([May] 1973)

Marvel, 1973 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD
Pages
76
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1973-02-20
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Monster Group
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

Magazine is black & white but various pages and/or panels have the color red added. Indicia title is Dracula. On-sale date from The Comic Reader #93, January 1973.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Dracula / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Boris Vallejo (signed as Boris) (painting)
Inks
Boris Vallejo (signed as Boris) (painting)
Colors
Boris Vallejo (signed as Boris) (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Dracula
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
various; ? (photography)
Inks
various; ? (photography)
Letters
typeset

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photography)
Inks
? (photography)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Good evening, culture-lovers
Genre
horror-suspense
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Indexer Notes

Still from a Dracula movie

A Poison of the Blood (Table of Contents: 3)

Dracula / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway (credited)
Pencils
Gene Colan (credited)
Inks
Tom Palmer (credited)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Night over Manhattan: smog lies heavy on the island metropolis,
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Dracula (also in flashback); Madeline Rogers; Regina; Jackson Kubbard (death); Daniel; Fred
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photography)
Inks
? (photography)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I hope you enjoyed my nephew Dracula's...
Genre
horror-suspense
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Indexer Notes

Still from a vampire movie

Suffer Not a Witch... (Table of Contents: 5)

Dracula / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Alan Weiss (credited)
Inks
Dick Giordano (credited)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Beyond these walls, the year is 1691.
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Dracula; Bettina Kaposvar (first appearance); Charity Brown (death); Goodman Alden (death); Tituba (first appearance)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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Indexer Notes

Date: 1691; Salem witch trials tie-in.

Dracula Is Alive and Well and Living on Madison Avenue! (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas ?
Pencils
? (photography)
Inks
? (photography)
Letters
typeset

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Indexer Notes

Editorial with one still from a horror movie

[Monsters Unleashed!] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photography)
Inks
? (photography)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Blimey, guv'nor, but you're looking the pink tonight.
Genre
horror-suspense
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Indexer Notes

Still from a horror movie

Zombie! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony DiPreta (signed as DiPreta)
Inks
Tony DiPreta (signed as DiPreta)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Deep shadows of night hide many things in a native village of Haiti,
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Blackie Nolan; Larsen
Synopsis
In a Haitian village, a criminal named Blackie becomes afraid for his life when a man named Larson he framed for a crime has learned how to raise the dead and control the reanimated corpses as zombies. Also learning how to raise the dead he tricks Larson into meeting him in the grave yard and tries to raise a zombie to kill Larson. But to Blackie's horror, he has risen the zombie that Larson previously raised himself. Instead of following Blackie's orders, the zombie turns on his would be master, with Larson watching in glee at his enemies fate.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photography)
Inks
? (photography)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Before I die, dearest... there is something...
Genre
horror-suspense
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Indexer Notes

Still from a horror movie

Ghost of a Chance! (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill La Cava
Inks
Bill La Cava ?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey! Look! He done it!
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Mac
Synopsis
A criminal in a bar at night sees a stranger doing wondrous things and so he pulls a gun and demands to know how they are done. The stranger says that if he wants these powers all he needs to do is agree to exchange places with him. He does so and commits various crimes with his new powers, but once the morning begins to arrive, he feels drawn to a cemetery and realizes that he has exchanged places with a ghost.
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What Can You Say About a Five-Hundred-Year-Old Vampire Who Refuses to Die? (Table of Contents: 12)

text article / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman (credited)
Pencils
? (photography)
Inks
? (photography)
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense
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Indexer Notes

Includes 8 horror movie stills

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photography)
Inks
? (photography)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
No, my friend... you are not the victim of acute astigmatism.
Genre
horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

Still from a horror movie

Fright! (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited) (signed as Stan Lee)
Pencils
Russ Heath (credited) (signed as Russ Heath)
Inks
Russ Heath (credited) (signed as Russ Heath)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
No! No! Please!!
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Kurt; Drake; Emma
Synopsis
A cruel asylum keeper is drugged by his assistant as he and the asylum keeper's wife wish to marry. The drug stupefies the man so the judge grants the divorce on grounds of madness and places him into the asylum where the inmates are glad to welcome him after being on the receiving end of so many beatings.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photography)
Inks
? (photography)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Count Dracula here once more Dear Bettina...
Genre
horror-suspense
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Indexer Notes

Still from a horror movie

To Walk Again in Daylight! (Table of Contents: 16)

Dracula / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Gerber (credited)
Pencils
Rich Buckler (credited)
Inks
Pablo Marcos (credited)
Letters
Joe Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Vienna -- the late 1800's. By the light of a flickering midnight candle,
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Dracula; Du Monte (turned into vampire)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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[Next Issue] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Dracula / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

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Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Dracula
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. ["Good evening, culture-lovers"]
  4. 3. A Poison of the Blood
    Dracula
  5. 4. ["I hope you enjoyed my nephew Dracula's..."]
  6. 5. Suffer Not a Witch...
    Dracula
  7. 6. Dracula Is Alive and Well and Living on Madison Avenue!
  8. 7. [Monsters Unleashed!]
  9. 8. ["Blimey, guv'nor, but you're looking the pink tonight."]
  10. 9. Zombie!
  11. 10. ["Before I die, dearest... there is something..."]
  12. 11. Ghost of a Chance!
  13. 12. What Can You Say About a Five-Hundred-Year-Old Vampire Who Refuses to Die?
  14. 13. ["No, my friend... you are not the victim of acute astigmatism."]
  15. 14. Fright!
  16. 15. ["Count Dracula here once more Dear Bettina..."]
  17. 16. To Walk Again in Daylight!
    Dracula
  18. 17. [Next Issue]
    Dracula
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