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Issue: Legion of Monsters #1
Publication Date: September 1975
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/05/1975
Volume: 1
Pages: 76
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The cover includes the distributor's mark: Curtis.
On sale date from the Comic Reader #121.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color covers; black and white interiors
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US magazine
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagL'Écho des Savanes Spécial U.S.A. #5 published January 1977
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Monster of Frankenstein #1 published January 2004
as The Legion of Monsters #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagThe Tomb of Dracula Omnibus #3 published December 2010
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEssential Monster of Frankenstein #1 published January 2004
as [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Stan Lee Presents The Legion of Monsters

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Frankenstein Monster; Manphibian; Dracula
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Support Your Local Monster

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Tony Isabella
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Monster and the Masque

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cynthia (death); Andy; George; Merlin; Cynthia's husband (death)
First Line: Prologue: A slithering crawl of murky squalor sucking at soot-grimy filth.
Synopsis: The Frankenstein Monster attends a costume party and is framed for murder.
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In Content Item: FlagEssential Monster of Frankenstein #1 published January 2004
as The Monster and the Masque [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Specific inking credits per Nick Caputo, May 2020.

Frankenstein Monster appears between Monsters Unleashed (Marvel, 1973 series) #10 and Giant-Size Werewolf (Marvel, 1974 series) #2.
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If You Subscribe to the Legion of Monsters...

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photography)
Inker(s): ? (photography)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for subscriptions to Marvel's range of black and white magazines. Photo from 1957 movie Attack of the Crab Monsters.
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Vengeance Crude

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Aaron Fox; Beth Fox; Fenton (death); Manphibian's mate (death); Atwood (death)
First Line: Oil: Once you would have studied this substance in minutest detail...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Manphibian appears next in the Nick Fury's Howling Commandos series.
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The Legion Report

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photography)
Inker(s): ? (photography)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The Flies!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Chuckles (also in flashback); Pee Wee; Professor Thompson (flashback, death); Sheriff
First Line: Hey, be careful, Pee Wee.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Monster Madness

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Dr. Jekyll
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Dracula Chapter VII Death Be Thou Proud!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Three brides of Dracula (flashback); Mr. Swales (flashback, corpse); Sister Agatha (cameo); Mrs. Westenra
First Line: The story so far: Jonathan Harker, solicitor, traveled from England...
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In Issue: FlagStoker's Dracula #[nn] published January 2005
In Content Item: FlagThe Tomb of Dracula Omnibus #3 published December 2010
as Chapter VII - Death Be Thou Proud! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Adapted from Bram Stoker's Dracula.

Story continues from Dracula Lives (Marvel, 1973 series) #11. Adaptation finally completed in Stoker's Dracula (Marvel, 2004 series).
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Monster Gallery

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Three monster-inspired pin-up pages.
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Next Issue

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Morbius; Satana; Dracula
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the never-published second issue of Legion of Monsters.

Stories listed in ad appeared in:
Morbius in "The Madman of Mansion Slade" in Marvel Preview (Marvel, 1975 series) #8.
Satana in "Night of the Demon - Night of the Damned" in Haunt of Horror (Marvel, 1974 series) #5.
Dracula in "Hour of the Wolves" in Stoker's Dracula (Marvel, 2004 series) #2.
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Have We Got a Fear-Fest for You!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Invisible Man
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Masters Of Terror #2.
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Crazy

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for Crazy Magazine.
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Put a Marvel on Your Chest!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Marvel T-Shirts from the Marvel Merchandising line.
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Missed Any Marvel Masterpieces Lately?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for back issues of Marvel's black and white magazines.

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