| Image of the Beast | |
| Author: | Philip José Farmer |
| Language: | English |
| Cover Artist: | Peter Max |
| Genre: | Horror, erotica |
| Release Date: | 1968 |
| Media Type: | |
| Pages: | 255 |
| Isbn: | 1-902197-24-0 |
| Oclc: | 2321260 |
| Followed By: | Blown |
Image of the Beast (1968) is a horror erotic novel by American writer Philip José Farmer.
The story follows Herald Childe, a private detective, who is sent a snuff film of his partner being murdered by what appears to be a vampire. His investigation into the identity of the killers leads him into a world of apparent monsters who have a predilection for brutal and supernatural sex. The monsters include vampires, werewolves, snake-women, and other undefined shape-changers.
The first printing or first edition of Image of the Beast was written for sf-porn publisher Essex House. It was a paperback selling at $1.95.[1]
The novel got a sequel in 1973 called Blown.[1]
Farmer wrote a third Herald Childe novel in 1973 titled Traitor to the Living.
Image of the Beast was adapted by artist Tim Boxell (under the pseudonym "Grisly") as a comic book published by Last Gasp in 1973, with a second printing in 1979.[2]