The character was created by Gary Friedrich (who would go on to co-create the Marvel motorcyclist Ghost Rider) with artists Ross Andru (penciler) and Mike Esposito (inker).
1971), featuring a vigilante motorcyclist with a flamethrower-equipped bike. Skywald also produced two issues of the magazine Hell-Rider (Aug. Future industry star John Byrne published his first professional story, a two-pager written by editor Hewetson, in Skywald's Nightmare #20 (August 1974). Many who also contributed to rival Warren employed pseudonyms. Casey Brennan, Gerry Conway, Steve Englehart, Gardner Fox, Doug Moench, Dave Sim, Len Wein, and Marv Wolfman, and artists Rich Buckler, Gene Day, Vince Colletta, Bill Everett, Bruce Jones, Pablo Marcos, Syd Shores, Chic Stone, and Tom Sutton. Lovecraft and Kafka.Ĭomics professionals who produced work for the Skywald magazines include writers T. Hewetson called this "the Horror-Mood", and sought to evoke the feel of such writers as Poe, H. 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. "Archaic Al", as he later jokingly called himself in print, quickly became the associate editor, and when Brodsky returned to Marvel after a few months, Hewetson succeeded him as editor. Skywald was based in New York City.īrodsky, 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. Publications (also known as Super Comics) in the late 1950s and early 1960s published comic book reprints for sale through grocery and discount stores. The company name is a combination of those of its founders, former Marvel Comics production manager Sol Brodsky ("Sky") and low-budget entrepreneur Israel Waldman ("wald"), whose I. Nightmare published 23 issues and Scream put out 11 issues. The company lasted through the end of 1974 or early 1975, with Psycho #24 (March 1975) its final publication.
Skywald's first publication was Nightmare #1 (Dec.
It also published a small line of comic books and other magazines.
Skywald Publications was a 1970s publisher of black-and-white comics magazines, primarily the horror anthologies Nightmare, Psycho, and Scream.
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