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Issue: Zombie #1
Publication Date: January 1973
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Issues: #1 of 10 Issues
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Monster GroupView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 04/03/1973
Volume: 1
Pages: 76
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 32 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black & white interior
Dimensions: magazine size
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Cover, Front
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: horror
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In Content Item: FlagEssential Tales of the Zombie #1 published January 2006
as Tales of the Zombie #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #2 published January 2012
as Tales of the Zombie #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Upper left corner image of Zombie drawn by John Romita. Info per Nick Caputo.
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If You Had Mailed This Coupon a Year Ago...

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First Line: Perhaps your salary would be up too!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Send for free jobs booklet from La Salle Extension University, 417 S. Dearborn Street, Dept. 87-040, Chicago, Illinois 60605.
On inside front cover.
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In Content Item: FlagEssential Tales of the Zombie #1 published January 2006
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Pages: 1
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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: horror
First Line: Hello there and welcome to the fear-fraught premiere issue of Tale Of The Zombie
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Introduction to first story. Features a photo from a zombie movie.
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The Altar of the Damned!

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Genres: horror
First Line: The blood-hued sun sets slowly this eve, painting the Louisiana bayous in tones of ominous crimson.
Synopsis: Businessman Simon Garth is kidnapped by one of his employees and taken into the swamp to be turned into a zombie.
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In Content Item: FlagTales of the Zombie Annual #1 published January 1975
as The Altar of the Damned! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Tales of the Zombie #1 published January 2006
as Altar of the Damned (Ch. 1) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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Beware! Here Come the Vampires!

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Disclose Notes: House ad for Vampire Tales magazine.
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When I Planned to Retire Before Fifty

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First Line: This is the business that made it possible
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Disclose Notes: Mail order advertisement for a 24-page illustrated booklet for a career in sales from Duraclean International, 3-1Y2 Duraclean Building, Deerfield, Illinois 60015.
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Zombie!

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Genres: horror
First Line: You stand motionless under the moon in the silent swamp...
Synopsis: Gyps sends his zombie to bring back more money, and a girl. The zombie revolts and kills Gyps.
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In Content Item: FlagTales of the Zombie Annual #1 published January 1975
as Zombie! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Tales of the Zombie #1 published January 2006
as Zombie! (Ch. 2) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagMenace #5 published July 1953
was Zombie! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Zombie slightly redrawn along with touch-ups on other figures to coincide with concurrent story.

Zombie appears in one panel in Dracula Lives (Marvel, 1973 series) #1.

Green color added to one page.
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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: horror
Character(s): Curry (photo of Tor Johnson); Mungo (photo of Lon Chaney Jr.); Borg (photo of John Carradine)
First Line: All Right You Guys - Grab 'Im!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Humorous introduction to the next story, utilising a still photo from the horror film The Black Sleep (1956) (Bel-Air Productions, United Artists)
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Iron-Head

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Bronson; Mr. Nash
Synopsis: Bronson blows up his boss's ship to keep a treasure for himself.
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In Content Item: FlagEssential Tales of the Zombie #1 published January 2006
as Iron-Head [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #1 published June 1952
was Iron-Head [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
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Pages: 5
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Wear the Badge of the Future in … Conservation

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The Sensuous Zombie

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Genres: horror, non-fiction
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In Content Item: FlagEssential Tales of the Zombie #1 published January 2006
as The Sensuous Zombie [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Text article about Zombie movies.
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Back to Back and Belly to Belly at the Zombie Jamboree Ball!

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Genres: non-fiction
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In Content Item: FlagEssential Tales of the Zombie #1 published January 2006
as Back To Back And Belly To Belly At The Zombie Jamboree Ball! [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An editorial about how the magazine came to be.
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These 3 Big Drafting Kits Given To You!

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First Line: When you train at home with us for a high pay job in drafting…
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Send for free drafting career kit from North American School of Drafting, Dept. 35362, 4500 Campus Dr., Newport Beach, CA 92663.
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Warning! A Nefarious New, Giant-Size Comic-Mag Has Escaped From the Vaults of Macabre Marvel!

