Horror Magazines of the 1970's

I was a Horror Kid from the 1970's.  You know the type.  Frankenstein poster on the wall.  Dracula comic book in his school desk.  My family didn't go to Disney movies at the theater.  We saw Hammer Horror movies at the Drive In on $5 carload night.  We would load all 6,7, or 8 kids depending on what year in the station wagon with 2 buckets of Kentucky Fried Chicken and 6 of the huge glass 32 ounce bottles of Coca Cola all hidden on the floorboards with blankets.  We we would get there long before sundown and play on the playground near the giant screens to get out all of our energy before the show started.

Then in the spring of 1978, I discovered Vampirella.

Issue 69 to be specific.  Wow.  I never knew Horror could feel like that.  Or LOOK like that!  Then later I would add Eerie and Creepy and even the Famous Monsters magazines to my collection.  But Vampirella, she was always my true love.