Wilfredo Limbana "Fred" Carrillo (1926–August 2005) was a Filipino

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Biography

Fred Carrillo was born in

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, Philippines. He began his career drawing propaganda material for the guerrilla movement in

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during World War II. After the war, he began his career as a professional artist. Carrillo studied fine arts and architecture at the

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. He worked for

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in the 1970s and 1980s. He drew mystery titles such as ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Secrets of Haunted House'', '' The Unexpected'', ''

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'', and '' The Witching Hour''. After leaving the comics industry, he worked on various animation projects. Some of the television series with which he was involved include ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Carrillo died in August 2005.

Bibliography

Charlton Comics

* '' Tales of the Mysterious Traveler'' #14 (1985)

DC Comics

* ''

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Weekly'' #617, 631–634 (1988–1989) * ''

DC Special Series ''DC Special Series'' was an umbrella title for one-shots and special issues published by DC Comics between 1977 and 1981. Each issue featured a different character and was often in a different format than the issue before it. ''DC Special Serie ...

'' #4 (1977) * ''

'' #23, 32, 36–37, 41–42, 49, 57–58, 64–66, 79, 85, 87, 99–100, 105–106, 109 (1974–1982) * ''

G.I. Combat ''G.I. Combat'' is an American comics anthology featuring war comics, war stories. It was published from 1952 until 1956 by Quality Comics, followed by DC Comics until its final issue in 1987. In 2012 it was briefly revived. Publication histor ...

'' #188–189, 193, 196, 202–203, 210–211, 213, 215, 217, 220, 226, 236, 274, 276, 281 (1976–1986) * ''

House of Mystery ''The House of Mystery'' is the name of several horror comics, horror, fantasy comics, fantasy, and mystery fiction, mystery comics anthology, comics anthologies published by DC Comics. It had a companion series, ''The House of Secrets (DC Comi ...

'' #215, 265, 289, 296–297, 305 (1973–1982) * '' House of Secrets'' #110, 145 (1973–1977) * ''

'' vol. 2 #38–41 (1975–1976) * ''

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'' #7–13 (Phantom Stranger backup stories) (1982–1983) * '' Secrets of Haunted House'' #15, 23–24, 28, 33, 35, 44, 46 (1979–1982) * ''

Star Spangled War Stories ''Star Spangled War Stories'' is the title of a comics anthology published by DC Comics that featured war-themed characters and stories. Among the features published in this series were writer-editor Robert Kanigher and artist Jerry Grandenetti's ...

'' #189 (1975) * ''

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'' #24 (1976) * '' Time Warp'' #4–5 (1980) * '' The Unexpected'' #138, 141, 159, 163, 173–174, 181, 185–186, 189, 191–192, 217 (1972–1981) * '' Unknown Soldier'' #219–221, 226–228 (1978–1979) * ''

Weird Mystery Tales ''Weird Mystery Tales'' is a mystery horror comics anthology published by DC Comics from July–August 1972 to November 1975. Publication history 100 Page Super Spectacular The title ''Weird Mystery Tales'' was first used for '' DC 100 Page ...

'' #20, 23 (1975) * ''

'' #40, 58, 65, 90, 94–95, 97, 102, 104–105, 107, 113–121, 123–124 (1975–1983) * '' The Witching Hour'' #48, 50–51, 56, 58, 62–63, 66, 68, 74–75, 80, 83–85 (1974–1978)

Gold Key Comics

* ''

The Twilight Zone ''The Twilight Zone'' is an American media franchise based on the anthology series, anthology television series created by Rod Serling in which characters find themselves dealing with often disturbing or unusual events, an experience described ...

'' #65 (1975)

Marvel Comics

* ''

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'' #2 (1991) * ''In His Steps'' SC (1994) * '' Savage Sword of Conan'' #170–171, 173, 182 (1990–1991)

Pendulum Press

* ''

The Last of the Mohicans ''The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757'' is an 1826 historical romance novel by James Fenimore Cooper. It is the second book of the '' Leatherstocking Tales'' pentalogy and the best known to contemporary audiences. '' The Pathfinder'', ...

'' #1 (1977) * ''

White Fang ''White Fang'' is a novel by American author Jack London (1876–1916) about a wild wolfdog's journey to domestication in Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush. First serialized in ''Outing'' magazin ...

'' #1 (1977)

Topps Comics

* '' Jurassic Park: Raptor'' #2 (1993)

Warren Publishing

* ''

Creepy Creepiness is the state of being creepy, or causing an unpleasant feeling of fear or unease to someone and/or something. Certain traits or hobbies may make people seem creepy to others; interest in horror or the macabre might come across as 'c ...

'' #116, 122, 126–131, 133–136, 138, 140–141 (1980–1982) * ''

Eerie Eerie may refer to: * Feeling of creepiness * Eerie (magazine), ''Eerie'' (magazine), an American horror comic first published in 1966 * Eerie (Avon), ''Eerie'' (Avon), a 1947 horror comic * Eerie (film), ''Eerie'' (film), a 2018 Filipino horror fi ...

'' #138 (1983)

References

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