(2010)

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Vampire Tales Volume 1 (Table of Contents)

Morbius / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Pablo Marcos
Inks
Pablo Marcos
Letters
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Genre
horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Morbius

Indexer Notes

Illustration is from the Morbius story page 2 panel 4 of Vampire Tales #1.

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Vampire Tales #1 (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Pablo Marcos
Inks
Pablo Marcos
Colors
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Letters
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Characters
Morbius

Indexer Notes

Illustration is from the Morbius story page 3 panel 1 of Vampire Tales #1.

Vampire Tales (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Win Mortimer
Colors
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Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

Illustration is from the Vampyre story page 1 panel 1 of Vampire Tales #1.

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

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[Vampire Tales #1] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Pencils
Esteban Maroto
Inks
Esteban Maroto
Colors
Esteban Maroto
Letters
typeset
Editing
Roy Thomas (original editor)

Characters
Lord Ruthven; Ianthe
Reprints

Stan Lee Presents Vampire Tales (Table of Contents: 5)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

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typeset; ? (logo)
Editing
Roy Thomas (original editor)

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Indexer Notes

Shows credits, table of contents and indicia. Small black & white cover reproduction.

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

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

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Roy Thomas (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Greetings, O walker in darkness.
Characters
Count Orlock
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Indexer Notes

Uses still of Count Orlock from 1922 film "Nosferatu" to introduce "Morbius".

Morbius (Table of Contents: 7)

Morbius / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Gerber
Pencils
Pablo Marcos
Inks
Pablo Marcos
Letters
Tom Orzechowski
Editing
Roy Thomas (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is the city: Los Angeles, California, at twilight.
Genre
horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Morbius (origin retold); Barbara Clark (death); Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (flashback); Lizard (flashback); Professor Hans Jorgensen (flashback); Nikos (flashback); Martine (flashback); Carolyn; Nilrac (first appearance; death); Madame Laera (first appearance; death)
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Editorial / text article / 1.5 pages (report information)

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Roy Thomas (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Blood Is Thicker…
Characters
Lon Chaney, Jr. (photograph)
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Indexer Notes

Discusses vampires in literature, comic books and films which will be or have been used in the new Vampire Tales magazine.

Because You Demanded It -- Savage Tales Is Coming Back! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Savage Tales; Conan / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

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Roy Thomas (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ah, Lucretia my sweet…how invitingly you await your Living-Dead paramour.
Characters
David Peel (photograph); Yvonne Monlaur (photograph)
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Indexer Notes

Introduction to "To Kill a Werewolf!", fumetti-style, using a still from the movie "The Brides of Dracula" (1960).

To Kill a Werewolf! (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Pencils
Bill Everett
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Bill Everett
Letters
Bill Everett
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Your history, Kenneth Long, must have started in some dark, unknown depth of your subconscious...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Kenneth Long (death); Hastings; Lloyd Wayne
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The Vampire: His Kith and Kin: An Analysis in Five Parts of the Book by Montague Summers (Table of Contents: 12)

text article / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont
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Letters
typeset
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Roy Thomas (original editor)

Characters
Lon Chaney, Sr. (photograph); Bela Lugosi (photograph); John Carradine (photograph)
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Indexer Notes

An illustrated discussion of vampires.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

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

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Roy Thomas (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I am Dracula
Characters
Christopher Lee (photograph)
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Indexer Notes

An introduction to "The Vampyre!", fumetti-style using a still of Christopher Lee as Dracula.

The Vampyre! (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas; Ron Goulart
Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Win Mortimer
Letters
Joe Rosen; Charlotte Jetter ?
Editing
Roy Thomas (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I first heard the tales in greece...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Aubrey; Jessica; Lady Mercer; Lord Ruthven; Henri; Ianthe (death)
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Indexer Notes

Adapted from the story by John Polidori.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

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Roy Thomas (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
…All right, Silas. Danny's dead and done with.
Characters
Michael Ripper (photograph)
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Indexer Notes

Introduction, fumetti-style, to "Satan Can Wait!" using still from a Hammer horror film.

