(2019)

Marvel, 2019 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
24.99 USD; 32.99 CAD
Pages
244
On-sale Date
2019-04-10
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Rated T+
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Worldwide Inc.
Brand
Marvel [in horizontal box]
ISBN
978-1-302-91661-9 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781302916619
Editing
Mark D. Beazley (editor)
Color
color
Dimensions
standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock
Cardstock Covers; Glossy Interiors
Binding
trade paperback
Publishing Format
collected edition

Issue Notes

Collects Legion of Monsters (Marvel, 1975 Series) #1, Marvel Preview (Marvel, 1975 Series) #8, Marvel Premiere (Marvel, 1972 Series) #28, Marvel Spotlight (Marvel, 1971 Series) #2 and #5, Tomb of Dracula (Marvel, 1972 Series) #1 and Frankenstein (Marvel, 1973 Series) #1.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Legion of Monsters / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Neal Adams (painting)
Inks
Neal Adams (painting)
Colors
Neal Adams (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Dracula; Frankenstein Monster; Manphibian
Reprints
No image yet

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

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mike Friedrich
Pencils
Mike Ploog
Inks
Mike Ploog
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza

Characters
Frankenstein Monster; Victor Frankenstein

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

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Introduction (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Jess Harrold
Letters
typeset

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

Legion of Monsters / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Neal Adams (painting)
Inks
Neal Adams (painting)
Colors
Neal Adams (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Dracula; Frankenstein Monster; Manphibian
Reprints

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

Frankenstein Monster / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Pablo Marcos
Inks
Pablo Marcos

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Frankenstein Monster
Reprints

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

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
Tony Isabella ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

With four vignettes of inside art.

Support Your Local Monster (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
Tony Isabella
Pencils
Marie Severin
Inks
Marie Severin
Letters
typeset

Reprints

The Monster and the Masque (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
Doug Moench
Pencils
Val Mayerik
Inks
Val Mayerik; Dan Adkins; Pablo Marcos
Letters
Charlotte Jetter; Gaspar Saladino (page 2)

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Frankenstein Monster; Cynthia; Merlin; Andy; George
Synopsis
The Frankenstein Monster attends a costume party and is framed for murder.
Reprints
Keywords
monsters

Indexer Notes

Frankenstein Monster appears between Monsters Unleashed (Marvel, 1973 series) #10 and Giant-Size Werewolf (Marvel, 1974 series) #2.

If You Subscribe To the Legion Of Monsters... (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
?
Pencils
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for subscriptions to Marvel's range of black and white magazines. Photo from 1957 movie Attack of the Crab Monsters.

Vengeance Crude (Table of Contents: 10)

Manphibian / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Tony Isabella; Marv Wolfman (plot)
Pencils
Dave Cockrum
Inks
Sam Grainger
Letters
Karen Mantlo

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Manphibian (introduction, origin)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Manphibian appears next in the Nick Fury's Howling Commandos series.

The Legion Report (Table of Contents: 11)

text article / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Don Thompson; Maggie Thompson
Pencils
Sandy Plunkett; ? (photographs)
Inks
Sandy Plunkett; ? (photographs)
Letters
typeset

Reprints

The Flies! (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway; Paul Kirchner (plot); Ralph Reese (plot)
Pencils
Paul Kirchner
Inks
Ralph Reese
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Chuckles; Pee Wee
Reprints

Monster Madness (Table of Contents: 13)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stuart Schwartzberg
Pencils
Stuart Schwartzberg
Inks
Stuart Schwartzberg
Letters
Stuart Schwartzberg

Genre
humor
Reprints

Dracula Chapter VII Death Be Thou Proud! (Table of Contents: 14)

Dracula / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Dick Giordano
Inks
Dick Giordano
Letters
Joe Rosen (page 4); John Costanza (pages 6-15); typeset

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Mina Harker; Dracula; Lucy Westenra; Dr. John Seward; Dr. Abraham van Helsing; Renfield; Arthur Holmwood
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Adapted from Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Story continues from Dracula Lives (Marvel, 1973 series) #11.
Adaptation finally completed in Stoker's Dracula (Marvel, 2004 series).

