| Plus néver-before-published eee ean Pit eres i te| Pa eTeo it’s the crazed satire of HOWARD THE DUCK, a sentient fowl from another dimension, trapped in the lunatic world of human beings. Te Ce ea ae ORC Eee cul) De (stud bucks ORCC ee Erg ‘the spells oF sorcerers In a savage antediluvean world. Cree er eee UE RRC Pee eM eee Re um te Ctra err De at me Cb Etats Oe ae SCR le eeWritten & produced for Marvel Comics by STEVE GERBER CONTENTS Kiss and Tell (aneditorial ...................0. 4 ABrief Blography of Dr.Doom ................ 6 KISS Comics (Part One) A blind barbarian, an anclent curse, a mystic metamorphosis, and FANE Cocca oe, Blood on the Plates: a true-life heavy-metal ? gothic none Where No Band Has Tread Before: A Kiss History, complete with discography ...... 36 KISS Comics (Part Two) Bubbling brimstone, a deadly disco, and Dr. DoOM!..........:.:.0.0.. 43 ‘SEAN DELANEY Creative Consultant ALLEN MILGROM Embellisher MARIE SEVERIN colorist: JOHM COSTANZAInsige Dope And Editorial ‘Opinion By Steve Gerber ons and AUCOIN. Management— excellent’ Mexican y Azan Miller, WG OES Beatles generation aversion t0 ov lout Magic in enerat and heave at SU Lots Ub Sure ue Mh why "Py pci to niankcer Pret ‘Ne pore at ally writers ane Terribly busy people. so buy, ana so. hy SNMESNED fr ther awn create 2 5 NET TO RED Up ‘Side world OF even rock’“Frohexe* Anes after awrite Sige espinght, TROQCKEM 25 amy Sane person would fae Istarted dancing Terawenengy “owcter” Fag were Fiensed From mw -COnSCOUSAESS by Tne sheer en: thus of the group wnermenes, Tier OUUTEReR GUL Nighy orofes Sonal Stowrranstn, and their uncer ADE ragKOTT WIEN the aUMENKE, mi 3 word, was fiopken. Later, | eames that the kes 7a ‘tartec thinking of thegroup inal caps ONG Niet COSTUMES were inenAred Dy those Of the Marvel supemernes. ‘Gene Sammons Pao teen 3 comics fan for most oF Nis fe, an aspiring artist ano ‘snter wre evenipubished a cor ie of "fanzines” (Mats acontraction of "Yan maganne”, and it cenates a Magacnepubtnedy comics farstor nother fares The rock gress had even eGun referring 1 the gfcun as “rusics new Superheroes” Ad fa it herent potential sorviines were be: ‘gnning toemense and coaiesce. ‘That wasalmost a year 290. For months, wile rumors aredsoecur lation crodated in the press, the 55 ‘Comics prayect seemed to Be dormant. Everyone NarKEd TOE Ho one Could ‘gabe decise Gnwhen or how ipecusied my_tene with writing HOWARD THE OUCK and attencing innumerable mmeenngs—with Alan Miler to discuss promotion, with Sean Delaney, 186s ‘creative ard scintual achésor and fuk ‘ume crazy person, fo fale plot, with ‘Star bbe and pal Aucten to deseuss the Siate of the unheoree in generat ata took So long You doeE wane to leno, bettve me. Suffice to It Eo. sty (That the pronosed muaget fd drawn un for KES made it the angle most expensive priyect Mearal hal viet un ‘dertacen, Stan, BF, Alan, Sean. and tall Ag@EG On Cre pee, AC IEAET: IF we were gonna doit, we wern gern a i Night. mesnad iobemore mang oom book, ft had to be anevent, and, mn: PODESE as ING May’ SOUR, a Work Of at ‘Then, at last, lust prior ta Chrestmas, “7eCome the proverbal "bresktiwcUgn negotiations * he were 1250 C0 7081 And Suakserty vsti Mac languished fcr monIENS wes transformed into a RACE Sagpairet Time. a guet po the death witty ‘the (Creaced Destine: Doome As these ncrvsare written Fetruany73,theday after 055% tumenal SRO. cate at Madison Square Garden, artist Aish ‘weiss and | are sweating, OesaLe Te ther con outdoors, tp resay te Mmaganne for Ws June release POT nately, I onky requires a daily Invest: Ment OF tarenty-four hours Why The big USN? gi, you