Kolchak: The Night Stalker Chronicles

    (Moonstone, 2005)
™ and © Moonstone
Text anthology - not comics

Jeff Rice finished his story about a reporter in modern day Las Vegas hunting a vampire back in October of 1970. Richard Matheson adapted it as a television screenplay and on January 11 of 1972, The Night Stalker leaped at audiences from their TV’s and began a short lived video history which included a sequel (The Night Strangler) and a one season classic program for 1974, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, all staring Darren McGavin who brought a distinctive look and feel to reporter Carl Kolchak that has endeared him to viewers over the years. The show lasted only one season.

Yet the twenty first century has seen a resurgence of things Kolchak, including several related comic book titles from Moonstone and a very short lived remake of the series for 2005 television audiences. Never one to pass up a good thing, Moonstone has now published a series of short stories in a trade paperback format dealing with the mystery hunting adventures of our old friend Carl. Various authors take their swing at creating a good Kolchak story, all under the editorship of Joe Gentile, Garrett Anderson, and Lori Gentile. For Night Stalker fans, this is a rare treasury of tales and worth the price of admission.

— Ron Black

			Notes	Writer	Artist
	TPB Date:  Cover Price:  $18.95 NM Guide Price:  $18.00 No copies available	Painted cover	Collection of 26 text short stories and spot illustrations; 336 pages	Frank Spotnitz, C.J. Henderson, Fred Van Lente, P.N. Elrod, Steven Grant, James W. Bates, Clay Griffith, Susan Griffith, Mike W. Barr, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Richard Valley, Chuck Dixon, Mark Leiran-Young, James A. Kuhoric, Mark Dawidziak, Dave Ulanski, Peter David, Elaine Bergstrom, Robert Weinberg, Martin Powell, Brett Matthews, Jason Henderson, Adisakdi Tantimedh, Ed Gorman, Richard Dean Starr, Lou Aguilar, Joe Gentile, Gary Phillips, Max Allan Collins	Dave Aikins, Andy Bennett, Chris Burnham, Walter Figueroa, Ron Frenz, Bill Halliar, Don Hudson, Doug Kaluba, Scott LeMein, Patrick Olliffe, Dave Ulanski, Keith Williams
	TPB - 2nd printing Date:  Cover Price:  $18.95 NM Guide Price:  $18.95 No copies available	New blurb on cover	Collection of 26 new text stories and spot illustrations; 336 pages	Frank Spotnitz, C.J. Henderson, Fred Van Lente, P.N. Elrod, Steven Grant, James W. Bates, Clay Griffith, Susan Griffith, Mike W. Barr, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Richard Valley, Chuck Dixon, Mark Leiran-Young, James A. Kuhoric, Mark Dawidziak, Dave Ulanski, Peter David, Elaine Bergstrom, Robert Weinberg, Martin Powell, Brett Matthews, Jason Henderson, Adisakdi Tantimedh, Ed Gorman, Richard Dean Starr, Lou Aguilar, Joe Gentile, Gary Phillips, Max Allan Collins	Dave Aikins, Andy Bennett, Chris Burnham, Walter Figueroa, Ron Frenz, Bill Halliar, Don Hudson, Doug Kaluba, Scott LeMein, Patrick Olliffe, Dave Ulanski, Keith Williams