Monster Gallery (Table of Contents: 15)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Hermoso Pancho
Inks
Hermoso Pancho

Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Pete Lijauco
Inks
Pete Lijauco

Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gray Morrow
Inks
Gray Morrow

Reprints

Next Issue (Table of Contents: 18)

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

Script
Tony Isabella
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for the never-published second issue of Legion Of Monsters.
Stories listed in ad appeared in:
Morbius in "The Madman of Mansion Slade" in Marvel Preview (Marvel, 1975 series) #8.
Satana in "Night of the Demon - Night of the Damned" in Haunt of Horror (Marvel, 1974 series) #5.
Dracula in "Hour of the Wolves" in Stoker's Dracula (Marvel, 2004 series) #2

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Blade; Morbius / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ken Barr (signed) (painting)
Inks
Ken Barr (signed) (painting)
Colors
Ken Barr (signed) (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense; superhero
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Man-Thing / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Vicente Alcázar (signed)
Inks
Vicente Alcázar (signed)

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Stan Lee Presents The Legion of Monsters (Table of Contents: 21)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

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

Reprints

The Man-God Conspiracy! (Table of Contents: 22)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
John Warner
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Letters
typeset; ?

Reprints

The Madman of Mansion Slade (Table of Contents: 23)

Morbius / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench
Pencils
Sonny Trinidad
Inks
Sonny Trinidad
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense; superhero
Reprints

Monsters Unleashed---Again (Table of Contents: 24)

text article / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Ralph Macchio
Pencils
Dave Cockrum (signed) (illustration); Gray Morrow (signed) (illustration); Sandy Plunkett (signed) (illustration); Vicente Alcázar (signed) (illustration)
Inks
Dave Cockrum (signed) (illustration); Gray Morrow (signed) (illustration); Sandy Plunkett (signed) (illustration); Vicente Alcázar (signed) (illustration)
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Into the House of Terror! (Table of Contents: 25)

Blade / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman
Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Gene Colan
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

The Reality Manipulators (Table of Contents: 26)

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Don McGregor
Pencils
Mike Ploog
Inks
Mike Ploog
Colors
Marie Severin (tones)
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Curse of Anubis! (Table of Contents: 27)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Russ Jones (plot); John Warner (script)
Pencils
Val Mayerik
Inks
Val Mayerik
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

Legion of Monsters / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Nick Cardy
Inks
Nick Cardy
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Stay back! Even we don't stand a chance against...that!
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Ghost Rider; Morbius; Man-Thing; Werewolf by Night
Reprints

There's a Mountain On Sunset Boulevard! (Table of Contents: 29)

Legion of Monsters / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Mantlo
Pencils
Frank Robbins
Inks
Steve Gan
Colors
Janice Cohen
Letters
Karen Mantlo (pages 1-2, 6-31); Gaspar Saladino (page 3)

Job Number
JV-101
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Characters
The Legion of Monsters [Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Man-Thing; Morbius; Werewolf By Night]; The Starseed
Reprints
Keywords
occult

Night of Full Moon--Night of Fear! (Table of Contents: 30)

Werewolf by Night / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Neal Adams; John Romita (alterations)
Inks
Tom Palmer; John Romita (alterations)
Colors
Tom Palmer ?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Werewolf [Jack Russell]
Reprints
Keywords
occult

Indexer Notes

Background alterations by John Romita, as observed from the original art. Info per Nick Caputo, August 2012.

[First Night] (Table of Contents: 31)

Werewolf by Night / comic story / 27 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (plot); Jean Thomas (plot); Gerry Conway (script)
Pencils
Mike Ploog
Inks
Mike Ploog
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
782Z
Genre
horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Werewolf By Night [Jack Russell] (introduction, origin); Baron Russoff (introduction, dies in flashback); Laura Russell (dies); Phillip Russell; Lissa Russell; Max Grant (dies)
Synopsis
Jack learns of the family curse on his eighteenth birthday from his mother on her deathbead. Jack begins to believe that his step-father had his mother killed.
Reprints
Keywords
occult

Night of the Vampire! (Table of Contents: 32)

The Tomb of Dracula / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Neal Adams
Inks
Neal Adams
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Dracula
Reprints
Keywords
occult

Dracula (Table of Contents: 33)

The Tomb of Dracula / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway; Roy Thomas (plot)
Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Gene Colan
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza
Editing
Stan Lee

