Zombie #6

(July 1974)

Table of Contents (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Pablo Marcos (signed as Pablo Marcos)

Inks

Pablo Marcos (signed as Pablo Marcos)

Letters

typeset

Characters

The Zombie [Simon Garth]; Layla

Reprints

• in Tales of the Zombie Annual (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (Summer 1975) ["Child of Darkness"]
which is reprinted
• in Marvel Horror Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
• in Essential Tales of the Zombie (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) [black and white]
• in Marvel Horror 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

Is man a beast...or a god?

Characters

Henry Frankenstein (photograph); Fritz (photograph)

Indexer Notes

Still from the 1931 Universal Pictures "Frankenstein" starring Colin Clive and Dwight Frye.

Text added to make it part of the prologue to the next story:
"Is man a beast...or a god? An animal in captivity of his own making...or a creature of reason? In the pages that follow, Simon Garth learns the answer.
But can it matter...to a dead man?"

Tales of the Zombie Prologue (Table of Contents: 3)

The Zombie / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Eric Masterson; Joan Franklin

Synopsis

Why did a seemingly rational broker and his young bride abandon their house in New Orleans to retreat to a rickety old house in the bayou?

Reprints

• in Essential Tales of the Zombie (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) [black and white]
• in Marvel Horror Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)

Child of Darkness! (Table of Contents: 4)

The Zombie / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Gerber

Pencils

Pablo Marcos

Inks

Pablo Marcos

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Grimly, determinedly, in the stiff, halting gait of the walking dead...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

The Zombie [Simon Garth]; Layla; Eric Masterson (death, villain); Joan Masterson (villain); Teddy Masterson (villain)

Synopsis

Simon and Layla stumble upon the Masterson house.

Reprints

• in Essential Tales of the Zombie (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) [black and white]
• in Marvel Horror Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)

Keywords

swamp; voodoo; zombie

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

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Mails to the Zombie / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

? (illustrations)

Inks

? (illustrations)

Letters

typeset

Characters

The Zombie [Simon Garth]

Indexer Notes

Letters from Ralph Macchio, Randy Medoff, David Levin, Hugh P. Simmons, Michael N. Tierstein, Jackie Frost, and Brian W. Prescott.

Plague of the Zombies (Table of Contents: 7)

text article / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Gerry Boudreau

Pencils

? (photographs)

Inks

? (photographs)

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• in Essential Tales of the Zombie (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) [black and white]

Indexer Notes

Article about Hammer Film Production's 1966 "Plague of the Zombies".

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

Sugar Hill (Table of Contents: 9)

photo story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Jim Harmon

Pencils

? (photographs)

Inks

? (photographs)

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• in Essential Tales of the Zombie (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) [black and white]

Indexer Notes

Story about the 1974 American International Picture's "Sugar Hill".

The Compleat Voodoo Man (Table of Contents: 10)

text article / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Chris Claremont

Pencils

? (illustrations); ? (photograph)

Inks

? (illustrations); ? (photographs)

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• in Essential Tales of the Zombie (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) [black and white]

Indexer Notes

Chris gets his friend Seymour to recommend voodoo books while lunching, similar to the 1981 film "My Dinner With Andre".

End of a Legend! (Table of Contents: 11)

Brother Voodoo / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

Doug Moench (credited) (script); Len Wein (credited) (plot)

Pencils

Gene Colan (credited)

Inks

Frank Chiaramonte (credited)

Letters

Dave Hunt ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Amber flames shudder under the whispering caress of a chill draft...

Feature Logo

The Man Who Lived Twice!

Genre

superhero; horror-suspense

Characters

Black Talon [Desmond Drew] (villain, also in flashback); Brother Voodoo [Jericho Drumm] (also in flashback); Brother Voodoo [Daniel Drumm's Spirit] (also in flashback); Mama Limbo (villain, also in flashback, death); Loralee Tate (also in flashback)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

In rescuing Loralee Tate, Brother Voodoo discovers his suspicions about Mama Limo were well founded.

Reprints

• in Horror (Dečje novine, 1986 series) #13 (April 1988.)
• in Essential Tales of the Zombie (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) [black and white]
• in Essential Marvel Horror (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008) [black and white]
• in Doctor Voodoo: Avenger of the Supernatural (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 ([May 26, 2010])
• in Marvel Horror Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Brother Voodoo (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 (2021)

Keywords

houngan; voodoo

Indexer Notes

Brother Voodoo appearance between Strange Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #173 and Marvel Team-Up (Marvel, 1972 series) #24.

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advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

The Voodoo Beat (Table of Contents: 14)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Carla Conway

Pencils

? (photographs)

Inks

? (photographs)

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• in Essential Tales of the Zombie (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) [black and white]

Indexer Notes

Short descriptions of current horror films.

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advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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public service announcement / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

? (ad copy)

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

FDR Sat Here

Indexer Notes

Ad for U. S. Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare

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advertisement / 0.14 page (report information)

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advertisement / 0.03 page (report information)

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advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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