Vampire Tales #4

(April 1974)

Stan Lee Presents Vampire Tales (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (photograph)

Inks

? (photograph)

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #2
• in Morbius the Living Vampire Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)

Indexer Notes

Shows credits, table of contents and indicia, includes a still from an undetermined movie.

[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

The possessed!

Reprints

• in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #2
• in Morbius the Living Vampire Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)

Indexer Notes

Uses still from undetermined film to introduce "Lighthouse of the Possessed".

Lighthouse of the Possessed (Table of Contents: 3)

Morbius / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Don McGregor

Pencils

Tom Sutton

Inks

Tom Sutton

Letters

Dave Hunt ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You watch your victim approach, Michael Morbius, you watch that human network of arteries...

Genre

horror-suspense; superhero

Characters

Morbius; Demon-Fire cult (villains); Blood-Tide (first appearance; villain); Jason Knight (death); Amanda Saint; Agnes (death); Oliver (death); Brock Kilbride; Arlene Randolph; Duke Manners; Monte Harris; Sister Saint (death)

Reprints

• in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #2
• in Vampire Tales Annual (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (1975)
• in Morbius the Living Vampire Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
• in Morbius Epic Collection (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 - The Living Vampire (2020)

Everything You Wanted to Know About Vampires (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Chris Claremont

Pencils

? (photographs)

Inks

? (photographs)

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #2
• in Dracula Lives (Marvel UK, 1974 series) #56 (15 November 1975) [5 pages only]

Notes on a Piece I Don't Want to Write (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Gerry Conway

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

biography

Characters

Gerry Conway

Reprints

• in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #2

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

? (photograph)

Inks

? (photograph)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Love is perhaps the strangest of human emotions.

Reprints

• in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #2

Indexer Notes

Uses still of undetermined film to introduce "Somewhere Waits the Vampire".

Somewhere Waits the Vampire (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Paul Reinman (signed)

Inks

Paul Reinman (signed)

Letters

?

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

My daughter in the arms of a vampire ... kissing him!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Sophia Von Heinif (death); Sophia's father (death); Kraska; Sophia's mother (flashback, death); Sophia's brother (flashback, death)

Reprints

• from Journey into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1950 series) #27 (May 1954)
• in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #2

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

? (photograph)

Inks

? (photograph)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The vampire's castle: A brooding demesne of crumbling mortar and dank stone.

Reprints

• in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #2

Indexer Notes

Uses still of from from undetermined film to introduce "A Vampire's Home Is His Castle".

A Vampire's Home Is His Castle (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Doug Moench

Pencils

José Lombardía

Inks

José Lombardía

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Worried clouds swiftly skim across the nocturnal sky...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Syrenzy; Count Varma (death); Christina (death); Nadia (death)

Reprints

• in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #2
• in Castle of Horror (Portman Distribution, 1978 series) #3 ([November] 1978)

Hell House Is Dying (Table of Contents: 10)

text article / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Don McGregor

Pencils

? (photographs)

Inks

? (photographs)

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #2

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

?

Pencils

? (photograph)

Inks

? (photograph)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A vampire's home is his coffin...

Reprints

• in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #2

Indexer Notes

Uses still of from from undetermined film to introduce "The Vampire's Coffin!".

The Vampire's Coffin! (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Tony DiPreta (signed as DiPreta)

Inks

Tony DiPreta (signed as DiPreta)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Stop them! Somebody stop them!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Captain Banner (death); Johnny (death)

Reprints

• from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #15 (September 1953)
• in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #2

The Drifting Snow (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Tony Isabella (adaptation); August Derleth (original story)

Pencils

Esteban Maroto

Inks

Esteban Maroto

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Down in Chicago, when they spoke of 'up north' or the 'Wisconsin woods'...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Aunt Mary; Ernest; Clodetta; Henry (death); Ernest's Grandfather (flashback); Henry's Father (flashback); Lisa; Sam

Reprints

• in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #2
• in Masters of Terror (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (July 1975)
which is reprinted
• in L'Écho des Savanes Spécial U.S.A. (Editions du Fromage, 1976 series) #15 (1980)
• in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #61 (2ème trimestre 1979)

Indexer Notes

Adapted from August Derleth's short story.

Lilith: The First Vampire (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Tony Isabella

Pencils

Ernie Chan

Inks

Ernie Chan

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

According to ancient Hebrew legend...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Lilith (introduction); Adam; Sanvi; Sansanvi; Semangelaf

Reprints

• in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #2
• in Jewish Comix Anthology (Alternate History Comics Inc., 2014 series) #[1] ([July] 2014)
• in Marvel Horror Lives Again! Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)

Indexer Notes

Lilith is the legendary first wife of Adam and first vampire(ss).

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

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

Script

Marv Wolfman ?

Pencils

Esteban Maroto (illustration); Rich Buckler (illustration)

Inks

Esteban Maroto (illustration); Klaus Janson (illustration)

Letters

typeset

Reprints

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

[The Boogie Man Will Get You If You Don't Subscribe!] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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

Next Comes Bloodtide! (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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