(1973)

Marvel, 1973 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD
Pages
76
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1973-04-17
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Monster Group
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (editor); Marv Wolfman (credited) (editorial staff); Gerry Conway (credited) (editorial staff); Don McGregor (credited) (editorial staff); Tony Isabella (credited) (editorial staff)

Issue Notes

A house ad for this issue in Tales Of The Zombie #1 gives the on sale date. Magazine is black & white but various pages and/or panels have the color red added. Indicia title is Dracula.

The Birth of Count Dracula (Table of Contents)

Dracula / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jordi Penalva (signed as Jordi Penalva) (painting)
Inks
Jordi Penalva (signed as Jordi Penalva) (painting)
Colors
Jordi Penalva (signed as Jordi Penalva) (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Dracula
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

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

Reprints

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

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look master... they're back!
Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Movie still of Bela Lugosi and Carol Borland from Mark of the Vampire (1935).

That Dracula May Live Again! (Table of Contents: 3)

Dracula / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman (credited); Archie Goodwin (credited) (spiritual advisor)
Pencils
Neal Adams (credited)
Inks
Neal Adams (credited)
Letters
Alan Kupperberg ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
1459 -- 32 years before Colombus mastered three ships...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Dracula (origin); Maria Dracula (first appearance, death); Lianda (first appearance, death); Vlad Tepulus (first appearance); Lord Turac (first appearance, death); Baron Korda; Gordo
Reprints

Indexer Notes

1459; origin of Dracula the vampire.

Enter Freely and of Your Own Will (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 0.67 page (report information)

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

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Editorial with Bela Lugosi as Dracula movie still.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What? Who the Devil- ?
Genre
horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

Still from a horror movie

Vampires Drink Deep! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Sinnott (credited)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (credited)
Letters
Joe Letterese

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Karl Croya is the graveyard watchman in the little town of Sverna, Hungary!
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Karl Croya (death); Gorlac
Synopsis
A business man attempts to swindle a coven of vampires by draining their blood every day and selling it back to them every evening.
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Who Is Bram Stoker and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont (credited)
Pencils
? (photography); ? (illustration)
Inks
? (photography); ? (Illustration)
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Includes one illustration and movie stills from Dracula (1931) and Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins from the gothic soap opera Dark Shadows.

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

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In Transylvania, the name of Dracula is an old...
Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Film still of Christopher Lee as Dracula.

The Terror That Stalked Castle Dracula! (Table of Contents: 9)

Dracula / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Gerber (credited) (plot); Tony Isabella (credited) (script)
Pencils
Jim Starlin (credited) (layouts); Syd Shores (credited)
Inks
Syd Shores (credited)
Letters
Joe Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The castle. Retrace the path of the life-giving river Arges...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Dracula (possesses Hauptman Rudolph Kriss); Lieutenant Willi Hanson; Hauptmann Rudolph Kriss (possessed by Dracula, death); Valeria (death)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

1944.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Stop, Dr. Van Helsing! Please don't drive that stake!
Genre
horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

Still from a horror movie

One Corpse... One Vote! (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Fred Kida (credited)
Inks
Fred Kida (credited)
Letters
Joe Letterese

First Line of Dialogue or Text
J-O-E D-U-G-A-N... that's an easy name to copy down!
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Harry Snide; Shifty; Sadie; Irwin
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Awaken, my dear. The sun is almost risen...
Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Movie still from the Spanish version of Dracula (1931).

The Voodoo Queen of New Orleans! (Table of Contents: 13)

Dracula / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Gene Colan (credited)
Inks
Dick Giordano (credited)
Letters
Alan Kupperberg ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
... ground burials, you see, were quite impossible until recently...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Damballah (flashback); Dracula (also in flashback); Marie Laveau (first appearance, also in flashback); The Zombie [Simon Garth] (cameo); Freddy (death); Cherry (death); Gaston (also in flashback, death)
Synopsis
Marie Laveau's henchman steals Dracula's coffin, with Dracula inside, in New York and transports him to New Orleans to obtain vampire blood to complete a voodoo ritual.
Reprints
Keywords
bat; cemetery; French Quarter; Mardi Gras; New Orleans; vampire; voodoo; zombie

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.6 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Birth of Count Dracula
    Dracula
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. ["Look master... they're back!"]
  4. 3. That Dracula May Live Again!
    Dracula
  5. 4. Enter Freely and of Your Own Will
  6. 5. ["What? Who the Devil- ?"]
  7. 6. Vampires Drink Deep!
  8. 7. Who Is Bram Stoker and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
  9. 8. ["In Transylvania, the name of Dracula is an old..."]
  10. 9. The Terror That Stalked Castle Dracula!
    Dracula
  11. 10. ["Stop, Dr. Van Helsing! Please don't drive that stake!"]
  12. 11. One Corpse... One Vote!
  13. 12. ["Awaken, my dear. The sun is almost risen..."]
  14. 13. The Voodoo Queen of New Orleans!
    Dracula
  15. 14. ["The master of the living dead -- in three of his most fantastic, most fear-fraught adventures:"]
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Jenner
  • Hunter Johnson
  • Darrel McCann
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore