A year or so back, I came across Eerie Magazine No.4 - July 1966. While not specifically Evil Dead related, this is a curious one non-the-less.
In a review of The Evil Dead across pages 146-147 of British book See No Evil: Banned Films and Video Controversy Paperback (2000) by David Kerekes & David Slater, the writer mentions a US horror comic strip magazine released in July 1966 called Eerie, as a possible influential source of the film. A number of the basic tenants bear a striking resemblance, The first comic strip story entitled House Of Evil, tells the story of a man who goes to a creepy house in search of his brother. He finds the house abandoned, but discovers a tape recorder with his brother's voice, detailing the house's history, replete with devil worship and demons. The recording summons a zombie creature which attacks him. The Following strip; Hatchet Man, tells the story of a maniac, dismembering his victims with a hatchet. In a later strip titled Undying Love!, a man decapitates his lover and she returns from the dead; her severed head talking to him while her body wanders around. Also included is a double page of 8mm movie & soundtrack record adverts, one of which is called Themes From Horror Movies. It includes the theme from The Horror Of Dracula, featured in the soundtrack of the Super-8 shorts It's Murder! & Stryker's War, which also uses the theme from The Incredible Shrinking Man, and The Deadly Mantis used in Within The Woods, all among others. While everything here may be entirely coincidental, Sam Raimi would have been nearly seven on the magazine's release, so it's certainly possible.
See the below link to download the HQ PDF version;
http://www.bookofthedead.ws/website/pdf/magazine_eerie_magazine_no4_(july_1966).zip
As an aside, there is a bizzare advert in the back, allowing people to buy a Monkey. A real no foolin' Monkey! After some Googling, I found that this was genuine, not a joke ad, and there were people who actually bought one. As you can imagine, it never went well for either the Money or the kid buying it. Really pretty horrible.
ED1 & Eerie Magazine No.4 - July 1966
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ED1 & Eerie Magazine No.4 - July 1966
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