MONSTER MASHUPS #50

In SALLY FORTH #4-- a reprint of Wally Wood material from some previous decade-- the often-bare naked lady comes across a castle where she meets various classic movie monsters.

There's the Frankensteinian butler, Jeeves.

Then there's an unnamed bandage-victim:

Then there's a vampire whose name makes "Count Chocula" sound classy.

And finally, there's a werewolf and a Guy with a Hairy Paw:

MONSTER MASHUPS #49

"Bat's Tail" spins a short three-page tale of a human victim captured by winged vampires for food. Throughout the vampires keep nattering about a fearsome "beast-man," so guess who the innocent-looking human turns out to be?

Nice Russ Heath art and a predictable Stan Lee "gotcha" script, but this tale is one of the few times a werewolf is seen being the scourge of a whole group of vampires.

RAR #41: BLACK BISON

I recently reread the first appearance of the supervillain Black Bison in the FIRESTORM comic, and he seems as boring now as he did then: just another of Gerry Conway's poorly conceived eco-terrorist bad guys. I don't think anyone ever made anything of the 20th century character, though his 19th-century ancestor appeared to good effect in a Rick Veitch SWAMP THING continuity.