Zombie #2
(October 1973)

Marvel, 1973 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD
Pages
76
Indicia Frequency
bimonthly
On-sale Date
1973-06-05
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Monster Group
Editing
Roy Thomas (editor)

Issue Notes

No number on cover. On sale date according to the next issue box in the previous issue.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Zombie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Boris Vallejo (signed as Boris) (painting)
Inks
Boris Vallejo (signed as Boris) (painting)
Colors
Boris Vallejo (signed as Boris) (painting)
Letters
typeset
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
The Zombie [Simon Garth]
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

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?
Letters
typeset
Characters
The Zombie [Simon Garth]
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Its dark spectre hangs like a skeletal shroud...
Genre
horror-suspense

Voodoo Island! (Table of Contents: 3)

The Zombie / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Gerber
Pencils
Pablo Marcos
Inks
Pablo Marcos
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
It is a haunting and haunted summer night in New Orleans...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Donna Garth (also in flashback); Mr. Six (first appearance; villain); The Zombie [Simon Garth (also in flashback)]; Rafe (death); Mitch (death); Robert; Detective Sam Jagger; Doctor Anton Cartier (first appearance); Hackman; Professor Rickard (first appearance); Ciceron
Synopsis
The Zombie makes his way to Haiti to find his friend Dr. Cartier.
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Keywords
cemetery; Haiti; tarantula; zombie

In Memoriam (Table of Contents: 4)

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Genre
non-fiction; biography
Synopsis
Tribute to Bill Everett.

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

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? (photograph)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
No man, white or black, knows all the eerie, arcane secrets...
Genre
horror-suspense

Voodoo Unto Others (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Tony Isabella
Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Win Mortimer
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Raymond Gerard; Raoul Gerard; Raol; Ben; Longfellow
Synopsis
Young Raymond Gerard is hit by a drunk driver and saved by voodoo.
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Keywords
drunk driving; Haiti; voodoo

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

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Prison is a place where they put murderers...
Genre
horror-suspense

Acid Test! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils
George Tuska (signed as G. T.)
Inks
George Tuska (signed as G. T.)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Hunk Gillem; Curley; Tom Britton
Synopsis
A killer is terrorized by his nightmares and jumps at a chance to stop them.
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Keywords
acid

Indexer Notes

Original title: "Nightmare."

Introducing Brother Voodoo! (Table of Contents: 9)

Brother Voodoo / text article / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Tony Isabella
Pencils
John Romita (illustration); Gene Colan (illustration)
Inks
John Romita (illustration); Gene Colan (illustration)
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero; horror-suspense
Characters
Brother Voodoo [Jericho Drumm]
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Indexer Notes

Tony Isabella talks about the creation of Brother Voodoo.

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

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Emily Dickinson; ?
Pencils
? (photograph)
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Letters
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Because I could not stop for death...
Genre
horror-suspense

Twin Burial (Table of Contents: 11)

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Script
Nicola Cuti
Pencils
Ralph Reese
Inks
Ralph Reese
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Della Tate; Geoffrey; Dave; Jean; Mr. Morgan
Synopsis
Della is accidentally buried alive.
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Keywords
graveyard; twins

Indexer Notes

Chuck Robinson is Nicola Cuti's pseudonym. See Nicola Cuti's interview in
https://emeric9dedos.blogspot.com/2020/02/nicola-cuti-interview-part-4-mar….

From Out of the Grave! (Table of Contents: 12)

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Pencils
Gene Colan (signed)
Inks
Gene Colan (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Fletcher Grimm
Synopsis
A trio of corpses get revenge on a grave robber.
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Keywords
grave robbery; vivisection

Voodoo: What's It All About, Alfred? (Table of Contents: 13)

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Script
Chris Claremont
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset
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Keywords
voodoo

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

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? (photograph)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Fantasy writer Fritz Leiber has theorized...
Genre
horror-suspense

Night of the Spider! (Table of Contents: 15)

The Zombie / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Gerber
Pencils
Pablo Marcos
Inks
Pablo Marcos
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here, Simon... here is where you must stay for now.
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
The Zombie [Simon Garth]; Doctor Anton Cartier; Donna Garth; Professor Rickard (death); Hackman
Synopsis
Professor Rickard turns Donna into a giant spider.
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Keywords
Haiti; spider; zombie

Next Issue: You Guessed It, Graveyard-Gazer! the Zombie Writhes Again! (Table of Contents: 16)

The Zombie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

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Genre
horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Zombie
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. ["Its dark spectre hangs like a skeletal shroud..."]
  4. 3. Voodoo Island!
    The Zombie
  5. 4. In Memoriam
  6. 5. ["No man, white or black, knows all the eerie, arcane secrets..."]
  7. 6. Voodoo Unto Others
  8. 7. ["Prison is a place where they put murderers..."]
  9. 8. Acid Test!
  10. 9. Introducing Brother Voodoo!
    Brother Voodoo
  11. 10. ["Because I could not stop for death..."]
  12. 11. Twin Burial
  13. 12. From Out of the Grave!
  14. 13. Voodoo: What's It All About, Alfred?
  15. 14. ["Fantasy writer Fritz Leiber has theorized..."]
  16. 15. Night of the Spider!
    The Zombie
  17. 16. Next Issue: You Guessed It, Graveyard-Gazer! the Zombie Writhes Again!
    The Zombie
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