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Vampire Tales #2 |
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Vampire Tales 2 Signature |
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Vampire Tales #2 Debuts Satana, Taking Bids Up for Auction
Posted on August 15, 2022 by Jeremy Konrad|Comments
Vampire Tales is one of the coolest books out there. Super hard to come by in any kind of good shape, the 11-issue run is a fun one to put together, with the painted covers and gothic 70's vibe. All 11 issues ran in 1973, and of particular interest is issue #2, which within its pages contains the first appearance of Satana. That has made this the issue to own out of the run. This copy, a CGC 5.5 copy that displays really well, is taking bids today at Heritage Auctions, and as of this writing is sitting at only $36, a great chance to snag this one cheap. Check it out below.
Vampire Tales #2 Debuts Satana, Taking Bids At Heritage Auctions
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"Vampire tales #2. Morbius finds himself rescuing a young woman when she's nabbed by a mysterious coven in "The Blood Sacrifice of Amanda Saint" (Story by Don McGregor, art by Rich Buckler and Pablo Marcos). In 1600s Salem, Massachusetts a young woman tries to escape a bloodthirsty mob after she's wrongfully accused of being a witch in "Witch Hunt!" (Story credits: unknown, art by Mannie Banks). An article about Bela Lugosi's other vampire roles aside from Dracula by Doug Moench. An adventurer named Simon Majors enters another dimension that serves a powerful being in "Five Claws to Tryphon" (Story by Gardner Fox, art by Jesus Blasco and John Romita). Article by Chris Claremont. First appearance of Satana, the Devil's Daughter in "Satana" (Produced by Roy Thomas and John Romita). Lou and Marie Fowler search for a secret fortune in a creepy house once owned by Lou's late uncle, but they get more than they bargained for in "At the Stroke of Midnight" (Story and art by Jim Steranko). Hodiah Twist investigates the death of a man who's been killed by vampires in "The Praying Mantis Principle" (Story by Don McGregor, art by Rick Buckler). JAD painted cover. Black and white, 74 pages. 75 cent cover price. "Appearing in "The Blood Sacrifice of Amanda Saint!"
Featured Characters:
Morbius (Michael Morbius)
Supporting Characters:
Amanda Saint (First appearance)
Antagonists:
Demon-Fire (First appearance)
Justin (First appearance)
Katabolik (First appearance)
Poison-Lark (Catherine Saint) (First appearance)
Numerous unnamed others
Other Characters:
Lord (Invoked)
Lucifer (Invoked)
Amanda's Mother (Mentioned)
Amanda's Father (Mentioned)
Edgar (Justin's Roommate) (First appearance)
Freddie (First appearance)
Pete (Justin's Roommate) (First appearance)
Max Turnhope (First and only known appearance; dies)
Solomon (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Bats
Humans
Living Vampires
Demons (Referenced)
Sheep (Mentioned)
Turkeys (Mentioned)
Wolves (Referenced)
Locations:
Earthspace
Earth
United States of America
Watergate Hotel (Mentioned)
Moon
Hell (Referenced)
Vehicles:
Demon-Fire's Hearse
Events:
Watergate Scandal (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
Synopsis for "The Blood Sacrifice of Amanda Saint!"
Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "V is for Vampire!"
A text article discussing real world events or people, or characters from a real world perspective, as such, no conventional appearances.
Synopsis for "V is for Vampire!"
A text editorial.
Appearing in "Witch Hunt"
Reprint of the 5th story from
Journey into Mystery #15
(originally printed as Bewitched)
Featured Characters:
Prudence Mann (Main story and flashback)
Antagonists:
Caleb (Main story and flashback)
Puritans (Main story and flashback)
Other Characters:
Elders (Only in flashback)
Judge (Only in flashback)
"Satan" (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Humans
Horses
Locations:
Earth (1626)
Massachusetts
Salem (First appearance)
Events:
Salem Witch Trials
Synopsis for "Witch Hunt"
Reprint of the 5th story from
Journey into Mystery #15
(originally printed as Bewitched)
In 1686 a man asks a woman to marry him and is turned down so he plants evidence to get her condemned as a witch. They pursue her through the forest and the man hurts his leg so they leave him behind to pursue her. She returns to the man to get revenge and says "So you called me a witch? Well, you were right!".
