Creepy #87

Creepy #87 was published by Warren Publishing in March 1977 during the magazine's long-running tenure as the preeminent American horror comics anthology. By the late 1970s, the title had moved past its initial black-and-white experimental phase into a period characterized by increasingly sophisticated storytelling and diverse artistic styles that pushed the boundaries of the Comics Code Authority, which the magazine avoided by publishing in a standard magazine format.

The cover art for this issue was produced by Sanjulian, a Spanish artist whose lush, atmospheric paintings became synonymous with the visual identity of Warren magazines. His approach favored a dramatic, painterly aesthetic that leaned into gothic romanticism rather than simple shock value, a stylistic choice that helped define the sophisticated, pulp-horror tone Warren sought to cultivate for its mature readership throughout the mid-1970s.