OORT ‘want to know, Chiaie up tp the fr Tnicacies OF magazine ortauction anc isrreurion. And jer’s change te sun ect. WAT ngerE soe asterisks jest 0O mabe i odficiat ‘here: Feel better alract Now that youre aware of what's Aranspired behinginescenes, mt's wonder the procuct tise Its History, The first fusson of rock music wih the comics medium: 0 ‘create a new ard viable hyowrd When word of ene crevect first, leabed—va my bia mosth—to the ibeest anc! the: Fare RISSHares and Marve ang, therecegmion war 3% dbo and ‘Oia 25 Could DE expected A 153 ‘orTWG DOCK? Wiki En he onde Oe lket Yalow Submaring without a sourctrack, [ust SuOoRier The Monk fees with word balloons? SPDER MAAN ‘wit outers? None of the above. From the project's incepcion, our at ‘ention wa riveted on the sngutarty unique aspect of 1055—that the four EMSNAE Whe Seneor ONStape are dh Rect outarowets cf the Grae Mem bers own inchidual fantasies Gane Simmans, Paul Stanley, Peter ss, Aca Frehley. The Demon, the Starchild, the Cae, the Space-Ate. Personaities tured inbice out. A imetograrhic negatve Al the charac: tor trate you ana Inormnaily eubrrenge ve Superess trotted out onstage For the epection of, Hterally, a whole world, Meregve, a5 Paulonce reenareed th Frank per GF Crew. “TENE: a be OF people doing straigrt jobs where the oy thing tnkat gets them by is thinking ‘heyire realy hip arryavay’ WE [USE nO the way ey Feel Whe make our Owe Tulos, we Ihe Our con Ha, and yOu can FW Us DUT wet DRT: ay tee RES a Way OF BO SOKISS COMTECS necame more tian a SOKENbiahy crane project, more ‘an just another fig Even, for that Matter. ma very res! sense. nario larly for Alan Wess ang Mmysit, ie Oe Came a Caine we had somecting to Sa. ERS says Cimplickiyin thecutlandi TeSTTiGHIty of mneir stage ack And Its been one of the rralor thernes of Fock in peneral since lit Maley and the Com ets. IS gO at the core of paycno- Grama, the Maren Potential Move ment, transactional anaivels, and ranably a few cozeN other Factens and chook of peycroiogcal thougrt ‘YOUICAN BE ALL YOU CAN BECOME. Yeah, Tat gimmie, That profound, toa The problem, It woul seen, # Ena Most people get this message backward "Al you Can De is wnat YOu are,” oF sometting like that, so you may 35 wal TeOw in Che: Come ng ROW. YOU HSE CUE Our 28 that sity day rearing I's a waste Of Dae YOU ever get Co the top of the laine ty Tancaaizing. joao, What's at the topo the laaner? exists a chatte of ladders: That, In fact, ‘each human being és free to bul his. Own goddamn ladder if Ne Or she iva Rock. anol al night? Parby every can? Clvioushy. If yOu Can cOmEtrucT your ‘Oven Baker yo! Cart Shr we your Gwe bash. Fick your metaohor. Moociess To say, Cis has at Deen ‘the imaiicit message of comic books, and expetialy Marvel Comics, for de cages Tire H apbce in our Ives, our lives, for dreaming. there is a semen, a starehiid, a cat, aspace Boe, a Spider-Man kneach of us. The lveng cri, with al Its curiosity, all is creativits, and its inatable yen for expioration andadventure, Bur this petong pretty nea. Fme 0 change chamnels again. By now I's no secret that weire ex: ‘dited about KES—what & means to Corfbcs, whit It means Foe Ack, wat Ft Means To those oF us personaly in ‘ohed in the project, and, oF course, what ft rhtan to the armies of KES. and Marvel fans, If we've succesmtly: SccOMplENEd whe Wwe SE OUT ED-GO, we May have created afew art fereh, OF at ast a New genre Ang in the PFSCeHS entertained a few Nunered ‘cusand peopee WweTe interested in your evaluation Of Our efforts. Would you lie 00 se ‘More magazines of tres type? Want to See more adventures oF KISS? 