Bernie Wrightson I'll be Damned #4 (1971)
Artist: Bernie Wrightson (All)
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panel 2 close-up
Unused alternative panels #1 and #2.
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DescriptionWrightson's "Out on a Limb" p.2 from I'll be Damned #4 (1971) and reprinted in Mother of Pearl Publishing Company's The Mutants (1980) Huge 15" x 19" image area! Originally Intended for Web of horror #4 After Bisson quit as editor to join a commune, Wrightson and Bruce Jones convinced Robert Sproul to let them become the new editors. With a 4th Web of Horror issue assembled, they discovered Sproul gone to Florida along with much of the art and stories intended for the issue. Frank Brunner claiming to be the new editor, bluffed his way into Sproul's office and rescued a good amount of the stories. Based on Wrightson's never-published cover for Web of Horror #4, it would seem "Out on a Limb" or was it to be "One too Many" was originally intended for that magazine. It would go on to be published in I'll be Damned #4 (January 1971), then reprinted in The Mutants, The Reaper of Love, and a butchered version in Hammer's House of Horror #21. I do not own but have attached images of the following 4 pages so you can read the complete story. Also, I have included a high res crop of panels 2 and 6. Enjoy! Much of the information here was collected from both the Fantasy Ink and Cracking the Splines blogspots. Social/Sharing |
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Jerry C. 
Member Since 2009
Posted on 11/23/2014
Proud to comment this wonderful and wild page! We all need a Wrightson page! Big congrats.
Al Simpleton
Member Since 2013
Posted on 11/23/2014
Great vintage Wrightson page and wonderful story! Congrats!
David K
Member Since 2008
Posted on 11/23/2014
Al Simpleton wrote:
Great vintage Wrightson page and wonderful story! Congrats!Thanks Al! I sure thought it was fascinating how close this story was to being lost and maybe forever.
Filmore W. Bedwick
Member Since 2003
Posted on 11/23/2014
Vintage Wrightson creepiness!!!!! Great. Creepy story to match!!!
Paul P Spiderversity
Member Since 2011
Posted on 11/23/2014
Congrats on this fantastic addition to your collection!
Jeff Singh
Member Since 2004
Posted on 11/24/2014
This is a great page showcasing Wrightson's talent. Great pick up. Thank you for the additional images, it is enlightening to be able to put the page in to the context of a story.
David K
Member Since 2008
Posted on 11/24/2014
Jeff Singh wrote:
This is a great page showcasing Wrightson's talent. Great pick up. Thank you for the additional images, it is enlightening to be able to put the page in to the context of a story.Thanks Jeff! So glad you enjoyed seeing the whole story.
Rafa Amat
Member Since 2008
Posted on 11/25/2014
GREAT story! GREAT page! Congrats, David!! Now you know what it means to own a(nother) masterpiece!!!
Steve W
Member Since 2005
Posted on 2/8/2015
A beautiful page, with an EXCELLENT presentation here adding the supporting images & information.
David K
Member Since 2008
Posted on 2/8/2015
Steve W wrote:
A beautiful page, with an EXCELLENT presentation here adding the supporting images & information.Thanks Steve! So glad you enjoyed it. Really is fascinating stuff.
Mark Howland
Member Since 2004
Posted on 3/1/2015
I'm having trouble getting past the first two panels: fantastic inking!
Sean Clarke
Member Since 2005
Posted on 6/24/2015
Really, really nice indeed. Wrightson's brushwork is to die for! Man, I have to find an example of his jaw-dropping inking some day!
Matthias .
Member Since 2014
Posted on 1/10/2016
Very nice moody page! BW is like an old master. I love his drawings, the inked pages give me a different, yet still wonderful, feeling.
Mark Yanko
Member Since 2009
Posted on 6/11/2018
I've always dug this story, and wondered if the similarity of the conclusion to the unpublished Angelo Torres SF story that closes the Nostalgia Press EC book was sheer coincidence, or if Berni had somehow seen the story before he did this strip, as unlikely as it seems. Truly an original and uniquely creepy story that would have been at home in any EC horror title. Inks are to die for here!
David K
Member Since 2008
Posted on 6/12/2018
Mark Yanko wrote:
I've always dug this story, and wondered if the similarity of the conclusion to the unpublished Angelo Torres SF story that closes the Nostalgia Press EC book was sheer coincidence, or if Berni had somehow seen the story before he did this strip, as unlikely as it seems. Truly an original and uniquely creepy story that would have been at home in any EC horror title. Inks are to die for here!
Thank you for the comments on this and my Starr strip! Don't think I'm familiar with the Torres story, I'll have to see if I can find it. Thanks!
artless artmore
Member Since 2013
Posted on 7/3/2018
A memorable page from a classic early Wrightson story! Fantastic brushwork in this
M,B The collector
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 10/6/2018
Maravillosa pagina !!! lo felicito !!!!!!!
Marvelman Excelsior
Member Since 2011
1 - Posted on 3/15/2019
Always such a pleasure to come across an unseen Wrightson gem. Amazing page!
Keith Becker
Member Since 2018
1 - Posted on 4/27/2019
Man that’s a sweet page. The story behind it is super cool too!
Bill J
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 8/28/2020
Great Wrightson art and great background story as well! I love this page, especially the top two panels! Congrats!
Mark Howland
Member Since 2004
1 - Posted on 11/22/2020
I love the idea of Brunner going into the office to get the art. Great backstory to compliment a great piece of art.. Thank you!
Julien K
Member Since 2017
1 - Posted on 10/31/2021
amazing piece and story behind it, thanks for including the other story pages!
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