THE WORST VAMPIRE FILMS EVER MADE

In the early 1970's, the Marvel Comics Group jumped headlong into the monster movie mag business by publishing a series of 'zines devoted to vampires, zombies, apes, and other bump-in-the-night types.

Distributed by Curtis Publishing, these titles made a fair run at the market using a combination of comic art stories in the fashion of Warren's CREEPY and EERIE and features covering both classic monster movies and current horror films. The fact that Marvel had a fantastic staff of artists to use for their comic stories and incidental art didn't hurt them a bit.

Below is an example of the photo features that were a part of each issue. Written by Jack Kirby biographer Mark Evanier, the article appeared in VAMPIRE TALES #1 from 1973. The cover art is by Esteban Maroto.

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JONATHAN FRID INTERVIEW (PART 2)

Here is the conclusion to the Jonathan Frid interview begun yesterday from Marvel Comics' MONSTERS OF THE MOVIES #8, August 1975 issue.

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JONATHAN FRID INTERVIEW (PART 1)

Whilst combing through the dusty corners here at the Mysterious Mansion, I ended up on an accidental vacation to Collinsport when I discovered a back number of Marvel Comics' MONSTERS OF THE MOVIES. This particular issue (#8, August 1975) includes a lengthy interview with then-reigning Vampire du jour, Jonathan Frid. His run as the resurrected Banabas Collins in TV's DARK SHADOWS, is the stuff of small screen legend. Here is Frid in his own words . . .

[Continued tomorrow . . .]

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