![]() It also seems to have a lot of photo-references. Maroto's work has a dream-like quality to it. Satana is no vampire but the daughter of the Devil, and essentially a succubus who steals m en's souls. Of the continuing features, Satana is the more interesting of the two to me, based solely upon the artwork of Esteban Maroto. It has none of the hallmarks of his later style on Flash or other super-heroes. Again, it appears to be from the 50s, but I would never have known it wa s Infantino just by looking at the art. There's another story called "Don't try to Outsmart the Devil" that is by Stan Lee and Carmine Infantino. ![]() This story was goofy -I loved seeing the wolf trying to write with a pen! Things are complicated though when the man is bitten by a werewolf and turns into a wolf. In it, a dog-hating man hires someone to shoot dogs on his property. I'm not sure how old this tale was -certainly from the 50s, if not earlier. Turns out the couple was responsible for the man's death, and the ending, as they open a door in a deep cellar of the house.we ll, let's just say they get what's coming to them.Īnother short story I enjoyed was "To Kill a Werewolf," which is only credited to artist Bill Everett. ![]() It follows a whimpering husband and his domineeri ng wife as they search through his recently-deceased uncle's house for treasure. I've never seen the color version, but it works exceedingly well in black and white. Some of these short stories were also reprints perhaps the best of them was Jim Steranko's "At the Stroke of Midnight," which was reprinted here from Tower of Shadows #1 (Sept. Short and to the point, and usually with some kind of surprise ending (which was occasionally telegraphed), I found myself grinning or giggling at a fair number of these. I found myself actually enjoying the short stand-alone stories the most. They follow a format: several stand-alone stories, a couple of continuing features (Morbius and Satana), and a few text articles. Rather than review each issue, I'm goi ng to discuss them as a whole. But no Vampire Tales, so this was all pretty new to me. I recall having a few issues of Tales of the Zombie, The Rampaging Hulk, Planet of the Apes, and Savage Tales. I only had a handful of Marvel magazines as a kid. I also want to say up front here, that the scans for this review are a bit cut-off, because of the tight binding of the book and my reluctance at bending it too much. But all in all, I had a blast going through this book. I have to admit, the small print made it a little difficult for my middle-aged eyes at times. For whatever reason, Marvel decided to issue these as digest-size d editions. I'll be reviewing volume one here, which covers issues 1 through 3 of that classic 70s monster mag. Karen: Recently I picked up volumes one and two of Marvel's Vampire Tales.
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