Dracula Lives #16

(8 February 1975)

Death in the Snow! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Marv Wolfman

Pencils

Gene Colan

Inks

Ernie Chan

Letters

Charlotte Jetter

First Line of Dialogue or Text

One moment ago: Dracula now holds the method for raising the dead...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Dracula; Clifton Graves; Dr. Heinrich Morte; Frank Drake; Rachel Van Helsing; Quincy Harker; Taj Nital; Saint; Adrian Morte; Mrs. Vladmir; Mr. Courtley; Edith Helsing

Synopsis

While the hypnotized children attack the vampire hunters, Dracula uses a device to raise an army of the undead.

Reprints

• from Tomb of Dracula (Marvel, 1972 series) #8 (May 1973)

Indexer Notes

Second part of story with a new splash page made up of panel 1 of page 10 of the original story with a new title at the top and credits added at the bottom. New copy in the caption boxes.

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

Monsters of the movies / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Denis Gifford

Pencils

? (photo)

Inks

? (photo)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

"I am Dracula. I bid you welcome..." The words were sinister enough,

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Photo of Bela Lugosi as Dracula

Indexer Notes

Article about the actor Bela Lugosi. White type on black background.

My Name is...Dracula-- (Table of Contents: 3)

Frankenstein Monster / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

Gary Friedrich

Pencils

John Buscema

Inks

John Verpoorten

Colors

Len Schaktman (tones)

Letters

Tom Orzechowski; Jean Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A dark misty cave deep within the bowels of Translyvania...

Feature Logo

The Frankenstein Monster!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Frankenstein Monster; Dracula (villain); Madame Marguerita (villain, death); Carmen (death; becomes a vampire); the Burgomeister; Eric

Synopsis

The Frankenstein Monster battles Dracula and is captured by a local village who blames him for releasing Dracula.

Reprints

• from Frankenstein (Marvel, 1973 series) #8 (January 1974)

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

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

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Three letters from readers with adverts for stamp collecting sets and Charles Atlas book with order form at the bottom.

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

in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

in-house column / 1 page (report information)

The Gargoyles (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Steve Ditko

Inks

Steve Ditko

Letters

Ray Holloway

First Line of Dialogue or Text

He knew he had to warn the world about the gargoyles!

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A man discovers a race of creatures that come up from below ground that the African natives base their wood carvings upon. Since they keep their presence secret, the man worries they mean humanity harm, but everyone he speaks to refuses to believe his fantastic tale. Finally, an African expert agrees to listen to his story, but convinces the man he is imagining things. After he leaves the expert's office, the expert is shown removing a rubber mask revealing him as one of the gargoyles.

Reprints

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #46 (October 1963)

Keywords

Africa

Indexer Notes

Box at bottom of splash page states: Originally presented in Tales of Suspense #46. So a reprint of a reprint.

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

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