Satan Can Wait (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Paul Reinman
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Paul Reinman
Letters
?
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Stan Lee (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is Danny, a hard-working but happy man without a worry in the world.
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Danny; Jim; Wilson
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The Worst (No Kiddin'!) Vampire Films Ever Made! (Table of Contents: 17)

text article / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Evanier
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Letters
typeset
Editing
Roy Thomas (original editor)

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Keywords
Vampire

Indexer Notes

Photo-laden article on the worst vampire films ever.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

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

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Roy Thomas (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Step into my parlor, O wanderer of the night.
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Indexer Notes

Introduction, fumetti-style, for "Revenge of the Unliving!"

Revenge of the Unliving (Table of Contents: 19)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Jordi Bernet
Inks
Jordi Bernet
Letters
Joe Rosen
Editing
Roy Thomas (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I -- hear! I -- see! Once more, I -- live!
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Melissa Jenkins (also in flashback, death); James Gordon; Jim Gordon
Synopsis
A vampire rises from her coffin to kill the grandson of the man who imprisoned her.
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[Vampire Tales #2] (Table of Contents: 20)

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

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Pencils
Jad
Inks
Jad
Colors
Jad
Letters
typeset
Editing
Roy Thomas (original editor)

Genre
horror-suspense
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Stan Lee Presents Vampire Tales (Table of Contents: 21)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

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?
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset; ? (logo)
Editing
Roy Thomas (original editor)

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Indexer Notes

Shows credits, table of contents and indicia. Small still reproduction.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

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

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Roy Thomas (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Vampires. From Vlad Tepes to Barnabas Collins.
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Indexer Notes

Uses still of Bela Lugosi as Murder Legendre from the independent film White Zombie to introduce "The Blood Sacrifice of Amanda Saint!".

The Blood Sacrifice of Amanda Saint! (Table of Contents: 23)

Morbius / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Don McGregor
Pencils
Rich Buckler
Inks
Pablo Marcos
Letters
Irv Watanabe; Jean Simek
Editing
Roy Thomas (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The blood-lust is still upon you, isn't it, Michael Morbius?
Genre
horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Morbius; Amanda Saint (introduction); Demon-Fire cult (introduction); Katabolik (introduction); Poison-Lark (introduction); Catherine; Justin (introduction); Freddie; Pete; Edgar; Max Turnhope (death)
Reprints

V Is for Vampire! (Table of Contents: 24)

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Roy Thomas (original editor)

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Witch Hunt! (Table of Contents: 25)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Pencils
Mannie Banks
Inks
Mannie Banks
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There she goes!
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Prudence (also in flashback); Caleb (also in flashback)
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A Vampire By Any Other Name: (Table of Contents: 26)

Marvel's Monster Movie Museum / text article / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench
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Roy Thomas (original editor)

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Indexer Notes

An article on the various non-Dracula vampire roles that Bela Lugosi had.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

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Roy Thomas (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There are worlds beyond our own.
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Indexer Notes

Uses still of from from undetermined film to introduce "Five Claws to Tryphon".

Five Claws to Tryphon (Table of Contents: 28)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Jesús Blasco; John Romita
Inks
Jesús Blasco; John Romita
Letters
Irv Watanabe; ? (pages 7-10)
Editing
Roy Thomas (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In the crisp, cool air of the high Cordilleras mountains in Peru...
Genre
horror-suspense; science fiction
Characters
Tryphon (also in flashback, death); Simon Majors (also in flashback); Keng Chow (flashback); Sharalla (death); Seethios
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A Generation of Vampires: (Table of Contents: 29)

text article / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont
Pencils
John Romita; ? (photograph)
Inks
Gene Colan; ? (photograph)
Letters
typeset; ?
Editing
Roy Thomas (original editor)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

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

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Roy Thomas (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is the city.
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Indexer Notes

Uses still from undetermined film to introduce "Satana".

[Introducing Satana] (Table of Contents: 31)

Satana / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
John Romita
Inks
John Romita
Letters
Irv Watanabe
Editing
Roy Thomas (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
H'lo, girlie.
Genre
horror-suspense; superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Satana Hellstrom (first appearance)
Synopsis
A mugger gets more than he bargained for when Satana is his victim.
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At the Stroke of Midnight! (Table of Contents: 32)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Jim Steranko
Pencils
Jim Steranko
Inks
Jim Steranko
Letters
Sam Rosen
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Good evening, travelers, -- lost your way in the dark!
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Digger (host); Marie Fowler; Lou Fowler; Lou Fowler's Uncle
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33)

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

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Roy Thomas (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Survival. So important to us.
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Indexer Notes

Uses still from from undetermined film to introduce "The Praying Mantis Principle!".

