Tomb of Terror #1 (Marvel – various)

Marvel’s most terrifying monsters star in four tales of harrowing horror! Jack Russell, the Werewolf by Night stalks a killer werewolf in the mountains while searching for a cure that will end his curse. The mal-formed Man-Thing, temporarily in possession of his mind, attempts to save a man from certain death at the hands of racist hunters. And Son of Satan battles a possessed child killer along with the murderous voices in his head. All this and much more in this all-new, all-black-and-white one-shot in the spirit of the Mighty Marvel Magazines of yore, but ALL-NOW in style! Parental Advisory

In the mighty Marvel traditions of yore? doubt it!  Some of the art is reminiscent of the books of my youth… but Marvel hasn’t done horror well in 30 years or more!  Not to mention Marvel hasn’t put out a decent anthology book in a few decades either.  So combine the two – the Marvel horror anthology, and you have something that you know will not taste great together.

The art is decent, but if you are going to do a black and white book, the art needs to be flawless and it’s not.  The story plots here are used and predictable.  And to top it all off, this 48-page spectactular (as per the cover) is about 16 pages short.

The Bottom line:  I’m glad I read this in line at the comic shop, it gave me a chance to put it back!

Grade: D+ – some of the art made a few of these pages redeemable