Anthology Index

Eclipse Comics didn’t really focus on anthologies, but they did publish a really good one very early: The Eclipse Magazine. Then they stopped, and Eclipse publisher Dean Mullaney explains why:

DM: Ask anyone in publishing why they don’t take the eclectic approach to anthologies and they’ll all tell you the same thing: bad sales. Most readers want something predictable, something pigeonholed. But that shouldn’t be the entire reason for publishing. Eclipse Magazine sold well; not great, but well enough.

So after cancelling Eclipse Monthly in the early 80s, Eclipse never again did a general, eclectic anthology. But they did publish a handful of anthologies that was in different genres: Horror, sci-fi, whatever The Dreamery was, action/adventure, and current events.

Eclipse, the Magazine (1981) #1-8

Eclipse Monthly (1983) #1-10

Three Dimensional Alien Worlds (1984) #1

Alien Worlds (1984) #8-9

Twisted Tales (1984) #9-10

Alien Encounters (1985) #1-14

Tales of Terror (1985) #1-13

3-D Alien Terror (1986) #1

The Dreamery (1986) #1-14

Twisted Tales (1987) #1

Real War Stories (1987) #1-2

Overload Magazine (1987) #1

Alien Worlds (1988) #1

Aces (1988) #1-5

Merchants of Death (1988) #1-4

Fly in My Eye (1988)

Point Blank (1989) #1-2

ORBiT (1990) #1-3

Born to Be Wild (1991)