Vampire Tales #8

(December 1974)

The Heart Devourer (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Tony Isabella (credited)

Pencils

Ernie Chan (credited as Ernie Chua)

Inks

Ernie Chan (credited as Ernie Chua)

Letters

Jean Simek ? (uncredited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

From Russian folklore comes one of the strangest vampire tales of all.

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #3
• in Tales of Terror (Portman Distribution, 1978 series) #2 (1978)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Tony DeZuniga (illustration); Alfredo Alcala (illustration); Mike Vosburg (illustration)

Inks

Tony DeZuniga (illustration); Alfredo Alcala (illustration); Frank Chiaramonte (illustration)

Letters

typeset

Characters

Blade; Martin Cunningham; Apocalypse

Reprints

• in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #3
• in Morbius the Living Vampire Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
• in Morbius Epic Collection (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 - The Living Vampire (2020)

High Midnight (Table of Contents: 3)

Morbius / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script

Don McGregor (credited)

Pencils

Mike Vosburg (credited); Tom Sutton (prologue, see notes)

Inks

Frank Chiaramonte (credited); Tom Sutton (prologue, see notes)

Letters

Tom Orzechowski (uncredited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Horror disturbs. True horror often, is undisguised glimpses of death.

Genre

horror-suspense; superhero

Characters

Morbius [Michael Morbius]; Amanda Saint (last appearance); Death-Flame (flashback to death); Sagebrush Robbins; Howie Rivers; Danny-Boy; Apocalypse [Kazarian] (death); Reaper (death); Phineas T. Coroner (death); Rigor (death)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Reprints

• from Vampire Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #7 (October 1974) [Page 18 of “Where Is Gallows Bend and What the Hell Am I Doing There?” in #7, partially unreadable due to a poorly made printing plate, is reprinted from a corrected plate as a prologue to “High Midnight” in #8.]
• in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #3
• in Morbius the Living Vampire Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
• in Morbius Epic Collection (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 - The Living Vampire (2020)

Indexer Notes

Splash taken from previous story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Pablo Marcos (illustration); Bob Brown (illustration)

Inks

Pablo Marcos (illustration); Tom Palmer (illustration)

Letters

typeset

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Ralph Macchio, Joe Marren, Kathleen Resch, Steven Scheibner, and Richard Clark; Readers' Poll.

The Vendetta (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Carla Conway (credited); Gerry Conway (credited)

Pencils

Joe Staton (credited)

Inks

Joe Staton (credited)

Letters

Joe Staton (uncredited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A hot day, brutal even for the Miditerranean summers of Sicily...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Bernardo Latta (death, also in flashback); Signora Cella; Salino (death in flashback); Rico; Sophia Latta

Reprints

• in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #3
• in Tales of Terror (Portman Distribution, 1978 series) #2 (1978)

The Inheritance (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Carla Conway (credited); Gerry Conway (credited)

Pencils

Alfredo Alcala (credited)

Inks

Alfredo Alcala (credited)

Letters

Alfredo Alcala (uncredited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

For some of us, fate can act suddenly and sharply...

Characters

Jason Thornehill; Kit; Gus; Mr. Peterson; Nurse Stanton; Martin Cunningham (death)

Reprints

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

Beware the Legions! (Table of Contents: 7)

Blade / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Marv Wolfman (credited)

Pencils

Tony DeZuniga (credited)

Inks

Tony DeZuniga (credited)

Letters

Marcos Pelayos (uncredited); Gaspar Saladino (sourced) (logo)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Tourists never trod this squalid London side-street...

Feature Logo

Blade the Vampire Slayer

Genre

horror-suspense; superhero

Characters

Blade [Eric Brooks]; Vanessa Brooks (flashback); Safron Caulder; Anton Vierken (first appearance, name given in next issue); Lady Vanity (flashback); Neva Wytte (also in flashback); Ling; Billy-Blue (corpse, death in flashback, final death); Robbie; Vampire Legion (first appearance)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Reprints

• in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #3
• in Castle of Horror (Portman Distribution, 1978 series) #2 ([October] 1978)
• in Blade: Black & White (Marvel, 2004 series) (2004) [cover background from page 8 of story]
which is reprinted
• in Marvel Horror: The Magazine Collection (Marvel, 2017 series) (2017) [Blade figure only]
• in Blade: Black & White (Marvel, 2004 series) (2004)
• in Marvel Horror Lives Again! Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
• in Blade: The Early Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2023 series) (2023)

Indexer Notes

Issue #10's letters page reveals that Blade's logo was designed by Marv Wolfman and crafted by Gaspar Saladino.

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

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

[Werewolf at the Door?] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

Two Magnificent Heroes in Two Macabre Adventures (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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