Wednesday 18 May 2011

My Life's Blood Is Yours


It's my birthday today, so here is probably my favourite magazine of all time, or at least the one I love the most. 'House Of Hammer' Number 17 came out in February 1978, but I didn't pick one up until Easter when my family and I went to Kessingland in Suffolk (a regular destination) for a very wet weekend in a ridiculously small caravan. I'd read it about a thousand times before we got home.

Aged 9, I found the 'Vampire Circus' adaptation endlessly involving, mainly because it was incredibly violent and I thought the artwork, by Brian Bolland, was brilliant. CHONK!
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7 comments:

  1. Fearlono18 May 2011 at 10:31

    Happy birthday !

    It's my birthday tomorrow, and I also love this magazine (and this issue in particular, which I still treasure).
    I have early memories of taking the Twins Of Evil adaptation with me whenever my parents took me out in the car, and also the Horror Of Dracula comic strip. Whenever I re-read these, it's amazing how many panels from each strip have been indelibly burned into my brain, despite retaining almost nothing that I was taught at school. I think it's a case of priorities.

    Best wishes to you.

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  2. dispo18 May 2011 at 15:57

    Happy birthday!
    It's my birthday the day after tomorrow... And I would have loved this magazine, if I were allowed violent comics, aged 9. Had borrowed one from a friend once, caused trouble.

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  3. Keith Seatman18 May 2011 at 17:16

    Happy Birthday Mr Wittering. HoH was awsome. I have most of them, but missing a few good ones. My favs are Vampire Circus and Captain Kronos.
    It all went a bit odd name wise House of Hammer to House of Horror to Halls of Horror. Mine stop at number 23 was there anymore after that???

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  4. Between Channels18 May 2011 at 23:05

    Happy Birthday! I hope there's an accurately-rendered Thorley Walters in that strip.

    And Happy Birthday to Andrew and dispo as well.

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  5. vic mars19 May 2011 at 13:21

    Happy Birthday!
    I had some sort of Dracula annual for christmas once with similar comic adaptions, wondering if they were lifted from this?
    Think the Twins of Evil was in there.

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  6. Fearlono19 May 2011 at 16:43

    vic mars; you're spot on, it was Dracula's Spinechillers Annual

    you can download a scanned copy from here:

    http://cosmobells.blogspot.com/2008/07/draculas-spinechillers-annual-1982.html?zx=5cf083c41eefe793

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  7. Paul Bareham19 May 2011 at 21:37

    Thanks for the kind words, gents, much appreciated. Fearlono, happy birthday for today; Dispo, same for tomorrow. Cheers, Paul.

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