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Tower of Shadows #5 (1970) story page 4: To face a wizard (Wally Wood)

Location: DC 1960s-70s pages
Artist: Wally Wood (All)

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Vampirella Annual 1972
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Location: DC 1960s-70s pages
Title: Tower of Shadows #5 (1970) story page 4: To face a wizard (Wally Wood)*
Artist:  Wally Wood (All)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Interior Page
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 176
Likes on CAF: 13
Comments: 11
Added to Site: 1/17/2026

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For extensive discussion of the backstory behind this page (written, penciled, and inked all by Wood), and its personal significance to me, see my entry for the previous page, on which our hero gets his assignment, a cool sword, and a lovely fairy-girl for a companion. I got that page first. Now I have this following page too!

On thise page, Johnny and Princess Yrill being their adventure, with dangers immediately besetting them. It has nine panels across three tiers, but not the usual nine-panel grid that one would expect.

Wood liked this "grasping hands from the ground" idea so much that he recycled it for the story "The Curse" in the 1972 Vampirella Annual; see additional images.

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Marcus Wai Member Since 2005
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Posted On 1/17/2026

Wood at the height of his powers!  He would return to the fantasy genre a decade later, but was never as good as he is here.

Miki Annamanthadoo Member Since 2003
1    
Posted On 1/17/2026

Wonderful that you found another page from this story!

* bronze-is-gold Member Since 2007
1    
Posted On 1/17/2026

Great page!!!

Matt Kennedy Member Since 2014
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Posted On 1/17/2026

Tower of Shadows was on of my favorite anthology series of that era. The talent each issue was always too notch. That tall panel lower left is classic Wally Wood.

Kavi H Member Since 2018
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Posted On 1/17/2026

Having Sequential/Consecutive pages from Wally's Tower of Shadows is quite the collecting achivement, and the art is just so damn good! Panels 4, 5, and 6 especially wow! Two mighty fine pages, congrats!

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Posted On 1/17/2026

well done buddy 

Mark Howland Member Since 2004
1    
Posted On 1/17/2026

Wood on Wood = a Winner.

Carlo M Member Since 2006
1    
Posted On 1/18/2026

This is so Wood!  Great pickup

Mark Yanko Member Since 2009
1    
Posted On 1/19/2026

Aw, yeah. 100% with you here on the magnificence of this art page and this memorable story. An adolescent high point in comics reading for me as well. Big congrats!

Paul Roach Member Since 2014
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Posted On 1/19/2026

Fabulous art! It always amazes me that Wood could depict a villain that is comically cartoony and quite spookily nasty at the same time. I love the earth creatures emerging from the ground, and the composition in that final panel is brilliant too.

Lee Harmon Member Since 2020
Posted On 1/19/2026

What a great story from the great Wally Wood. Always one of my favorites. Showcases so much of his talent. Congratulations on landing this gem and hope to see in person one day during your travels!
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