Tower of Shadows #6 - July 1970
"The Ghost-Beast"
Written and drawn by comic legend Wally Wood, “The Ghost-Beast” is an interesting mash-up of elements of the poem and historical realism with Tolkein-esque touches that Wood will continue in his later “Wizard King” series.
In this story, Beowulf and an army of Vandals arrives in Vanaria and soon finds himself rescuing a woman who is tied to a tree, a sacrifice for the title creature. Killing the creature, Beowulf and his men are led to the king as heroes, but they soon turn to looting. Beowulf ends up killing the king and taking over the kingdom.
His rule is soon challenged with the return of the creature he had thought he had been killed, but who can become corporeal and then disappear into the “Land of Shadows” at will. Once the creature has killed enough of the Vandals, Beowulf is overpowered and captured by Vanarians, who then tie him to a tree as a sacrifice.
Eventually, Beowulf and the Ghost-Beast battle, with Beowulf winning only to find that he himself was actually a ghost, killed by a poisoned ring that had belonged to the former king.
This story is also available in The Marvel Comics Art of Wally Wood, published by Thumbtack Books in 1982 shortly after Wood's death .
"The Ghost-Beast"
Written and drawn by comic legend Wally Wood, “The Ghost-Beast” is an interesting mash-up of elements of the poem and historical realism with Tolkein-esque touches that Wood will continue in his later “Wizard King” series.
In this story, Beowulf and an army of Vandals arrives in Vanaria and soon finds himself rescuing a woman who is tied to a tree, a sacrifice for the title creature. Killing the creature, Beowulf and his men are led to the king as heroes, but they soon turn to looting. Beowulf ends up killing the king and taking over the kingdom.
His rule is soon challenged with the return of the creature he had thought he had been killed, but who can become corporeal and then disappear into the “Land of Shadows” at will. Once the creature has killed enough of the Vandals, Beowulf is overpowered and captured by Vanarians, who then tie him to a tree as a sacrifice.
Eventually, Beowulf and the Ghost-Beast battle, with Beowulf winning only to find that he himself was actually a ghost, killed by a poisoned ring that had belonged to the former king.
This story is also available in The Marvel Comics Art of Wally Wood, published by Thumbtack Books in 1982 shortly after Wood's death .