Skywald Publications was a 1970s publisher of black-and-white comics magazines, primarily the horror anthologies Nightmare, Psycho and Scream, as well as a small line of comic books. The company name was a combination of those of its founders, former Marvel Comics business executive Sol Brodsky ("Sky") and low-budget entrepreneur Israel Waldman ("wald"), whose I.W. Publications (also known as Super Comics) in the late 1950s and early 1960s published unlicensed comic-book reprints for sale through grocery and discount stores. The 1970s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1970 and 1979. ... A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ... This article is about the magazine as a published medium. ... Horror fiction is, broadly, fiction in any medium intended to scare, unsettle or horrify the reader. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... It has been suggested that Felicia (pseudonym) be merged into this article or section. ... Look up Entrepreneur in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Entrepreneur is a loanword from the French language that refers to a person who undertakes and operates a new venture, and assumes some accountability for the inherent risks. ... I.W. Publications was a short lived comic book publisher in the late 1950s and early 1960s. ... // Events and trends This map shows two essential global spheres during the Cold War in 1959. ... The 1960s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... A shop that sells food, either a Supermarket or a much smaller place. ... A discount store is a retail store offering a wide range of products, many branded, at discounted prices. ...

Brodsky, who also served as editor, brought in Al Hewetson — briefly an assistant to Marvel chief Stan Lee and a freelancer for the Warren Publishing horror magazines and others — as a freelance writer. "Archaic Al", as he later jokingly called himsellf in print, quickly became the associate editor, and when Brodsky returned to Marvel after a few months, Hewetson succeeded him as editor. Under Hewetson, the horror magazines attempted a somewhat more literary bent than the twist-ending shockers of early Warren Publishing, the field's leader with such popular titles as Creepy and Eerie. Hewetson called this "the Horror-Mood", and sought to evoke the feel of such writers as Poe, Lovecraft and Kafka. An Editor is a person who prepares text—typically language, but also images and sounds—for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it. ... Stan Lee and his most famous creation, Spider-Man. ... Warren Publishing was a publication company better known for the Warren adult comic magazines which were the major black and white horror magazines from the 1960s through the 1970s. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... Warren Publishing was a publication company better known for the Warren adult comic magazines which were the major black and white horror magazines from the 1960s through the 1970s. ... This daguerreotype of Poe was taken less than a year before his death at the age of 40. ... H. P. Lovecraft Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890–March 15, 1937) was an American author of fantasy and horror fiction, noted for giving horror stories a science fiction framework. ... Kafka redirects here. ...

Skywald also produced two issues of the magazine Hell-Rider, featuring a vigilante motorcyclist with a flame thrower-equipped bike. The character was created by Gary Friedrich, who would go on to co-create the Marvel motorcyclist Ghost Rider. Another two-issue title, The Crime Machine, consisted solely of comic-book crime fiction reprints from the 1950s. A remaining title, Science Fiction Odyssey, was planned for September 1971 publication, but withdrawn; some of its stories eventually appeared in the horror magazines. German troops use a flamethrower on the Eastern Front during the Second World War A flamethrower is a mechanical device designed to throw flames or, more correctly, project an ignited stream of liquid. ... Gary Friedrich is an American comic book writer best known for his Silver Age stories for Marvel Comics Sgt. ... Ghost Rider is the name of several comic book series published by Marvel Comics, and of several characters in the Marvel Universe. ... Crime Fiction (2006), a feature-length independent film, tracks the rise and fall of struggling crime novelist James Cooper. ... // Events and trends This map shows two essential global spheres during the Cold War in 1959. ...