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Disclose Notes: Promotion for Monsters Unleashed (Marvel, 1973 series) #1 ([June] 1973) using a panel from the first story in the issue and a description of the contents.
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Genres: horror
First Line: This is your finish, my dear...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Humorous introduction to the next story, utilising a still from a horror movie.
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The Thing from the Bog!

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Thomas; Frederick Corter; Tallie
Synopsis: A child found in the peat bog holds the secret to the return of the bog men.
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In Content Item: FlagEssential Tales of the Zombie #1 published January 2006
as The Thing From the Bog! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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By the Way, Just in Case You Ever Doubted It -- Dracula Lives!

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Character(s): Dracula
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: House ad for Dracula Lives (Marvel, 1973 series) #2 (1973).
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Partial Page of Mail Order Ads

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Pages: 0.67
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The Mastermind

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: horror
Character(s): Manaak
Synopsis: Manaak is brought to life but his master ends up with more than he bargained for.
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In Content Item: FlagEssential Tales of the Zombie #1 published January 2006
as Mastermind [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagChamber of Darkness #7 [unnamed variant] published October 1970
was The Mastermind [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
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Pages: 2
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Back Issues, Anyone?

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for back issues of Dracula Lives! #1 and Monster Madness #1 & 2
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The Insult That Made a Man Out of "Mac"

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Character(s): Mac; Charles Atlas (photograph)
First Line: Hey! Quit kicking that sand in our faces!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for information about the dynamic-tension body building program by Charles Atlas, Dept. 89C, 115 East 23rd St., New York, N.Y 101.
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Hey! If You're Grooving on Tales of the Zombie - and What Dead-Blooded American Monster Isn't - -

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Character(s): Werewolf by Night; Thongar; Magnetor; Conan; Blade; Dracula; Hulk; Kull; Ghost Rider
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: House ad for Werewolf by Night #7, Monsters on the Prowl #24, Conan the Barbarian #28, Creatures on the Loose #24, Tomb of Dracula #10; Incredible Hulk #166, Marvel Spotlight #10 and Kull the Conqueror #8.
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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: horror
First Line: Listen - - You've Got To Help Me!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Humorous introduction to the next story, utilising a still photo from a horror movie.
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Night of the Walking Dead!

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Lou (coroner); Gene Griggs (addict, death); George (car driver)
First Line: He was our gardener for a few months.
Synopsis: Donna loses the controlling amulet to a junkie who ends up being killed by the Zombie.
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In Content Item: FlagTales of the Zombie Annual #1 published January 1975
as Night of the Walking Dead! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Tales of the Zombie #1 published January 2006
as Night of the Walking Dead (Ch. 3) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Green color added to two pages.
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Now At Last You Can Be The Host

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for reproductions of horror-themed oil paintings for $1.50 each, from Johnson-Mashburn Studios, Box 251, Dickson, Tennessee 37055.
After sixth page of preceding story.
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Next Issue:

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Genres: horror
First Line: Once more he rises from the grave--
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In Content Item: FlagEssential Tales of the Zombie #1 published January 2006
as Next Issue [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: House ad for the second issue of Zombie (Marvel, 1973 series) #2 (October 1973). Green color added.
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The Heaviest Human On Record Weighed 1,069 Lbs…

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Pages: 0.17
Disclose Notes: Send $5.95 for Guinness Book Of World Records, Dept. G118, 1966 Broadway, New York. N.Y. 10023.
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Monster 7 Feet Tall

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Disclose Notes: Ad offering seven-foot polyethylene monster novelties with glow in the dark eyes. Choose from Frankenstein's Monster and Boney the Skeleton at $1.00 apiece. From Honor House, dEpt. 190MR01, Lynbrook, N.Y. 11563..
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First Line: Flying helicopter goes over 100' high!
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Disclose Notes: Ad for novelty items from Johnson Smith, Dept. 313, Mt. Clemens, Mich. 48043.
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3 Complete Fishing Outfits

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Disclose Notes: Ad for 411 piece fishing outfit for $12.95 from Niresk Discount Sales Inc., Dept. F3-18, Chicago, Illinois 60606.
Inside back cover.
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Never Finished High School?

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Disclose Notes: Ad for free booklet on "How to Finish High School at HOme", Wayne Schools, 417 S. Dearborn Street, Dept. 87-551, Chicago, Illinois 60605.
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