Dr. Law, Fantasy Hero

Let's continue looking at some of the old fanzine comics. Today we've got 1964's Dr. Law from the 4th and final issue of Bill Dubay's short lived Fantasy Hero zine. Dubay, of course, went on to be a major presence at Warren as a writer, artist and editor on their big three titles - Creepy, Eerie, and Vampirella.  Not to mention scripter of the odd little Spirit/Vampirella cross-over and game maker for Warren, too.
Back in '64 he was one of the new kids taking advantage of access to mimeographic tech to produce his own fanzine while learning the ropes and building his skills -

Here's the cover to that issue of Fantasy Hero -

A very cool feature in that issue was a visit to the DC comics offices, with creator portraits by Duby:

Extra Bonus!
Almost a decade later, after Bill turned pro and started working at Warren, he provided a couple of pages to the New York Comic Art Convention program books for 1972 and 1973 offering a little perspective on his new situation -

TMT Un-Comics Revisited

Every now and again The Monster Times would run a comic longer than their usual 2-pagers.

The first time was quite early on, but they actually broke it into two 2-page parts in issues 4 & 5. Jeff Jones' classic styled art was given the centerfold spot usually reserved for the poster in the fourth issue, providing a bit of colour for part one, with the usual black & white for part two -

UPDATE: Steven Thompson posits in the comments that Jones may likely have been using Berni Wrightson as a model for the artwork in the story above. I'm inclined to agree with him. Here's a photo of Wrightson from back about that time so that you might draw your own conclusions:

Tom Sutton's Rat! the longest single tale i can recall; from Issue 23 - a whole 7 pages. Actually quite extravagant for a 40 page newspaper.

Curiously, though the strip is signed Sutton & Flynn, no one named Flynn is ever mentioned nor listed among the contributing artists.
UPDATE: D.D.Degg informs us that the inker was later identified as Peter A. Flynn. (See comments on this post for further details) Thanks for the info, DDD!

TMT lasted fewer than 50 issues, but they produced a lot of comics during that time.

pages by Jeff Jones and Tom Sutton for The Monster Times #s 4, 5, & 23 (1972, 1973)

Forget Rolling Stone & The Music City News...

...I want my face on the cover of The Monster Times!

Why? Here's the first 3 dozen covers so you can see what a geek paradise it was...

Yeah, we'll be going inside. But if you can't wait, you could pop on over to Frederick's My Star Trek Scrapbook for a look inside their second Star Trek special. (Thanks again for reminding me of TMT's existence!)

covers from The Monster Times #s 1-36 (1971-1974)