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Vampire Tales #6

Marvel · Series began 1973 · August 1974

first appearance of Martin Gold

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Martin Gold (Legion of Night, Marvel) — first appearance

Dates

Cover date: August 1974
On sale: June 4, 1974
Pages: 68

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Boris Vallejo, Pablo Marcos, Bob Brown, Tom Sutton, Neal Adams, Paul Gulacy, Andrés Balcells, Alfredo Alcala, Vicente Alcázarinks: Boris Vallejo, Pablo Marcos, Tom Palmer, Tom Sutton, Neal Adams, Paul Gulacy, Andrés Balcells, Alfredo Alcala, Vicente Alcázarcolors: Boris Vallejoscript: Steve Gerber, Marv Wolfman, Chris Claremont, Doug Moench, Gerry Boudreau, Carla Conwayletters: Jean Simek, Tom Orzechowski, Alfredo Alcala

Stories

Lilith Daughter of Dracula · 10 pages
A mugging is avenged. Martin Gold is arrested for murdering his girlfriend and is released because two more murders happened while he was in jail. As Martin starts to lose his grip on reality he meets Angel O'Hara and takes her to his apartment. The killer appears at Martin's apartment and tries to kill Angel/Lilith, but Lilith kills him.
A Novel Way to Die! · 6 pages
Angie's Soul · 8 pages
Angie Freeman and Jimmy Sarran investigate the murder of a junkie (drug addict) and find others. Angie believes it is the work of a vampire. She finds her brother is protecting the People's Defense Association of Harlem as a vampire and they want to sacrifice her.
Blood Death · 8 pages
George is getting old and contemplates on how to live forever. He see an ad in the paper for an attractive vampiress seeking a warm-blooded man. He leaves his wife and heads to the address in the ad and meets Mina. She bites him, but his wife decides to have him cremated (burned).
Dark Shadows · Dark Shadows · 5 pages
The Color of Crimson Gold · 11 pages
A peasant buys a treasure map from a crippled beggar. Tevye want twice as much gold to continue to supply victims to a group of vampires. Tevye sells a copy of the map to Tovarr. After being warned of vampires in the treasure's cave, Tovarr cautiously enters the cave and hear Tevye and the vampires talking. Tovarr and his friends kill Tevye and leave a trail of blood for the vampires to follow to a cabin where they trap them in and burn it down. After they retrieve the gold and are about the leave the village, the villagers confront them and burn them at the stake.
Devil's Den · 3 pages

Characters

LilithAngel O'HaraMartin Gold

Reprinted in

Vampire Tales (2010), Castle of Horror (1978), Vampire Tales Annual (1975), Demon! (1978), Marvel Horror Lives Again! Omnibus (2020)