The Praying Mantis Principle! (Table of Contents: 34)

Hodiah Twist / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Don McGregor
Pencils
Rich Buckler
Inks
Klaus Janson; Carlos Garzón
Letters
Tom Orzechowski
Editing
Roy Thomas (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The early 1930's: Back in the uptown Harlem bar...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Hodiah Twist (introduction; origin); Conrad Jeavons (introduction); Leroy Hayes (death); Madam Angela (death); Christina; Teddy Durance
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 35)

Vampire Tales Feature Page / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Carla Conway; Mark Evanier
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset
Editing
Roy Thomas (original editor)

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Reviews of movies The Vault of Horror and The Daughters of Satan.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 36) (Expand) /

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

[Vampire Tales #3] (Table of Contents: 37)

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

Pencils
Luis Dominguez
Inks
Luis Dominguez
Colors
Luis Dominguez
Letters
typeset
Editing
Roy Thomas (original editor)

Genre
horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Morbius; Amanda Saint; Katabolik
Reprints

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

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

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?
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? (photograph)
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? (photograph)
Letters
typeset
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Roy Thomas (original editor)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 39)

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

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?
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? (photograph)
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? (photograph)
Letters
typeset
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Roy Thomas (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is the city-Los Angeles, California.
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The Kiss of Death (Table of Contents: 40)

Satana / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
Esteban Maroto
Inks
Esteban Maroto
Letters
?
Editing
Roy Thomas (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Satan worshippers! My father must be with me tonight.
Genre
horror-suspense; superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Satana; Harry Gotham (death); Brenner; Ruth Cummins (death); Doctor Darkos Edge (death)
Reprints
Keywords
satanic cult

Indexer Notes

Satana next appears in Haunt of Horror (Marvel, 1974 series) #2.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 41)

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

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Roy Thomas (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The "B" movies: low-priced dreams playing in neightborhood theaters...
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Indexer Notes

Uses still from undetermined film to introduce "The Collection".

The Collection (Table of Contents: 42)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Bhob Stewart
Pencils
Paul Reinman
Inks
Russ Jones; Bhob Stewart
Letters
Bhob Stewart; ?
Editing
Roy Thomas (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
She... she's beautiful!
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Millicent Mason; Chris Baker; Mario Borgatti
Reprints

Indexer Notes

In the original Russ Jones is credited with co-writing and Paul Reinman with inking. Bhob Stewart gives corrected credits in his blog POTRZEBIE on Monday, May 03, 2010. The last panel was re-written and re-drawn without consultation, and Bhob Stewart says he never submitted another story to Marvel after this appeared.

Vampire Hunting for Fear and Profit Part 3: The Vampire - His Kith and Kin (Table of Contents: 43)

text article / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont
Pencils
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Inks
?; ? (photographs)
Letters
typeset
Editing
Roy Thomas (original editor)

Genre
horror-suspense
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Don't Try To Outsmart the Devil! (Table of Contents: 44)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Gil Kane ?
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mine! It's all mine!
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Murdock (also in flashback); Igor; Satan; Carl (flashback, death)
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Satana (Table of Contents: 45)

Satana / text article / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Carla Conway
Pencils
Esteban Maroto; John Romita
Inks
Esteban Maroto; John Romita
Letters
typeset
Editing
Roy Thomas (original editor)

Genre
horror-suspense; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Satana
Reprints

Indexer Notes

A look at how Satana was developed.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 46)

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Roy Thomas (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The fantastic mansions that reach up from shadow-shrouded forests...
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Indexer Notes

Uses still from undetermined film to introduce "Bat's Belfry".

Bat's Belfry (Table of Contents: 47)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Don McGregor
Pencils
Vicente Ibáñez
Inks
Vicente Ibáñez
Letters
?
Editing
Roy Thomas (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I am writing from my summer home here on the moor...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Harry Everett Barclay; Leon; Mortimer; Baronet Lohrville
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Indexer Notes

Adapted from August Derleth's short story.