Appearing in "A Vampire By Any Other Name:"
A text article discussing real world events or people, or characters from a real world perspective, as such, no conventional appearances.
Synopsis for "A Vampire By Any Other Name:"
A text editorial looking at the other roles Bela Lugosi performed outside of Dracula.
Appearing in "Five Claws of Tryphon"
Featured Characters:
Simon Majors (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
Sharalla (First and only known appearance; dies) (Priestess of Tryphon)
Seethios
Antagonists:
Tryphon (First appearance)
Other Characters:
Keng Chow (Only in flashback)
Races and Species:
Humans
Demons
Unidentified alien species or cosmic being
Locations:
Earthspace (Main story and flashback)
Earth (Main story and flashback)
South America
Peru
Cordillera de Carabaya
Africa (Only in flashback)
Egypt (Only in flashback)
Asia (Only in flashback)
Gobi Desert (Only in flashback)
India (Mentioned)
Tryphon's Realm (First appearance)
Hell (Mentioned)
Items:
Five Claws to Tryphon (First appearance)
Synopsis for "Five Claws of Tryphon"
Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "A Generation of Vampires:"
A text article discussing real world events or people, or characters from a real world perspective, as such, no conventional appearances.
Synopsis for "A Generation of Vampires:"
Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "Satana"
Featured Characters:
Satana (First appearance)
Antagonists:
Unnamed Rapist (First and only known appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
Devil (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Human-Demon Hybrids
Humans
Locations:
Earth
United States of America
California
Synopsis for "Satana"
In this introductory story into the Satana character, Satana is walking the streets alone at night, when she realizes that she is being stalked by a man. She purposely leads the man into a dead end, allowing him to think that he will be able to have his way with her. However, when he kisses her, she gains the upper hand. Stealing his soul (which appears in the shape of a butterfly) for her self, Satana leaves telling her would-be attacker that it's best not to attack the Devil's daughter.
Appearing in "At the Stroke of Midnight!"
Reprint of the 1st story from
Tower of Shadows #1
Featured Characters:
Lou Fowler (Main story and flashback) (First and only known appearance; dies)
Marie Fowler (First and only known appearance; dies)
Supporting Characters:
Digger (First appearance) (Host)
Antagonists:
Lou Fowler's Uncle (Main story and flashback)
Other Characters:
Lou Fowler's Mother (Referenced)
Races and Species:
Humans
Crows (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
Mice (Mentioned)
Worms (Mentioned)
Frogs (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
Owls (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
Spiders (Referenced)
Locations:
Earth
North America
United States of America
Shadow House
Europe
France
Items:
Books
Book Without A Name (First appearance)
Black Magic (First appearance)
Satan in the 15th Century (First appearance)
Black Art (First appearance)
Demonology (First appearance)
Guillotine
Events:
French Revolution
Synopsis for "At the Stroke of Midnight!"
Reprint of the 1st story from
Tower of Shadows #1
Lou and Marie search the Mansion, Lou inherited from the uncle he killed, for the treasure they know he had. Once they find the treasure, and deck themselves out to look like a King and Queen, a mysterious door opens leading to revolutionary France, where the peasants are screaming for the heads of the King and Queen.
Appearing in "The Praying Mantis Principal!"
