(January 1974)

Marvel, 1973 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD
Pages
76
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1973-08-16
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Monster Group
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (editor); Marv Wolfman (credited) (associate editor); Tony Isabella (credited) (editorial staff); Don McGregor (credited) (editorial staff); Gerry Conway (credited) (editorial staff); Carla Conway (credited as Carla Joseph) (editorial staff)

Issue Notes

Indicia title is Dracula Lives!
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Vampire vs. Vampire (Table of Contents)

Dracula / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Earl Norem (credited) (painting)
Inks
Earl Norem (credited) (painting)
Colors
Earl Norem (credited) (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Louis Belski; Dracula
Reprints

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

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Rich Buckler (signed as Buckler)
Inks
Pablo Marcos (signed as Marcos)

Characters
Dracula
Reprints

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

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Final Take: the fading career of Louis Belski...
Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Still from a vampire movie.

Fear Stalker (Table of Contents: 3)

Dracula / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman (credited)
Pencils
Mike Ploog (credited)
Inks
Ernie Chan (credited as Ernie Chua)
Letters
John Costanza (pages 1-8); ? (pages 9-14)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hollywood: once a bustling, ever growing world of fantasy...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Louis Belski (first appearance, also in flashback); Dracula; Liza Pyne (turned into a vampire); McGruder (death); Sammy; Gary Stone (death); Donaldson (corpse)
Reprints

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

Dracula Reads! [Dracula Reads] / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Neal Adams (illustration); Gene Colan (illustration)
Inks
Neal Adams (illustration); Dick Giordano (illustration)
Letters
typeset; ?

Characters
Dracula; Marie Laveau

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Bill Blyberg, David Haishman, Randy Southerland, Kurt Black, Ralph Macchio, and John Drake; Readers' Poll.

In Search of Dracula: A True History of Dracula and Vampire Legends (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont (credited)
Pencils
? (photography)
Inks
? (photography)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

A review of the Raymond T. McNally-Radu Florescu book with 7 stills from various horror movies.

Transylvania: Vacation Spot of Europe (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dwight Decker (credited as Dwight R. Decker)
Pencils
Pablo Marcos ? (illustration)
Inks
Pablo Marcos ? (illustration)
Letters
typeset

Reprints

When Calls the Vampire! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Maneely (credited)
Inks
Joe Maneely (credited)
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A body horribly mutilated, and drained of blood, lies on the edge...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Duval (corpse); Jacques; Pierre; Paul (death); Lyra Defrense (death)
Synopsis
A village suspects a beautiful young woman of being a vampire but her lover tries to warn her to leave before the mob arrives and discovers that it is her brother who is the drinker of human blood. She tries to prevent her brother from killing him, but the brother turns on her and they both perish.
Reprints

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

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A silent moon-lit night.
Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Still from a horror movie.

This Blood Is Mine! (Table of Contents: 9)

Dracula / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox (credited as Gardner F. Fox)
Pencils
Dick Ayers (credited)
Inks
Dick Ayers (credited)
Letters
Dick Ayers

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In the early years of the seventeenth century -- 1606, to be exact --
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Dracula; Countess Elizabeth Bathory (death); Sasha; Ficzko; Carlos; Stefan
Reprints

Yes, Marv Wolfman is His Real Name! (Table of Contents: 10)

Dracula Lives! Feature Page / text article / 1 page (report information)

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

Characters
Marv Wolfman (photograph)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Includes a photograph of Marv Wolfman and a still from a horror movie.

The Horror of Dracula (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script
Gerry Boudreau (credited)
Pencils
?; ? (photography)
Inks
?; ? (photography)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Film review of The Horror of Dracula with one illustration and 7 stills from the movie.

Of Royal Blood! (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony Mortellaro (signed as Mortellaro)
Inks
Tony Mortellaro (signed as Mortellaro)
Letters
Artie Simek
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You crouch in the bushes like an animal, Phineas Kroner...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Phineas Kroner; Maria Kroner; Count Dracula
Synopsis
A man demands that his daughter marry into royalty and finds his perfect suitor in Count... Dracula.
Reprints
Keywords
vampire

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

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Crowns: so relatively easy to gain, so hard to hold.
Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Still from a Dracula movie.

Look Homeward, Vampire! (Table of Contents: 14)

Dracula / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway (credited)
Pencils
Vicente Alcázar (credited)
Inks
Vicente Alcázar (credited)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (sourced)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Feudal society is very much alive in Transylvania of 1459,
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Dracula; Anton Levka (turned into vampire); Josef Yurac; Father Bordia (death); Zaveria
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Continued in part in Tomb of Dracula (Marvel, 1973 series) #2.

[Next Issue] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Vampire vs. Vampire
    Dracula
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. ["Final Take: the fading career of Louis Belski..."]
  4. 3. Fear Stalker
    Dracula
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Dracula Reads! [Dracula Reads]
  6. 5. In Search of Dracula: A True History of Dracula and Vampire Legends
  7. 6. Transylvania: Vacation Spot of Europe
  8. 7. When Calls the Vampire!
  9. 8. ["A silent moon-lit night."]
  10. 9. This Blood Is Mine!
    Dracula
  11. 10. Yes, Marv Wolfman is His Real Name!
    Dracula Lives! Feature Page
  12. 11. The Horror of Dracula
    Marvel's Monster Movie Museum
  13. 12. Of Royal Blood!
  14. 13. ["Crowns: so relatively easy to gain, so hard to hold."]
  15. 14. Look Homeward, Vampire!
    Dracula
  16. 15. [Next Issue]
    Dracula
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