Vampires In Time and Space (Table of Contents: 48)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Tony Isabella
Pencils
Pablo Marcos
Inks
Pablo Marcos
Letters
?
Editing
Roy Thomas (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Belief in the vampire has been found in the earliest days of recorded history.
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Lamia
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 49)

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

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?
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? (photograph)
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Roy Thomas (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Michael Morbius was dying.
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Indexer Notes

Uses still from undetermined film to introduce "Demon Fire!".

Demon Fire! (Table of Contents: 50)

Morbius / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Don McGregor
Pencils
Rich Buckler
Inks
Klaus Janson
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Editing
Roy Thomas (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
With fierce intensity you puncture the care-takers flesh...
Genre
horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Morbius; Demon-Fire cult; Amanda Saint; Poison-Lark; Katabolik; Arachne (death); Justin; Pete; Edgar; Freddie; Clancy
Reprints

Coming Next Issue (Table of Contents: 51) (Expand) /

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

Support Your Local Short Auto-Biographer (Table of Contents: 52)

Vampire Tales Feature Page / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Don McGregor
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
Roy Thomas (original editor)

Genre
biography
Characters
Don McGregor
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Vampire Tales Volume 1
    Morbius
  2. 1. Vampire Tales #1
  3. 2. Vampire Tales
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
  5. 4. [Vampire Tales #1]
  6. 5. Stan Lee Presents Vampire Tales
  7. 6. ["Greetings, O walker in darkness."]
  8. 7. Morbius
    Morbius
  9. 8. ["Blood Is Thicker…"]
    Editorial
  10. 9. Because You Demanded It -- Savage Tales Is Coming Back!
    Savage Tales; Conan
  11. 10. ["Ah, Lucretia my sweet…how invitingly you await your Living-Dead paramour."]
  12. 11. To Kill a Werewolf!
  13. 12. The Vampire: His Kith and Kin: An Analysis in Five Parts of the Book by Montague Summers
  14. 13. ["I am Dracula"]
  15. 14. The Vampyre!
  16. 15. ["…All right, Silas. Danny's dead and done with."]
  17. 16. Satan Can Wait
  18. 17. The Worst (No Kiddin'!) Vampire Films Ever Made!
  19. 18. ["Step into my parlor, O wanderer of the night."]
  20. 19. Revenge of the Unliving
  21. 20. [Vampire Tales #2]
  22. 21. Stan Lee Presents Vampire Tales
  23. 22. ["Vampires. From Vlad Tepes to Barnabas Collins."]
  24. 23. The Blood Sacrifice of Amanda Saint!
    Morbius
  25. 24. V Is for Vampire!
  26. 25. Witch Hunt!
  27. 26. A Vampire By Any Other Name:
    Marvel's Monster Movie Museum
  28. 27. ["There are worlds beyond our own."]
  29. 28. Five Claws to Tryphon
  30. 29. A Generation of Vampires:
  31. 30. ["This is the city."]
  32. 31. [Introducing Satana]
    Satana
  33. 32. At the Stroke of Midnight!
  34. 33. ["Survival. So important to us."]
  35. 34. The Praying Mantis Principle!
    Hodiah Twist
  36. 35. [no title indexed]
    Vampire Tales Feature Page
  37. 36. [no title indexed]
    Satana
  38. 37. [Vampire Tales #3]
    Morbius
  39. 38. [no title indexed]
  40. 39. ["This is the city-Los Angeles, California."]
  41. 40. The Kiss of Death
    Satana
  42. 41. ["The "B" movies: low-priced dreams playing in neightborhood theaters..."]
  43. 42. The Collection
  44. 43. Vampire Hunting for Fear and Profit Part 3: The Vampire - His Kith and Kin
  45. 44. Don't Try To Outsmart the Devil!
  46. 45. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Satana
    Satana
  47. 46. ["The fantastic mansions that reach up from shadow-shrouded forests..."]
  48. 47. Bat's Belfry
  49. 48. Vampires In Time and Space
  50. 49. ["Michael Morbius was dying."]
  51. 50. Demon Fire!
    Morbius
  52. 51. Coming Next Issue
  53. 52. Support Your Local Short Auto-Biographer
    Vampire Tales Feature Page
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