Dark Shadows (Gold Key Comics)

[Will Dockery]

The Gold Key Dark Shadows was so weird and perplexing to regular
followers of the show at the time, it was almost as if the writers &
artists didn't even watch the television version! This was also true
of the paperback novels, but they were fun, and I remember looking at
them as another alternate universe of Collinwood, which the official
series often went into, anyhow...

This story comes from Dark Shadows No. 30, February 1975. The cover
was painted by George Wilson. The fine script is Arnold Drake, and the
art is Joe Certa:

http://www.goldkeystories.com/2009/12/dark-shadows-weekend-witch-hunters.html

[Will Dockery]

The Gold Key Dark Shadows was so weird and perplexing to regular

Post by Will Dockery
followers of the show at the time, it was almost as if the writers &
artists didn't even watch the television version! This was also true
of the paperback novels, but they were fun, and I remember looking at
them as another alternate universe of Collinwood, which the official
series often went into, anyhow...

http://www.goldkeystories.com/2010/09/dark-shadows-creatures-in-torment.html

DARK SHADOWS - "Creatures in Torment" comes from Dark Shadows No. 9,
May 1971

[Kishin]

Post by Will Dockery
The Gold Key Dark Shadows was so weird and perplexing to regular
followers of the show at the time, it was almost as if the writers&
artists didn't even watch the television version! This was also true
of the paperback novels, but they were fun, and I remember looking at
them as another alternate universe of Collinwood, which the official
series often went into, anyhow...
This story comes from Dark Shadows No. 30, February 1975. The cover
was painted by George Wilson. The fine script is Arnold Drake, and the
http://www.goldkeystories.com/2009/12/dark-shadows-weekend-witch-hunters.html

Thanks for posting that! I've never read a DS comic before. I can't say
I feel like I missed much, but it was interesting none-the-less.

--

Kishin

[Wiseguy]

Post by Kishin

Post by Will Dockery
The Gold Key Dark Shadows was so weird and perplexing to regular
followers of the show at the time, it was almost as if the writers&
artists didn't even watch the television version! This was also true
of the paperback novels, but they were fun, and I remember looking at
them as another alternate universe of Collinwood, which the official
series often went into, anyhow...
This story comes from Dark Shadows No. 30, February 1975. The cover
was painted by George Wilson. The fine script is Arnold Drake, and
http://www.goldkeystories.com/2009/12/dark-shadows-weekend-witch-hunte
rs.html

Thanks for posting that! I've never read a DS comic before. I can't
say I feel like I missed much, but it was interesting none-the-less.
--
Kishin

I remember buying one (a full pic of Barnabas was on the cover with a red
background, with a story with Angelique) but it didn't seem to make an
impression on me since I never attempted to get another

[Will Dockery]

Post by Wiseguy

Post by Will Dockery
The Gold Key Dark Shadows was so weird and perplexing to regular

Post by Will Dockery
followers of the show at the time, it was almost as if the writers&
artists didn't even watch the television version! This was also true
of the paperback novels, but they were fun, and I remember looking at
them as another alternate universe of Collinwood, which the official
series often went into, anyhow...
This story comes from Dark Shadows No. 30, February 1975. The cover
was painted by George Wilson. The fine script is Arnold Drake, and

http://www.goldkeystories.com/2009/12/dark-shadows-weekend-witch-hunters.html

Post by Wiseguy

Post by Will Dockery
Thanks for posting that! I've never read a DS comic before. I can't
say I feel like I missed much, but it was interesting none-the-less.
--
Kishin

I remember buying one (a full pic of Barnabas was on the cover with a red
background, with a story with Angelique) but it didn't seem to make an
impression on me since I never attempted to get another

I was a really big fan of the DS series, even my grandmother loved
Barnabas!

So, when I spotted the comic you mention (or one of those, the first
5-6 covers featured photos of Barnabas to lure the fans in better,
later switched to paintings that barely looked anything like Frid &
friends) I had to have it, and was really weirded out by the really
off-the-wall version of the Collinwood scene it presented, in both
sotory and art. But I kept buying them, as they only put out like four
a year.

Interestingly, when DS was cancelled (1971?) the comix kept coming out
for another 6-7 years!

--
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