Featured Characters:
Hodiah Twist (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
Conrad Jeavons (First appearance)
Teddy Durrance
Antagonists:
Angela (First and only known appearance; dies)
Christina (First and only known appearance; dies)
Numerous unnamed vampires
Other Characters:
Leroy Hayes (First and only known appearance; dies)
NYPD
Unnamed Inspector
Unnamed Derelict
Arthur Conan Doyle (Referenced)
Sherlock Holmes (Mentioned)
Hodiah Twist's Wife (Corpse, skeleton or other remains) (Only in flashback)
Lord (Invoked)
Races and Species:
Humans
Vampires
Worms (Referenced)
Bats (Illusion or holographic simulation)
Reptiles (Referenced)
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Venom: Lethal Protector #4 |
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Venom: Lethal Protector 4 Signature |
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Venom has been taken prisoner at a Life Foundation facility in the Mojave Desert owned by the Life Foundation. The foundation's leader, Carleton Drake, has Venom contained in a sphere of sonic energy to keep the ruthless vigilante contained. He explains to Venom that he was hired by Roland Treece to harvest the symbiote eggs that are growing inside Venom's living costume.[Continuity 1] Using a sonic device, Drake manages to extract an egg that he dubs the "last son of Venom".
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Meanwhile, in Santa Cruz, the police are chasing a car full of men who just robbed a convenience store. The chase comes to an abrupt end when the getaway car is stopped by Spider-Man. The wall-crawler easily wraps up the thieves for the authorities. After being thanked by a police officer, the web-slinger asks for some change so he can make a call to his wife, Mary Jane, back in New York City.[Continuity 2] He gets Mary Jane up to date on his search for Venom, saying that he has come to Santa Cruz to investigate sightings of Venom-like monsters that have been attacking public places. He is going to follow up on another lead. While back in the desert, Venom discovers that the containment sphere has no effect on his human half, giving him a possible means of escaping captivity.
Later, Spider-Man arrives at a local mall which is suddenly under attack by a new female symbiote. While back at the Life Foundation compound, Carlton Drake is told by his scientists that they have succeeded in bringing the new symbiote to maturity. Using this same process, they were able to germinate four more symbiotes and matched them with security personnel. While everyone else is preoccupied, Venom withdraws his symbiote from his arm and grabs one of the technicians by the throat. He then tosses him into the computer that powers the containment sphere, freeing himself. When Venom tries to escape but is incapacitated by a sonic blaster. Considering their prisoner, Carlton Drake decides that Eddie Brock has outlived his usefulness and he will be eliminated. While back below the surface of the city, Elizabeth one of the undergrounders living in an underground city, explains to her son why Eddie Brock wasn't allowed to stay among their people.[Continuity 3] This is met with criticism from Nathaniel and Reverend Rakestraw. When Elizabeth reminds them how Venom saved them from the Diggers, Rakestraw explains that their lives are in the hands of God now.
Back at the mall, Spider-Man battles the female symbiote and quickly discovers that it doesn't trigger his spider-sense, much like Venom and Carnage. Still, Spider-Man's experience allows him to get the advantage against her. Realizing that she is losing the fight, the female symbiote radios for an evacuation. In order to escape, she endangers one of the mall goers forcing Spider-Man to save their life while the symbiote escapes. However, Spider-Man manages to spot the escape craft and snags a ride on it as it flies away. Meanwhile, Roland Treece has kidnapped one of the homeless undergrounders and subjects him to torture in order to learn the location of the lost gold that he is really seeking from his park renovation plans. At that moment, Spider-Man arrives at the Life Foundation complex and begins looking for Venom. When he is caught by security, it sets off an alarm. Watching the security the monitors, Carlton Drake decides it is time for Eddie Brock to die. He orders his technicians to sever the bond between Eddie Brock and his symbiote. With the process complete, Drake contacts Spider-Man via video screen and shows him the apparently lifeless body of Eddie Brock. Spider-Man can hardly believe this, unaware of the fact that there are now five symbiotes in the facility looking to destroy him.
Comics19931993, JulyModern-AgeVenom Lethal Protector Vol 1Tom DeFalco/Editor-in-ChiefMark Bagley/Cover ArtistSam de la Rosa/Cover ArtistDavid Michelinie/WriterRon Lim/PencilerSam de la Rosa/InkerMarie Javins/ColouristRick Parker/LettererDanny Fingeroth/Editor
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