Eerie Archives Volume 21: Collecting Eerie 100-103

Eerie Archives #21

by Jim Starlin, Larry Hama (Illustrator)

The apocalypse arrives, as robots attack, alien invaders descend, and other threats strive to eradicate mankind! With fan-favorite characters the Rook, Darklon, and Hunter returning and the massive Eerie celebration issue #100 included, Eerie Archives volume 21 is not to be missed! Collecting Eerie issues #100 to #103, this tome features a plethora of grotesque suspense stories that will appeal to fans of classic comics and horror alike! Brought to you by comic book titans Paul Gulacy, Jim Starlin, Larry Hama, Bill DuBay, Budd Lewis, Leo Duranona, Alfredo Alcala, Jose Ortiz, and more!

"Ghoulishly good, this latest collection will appeal to a wide spectrum of horror aficionados, and hopefully introduce a new generation to a genre never really given the accolades it so richly deserves. It would be a bloody sin not to creep down to your eerie bookstore and purchase a copy." -New York Journal of Books

Genres: Comics, Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels

256 pages, Hardcover

First published April 19, 2016

About the author

James P. "Jim" Starlin is an American comic book writer and artist. With a career dating back to the early 1970s, he is best known for "cosmic" tales and space opera; for revamping the Marvel Comics characters Captain Marvel and Adam Warlock; and for creating or co-creating the Marvel characters Thanos and Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu. Death and suicide are recurring themes in Starlin's work: Personifications of Death appeared in his Captain Marvel series and in a fill-in story for Ghost Rider; Warlock commits suicide by killing his future self; and suicide is a theme in a story he plotted and drew for The Rampaging Hulk magazine.

In the mid-1970s, Starlin contributed a cache of stories to the independently published science-fiction anthology Star Reach. Here he developed his ideas of God, death, and infinity, free of the restrictions of mainstream comics publishers' self-censorship arm, the Comics Code Authority. Starlin also drew "The Secret of Skull River", inked by frequent collaborator Al Milgrom, for Savage Tales #5 (July 1974).

When Marvel Comics wished to use the name of Captain Marvel for a new, different character,[citation needed] Starlin was given the rare opportunity to produce a one-shot story in which to kill off a main character. The Death of Captain Marvel became the first graphic novel published by the company itself. (

In the late 1980s, Starlin began working more for DC Comics, writing a number of Batman stories, including the four-issue miniseries Batman: The Cult (Aug.-Nov. 1988), and the storyline "Batman: A Death in the Family", in Batman #426-429 (Dec. 1988 – Jan. 1989), in which Jason Todd, the second of Batman's Robin sidekicks, was killed. The death was decided by fans, as DC Comics set up a hotline for readers to vote on as to whether or not Jason Todd should survive a potentially fatal situation. For DC he created Hardcore Station.

Reviews

[Little Timmy]

While I love comics and the superheroes that fill them sometimes I what something different from the comics. Something written for a more adult taste and not just another save he world fight. Eerie magazine did just that thing. Great stories and art by many of the industries top talent. Unrestrained from the comic code rules they did what they did best and it I’d a great read. Very recommended

[Arlomisty]

This was interesting... a collection of weird, scary tales from old 70's comics... some of the stories were really good, while some were just ok... these were very twilight zone like...