Dracula Lives #14

(25 January 1975)

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

Charles Atlas / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Death of Innocence! (Table of Contents: 2)

Tomb of Dracula / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Marv Wolfman

Pencils

Gene Colan

Inks

Tom Palmer

Letters

John Costanza

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Her Name is Edith Harker. She is a good person...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Dracula; Edith Harker; Caukins; Quincy Harker; Saint; Clifton Graves; Lord Edwin Dering; Taj Nital; Frank Drake; Rachel Van Helsing; Lady Mary Dering; Buckley Grainger; Jonathan Harker (flashback); Lucy Westenra (flashback); Teddy

Synopsis

Drake is introduced to the Harkers and Dracula hypnotizes a group of children and orders them to attack the vampire hunters.

Reprints

• from Tomb of Dracula (Marvel, 1972 series) #7 (March 1973)

Indexer Notes

Second part of story with a new splash page made up of panel 4 from page 3 of the original story with the new title at the top and captions added plus credits added across the bottom.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Cryptic correspondence / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Five letters from readers plus a small stamp collecting sets advert.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Stan Lee in London / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

The Mystery of the Mad Monk! (Table of Contents: 5)

Werewolf by Night / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Gerry Conway

Pencils

Mike Ploog

Inks

Frank Chiaramonte

Colors

Len Schaktman (tones)

Letters

Charlotte Jetter

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I can well imagine how it began:

Feature Logo

Werewolf by Night!

Genre

adventure; horror-suspense; superhero

Characters

Werewolf by Night [Jack Russell]; Aelfric (introduction, villain, flashback death, a ghost); Father Ramon Joquez (death, possessed by Aelfric); Baron Russoff [Werewolf] (flashback); Lissa Russell; Dragonus (introduction, destruction); Ernie (death)

Synopsis

Father Ramon Joquez, who was studying the Darkhold for Jack, is possessed by Aelfric who was trapped in the Darkhold.

Reprints

• from Werewolf by Night (Marvel, 1972 series) #3 (January 1973)

Indexer Notes

First part of story.

The Fury of a Fiend! (Table of Contents: 6)

Frankenstein Monster / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Gary Friedrich

Pencils

John Buscema; John Romita

Inks

John Verpoorten

Colors

Mark Esposito (tones)

Letters

Gaspar Saladino; Charlotte Jetter

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A warm, moonlit summer night -- a beautiful olive-skinned girl--

Feature Logo

The Monster of Frankenstein!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Frankenstein Monster; Dracula (villain; after Bram Stoker's Dracula, restored to unlife); Madame Marguerita (villain, introduction); Carmen (introduction); Drako (introduction, death); Constable (death); Fritz

Synopsis

The Frankenstein Monster joins a group of gypsy entertainers and is tricked into helping one of them return Dracula to life.

Reprints

• from Frankenstein (Marvel, 1973 series) #7 (November 1973)

Indexer Notes

Romita alterations on the monster's face on many pages, likely due to Buscema drawings too closely resembling the Karloff likeness.

First part of story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Two calendar pages for May and June with various characters in some of the boxes plus Marvel creators in their birthdate boxes.