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A few rowes back sit four blond children, They coukin't be more trian Fourteen tars old, anc at frst grance ‘their Individual genders are indscem- foie, Yet they wear the astinctive markings of a speceAce Frehley, 4 Starchild Pau! Stanley, ancther mear- ‘Tene, and a fetnety cunous Peter Cres. Fantasy inentity. That's iss, ABE as lerecrtant, that's Ine KIS army. ‘sa there are twa stories to tel Two stories That lead to the recording of KES Stn Casibunca avur, mock and @oll Over. Gre story begins, for us Fiaictt on west Zara Street in ew: ‘yoni City. The other begins in tive ming ‘Of a loval kiss fan from Terre Haute, diana Fare ew Wore. Gene Smmons and PaulStaniey, both FRCEnETY estranged From Otne, UNSC ‘cestul local rock bands, rent che: aforomercioned wet 35a renee Fil THs tiene around theyre cecer: mined to mater. The lots an acon ic abomination they stack egg crates: ‘on the wats Co aoeorn tne sounct Thc: loft is orsfrrigmen, as chily in rec ‘winter 25 tne ey winds gusting trecugn the CONTEC CaNWONS pute. They (nas 3 DOTTIE OF wine Dax and forte ieaenwarm The left & also acs prey 10 ‘DUrgiore—and, yes, at one poet Gene ano Ful retum ta the pace from 3 |B FogNT OUT fo find they've een rp aedort workng nigre and. day, truagng ome oniyte deen, Gene anelpaul begin ‘Tosrape the myth andibars founca- en of the dermenve 1s sound. To \etner ang separately, they compose Music and Weis, Several CF whicn wil umumately be recorded on Kass first ibum Teo, they conehetReRSES Of a DMG wth "secret jOBNUCeS", f3oes finden being decorative Make-Up, feeed where ne wes pom, Gane Simmons invinabhy reciies “I wae Tatcned” asked wnere ne was atchod, Gene wil cocacioraity allow ae. TOW Ne Came CUE OF Ms EMH In Phew Yor City. One neeaeYE ase Patul Hes Fac CStE Ine Tate oF hs eMeErpaNCe fron ho Breast of WiNUS, By Why Of 2s, ‘Pogo Mnunder. cena grewup na woo OF Lon chaney fims, Marvel Comics, bets canes, pet tarantutan and sett induced bioooy cream: nallucinations Paullsrunkeedta bathe rencamation of a mecewal cance wno ded inthe Gungeon of a jealous rival and vowed [Ea Tes meat fe woul be dedicated! to ive in al its forms. nhs presentincar snartion, Nianever, fie too a restive New vorker PORE Criss, a heed has it, was rE scued from a junge plane crash by a pack of sabre-toothe: he often recals the softness of his foster mother's Coat witha bear.and aside, Af the rise AQE OF tres inerheos fou, becanse time works soety in the wiceress ct (Out, KIRKEN Criss was snared andre: moved from fis Junge habtat by a bandof whitenuncers. Their incent, (ne legend continues, was to comesticate Pete, but they soon discovered ne Pisa No Incinabon toward a quiet life ct Keal-Can ano unter creen. He escaped shapning the barrets of their riftes with TiSTRBMN, andineat a natn all trae wry tO (he alleys of Rew rork There, some years ier, an a0 in Rolling Stone leacs him fo Smee ‘and stanley. (ihe tesennone. Gare and Fad hed oon ‘Shed considerable weight during ther Stanwation stay in the ioft) “yeah: Pete answers, pursed "Youre hired” Thy Pop tereacty, Gene: and Fae have come th Pecognize the kniportance oF Image to ther future sucess Anonier ad, thes One ni the Wilkage ‘Wolee, andi then there are foun “This ‘al fetow walked in’ Gene recat, “yasaring one orange sneaker and cnt recione” Ace Freie. The soace cadet 50n of a teen of mterpienetary ex piorers Seranded on earth in same Dinara. “star Trek” outtake He BESNCES sno pulses Ho plays qutar. Hes eyet ang ming are seeming Foose $20 ont RREFOMEda Most of the Ue. (aR somehow the right moves ahwars ssmanate from the ame. secrtional, ir ‘dependent rans: in hs fingertips? Mo one knows But he, too, san aooard ne voyage to. the outer reaches of rock and fol WHERE no bane Nas rea pefore, There SRE he matter of a name for the quartet. however. Peter, Paul earns, hada one tine played ina banc Caled Ube. ITs cose. but not quite Tight. Arreéing down the scewarks oF Upper eroaoway wath Gene one cy, he ingaration sires nim Wwe a bore From the pick Ups Take mt one step faetret ‘wineen Paul pronoged it bo the others, They assented inmecately and én: (iusiesticaby Peten “WSK IC realy means ator. 1s the First thing you do toa chick of amgcdy. it coud atso be the kiss af death fsa strong word. ms ‘Bas [0 TeMeMDer.” RIBS fs aD One at the best, mast dtsinctive nares aver ‘TO Ome DOWN Che rock and tot pAKE. Mn an age when most bands’ names nad IRE WOKE paragraphs, KISS eloquent And cto in its amplicity kiss her first gx 6 at Coventry, a small Clubin Queens, ew York, on January 0, 1875. Threenights for thirtyootars, fut Tseapoaae. After Coventry, 10S plays at The Daisy in Arityvile, New York, and the @ierker Street Loft in Greenwich Vilage. in June, they record their first emo tape.at Exectric Lady Stuniog, Paul recats. “The Studio owed Gene and me a thousand doiars. we took Studio Dene Instead. Wwe mage & Clear we wanted Eode Kramer producing ‘Geneand | had mnown Eaaae since about 1970, He wea NE.at Hendrix Electric Lady Studio, He'd worked For Jiri, Zep, Hur bie Re We made our first fvesong deme tape wan him, ana ne’s Stel weth Dunne ay and August, KISS appears ‘at the Diplomat Hotel in rnicitoven ba Rattan Though the gig & not 25 Bre Stigows as It souns—the Diriomat Qualifies ana sort of lumury flesbag—It raves disoropertionatety onoortious. Fred Kirby gives the band anennrasias- [Dc first press nocicein Variety. Andat ‘heir Aagasst 1Dtn performance, trey 4Frenower to sea they 0o= in the 0 Program cirectnrs, the neocwe: wna ie you near ane wircostumed Foursome and decode ro nia: The phenomena mete: bud No bxand mulling oF hang cage thc shake ob nose roos do Not eNist. £0 they De [STECTORS DEMEVE Wi OMDVE eniniety relevant lve! 3 owoID SEC OrOguced Dy eoge kramer and rekesed in Seo tember, 1975, Decomes te first KnS ROUT CET Ned goHd Kore mrHBOn CHATS in rechtd sales! and then platinam fone nison eopptes soem “We fart ti Errgont a hve abu” sas Gene Sr mors, "ecause we'd been trying all sinag 00 Cagture Our tive sound in the uci" Suckienty, rani stations are forced tosh up and take notice AAllvel is the answer to a KISS fan's ‘Gres. You want ainsn? You gnt ‘youvearnabe ona mck mag cover? ¥o canna longer be Krioredt om the Destroyer, proouced by Bob aibum wen rin, fare (hatine peaty, Rept most. Important, ar playing ip-ort reggse, joining the Tock Oecay Set, nancenng Southern Calfomiactted foudy laa back critical minenty. There wil be ro Tamoering wih ther fanfusied re themselves, oF wOLEOnary etic inany wat The resutt? More magarine covers, 1V sherds [0 coverage, more. aircla, feng on tre wal, anc a n hummer Peter Crss—a Beth at no one wrpuld MEGpeN. A baled TNE the best PQRiren int the Kes ary, bun) and rake 1 ies CONeraETly y. The one, ag far ae KISS Commanded by letters from KES who wanted to Fear ther Favonte OFbuD crease the airwaves. Me lechers were read onitne air Thousands cf cats blocked the WVTS setichocard. The err (Dre cownwas bitten by te Kiss bug. "Tdontt imnoer weit Res 1055 fa" sad Wee Way Deaiy, Ine owner of a smal TETTe Hauke confectionary, “but If you could packing it, yout make a for tine” SS ears about uckus and a Oness toplayinTerrelauteat thturding and 8 ‘Of local US. Amy personne! piety spcevrg Fan