(June 1974)

Marvel, 1973 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1974-04-02
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)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #105, April 1974.
No issue number on cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Esteban Maroto (signed as ESTEBAN) (painting)
Inks
Esteban Maroto (signed as ESTEBAN) (painting)
Colors
Esteban Maroto (signed as ESTEBAN) (painting)
Letters
typeset
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Barsac
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Cover Thumbnail for Vampire Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #5
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The Vampire Viscount of France (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Win Mortimer (credited)
Inks
Win Mortimer (credited)
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gilles de Rais and Vlad Tepes were not the only noblemen...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Viscount de Morieve (death)
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Indexer Notes

Inside front and inside back cover.

Stan Lee Presents Vampire Tales (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photography)
Inks
? (photography)
Letters
typeset
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
?
Pencils
? (photography)
Inks
? (photography)
Letters
typeset
Job Number
[None]
First Line of Dialogue or Text
When Justice is over-ruled by Law...
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Blood Tide! (Table of Contents: 4)

Morbius / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Don McGregor (credited)
Pencils
Rich Buckler (credited)
Inks
Ernie Chan (credited as Ernie Chua)
Letters
Dave Hunt
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Michael! What happened to that old lady, Mrs. Agnes?
Genre
horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Morbius [Michael Morbius]; Amanda Saint; Blood-Tide [Duke Mannery] (death, villain); Demon-Fire cultists; Brock Kilbride (death); Arlene Randolph; Monte Harris; Agatha; Henrietta; Claude; Ralph
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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Indexer Notes

Includes spot color.

[Crazy Magazine #4] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The appearance of the first feature-length Satana...
Characters
Satana
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Indexer Notes

Letters from: Ralph Macchio, Jana C. Hollingsworth, Chaspa Mawille, Thomas H. Woodruff Jr., Jackie Frost, Jerry C. Cleary, and Steven Scheibner; Readers' Poll.

Count Yorga - Vampire of the Year (Table of Contents: 7)

text article / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Don Glut (credited as Donald F. Glut)
Pencils
? (photography)
Inks
? (photography)
Letters
typeset
Genre
horror-suspense
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[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
All the world's a stage.
Genre
horror-suspense
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The Living Dead (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited) (adaptation); Robert Bloch (credited) (original story)
Pencils
Alan Kupperberg (credited)
Inks
Dick Giordano (credited)
Letters
Alan Kupperberg (sourced)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Those accursed Americans think themselves invincible...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Eric Karon [Count Barsac] (death); Mayor; Mayor's daughter (death)
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Indexer Notes

Adapted from Robert Bloch's short story.

Devil's Den (Table of Contents: 10)

text article / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Carla Conway (credited as Carla Joseph)
Pencils
? (photography)
Inks
? (photography)
Letters
typeset
Genre
horror-suspense
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...The Way It Began! (Table of Contents: 11)

Morbius / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Gil Kane (credited) (signed as GK)
Inks
Frank Giacoia (credited)
Letters
Artie Simek; Morrie Kuramoto (page 1)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
No! I didn't mean to kill you...
Genre
horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Martine Bancroft (flashback); Morbius [Michael Morbius] (origin in flashback); Emil Nikos (death in flashback); Charlie (death)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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Indexer Notes

Original title: "Vampire at Large!"

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script
?
Pencils
? (photography)
Inks
? (photography)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Consider: Two American authors on a...
Genre
horror-suspense
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The Vampire Wants Blood! (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Val Mayerik (credited)
Inks
Val Mayerik (credited)
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Commissioner, I have been sent by two American researchers...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
James Leonard; Harold Coulter; Police Commissioner (death); Count Varma (ressurection); Carla
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Beyond the Outer Limits of Terror Comes... (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

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

Coming Your Way (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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

[Duel at High Midnight in Gallow's Bend!] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. The Vampire Viscount of France
  3. 2. Stan Lee Presents Vampire Tales
  4. 3. ["When Justice is over-ruled by Law..."]
  5. 4. Blood Tide!
    Morbius
  6. 5. [Crazy Magazine #4]
  7. 6. ["The appearance of the first feature-length Satana..."]
    Vampire Mails
  8. 7. Count Yorga - Vampire of the Year
  9. 8. ["All the world's a stage."]
  10. 9. The Living Dead
  11. 10. Devil's Den
  12. 11. ...The Way It Began!
    Morbius
  13. 12. ["Consider: Two American authors on a..."]
  14. 13. The Vampire Wants Blood!
  15. 14. Beyond the Outer Limits of Terror Comes...
  16. 15. Coming Your Way
    Dracula
  17. 16. [Duel at High Midnight in Gallow's Bend!]
    Morbius
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