Tales of the Zombie
Tales of the Zombie | |
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Marvel Comics | |
Schedule | Quarterly |
Format | Ongoing series |
Genre | |
Publication date | August 1973 – March 1975 |
No. of issues | 10 plus 1 ISBN 0-7851-1916-7 |
Tales of the Zombie was an American black-and-white
A magazine rather than a comic book, it did not fall under the purview of the comics industry's self-censorship Comics Code Authority, allowing the title to feature stronger content — such as moderate profanity, partial nudity, and more graphic violence — than the color comics of the time.
Publication history
Copyrighted as simply Zombie and commonly known by its trademarked cover title, Tales of the Zombie, the magazine ran 10 issues cover dated 1973 - March 1975. With sister titles including Dracula Lives!, Monsters Unleashed! and Vampire Tales, it was published by Marvel Comics' parent company, Magazine Management, and related corporations, under the brand emblem Marvel Monster Group.[3][4]
To star in the new title, Marvel's then-editor-in-chief
Following the premiere, all the Zombie stories were by Gerber and artist
In addition to reprinting the original 1950s Simon Garth story, the magazine reprinted other pre-Comics Code stories, including work by artists Win Mortimer and Tony DiPreta.[3] Painted covers to the series were done by artists including Boris Vallejo and Earl Norem.[3]
An annual publication formally titled Tales of the Zombie Super Annual was published in 1975, reprinting stories from the magazine.[6]
Collections
All 10 issues of Tales of the Zombie and the Super Annual were collected in an Essential Marvel edition in 2006.[7]
References
- ISBN 978-1605490564.
- ISBN 978-1465455505.
- ^ a b c d Zombie at the Grand Comics Database.
- ^ Marvel Monster Group (brand emblem) at the Grand Comics Database.
- ^ Zombie #1 at the Grand Comics Database.
- ^ Tales of the Zombie Annual at the Grand Comics Database.
- ^ Essential Tales of the Zombie at the Grand Comics Database.
External links
- Tales of the Zombie at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Tales of the Zombie cover gallery