Comics professionals who produced work for the Skywald magazines include writers Gerry Conway, Steve Englehart , Gardner Fox, Doug Moench, Dave Sim, Len Wein, and Marv Wolfman, and artists Ross Andru, Rich Buckler, Vince Colletta, Mike Esposito, Bill Everett, Bruce Jones, Pablo Marcos, Syd Shores, Chic Stone, and Tom Sutton. Many who also contributed to rival Warren employed pseduonyms. Cover of Amazing Spider-Man #136 which was written by Conway. ... Steve Englehart (April 22, 1947 - ) is an American comic book writer, known for his work for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, particularly in the 1970s. ... Gardner Francis Fox (May 20, 1911, Brooklyn, New York – December 24, 1986) was an American writer best known for writing comic books and co-creating numerous comics characters, especially for DC Comics. ... Doug Moench, born February 23, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois, is a comic book writer. ... Dave Sim (born May 17, 1956 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian comic book writer and artist, best known as the creator of the 6,000 page graphic novel Cerebus the Aardvark. ... Len Wein (June 12, 1948 - ) is an American comic book writer and editor. ... Cover to Crisis on Infinite Earths #1, which was written by Wolfman. ... Cover of The Amazing Spider-Man #136 pencilled by Andru. ... Cover to Daredevil #131. ... Vince Colletta (born Oct. ... Mike Esposito is the name of A comic book artist, writer and publisher, see Mike Esposito (comics artist) A lead guitarist for the rock music group Blues Magoos A pitcher for the minor league baseball team the Colorado Springs Sky Sox This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages... Bill Everett (May 18, 1917 – February 27, 1973) was a comic book writer/illustrator most famous for the creation of Namor the Sub-Mariner and co-creating Daredevil for Marvel Comics. ... Bruce Jones (born 24 January 1953, Collyhurst, Manchester) is a British actor best known for his role as cab driver Les Battersby in Coronation Street. ... Syd Shores (born 1916, died March 6, 1973) is an American comic book artist known for his work on Captain America in both during the 1940s Golden Age of comic books and the 1960s Silver Age. ... Chic Stone was an American comic book artist (born Jan. ... Tom Sutton (April 15, 1937- May 2002), a. ... A pseudonym (Greek: false name) is a fictitious name used by an individual as an alternative to his or her legal name. ...

Comic-book line

The short-lived, color comic-book line, edited by Brodsky, was comprised of the Western titles Blazing Six-Guns, The Bravados, Butch Cassidy, The Sundance Kid, and Wild Western Action; the romance title Tender Love Stories; the horror series The Heap; and Jungle Adventures. These each were combinations of new material and reprints. Contributors, in addition to some of those noted above, include Dick Ayers, Mike Friedrich, Jack Katz, John Severin, and John Tartaglione. Notably, The Sundance Kid #1-2 (June-July 1971) contained Jack Kirby Western reprints from Bullseye #2-3 (Oct. & Dec. 1954). Western fiction is a genre of literature that is typically set in any of the American states west of the Mississippi River and between the years of approximately 1860 and 1900. ... This article refers to the wide variety of writing called romantic. For literature from the European Romantic movement of the 18th and 19th centuries, see Romanticism: Art and Literature. ... Horror fiction is, broadly, fiction in any medium intended to scare, unsettle or horrify the reader. ... Richard Dick Ayers is a comic book artist and cartoonist, born April 28th, 1924, in Ossining, New York. ... Mike Friedrich is an American comic book writer and publisher best known for his work at Marvel and DC Comics, and for publishing the anthology series Star*Reach one of the first independent comics. ... John Severin is an American comic book artist most noted for working on the EC Comics line of comic books -- primarily on Two-Fisted Tales and Frontline Combat, the companys war comics. ... Cover, The Life of Pope John Paul II, art by John Tartaglione (at right) and Joe Sinnott John Tartaglione (born 19 January 1921; died 12 November 2003), a. ... The Fantastic Four, one of Kirbys most famous co-creations. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

None of the comics lasted more than three issues.

Skywald's end

Skywald's first publication was Nightmare #1 (Dec. 1970). The company lasted through the end of 1974 or early 1975, with Psycho #24 (March 1975) its final publication. 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...

Hewetson, in an interview given shortly before his death of a heart attack on Jan. 6, 2004, asserted the demise of Skywald was caused by

...Marvel's distributor. Our issues were selling well, and some sold out. Such returns as we received were shipped overseas, mainly to England, where they sold out completely. ... When Marvel entered the game with countless [black-and-white horror] titles gutting [sic] the newsstand, their distributor was so powerful they denied Skywald access to all but the very largest newsstands, so our presence was minimal and fans and readers simply couldn't find us. ... The Waldmans [Israel and business manager Hershel Waldman] and I had a business lunch with our distributor in the fall of '74 and we were given very specific information about the state of affairs on the newsstands — which had nothing to do with Warren's or Skywald’s solid readership base [1].

References

• The Complete Skywald Checklist
• The Skywald Magazines
• Oddball Comics: Wambi (The Jungle Boy) RE: unlicensed Waldman reprints
• Don Markstein's Toonpedia: Super Rabbit RE: unlicensed Waldman reprints
• Wildwood Cemetery: The Spirit Database RE: unlicensed Waldman reprints
• Skywald! The Complete Illustrated History of the Horror-Mood by Alan Hewetson (2004) ISBN 1900486377 (offline)