([October] 1978)

Portman Distribution, 1978 Series
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Price
0.35 GBP
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
1978
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Portman Distribution Ltd.
Brand
?
Editing
Bernard Rickman (managing editor); Alan McKenzie (editor); Mary Watson (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

Month is an estimate based on indicia information. See series note for reasoning.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ken Bald (signed) (painted)
Inks
Ken Bald (signed) (painted)
Colors
Ken Bald (signed) (painted)
Letters
typeset
Genre
horror-suspense
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[Foreword and contents] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Blood Sacrifice of Amanda Saint! (Table of Contents: 2)

Morbius / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Don McGregor
Pencils
Rich Buckler
Inks
Pablo Marcos
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
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The Living Dead (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Bloch (Original Story); Roy Thomas (Adaptation)
Pencils
Alan Kupperberg
Inks
Dick Giordano
Letters
?
Genre
horror-suspense
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The Vampire Viscount of France (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench
Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Win Mortimer
Letters
?
Genre
horror-suspense
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Beware the Legions! (Table of Contents: 5)

Blade the Vampire Slayer / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman
Pencils
Tony DeZuniga
Inks
Tony DeZuniga
Letters
?
Genre
horror-suspense
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The Vampire Wants Blood! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench
Pencils
Val Mayerik
Inks
Val Mayerik
Letters
?
Genre
horror-suspense
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... The Way It Began! (Table of Contents: 7)

Morbius / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Gil Kane (signed)
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Letters
?
Genre
horror-suspense; superhero
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Bloodmoon (Table of Contents: 8)

Blade the Vampire Slayer / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman (Plot); Chris Claremont
Pencils
Tony DeZuniga
Inks
Tony DeZuniga
Letters
?
Genre
horror-suspense
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

[Tales of Terror #2] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. [Foreword and contents]
  3. 2. The Blood Sacrifice of Amanda Saint!
    Morbius
  4. 3. The Living Dead
  5. 4. The Vampire Viscount of France
  6. 5. Beware the Legions!
    Blade the Vampire Slayer
  7. 6. The Vampire Wants Blood!
  8. 7. ... The Way It Began!
    Morbius
  9. 8. Bloodmoon
    Blade the Vampire Slayer
  10. 9. ["Don't get hot under the collar just because you missed the last issue of Castle of Horror!"]
  11. 10. [Tales of Terror #2]
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