 followersSTEVE NILES is one of the writers responsible for bringing horror comics back to prominence, and was recently named by Fangoria magazine as one of it's "13 rising talents who promise to keep us terrified for the next 25 years."
Niles is currently working for the four top American comic publishers - Marvel, DC, Image and Dark Horse. He got his start in the industry when he formed his own publishing company called Arcane Comix, where he published, edited and adapted several comics and anthologies for Eclipse Comics. His adaptations include works by Clive Barker, Richard Matheson and Harlan Ellison.
Steve resides in Los Angeles in his bachelor pad with one cat. While there's no crawlspace, there is a questionable closet in one corner and no one is quite sure what is hidden in there...but we have an idea.
--from the author's website
Niles is currently working for the four top American comic publishers - Marvel, DC, Image and Dark Horse. He got his start in the industry when he formed his own publishing company called Arcane Comix, where he published, edited and adapted several comics and anthologies for Eclipse Comics. His adaptations include works by Clive Barker, Richard Matheson and Harlan Ellison.
Steve resides in Los Angeles in his bachelor pad with one cat. While there's no crawlspace, there is a questionable closet in one corner and no one is quite sure what is hidden in there...but we have an idea.
--from the author's website
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February 2, 2012
This book waffled back and forth between funny and creepy and that is not a very good combination.
June 10, 2008
This is a really solid introduction to the latest iteration of an old Steve Ditko character that's best known for having a hideous green, yellow, and red costume. (I guess all the other color schemes were taken.)
When liberal TV pundit Jack Ryder (host of the bluntly titled show "You Are Wrong") gets an unprescribed injection from the nefarious Dr. Yatz, he is able to turn into The Creeper, a crazed, seemingly unkillable hero. He clashes with Batman a couple times while trying to settle his debts with Dr. Yatz, but ultimately chooses a more heroic path.
Steve Niles' writing is boilerplate for a six-issue introduction story, though the Ryder/Creeper conversations can be pretty funny. Justiano's art, full of hideous green splotches and jagged panel boxes, is fun to read.
When liberal TV pundit Jack Ryder (host of the bluntly titled show "You Are Wrong") gets an unprescribed injection from the nefarious Dr. Yatz, he is able to turn into The Creeper, a crazed, seemingly unkillable hero. He clashes with Batman a couple times while trying to settle his debts with Dr. Yatz, but ultimately chooses a more heroic path.
Steve Niles' writing is boilerplate for a six-issue introduction story, though the Ryder/Creeper conversations can be pretty funny. Justiano's art, full of hideous green splotches and jagged panel boxes, is fun to read.
November 22, 2012
I enjoyed this volume but I wanted more out of it. The Creeper is a character than can be really, well, creepy and I wanted more of that with this one (I thought Steve Niles would insure that, but alas). Overall it's a good introduction to a character sorely absent in the nDCU but it leaves you wanting more in an unfulfilled way.
April 15, 2015
Let's say it's a 3.5 just because Creeper is my favourite character of DC
April 12, 2015
Really enjoyed this! I've always loved The Creeper.
February 19, 2021
One of the better attempts to bring the Creeper back.
Hits a good blend of weird, slightly goofy and a bit creepy. Art helps, as the Creeper looks almost monstrous.
The Jekyll/Hyde bit works better then it should. Niles didn't go crazy with it.
Which I think sums up the whole story.
Too many writers go over the top with the Creeper and he ends up too goofy or too crazy and twisted.
Niles does just the right amount, so that it almost feels like the Ditko version, with just a little bit added or changed.
Niles realized there was nothing that needed fixing in the Creeper.
Liked the direction he takes Dr. Yatz in.
The inclusion of Batman actually works better than I thought it would.
Almost feels like their should be a Batman story, that tells his side, as it feels like he's working on other stuff, while trying to figure out the creeper.
Not sure if I like the de-uniquing of the Creeper with their being other versions.
Especially since we are told one of the monsters is so much like the Creeper, yet they forgot to color him like the Creeper, so there's no similarity. It's just the writer saying there is.
Good intro, with lots of story potential.
Shame they didn't do more.
Hits a good blend of weird, slightly goofy and a bit creepy. Art helps, as the Creeper looks almost monstrous.
The Jekyll/Hyde bit works better then it should. Niles didn't go crazy with it.
Which I think sums up the whole story.
Too many writers go over the top with the Creeper and he ends up too goofy or too crazy and twisted.
Niles does just the right amount, so that it almost feels like the Ditko version, with just a little bit added or changed.
Niles realized there was nothing that needed fixing in the Creeper.
Liked the direction he takes Dr. Yatz in.
The inclusion of Batman actually works better than I thought it would.
Almost feels like their should be a Batman story, that tells his side, as it feels like he's working on other stuff, while trying to figure out the creeper.
Not sure if I like the de-uniquing of the Creeper with their being other versions.
Especially since we are told one of the monsters is so much like the Creeper, yet they forgot to color him like the Creeper, so there's no similarity. It's just the writer saying there is.
Good intro, with lots of story potential.
Shame they didn't do more.
March 8, 2024
This is a decent modernization of The Creeper. Steve Niles pours on the macabre while keeping an air of lightheartedness that makes this such a fun read. Batman and the Joker feature prominently in the storyline, and they even tie The Joker in to The Creeper's origin. Not sure if I am crazy about that angle, as I really enjoyed Steve Ditko's original version of the character from the '60s. Other than that, everything was fine. Justiniano's artwork was a happy marriage of Silver Age DC and modern comic book art.
February 1, 2020
Fun but pretty underwhelming on close inspection. The art is fun though
February 26, 2013
Il perché di questo libro: il personaggio di Creeper è un personaggio secondario del Batman-Universe, mi aveva incuriosito sin da quando avevo visto la sua immagine sul 'Who's Who in The DC Universe'.
Il volume, nonostante la mia predisposizione positiva e la scrittura di Steve Niles, si è rivelato una grossa delusione.
La trama costituisce una rivisitazione, neppure tanto originale, delle origini del protagonista; i personaggi appaiono poco più che abbozzati, ed anche la presenza di quelli più famosi (Batman & Joker) è evanescente.
La seconda stellina è solo per i disegni di Justiniano, di ottima fattura.
Il volume, nonostante la mia predisposizione positiva e la scrittura di Steve Niles, si è rivelato una grossa delusione.
La trama costituisce una rivisitazione, neppure tanto originale, delle origini del protagonista; i personaggi appaiono poco più che abbozzati, ed anche la presenza di quelli più famosi (Batman & Joker) è evanescente.
La seconda stellina è solo per i disegni di Justiniano, di ottima fattura.
April 24, 2011
I was pretty disappointed. After hearing of this character's previous incarnation, I was expecting a bit more depth to the character and his personality. I can't tell whether Steve Niles himself had an "off day" on this book or whether editorial mandates killed it, but this was just horribly bland.
The art by Justiniano seemed like he was trying to meld Andy Kubert and Chris Bachalo. A lot of Bachalo. I wish he would have just been himself here. Overall, I'd tell someone to avoid it.
The art by Justiniano seemed like he was trying to meld Andy Kubert and Chris Bachalo. A lot of Bachalo. I wish he would have just been himself here. Overall, I'd tell someone to avoid it.
December 17, 2014
A re-telling of the Creeper's origin. The story is modernized, barely. The Creeper was never a very popular character and hasn't been able to maintain his own series since being introduced in 1968. The story here is boring and full of cliches. And the art by Justiniano, trying his best to copy Kelley Jones' style, is horrible. Pass on this one.
April 8, 2014
Worst.Remake.EVER
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