Sirk TV Comic Review: CREEPY #10 [Dark Horse]

Using the anthology structure has always been one of interest especially when it comes to horror because being able to conjure an image and fright fast is always a decisive tricks as is making it last for a much longer section of time. Beware: SPOILERS Ahead! "Creepy Q" does this as well though finding the different ideals ranges in what the narrative is trying to say. The first, "The Lurking Fate That Came To Lovecraft - Part III" shows a self reflexive fate of the writer talking about a creature bent on destroying teh Earth taht coems tfrom the moon but then projects it onto the unbelieving stare of a teen reading on e-book not realizing the fate that is about to befall him. It plays a bit overeaching as the storyline tends to be too self indulgent. "The Strange Case Of Panel Number Six" is an exercise in immersion showing two characters who find out they are part of their own panels but not realizing how it ends. "The Twilight Zone" could elevate the true requirements of this premise."Mint In Package" continues this reflection on the reader. Again, great structure of anthology as this follows a set of toys that are believed by one crazy toymaker to hold the souls of demonic power. Even after the factory that manufactured them was destroyed, some remained. A collector buys them out from under another, only to find that they are fakes while another person is killed by his own carelessness. Back at the comic book store, the true toy takes it revenge. Bookending this with Lovecraft (like Serling) really shows the posibilities (and also what Guierrmo Del Toro was thinking in terms of adaptation)."Runes Of Echpiel" takes simple drawings of what Lovecraft remembers of his haunts around 1900, set to tomes from his diary, simple but more like a sonnet of remembrance. "The Rats In The Walls" tells the story of a man and his family history. After escaping to America in the early 20th Century and prospering despite befalling different hardships, a descendent of an old family returns to his namesake estate only to be riled by the locals to leave. The legend talked about how the Barons of lore, and his great great grandfather by extension, pillaged the land before taking a conquest as his concubine and having children. Most of his offspring were mutated or possesed a killing force to which he attacked his elders. Eventually rats supposedly overcame the estate and forced plague upon the people. As the descendant rebuilds, cats start moving in. When he finds the crypt, he realizes the stories are true but it starts to drive him mad. The art reflects a past coming back to haunt an innocent whose blood runs deep but its overall impact is not as powerful. "The Bane" is a simple ditty told by Sister Creepy to break up the mood since she has to encounter the worst fate of all: a zit."The Illuminations Of Charity Walls" is the best treme but far in this volume simply because it is a tale of caution where people lose their way for sake of love or advancement. A man lives with his wife in the back country searching for gold to his heart's content. His luck dries up until he finds an ancient book written in Latin. His wife, having studied this background, is able to translate the darkness inside but it begins to poison her mind. Her husband simply wants to sell it off but needs to tease the buyers (who are hairy horrible men to her). Her husband is eventually killed trying to hustle cattle. She buries the book with him and yet she wakes up later and it is there. She throws it into the fire and her house explodes. The hairy men return and her skull rests on their shelf. She tried to resist but nothing she could do could change the outcome. "Creepy Q" does show a sense of the macabre in Lovecraft's work but understands that caution is the best advice.C