Warren Publishing Statistics (Part 2)

Today I'll be covering the writing side of the Warren stories. Similar to the previous post, this covers Creepy, Eerie, Vampirella, Blazing Combat, 1984/1994, The Rook and The Goblin. The totals do not include Famous Monsters of Filmland, Help! or The Spirit.

From a writing standpoint, I've taken a similar stance as I have with the art in regards to the 1 page frontispieces and have not included them in these totals. Also note that these may not be as accurate as the art numbers, there were certain instances where credits were not provided in the magazines. For those I have utilized credits from other sources such as The Warren Companion, Gathering Horror or Richard Arndt's Warren bibliography. Also Warren stories were frequently rewritten, and the credits for the stories as a result are not always accurate. For example, all of the Dax stories in Eerie were credited to Esteban Maroto, but were rewritten by various writers who were not credited. There were numerous instances where stories were drawn and then completely rewritten (or an entirely new story was created and put on a story that had been written by someone else) and typically the original author for such stories is unknown.

Warren's Most Prolific Writers (in Aggregate)
1. Bill Dubay - 293 stories
2. Archie Goodwin - 191
3. Budd Lewis - 156
4. Gerry Boudreau - 137
5. Rich Margopoulos - 107
6. Nicola Cuti - 103
7. Bruce Jones - 97
8. Steve Skeates - 72
9. Doug Moench -  70
10. Jim Stenstrum - 64
11. Roger McKenzie - 62
12. Bill Parente - 44
13. Bob Toomey - 35
13. Cary Bates - 35
15. Don McGregor - 34
16. Don Glut - 31
17. Esteban Maroto - 26
17. Robert Michael Rosen - 26
19. John Ellis Sech - 22
19. Victor de la Fuente - 22
19. Buddy Saunders - 22
22. Carl Wessler - 21
22. T. Casey Brennan - 21
24. Frank Thorne - 17
25. Kevin Duane - 16
26. Timothy Moriarty - 15
26. Mike Butterworth - 15
28. Fernando Fernandez - 14
28. John Jacobson - 14
30. Michael Fleischer - 13
30. Jack Butterworth - 13
30. Greg Potter - 13
33. Jan Strnad - 12
33. Gardner Fox - 12
33. Bruce Bezaire - 12
33. Al Hewetson - 12
37. Jose Bea - 11
37. Bill Warren - 11
37. Otto Binder - 11
40. Len Wein - 10
40. Tom Sutton - 10

Creepy's Most Prolific Writers
1. Archie Goodwin - 89
2. Gerry Boudreau - 53
3. Budd Lewis - 49
4. Bill Dubay - 48
5. Roger McKenzie - 41
6. Bruce Jones - 36
7. Nicola Cuti - 35
8. Rich Margopoulos - 30
9. Doug Moench - 29
10. Bob Toomey - 22
11. Steve Skeates - 21
12. Bill Parente - 20
13. Don McGregor - 15
13. Robert Michael Rosen - 15
15. Jim Stenstrum - 12
16. Cary Bates - 11
16. T. Casey Brennan - 11
18. Otto Binder - 10

Eerie's Most Prolific Writers
1. Budd Lewis - 83
2. Bill Dubay - 69
3. Archie Goodwin - 61
4. Steve Skeates - 35
5. Rich Margopoulos - 25
6. Doug Moench - 24
7. Nicola Cuti - 23
8. Gerry Boudreau - 21
8. Bruce Jones - 21
10. Bill Parente - 20
10. Jim Stenstrum - 20
12. Victor de la Fuente - 19
13. Cary Bates - 15
14. Don McGregor - 13
14. Esteban Maroto - 13
16. Buddy Saunders - 12

Vampirella's Most Prolific Writers
1. Bill Dubay - 66
2. Gerry Boudreau - 59
3. Rich Margopoulos - 43
4. Nicola Cuti - 39
5. Bruce Jones - 35
6. Don Glut - 18
7. Doug Moench - 17
8. Steve Skeates - 16
9. Mike Butterworth - 15
10. Budd Lewis - 13
10. Archie Goodwin - 13
12. Esteban Maroto - 12
12. Roger McKenzie - 12
12. Fernando Fernandez - 12

1984/1994's Most Prolific Writers
1. Bill Dubay - 72
2. Jim Stenstrum - 22
3. Frank Thorne - 17
4. Kevin Duane - 12
5. John Ellis Sech - 10
6. Rich Margopoulos - 9
7. Jan Strnad - 7
8. Budd Lewis - 6
8. Nicola Cuti - 6
10. Bruce Jones - 5

For The Rook, Bill Dubay was first with 29 stories, no one else was in double digits. Also, for Blazing Combat, Archie Goodwin was credited with 28 stories, only 2 others were credited with writing, a single story each (Wally Wood and Reed Crandall).

Bill Dubay's dominance over writing in Warren is quite apparant particularly in 1984/1994, for which he has more than three times as many stories as the second placer. Most of these stories appeared in the latter half of Warren's run following his resignation as editor of Creepy/Eerie/Vampirella in 1976.