chu, BNE KI In freezing stow and bre MB Eercert siefore mus ArT) lors largest co ‘Dart nates #9 197 pute The group soHny Bmong ne nignes echelons of the rook recoros are broken wit speceace MIFANg, non: bellesers are corraerted with a flick tenes torque, ragn reastance ‘andsex eclucation classes are rerigered GhSGIECE wi @ bum oF Che Sankey hip. 65 becomes, in that achervese Oreary Woenterrial sumer, the start Sof amenca’s flaming the mictars af decency are forced to acm tat a splenic tees end, Carablanca, in Aco Management amd the KIS army, releases 2 SDeCaFy-Onced Iknited eaiion, tr ip ot nreatng oF Kiss, Hote ‘than Holl, 270 Dressed fe Rill er ‘Ted The Originals, for the legons of Fane wrod deiner KES nce Allwet Bin your eye. Tnat's ow ong « rakes for all A000 ooeNes EOP Ire streets asic BC Defintion of “streets where tne ACtiOn SD Cals tomind an ‘of tquoted comment from Bit Aurea “ritial reaction to the grup wae sometrnés Guirded ard oftien simohy ie Acenithimeny sapertaben, the fc chant know whether 10 love ‘them of hte them Motte tne net strergest_ match rel KISS. The wi sroe_ Resa Fal, #376. With 55 now ancemted as force in American rock, and Fast at airing @ \woncbwice autience Nh a ‘sucessful Euan tour before trem da vst to Jopan upcoming, Gene, nd, Porter, ang ACE ead DaGk Uo MEW ong oF Delt svn amer, the first an Oconee the Wa TUM 3 Ive a ivestones aimumta ooKOSS, CasaDUaNCI NEL 7001, reieanes rar; “Strutter” Gtankey/srrrnens: Syuschin’ to Lose” Grremony "Prehouse’ "cod Ger! erehiey, “Let Me rariey| “esen! Time iam t erise/Fretuoyt, NeveSenemaes, "Black Dhariden” for" Gianieyronreners "Al the Woy" SSrerons, “WATCH Your Sirmons, “waning” Gtarieyi, “Comin Home” ‘Strange Ways" DRESSED TORILL Casablanca MOLP7016 released 5/19/75. Certified Gold: "ROO: "Let Mir Go, ROCK "TR eCaRSScaNCa Me BPE released 1 A07S% "Rock and fill Al Mme" icaniblanca Ne 205, released A724 CTO and Lowe ae’ Casa Dinca NB Sth releases 7/10/75 “ence a mons Frenieyt; “Rock Bottom” ‘Staciry/Freniey, "Crmon and Love Me Ferarieyy, "Arything for My Baby" Grane levi, "She SrreenstTcranety, "Love Het Al Can Standey), "Rock anc A BhanieySrenens, ALIVE. Catabianca NELP 7020, reiessed BAO/TE DAP sat, Certaned Placa “stutter”, “oot to. Choos rehouse”,“hanttor WPA aN Lone MAP “ae, "vermin Yo", DESTROVER, Casablanca NBLP 7025 re- eased RAGIN, Certified Platinum "Detror Ratk CRY" SLAMeYIER “END me work” (row: singles an pon a hoe easactanice a re feased TOMY “Shout it Cut Loud" apationca tal Bok, feeosea ‘Flaming Youlyr" ICSeayenca Me petmr mek Ciny™ ven got a persona cal from Jagger Gene oorkinurs. "What were Irmg todo this tine curt is. contraciction in tensa iy sudo abun we re cmaed it at the Rargert Star Theater in Wen Jersey, a theatre in the round Everyone's. played neve! Simmons’ ‘ees gee un. “Even Marlene: Dietric Ubually WeYE Spent abou bie days per abun, laying the Dost ime we Spent EWo ang a eabicn’ ett, Ao MORNE, no Pow ‘dogs, nesSyarinacizors, nq harslochesr st Four quis, turing ther instr. wi up sre Eo BNE wth Destroyer, sorsties Dur WANDErIUST, and were back to doing vahat we do nest, as the GogioF Thunder irrenden BS now onto big things,“ Kramer IPrenects. “they are playing therr best ‘eer, bresieng new ground " And as tre Craurernogeretn Fomey Earnrstariey| ‘TH ORIGINALS, Casablanca NBL 9082; neveased 3/21/76, 31 sot ConeTNG OF Tess, HOWE Ulan He, and “Ores Ee ROCK ANOIRDLL OVER Casablanca NEL any Driver” criss/Peneice, and leave "En? Grreronst "Wr, Spee ICasDLaNCA MA BES, reteased 7B ew "Beth, "Hana Luck iver” seas banc resocand 92/78 "Caling Or. 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