Tales of the Zombie

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Tales of the Zombie
Marvel Comics
ScheduleQuarterly
FormatOngoing series
Genre
Publication dateAugust 1973 – March 1975
No. of issues10 plus 1

Tales of the Zombie was an American black-and-white

Simon Garth) by writer Steve Gerber and artist Pablo Marcos.[2]

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

Simon Garth, a character from a standalone 1950s horror tale created by Stan Lee and Bill Everett, introduced in Marvel predecessor Atlas Comics' Menace #5 (July 1953). This was a story published prior to the comics industry's self-censorship Comics Code Authority which, among other strictures, forbade zombies. This seven-page story was reprinted in Tales of the Zombie #1 (with the art slightly altered to give Simon Garth shoulder-length rather than short hair) as the continuation of a new, 12-page prequel story co-scripted by Thomas and Steve Gerber and drawn by John Buscema and Tom Palmer.[5]

Following the premiere, all the Zombie stories were by Gerber and artist

Brother Voodoo story and three anthological tales (Brother Voodoo also appeared in a back-up feature in issue #6).[3]

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

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  3. ^ a b c d Zombie at the Grand Comics Database.
  4. ^ Marvel Monster Group (brand emblem) at the Grand Comics Database.
  5. ^ Zombie #1 at the Grand Comics Database.
  6. ^ Tales of the Zombie Annual at the Grand Comics Database.
  7. ^ Essential Tales of the Zombie at the Grand Comics Database.

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