Vampire Tales #1
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Genre
- Horror
Credits
- Art
- Esteban Maroto, line art
- Colours
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- , letterer
- Editing
- Roy Thomas, original Editor
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1"Greetings! O walker in darkness. My name is… Count Orlock."
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- Feature
- Count Orlock
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- Writing
- , scripter
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- , photographer
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3Featuring
- Feature
- Morbius
- Genre
- Horror-suspense; superhero
- Characters
- Morbius (origin retold); Barbara Clark (death); Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (flashback); Lizard (flashback); Professor Hans Jorgensen (flashback); Nikos (flashback); Martine (flashback); Carolyn; Nilrac (first appearance; villain; death); Madame Laera (first appearance; death)
Credits
- Writing
- Steve Gerber, scripter
- Art
- Pablo Marcos, line art
- Text
- Tom Orzechowski, letterer
- Editing
- Roy Thomas, original Editor
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- First print
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Vampire Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #1 ([August] 1973) — Morbius
- Also printed
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Tales of Horror Dracula (Newton, 1975 series) #2 (August 1975) — The Creature From the Crystal
Notes
Orzechowski's credit confirmed by himself.
4"Ah, Lucretia, my sweet… how invitingly you await your Living-Dead paramour."
Featuring
- Characters
- David Peel (photograph); Yvonne Monlaur (photograph)
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , photographer
- Text
- , typeset
- Editing
- Roy Thomas, original Editor
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Notes
Introduction to "To Kill a Werewolf!", fumetti-style, using a still from the movie "The Brides of Dracula" (1960).
5Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
- Characters
- Kenneth Long (death); Hastings; Lloyd Wayne
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Bill Everett, line art [credited]
- Text
- Bill Everett, letterer
- Editing
- Roy Thomas, original Editor
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6Featuring
- Characters
- Lon Chaney, Sr. (photograph); Bela Lugosi (photograph); John Carradine (photograph)
Credits
- Writing
- Chris Claremont, scripter
- Art
- , line art
- , photographer
- Text
- , typeset
- Editing
- Roy Thomas, original Editor
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- First print
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Vampire Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #1 ([August] 1973) — The Vampire: His Kith and Kin: An Analysis in Five Parts of the Book by Montague Summers
Notes
An illustrated discussion of vampires.
7"I am Dracula. No, dear friend, I've not wandered by error into the wrong publication…"
Featuring
- Characters
- Christopher Lee (photograph)
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- Writing
- , scripter
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- , photographer
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- , typeset
- Editing
- Roy Thomas, original Editor
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Notes
An introduction to "The Vampyre!", fumetti-style using a still of Christopher Lee as Dracula.
8Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
- Characters
- Aubrey; Jessica; Lady Mercer; Lord Ruthven; Henri; Ianthe (death)
Credits
- Writing
- Roy Thomas, scripter
- Ron Goulart, scripter (adptation)
- John Polidori, original author
- Art
- Win Mortimer, line art [credited as Winslow Mortimer]
- Text
- Joe Rosen, letterer (pages 1-11)
- Charlotte Jetter , letterer (pages 12-13)
- Editing
- Roy Thomas, original Editor
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Notes
Adapted from the story by John Polidori.
9"…All right, Silas. Danny's dead and done with."
Featuring
- Characters
- Michael Ripper (photograph)
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , photographer
- Text
- , typeset
- Editing
- Roy Thomas, original Editor
Reprint history
- Also printed
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Vampire Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #1 ([August] 1973) — Untitled
Notes
Introduction, fumetti-style, to "Satan Can Wait!" using still from a Hammer horror film.
10Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
- Characters
- Danny; Jim; Wilson
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Paul Reinman, line art [signed]
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Roy Thomas, original Editor
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11Credits
- Writing
- Mark Evanier, scripter [credited]
- Art
- , photographer
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- , typeset
- Editing
- Roy Thomas, original Editor
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- First print
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Vampire Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #1 ([August] 1973) — The Worst (No Kiddin'!) Vampire Films Ever Made!
Notes
Photo-illustrated article on the worst vampire films ever.
12"Step into my parlor, O wanderer of the night."
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- Writing
- , scripter
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- , photographer
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- , typeset
- Editing
- Roy Thomas, original Editor
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Notes
Introduction, fumetti-style, for "Revenge of the Unliving!"
13Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
- Characters
- Melissa Jenkins (also in flashback, death); James Gordon; Jim Gordon
Credits
- Writing
- Gardner Fox, scripter [credited]
- Art
- Jordi Bernet, line art [as Bernet]
- Text
- Joe Rosen, letterer
- Editing
- Roy Thomas, original Editor
Reprint history
- First print
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Vampire Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #1 ([August] 1973) — Revenge of the Unliving
- Also printed
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Tales of Horror Dracula (Newton, 1975 series) #2 (August 1975) — Revenge of the Unliving
Synopsis
A vampire rises from her coffin to kill the grandson of the man who imprisoned her.