In assessing HoH, media historian David J. Howe notes that: The format that Dez instigated: reviews, photographs, features and news on all aspects of the genre (covering films, television, magazines, books and fan-related happenings) is still with us today.
It had a style and a look all of its own, and the combination of Brian Lewis' covers and John Bolton's comic adaptations made it an essential collector's item for all fans of fantasy artwork.
[7][1] The House of Hammer was again nominated for "Favourite Professional British Comic Publication" at the 1978 Eagle Awards, losing out to Starburst (another Dez Skinn creation).
[8] The magazine lasted till issue #23 (July 1978) before it was abruptly cancelled[1] when Warner Communications sold its publishing division to W. H. Allen & Co., which decided to close the whole operation down.
[13] Skinn had a very specific idea for the kind of comics art he was looking for in the magazine, at first leaning toward Spanish artists like Carlos Ezquerra, Esteban Maroto, Luis Bermejo, Blas Gallego, Pepe González, and Alberto Cuyas.
)[citation needed] But as things evolved, Skinn found UK artists up to the task and most comics in HoH ended up being illustrated by Britons, such as John Bolton, Brian Lewis, Paul Neary, Trevor Goring, and David Jackson.
[11] Issue #6 featured the adaptation of Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966), by Donne Avenell and John Bolton, which included the character of Father Shandor (spelled "Sandor" in the film's credits).
Father Shandor, Demon Stalker, written by Steve Moore, then became a recurring feature in House of Hammer, appearing in issues #8, 16, 21, and 24.
[14] Soon, Bolland was asked to draw Vampire Circus, and he "pile[d] on the gore" for his first Hammer horror adaptation – although he found much of the "blood painted out" in the printed version.
1978) featured a 13-page reprint story, "Frankenstein, The Werewolf, Dracula", by American comics superstar Neal Adams (with inks by Dick Giordano and Terry Austin).
Many of the British creators he brought to Marvel UK to create original material were people he had already worked with on The House of Hammer.
A number of Van Helsing's Terror Tales were reprinted, as were the adaptations of The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires and The Quatermass Xperiment.
Issues #25 and 26 featured the magazine's first adaptation of a non-Hammer Productions Film: Roy Ward Baker's The Monster Club (1981).
The strip was originally produced in 1980 as a promotional tool for the film, and had been published in a publication called The Monster Club magazine.
Titled The Mummy: Palimpsest, the five-issue limited series appeared in late 2016/early 2017, written by Peter Milligan and illustrated by Ronilson Freire.
[22] The company's adaptation of Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter (1974) was a four-issue limited series published from October 2017 to January 2018.