(September 1974)

Marvel, 1973 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1974-07-02
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Monster Group
Printer
Printed in the United States of America
Editing
Marv Wolfman (credited) (editor); Tony Isabella (credited) (consulting editor); Roy Thomas (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #108, July 1974.

Last Walk on the Night Side (Table of Contents)

Dracula / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Luis Dominguez (credited) (painting)
Inks
Luis Dominguez (credited) (painting)
Colors
Luis Dominguez (credited) (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Dracula
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

[Dracula] (Table of Contents: 1)

Dracula / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Pablo Marcos (signed as Pablo Marcos)
Inks
Pablo Marcos (signed as Pablo Marcos)

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Dracula
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Contents (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photography)
Inks
? (photography)
Letters
typeset

Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
?
Pencils
? (photography)
Inks
? (photography)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It was his last night on the police force...
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Still from a movie.

Last Walk on the Night Side (Table of Contents: 4)

Dracula / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Tony DeZuniga (credited)
Inks
Tony DeZuniga (credited)
Letters
John Costanza

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look, Jean, I don’t care if I’ve still got five years ‘til pension.
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Dracula; Lou Garver; Jean Garver (death); Gerdie (death); Eddie
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story continued in next issue.

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

Dracula Reads! [Dracula Reads] / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
various
Inks
various
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Jon Miles, Nicky Bronson, Bonnie Harrison, Mark Robardt, Robert Zakir, and Peter Mauss; Readers' Poll.

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
? (photography)
Inks
? (photography)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
He ruled the mob with an iron fist, for all men who lived...
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Still from a movie.

Black Hand... Black Death! (Table of Contents: 7)

Dracula / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein (credited)
Pencils
Gene Colan (credited)
Inks
Ernie Chan (credited as Ernie Chua)
Letters
John Costanza (sourced)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Rome: the eternal city.
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Dracula; Big Nick Diablo; Luisa Morelli (death); Guisippi (turned into vampire); Alonzo (turned into vampire); Maria Petrella (death)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Set in 1926.

A Non-paid Commercial That Will Drive You Crazy (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

Child of the Sun (Table of Contents: 9)

Dracula / text story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont (credited)
Pencils
Pablo Marcos (illustrations)
Inks
Pablo Marcos (illustrations)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
They crossed the Ukrainian coast at a hundred feet to avoid Soviet radar cover...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Dracula (known as Dragon); Roberta Christianson (turned into a vampire, death); Lisle (death); Miklos Szkorbec (death)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
CIA pilot Roberta Christianson flies agent Dragon from Turkey to Transylvania. When she realizes who her passenger really is, she tries to stop him.
Reprints
Keywords
CIA; De Havilland Mosquito; NASA; vampires

Indexer Notes

A Dracula Lives! Fiction-Feature Special!

Missed Any Monsters Lately? (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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

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

Coffin Chronicles / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Carla Conway (credited as Carla Joseph)
Pencils
? (photography)
Inks
? (photography)
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

Various notes of information on upcoming Dracula projects in other media, includes five stills.

[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
DRACULA- Lord of the Living Dead!
Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Still from a horror movie.

[Dracula recap] (Table of Contents: 13)

Dracula / recap / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited) (adaptation); Bram Stoker (original novel)
Pencils
Dick Giordano (credited)
Inks
Dick Giordano (credited)
Letters
Joe Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text
9 May 1890 - I am still a prisoner at Castle Dracula...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Dracula; Jonathan Harker
Reprints

Chapter IV - And in That Sleep...! (Table of Contents: 14)

Dracula / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited) (adaptation); Bram Stoker (original novel)
Pencils
Dick Giordano (credited)
Inks
Dick Giordano (credited)
Letters
Joe Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text
10 May - I cannot tell which of the events of this dreadful night are real...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Dracula; Jonathan Harker; Mina Murray (dream); three female vampires
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Part 4 of Bram Stoker's Dracula adaptation.
Continued in issue #10.

Invite Your Friends Over for a...Haunting (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

The Gayle House / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[Ad for Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #3] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Marvel Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[Ad for Vampire Tales] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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

Kung Fu & Karate (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Demaru, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Missed Any Marvel Masterpieces Lately? (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Marvel Monster Group / promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

Next Issue...Dracula Lives! (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

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

FDR Sat Here (Table of Contents: 21)

The U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare / public service announcement / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photography)
Inks
? (photography)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Page 65.
Advises you to try to stop thinking of disabled people as ‘handicapped’.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

These Are Very Special People (Table of Contents: 23) (Expand) /

Broadway Bookfinders / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Famous Name Prizes or Cash (Table of Contents: 24) (Expand) /

Olympic Sales Club, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Look Who’s Smiling Now! (Table of Contents: 25) (Expand) /

LaSalle Extension University / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Last Walk on the Night Side
    Dracula
  2. 1. [Dracula]
    Dracula
  3. 2. Contents
  4. 3. ["It was his last night on the police force..."]
  5. 4. Last Walk on the Night Side
    Dracula
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Dracula Reads! [Dracula Reads]
  7. 6. ["He ruled the mob with an iron fist, for all men who lived..."]
  8. 7. Black Hand... Black Death!
    Dracula
  9. 8. A Non-paid Commercial That Will Drive You Crazy
    Crazy
  10. 9. Child of the Sun
    Dracula
  11. 10. Missed Any Monsters Lately?
    Marvel Magazine Group
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Coffin Chronicles
  13. 12. ["DRACULA- Lord of the Living Dead!"]
  14. 13. [Dracula recap]
    Dracula
  15. 14. Chapter IV - And in That Sleep...!
    Dracula
  16. 15. Invite Your Friends Over for a...Haunting
    The Gayle House
  17. 16. [Ad for Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #3]
    Marvel Comics
  18. 17. [Ad for Vampire Tales]
    Blade; Morbius
  19. 18. Kung Fu & Karate
    Demaru, Inc.
  20. 19. Missed Any Marvel Masterpieces Lately?
    Marvel Monster Group
  21. 20. Next Issue...Dracula Lives!
    Dracula
  22. 21. FDR Sat Here
    The U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
  23. 22. [no title indexed]
  24. 23. These Are Very Special People
    Broadway Bookfinders
  25. 24. Famous Name Prizes or Cash
    Olympic Sales Club, Inc.
  26. 25. Look Who’s Smiling Now!
    LaSalle Extension University
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  • Clayton Graham
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