(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
Editing
Roy Thomas (editor); Marv Wolfman (associate editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #105, April 1974.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Esteban Maroto (signed) (painting)
Inks
Esteban Maroto (signed) (painting)
Colors
Esteban Maroto (signed) (painting)
Letters
typeset
Genre
horror-suspense
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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
Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Win Mortimer
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
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset
Genre
horror-suspense
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
?
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
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
Doug Moench
Pencils
Rich Buckler
Inks
Ernie Chan
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]; Blood-Tide [Duke Mannery] (death, villain); Demon-Fire cultists; Amanda Saint; Brock Kilbride (death); Arlene Randolph; Monte Harris; Agatha; Henrietta; Claude; Ralph
Reprints

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

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 of comment from readers Ralph Macchio, Jana C. Hollingsworth, Chaspa Mawille, Thomas H. Woodruiff Jr., Jackie Frost, Jerry C. Cleary, and Steven Scheibner.

Count Yorga - Vampire of the Year (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Don Glut (credited as Donald F. Glut)
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset
Genre
horror-suspense
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
?
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
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: 8)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (adaptation); Robert Bloch (original story)
Pencils
Alan Kupperberg
Inks
Dick Giordano
Letters
?
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: 9)

text article / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Carla Conway
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset
Genre
horror-suspense
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...The Way It Began! (Table of Contents: 10)

Morbius / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Gil Kane (signed as GK)
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Letters
Artie Simek
First Line of Dialogue or Text
No! I didn't mean to kill you...
Genre
horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Morbius [Michael Morbius]; Martine; Nikos (death); Charlie (death)
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Indexer Notes

Original title: "Vampire at Large!"

[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
Consider: Two American authors on a...
Genre
horror-suspense
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The Vampire Wants Blood! (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench
Pencils
Val Mayerik
Inks
Val Mayerik
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; Carla
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[Duel at High Midnight in Gallow's Bend!] (Table of Contents: 13) (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. ["The appearance of the first feature-length Satana..."]
    Vampire Mails
  7. 6. Count Yorga - Vampire of the Year
  8. 7. ["All the world's a stage."]
  9. 8. The Living Dead
  10. 9. Devil's Den
  11. 10. ...The Way It Began!
    Morbius
  12. 11. ["Consider: Two American authors on a..."]
  13. 12. The Vampire Wants Blood!
  14. 13. [Duel at High Midnight in Gallow's Bend!]
    Morbius
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