DEVILINA "Devilina Fights Corrupta in...Curse of the Ra Scarab"

Yesterday, we presented the origin tale of Devilina...

...today it's the introduction of the villainess who was supposed to be her arch-nemesis...except the book was cancelled after this issue!

Ric Estrada had some kool ideas, as this cover-featured tale from Atlas/Seaboard's Devilina #2 (1975) proves.
Since he owned the character, did he try to take it to another publisher, as Howard Chaykin did with his Scorpion series (which became Dominic Fortune at Marvel) or Rich Buckler did with his Demon Hunter (who became Devil-Slayer at Marvel and BloodWing at Galaxia Magazine)?
It might have been nice to see his concept fleshed out, but, sadly, it was not to be...
BTW, the cover was George Torjussen's sole comics credit.
He apparently got better at his art as he got older, as you can see HERE.
But he never returned to comics...

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DEVILINA "Devilina: Satan's Domain"

In 1973, Marvel unleashed Satana, the "Daughter of Satan", so Seaboard introduced Devilina, "Satan's Sister"...

...a year later!

Ric Estrada was no stranger to drawing beautiful women or illustrating fantasy, coming off a stint as the ongoing artist on DC's Wonder Woman!

So he seemed ideally-suited to doing another scantily-clad fantasy female!

But, whether it's lack of color, or the fact he was inking himself (which he rarely did elsewhere), Estrada's art comes off as almost primitive, and despite clean storytelling and layout, rather unappealing!

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Devilina is Coming...

OK, that sounds a bit kinky...

...but, while prepping the pages for this blog, we discovered most of the stories in Devilina have nudity!

We're a PG-13 site, don't want to get "walled off" with a warning page, so, we've decided to run the two tales featuring Devilina herself as the protaganist to finish the week.

(There's no nudity)

You'll see them tomorrow and Friday.

BTW, you may note from the house ad above, rendered by Devilina creator/writer/illustrator Ric Estrada, that the book was originally-titled Tales of the Socrceress!

...as this ad by Ernie Colon, who was the primary cover artist for the company at the beginning, attests.

Colon also did this house ad featuring characters from various titles.

Trivia: Devilina was created to compete with Vampirella, but failed after only two issues.

The cover of Devilina's first issue was reused as the cover for the next-to-last issue of Vampirella's original run...

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DEVILINA "Lost Tomb of Nefertiri"

They say a boy's best friend is his mummy...

...especially this one, who gives new meaning to "femme fatale"!

This tale from Atlas/Seaboard's Devilina #1 (1975), written by Gabe Levy and illustrated by Pablo Marcos, is easily as good as anthing Marvel or Warren was doing at the time.
A shame the company only lasted a year...

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DEVILINA "Merchants of Evil!"

Join us for a week-long mini-marathon of never-reprinted horror tales...

...from the short-lived Atlas/Seaboard b/w mag Devilina!

This John (Jonah Hex) Albano-written and Jack Sparling-illustrated story hasn't been seen by American audiences since its' initial publication in Seaboard's Devilina #1 (1975).

Founded by former Marvel Comics publisher Martin Goodman in 1974, Seaboard planed to go head-to-head with Marvel, DC, and Warren in both four-color comics and b/w magazines.

Devilina was a counterpoint to Vampirella, with a title character who had her own adventures and also served as host to an anthology of horror tales.

Unfortunately, in those pre-internet and comic book shop days, the only venues for the books were the classic newsstand/candy store/drugstore comic spinners and magazine racks, which were already overflowing with titles from existing publishers!

A new company without a single well-known character didn't stand a chance, and no Seaboard title lasted more than four issues!

Be here tomorrow for more never-reprinted horror!

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