Vampire Tales #3

(February 1974)

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

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (photograph)

Inks

? (photograph)

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)
• in Morbius the Living Vampire Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

? (photograph)

Inks

? (photograph)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is the city-Los Angeles, California.

Reprints

• in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)

The Kiss of Death (Table of Contents: 3)

Satana / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Gerry Conway

Pencils

Esteban Maroto

Inks

Esteban Maroto

Letters

?

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)

Synopsis

A preacher tries to have Satana killed.

Reprints

• in Demon! (Portman Distribution, 1978 series) #1
• in Vampire Tales Annual (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (1975)
• in Essential Marvel Horror (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)
• in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)
• in Marvel Horror Lives Again! Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)

Keywords

satanic cult

Indexer Notes

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

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

Vampire Mails / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Marv Wolfman ?

Pencils

Pablo Marcos (illustration); Esteban Maroto (illustration); Jesús Blasco (illustration)

Inks

Pablo Marcos (illustration); Esteban Maroto (illustration); Jesús Blasco (illustration)

Letters

typeset; ?

Reprints

• in Morbius the Living Vampire Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Jeff Young, V.F. Richards, and Brian Earl Brown; includes Readers' Poll.

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

? (photograph)

Inks

? (photograph)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The "B" movies: low-priced dreams playing in neightborhood theaters...

Reprints

• in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)

Indexer Notes

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

The Collection (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Bhob Stewart

Pencils

Paul Reinman

Inks

Russ Jones; Bhob Stewart (backgrounds)

Letters

Bhob Stewart (title display); ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

She... she's beautiful!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Millicent Mason; Chris Baker; Mario Borgatti

Reprints

• in Castle of Horror (Portman Distribution, 1978 series) #3 ([November] 1978)
• in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)

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: 7)

text article / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

Chris Claremont

Pencils

?; ? (photographs)

Inks

?; ? (photographs)

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)

Don't Try To Outsmart the Devil! (Table of Contents: 8)

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)

Reprints

• from Adventures into Terror (Marvel, 1950 series) #13 (December 1952) [black and white]
• in Demon! (Portman Distribution, 1978 series) #1
• in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Satana (Table of Contents: 9)

Satana / text article / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Carla Conway

Pencils

Esteban Maroto (signed); John Romita (illustration)

Inks

Esteban Maroto (signed); John Romita (illustration)

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Satana

Reprints

• in Essential Marvel Horror (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)
• in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)
• in Marvel Horror Lives Again! Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)

Indexer Notes

A look at how Satana was developed.

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

? (photograph)

Inks

? (photograph)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The fantastic mansions that reach up from shadow-shrouded forests...

Reprints

• in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)

Indexer Notes

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

Bat's Belfry (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Don McGregor

Pencils

Vicente Ibáñez

Inks

Vicente Ibáñez

Letters

?

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

Reprints

• in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)

Indexer Notes

Adapted from August Derleth's short story.

Another Marvel Masterpiece! (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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

Vampires In Time and Space (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Tony Isabella

Pencils

Pablo Marcos

Inks

Pablo Marcos

Letters

?

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

Reprints

• in Vampire Tales Annual (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (1975)
• in Marvel Superheroes and the Occult Winter Special (Marvel UK, 1980 series) ([November] 1980)
• in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

? (photograph)

Inks

? (photograph)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Michael Morbius was dying.

Reprints

• in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)
• in Morbius the Living Vampire Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)

Indexer Notes

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

Demon Fire! (Table of Contents: 15)

Morbius / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Don McGregor

Pencils

Rich Buckler

Inks

Klaus Janson

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

First Line of Dialogue or Text

With fierce intensity you puncture the care-takers flesh...

Genre

horror-suspense; superhero

Characters

Morbius; Demon-Fire cult (villains); Amanda Saint; Poison-Lark; Katabolik; Arachne (death); Justin; Pete; Edgar; Freddie; Clancy

Reprints

• in Castle of Horror (Portman Distribution, 1978 series) #3 ([November] 1978)
• in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)
• in Morbius the Living Vampire Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
• in Morbius Epic Collection (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 - The Living Vampire (2020)

Coming Next Issue (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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

Support Your Local Short Auto-Biographer (Table of Contents: 17)

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

Script

Don McGregor (credited as Donald F. McGregor)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

biography

Characters

Don McGregor

Reprints

• in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)
• in Morbius the Living Vampire Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)