Originally released 55 years ago in 1966, it was to be entitled "Eerie" but Warren jumped the gun by publishing Eerie #1 very quickly as an ashcan comic to secure the copyright. So the title of this comic magazine was changed at the last minute to Weird and they used Eerie Publications for their company name. Although the cover of this first issue is tame, Weird went on to publish the most bizarre, hideously violent, and gory covers ever seen in comics.