(April 1974)
Marvel,
1973 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1974-02-05
- 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) (associate editor); Don McGregor (credited) (contributing editor); Doug Moench (credited) (contributing editor); Carla Conway (credited as Carla Joseph) (contributing editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #103, January - February 1974.
No issue number on cover.
No issue number on cover.
Night of the Snow Vampire
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Boris Vallejo (credited as Boris) (signed as
Boris) (painting) - Inks
- Boris Vallejo (credited as Boris) (signed as Boris) (painting)
- Colors
- Boris Vallejo (credited as Boris) (signed as Boris) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
in 
Stan Lee Presents Vampire Tales
credits, title page / 2 pages
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Shows credits, table of contents and indicia, includes a still from an undetermined movie.
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The possessed!
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Uses still from undetermined film to introduce "Lighthouse of the Possessed".
Lighthouse of the Possessed
Morbius / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Don McGregor (credited)
- Pencils
- Tom Sutton (credited)
- Inks
- Tom Sutton (credited)
- Letters
- Dave Hunt ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You watch your victim approach, Michael Morbius, you watch that human network of arteries...
- Genre
- horror-suspense; superhero
- Characters
- Morbius [Michael Morbius]; Amanda Saint; Demon-Fire cult (villains); Blood-Tide (first appearance; villain); Jason Knight (death); Agnes (death); Oliver (death); Brock Kilbride; Arlene Randolph; Duke Mannery; Monte Harris; Sister Saint (death)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Vampire Mails / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Marv Wolfman ?
- Pencils
- Esteban Maroto (illustration); Rich Buckler (illustration)
- Inks
- Esteban Maroto (illustration); Klaus Janson (illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Morbius; Satana
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Letters from: Duane Hanson, Scott Olsen, Steven Scheibner, John Drake, Brian Earl Brown, Lee Cooley and Gary Alan Asperberg; Readers' Poll.
Everything You Wanted to Know About Vampires
text article / 6 pages
- Script
- Chris Claremont (credited)
- Pencils
- ? (photography)
- Inks
- ? (photography)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #2 -
in Dracula Lives (Marvel UK, 1974 series) #56 (15 November 1975) [5 pages only]
-
Notes on a Piece I Don't Want to Write
Vampire Tales Feature Page / text article / 1 page
- Script
- Gerry Conway (credited)
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Gerry Conway
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Love is perhaps the strangest of human emotions.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Uses still of undetermined film to introduce "Somewhere Waits the Vampire".
Somewhere Waits the Vampire
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Paul Reinman (signed as PAUL REINMAN [stacked])
- Inks
- Paul Reinman (signed as PAUL REINMAN [stacked])
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My daughter in the arms of a vampire ... kissing him!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Sophia Von Heinif (death); Sophia's father (death); Kraska; Sophia's mother (death in flashback); Sophia's brother (death in flashback)
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Pages 3 and 4 are reversed.
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The vampire's castle: A brooding demesne of crumbling mortar and dank stone.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Uses still of from from undetermined film to introduce "A Vampire's Home Is His Castle".
A Vampire's Home Is His Castle
comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Doug Moench (credited)
- Pencils
- José Lombardía (credited as Lombardia)
- Inks
- José Lombardía (credited as Lombardia)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Worried clouds swiftly skim across the nocturnal sky...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Syrenzy; Count Varma (death); Christina (death); Nadia (death)
- Reprints
- in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #2
- in Castle of Horror (Portman Distribution, 1978 series) #3 ([November] 1978)
-
Hell House Is Dying
text article / 5 pages
- Script
- Don McGregor (credited)
- Pencils
- ? (photography)
- Inks
- ? (photography)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A vampire's home is his coffin...
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Uses still of from from undetermined film to introduce "The Vampire's Coffin!".
The Vampire's Coffin!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Tony DiPreta (signed as DiPreta)
- Inks
- Tony DiPreta (signed as DiPreta)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Stop them! Somebody stop them!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Captain Banner (death); Johnny (death)
- Reprints
- from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #15 (September 1953)
- in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #2
-
The Drifting Snow
comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Tony Isabella (credited) (adaptation); August Derleth (credited) (original story)
- Pencils
- Esteban Maroto (credited)
- Inks
- Esteban Maroto (credited)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Down in Chicago, when they spoke of 'up north' or the 'Wisconsin woods'...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Aunt Mary; Ernest; Clodetta; Henry (death); Ernest's Grandfather (flashback); Henry's Father (flashback); Lisa; Sam
- Reprints
- in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #2
- in Masters of Terror (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (July 1975) which is reprinted
-
in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #61 (2ème trimestre 1979)
-
Indexer Notes
Adapted from August Derleth's short story.
Lilith: The First Vampire
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Tony Isabella (credited)
- Pencils
- Ernie Chan (credited as Ernie Chua)
- Inks
- Ernie Chan (credited as Ernie Chua)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- According to ancient Hebrew legend...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Lilith (introduction); Adam; Sanvi; Sansanvi; Semangelaf
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Lilith is the legendary first wife of Adam and first vampire(ss).
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Night of the Snow Vampire
-
1.
Stan Lee Presents Vampire Tales
-
2.
["The possessed!"]
-
3.
Lighthouse of the Possessed
Morbius -
4.
[no title indexed]
Vampire Mails -
5.
Everything You Wanted to Know About Vampires
-
6.
[The Boogie Man Will Get You If You Don't Subscribe!]
-
7.
Notes on a Piece I Don't Want to Write
Vampire Tales Feature Page -
8.
["Love is perhaps the strangest of human emotions."]
-
9.
Somewhere Waits the Vampire
-
10.
["The vampire's castle: A brooding demesne of crumbling mortar and dank stone."]
-
11.
A Vampire's Home Is His Castle
-
12.
Hell House Is Dying
-
13.
[Crazy Magazine Big Issue #3 - Now On Sale!]
-
14.
["A vampire's home is his coffin..."]
-
15.
The Vampire's Coffin!
-
16.
The Drifting Snow
-
17.
Lilith: The First Vampire
-
18.
Next Comes Bloodtide!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Valmiki Annamanthadoo
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Tom de Jong
- Gregory Fischer
- Glenn MacKay
- Darrel McCann
- Jim Van Dore
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