Eerie #12 - A Warren Magazine (1967)

Summary & Highlights

• “The Masque of the Red Death” adaptation is one of the standout stories: a classic Edgar Allan Poe tale brought into comic form — likely retains themes of inescapable mortality, decadence, and horror.

• “…Nor Custom, Stale…” is an original (or semi‑original) story likely by Johnny Craig (who often wrote and drew his tales). In Eerie #12, this story is among the more remembered pieces. 

• The anthology format means there’s a variety of horror subgenres in this issue — from adaptations of classic horror to original supernatural or psychological horror stories (e.g. vampires, spectral masters, escapes).

• The “Monster Gallery / Zombies!” likely provides a visual showcase or gallery of monstrous imagery (a regular kind of feature in these horror magazines). 

• The art and style in this era of Eerie tend toward moody, dramatic black-and-white illustration, with strong contrast, expressive shadows, and somewhat surreal or gothic imagery. (Typical of Warren’s horror magazines.)

• Because Eerie is a magazine (not bound by the Comics Code), its stories can be more graphic, macabre, or mature than mainstream comics of the time.

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