Vampire Tales 1973 #1 - 7.0 - $18.00

• Key event: First solo story featuring Morbius

A vampire rises from her coffin to kill the grandson of the man who imprisoned her.

On-sale date from The Comic Reader #96, April 1973.

• - Ad for home study courses. Inside front cover.
• Stan Lee Presents Vampire Tales - Shows credits, table of contents and indicia. Small black & white cover reproduction.
• - Uses still of Count Orlock from 1922 film "Nosferatu" to introduce "Morbius".
• - Ad offering 24 page booklet on how to start a Duraclean Dealership.
• - Discusses vampires in literature, comic books and films which will be or have been used in the new Vampire Tales magazine.
• - House ad for Savage Tales #2, October 1973. On bottom of last page of "Blood Is Thicker?".
• - Introduction to "To Kill a Werewolf!", fumetti-style, using a still from the movie "The Brides of Dracula" (1960).
• The Vampire: His Kith and Kin: An Analysis in Five Parts of the Book by Montague Summers - An illustrated discussion of vampires.
• - House Ad for the "new, giant-sized" Crazy magazine.
• - House ad for the new Zombie black & white magazine.
• - Ad for free "Conservation Career Kit".
• - An introduction to "The Vampyre!", fumetti-style using a still of Christopher Lee as Dracula.
• The Vampyre! - Adapted from the story by John Polidori.
• - On top of page between sixth and seventh pages of "The Vampyre!"
• - House ad for FOOM membership for $2.50. On bottom of page between sixth and seventh pages of "The Vampyre!"
• - Ad for reproductions of horror-themed oil paintings for $1.50 each, from Johnson-Mashburn Studios. On page after conclusion of "The Vampyre!"
• - Introduction, fumetti-style, to "Satan Can Wait!" using still from a Hammer horror film.
• - House ad for Monsters Unleashed #2, September 1973. On page between 2nd and 3rd pages of "Satan Can Wait!"
• - House ad for Monster Madness #2, 1973. On page between 2nd and 3rd pages of "Satan Can Wait!"
• - Ad for 7 ft. polyethylene ghost for $1.00, from Melton Co. On page between 2nd and 3rd pages of "Satan Can Wait!"
• - Ad for the book "Pictorial History of Crime" for $6.50. On page between 2nd and 3rd pages of "Satan Can Wait!"
• Win Every Fight - Ad for self-defense booklets. On page between 2nd and 3rd pages of "Satan Can Wait!"
• Movie Posters - Ad offering catalog of "actual posters" for $1.00. On page between 2nd and 3rd pages of "Satan Can Wait!"
• - On page between 2nd and 3rd pages of "Satan Can Wait!"
• - Ad for Ed Sale's "Secret System" to learn to play guitar. On page between 2nd and 3rd pages of "Satan Can Wait!"
• The Insult That Made A Man Out Of "Mac" - On page following "Satan Can Wait".
• The Worst (No Kiddin'!) Vampire Films Ever Made! - Photo-laden article on the worst vampire films ever.
• - House ad for Dracula Lives #2, 1973.
• - House ad for prose digest magazine "The Haunt of Horror", 1973.
• Back Issues Offer! - House ad for back issues of Dracula Lives #1, Monster Madness #1 & #2 and Monsters Unleashed #1 for $1.00 each, with cover repros.
• - Introduction, fumetti-style, for "Revenge of the Unliving!"
• - House ad for Vampire Tales #2.
• - Ad for Guinness Book Of World Records for $5.95.
• Monster - Ad for 7-foot Frankenstein monster and Boney the Skeleton for $1.00 each, from Honor House Products.
• - Ad for various novelty items.
• - Ad for 411 pc. fishing outfit for $12.95. Inside back cover.
• Never Finished High School? - Ad for free booklet on "How to finish High School at home". Back cover.