Job Number
605 Z
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Frank Drake; Clifton Graves; Jeanie; Fritz Burgeister; Otto; Dracula; Danny; Paul
Synopsis
Drake inherits Castle Dracula. Graves revives Dracula. Dracula kills Jeanie and transforms her into a vampire.
Reprints
Keywords
occult

A Legend Is Born! (Table of Contents: 34)

Ghost Rider / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Ploog (signed)
Inks
Mike Ploog (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Morrie Kuramoto

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]
Reprints
Keywords
occult

Ghost Rider (Table of Contents: 35)

Ghost Rider / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Gary Friedrich; Roy Thomas (see notes)
Pencils
Mike Ploog
Inks
Mike Ploog
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
945-Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Rain... Engulfing the city in a damp blanket of doom...
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze] (introduction, origin); Barton Blaze (introduction, dies); Crash Simpson (introduction, dies); Mrs. Simpson (introduction, dies); Roxanne Simpson (introduction); Satan (villain)
Synopsis
To save the life of his mentor and the man who has become like a father to him, Johnny Blaze makes a deal with the devil and is transformed into the spirit of vengeance, Ghost Rider.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This version of Ghost Rider was co-created by Gary Friedrich, Mike Ploog and Roy Thomas (credited with "aid and abetment" on the splash page).

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (Table of Contents: 36)

Frankenstein Monster / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
Gary Friedrich
Pencils
Mike Ploog (signed)
Inks
Mike Ploog (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino ?; typeset

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Victor Frankenstein; Frankenstein Monster
Reprints
Keywords
monsters

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (Table of Contents: 37)

Frankenstein Monster / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Gary Friedrich
Pencils
Mike Ploog (signed)
Inks
Mike Ploog (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
1071 Z
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Frankenstein's Monster; Victor Frankenstein; Robert Walton IV; Canute; Sean Farrell; William Frankenstein; Mr. Frankenstein (Victor Frankenstein's father); Henri Clerval; Justine Moritz (dies); Elizabeth
Synopsis
Robert Walton IV leads an expedition into the Arctic to retrieve Frankenstein's Monster which has been frozen into the ice. He relates to the cabin boy how the monster was created.
Reprints
Keywords
monsters

Indexer Notes

Adapted from Mary Shelley novel. Both Frankenstein's Monster and Victor Frankenstein last appeared in Silver Surfer #7.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 38)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Ken Barr (painting, signed)
Inks
Ken Barr (painting, signed)
Colors
Ken Barr (painting, signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense; superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Legion of Monsters
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
  4. 3. Introduction
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Legion of Monsters
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Frankenstein Monster
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
  8. 7. Support Your Local Monster
  9. 8. The Monster and the Masque
    Frankenstein Monster
  10. 9. If You Subscribe To the Legion Of Monsters...
  11. 10. Vengeance Crude
    Manphibian
  12. 11. The Legion Report
  13. 12. The Flies!
  14. 13. Monster Madness
  15. 14. Dracula Chapter VII Death Be Thou Proud!
    Dracula
  16. 15. Monster Gallery
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
  19. 18. Next Issue
  20. 19. [no title indexed]
    Blade; Morbius
  21. 20. [no title indexed]
    Man-Thing
  22. 21. Stan Lee Presents The Legion of Monsters
  23. 22. The Man-God Conspiracy!
  24. 23. The Madman of Mansion Slade
    Morbius
  25. 24. Monsters Unleashed---Again
  26. 25. Into the House of Terror!
    Blade
  27. 26. The Reality Manipulators
  28. 27. Curse of Anubis!
  29. 28. ["Stay back! Even we don't stand a chance against...that!"]
    Legion of Monsters
  30. 29. There's a Mountain On Sunset Boulevard!
    Legion of Monsters
  31. 30. Night of Full Moon--Night of Fear!
    Werewolf by Night
  32. 31. [First Night]
    Werewolf by Night
  33. 32. Night of the Vampire!
    The Tomb of Dracula
  34. 33. Dracula
    The Tomb of Dracula
  35. 34. A Legend Is Born!
    Ghost Rider
  36. 35. Ghost Rider
    Ghost Rider
  37. 36. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
    Frankenstein Monster
  38. 37. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
    Frankenstein Monster
  39. 38. [no title indexed]
    Blade; Morbius
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