And now a rambling and too brief review of "Grendel: Devil By Deed" by Matt Wagner, in which Wagner remains his criminal creation into one of the more iconic comic book characters in recent years.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "Goldfish" by Brian Michael Bendis, his 1994 crime story that showed not only his early writing talents but his gifts as an artist as well.

And  now a rambling and too brief review of "Tales From the Crypt", the classic EC Comic from the 1950's that is probably THE creepy classic of comic books.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "Saga of the Swamp Thing" by Alan Moore, in which the legendary writer gave the definitive revamp of the DC character.

And now a rambling and too brief review of the 1994 "Hellboy: Seed of Destruction" by Mike Mignola, which introduced his classic character to comic books.

And now the first in a series of 'Creepy Classics', highlighting classic comic books with a horror bend.  First off is a rambling and too brief review of "The Goon" by Eric Powell, one of the best horror/comedies on the stands.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "Ghost in the Shell", both the iconic manga and anime film.

And now a rambling and too brief review of Bill Willingham's "Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall", a one-off trade that is the 'Fables' take on 'Arabian Nights'.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "The New Fantastic Four" by Walt Simonson & Arthur Adams, which first appeared in "Fantastic Four" #347-349 in 1990, in which Ghost Rider, Spider-Man, the Hulk and Wolverine replace the classic team.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "Elektra: Assassin" by Frank Miller and Bill Sienkiewicz, a mini-series in which the titular assassin tries to stop a nuclear all while dealing with SHIELD and demons.