Dates
- Cover date
- March 1981
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #290 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition50¢ cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition50¢ cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0709893053003
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Joe Kubert, Greg Curry, Tom Sutton, Curt Swan, Ernie Chan, Ruben Yandoc, Dave Manakinks: Joe Kubert, Greg Curry, Tom Sutton, Vince Colletta, Ernie Chan, Ruben Yandoc, Dave Manakcolors: Tatjana Wood, Adrienne Roy, Jerry Serpescript: Len Wein, J. M. DeMatteis, Murray Boltinoff, Don Glut, George Kashdan, Dave Manakletters: John Costanza, Todd Klein
Stories
- I... Vampire! · 10 pages
Andrew Bennett relates the story of his vampire curse, and how his beloved Mary became Mary, Queen of Blood. He and his present-day allies, Deborah Dancer and Dmitri Mishkin, are attacked by the vampires of Mary's organization, the Cult of the Blood Red Moon.
- An Exercise in Fear · 5.5 pages
- Special Defects · 7 pages
Reprinted in
Hellfire (1981), I... Vampire! (2012), DC Through the '80s: The End of Eras (2021)