- Vampire Tales
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title = Vampire Tales
caption = "Vampire Tales" #2 (Oct. 1973). Painted cover byJose Antonio Domingo .
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publisher =Marvel Comics
date = Aug. 1973 - June 1975
issues = 11 + 1 Annual
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sort="Vampire Tales" was a black-and-white horror-
comics magazine series published byMarvel Comics in the 1970s, featuringvampire s as bothprotagonist s andantagonist s.In addition to publishing
anthological stories, the magazine starredMorbius the Living Vampire , in a feature written primarily byDon McGregor , withpenciler s includingPablo Marcos ,Rich Buckler ,Tom Sutton , andMike Vosburg , and later byDoug Moench , with artistSonny Trinidad . The vampire hunter Blade starred in two stories by writerMarv Wolfman and artistTony DeZuniga , in issue #8-9 (Dec. 1974 - Feb. 1975).Issue #2 (Oct. 1973) introduced Satana, the Devil's Daughter, in a four-page teaser by writer-editor
Roy Thomas and artistJohn Romita Sr. ; and detectiveHodiah Twist , created by Don McGregor and pencilerCarlos Garzon .Stories reprinted from Marvel's 1950s predecessor Atlas Comics included pre-
Comics Code work by such artists asBill Everett andCarmine Infantino . Modern reprints included writer-artistJim Steranko 's "At the Stroke of Midnight" from "Tower of Shadows " #1, and the 11-page Morbius origin sequence from "The Amazing Spider-Man " #102.Writer
Ron Goulart and Roy Thomas and artistWin Mortimer adapted the seminal vampireshort story "The Vampyre ", byJohn Polidori , in issue #1. Other adaptations included writer Don McGregor and artistVicente Alcazar 's "Bat's Belfry" and writerTony Isabella and artistEsteban Maroto 's "The Drifting Snow", both fromAugust Derleth stories.Published bi-monthly, the magazine cost 75 cents, a typical price for the time.
The 1975 annual reprinted seven stories from the magazine.
Bibliography
*"Vampire Tales" #1-11 (Aug. 1973 - June 1975)
*"Vampire Tales Annual" #1 (1975)References
* [http://www.comics.org/ Grand Comics Database]
* [http://www.maelmill-insi.de/UHBMCC/ The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators]
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