Appearing in "Lighthouse of the Possessed!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Demon-Fire
- Oliver (First appearance; dies)
- Sister Saint (Mrs. Saint) (First appearance; dies) (Impersonates Mrs. Agnes)
- Blood-Tide (First appearance)
- Numerous unnamed cultists and "possessed"
Other Characters:
- Jason Knight (First appearance; dies)
- Unnamed Ticket Seller (Unidentified Movie Theater)
- Amanda Saint's Father (Mentioned) (Deceased)
- Justin (Mentioned)
- Catherine Saint (Mentioned)
- Brock Kilbride (First appearance)
- Arlene Randolph (First appearance)
- Monte Harris (First appearance)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Living Vampires
- Demons (Mentioned)
- Ghosts (Mentioned in narration)
- Bats (Mentioned in narration)
- Zombies (Mentioned in narration)
- Whales (Mentioned in narration)
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earthspace
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- New England
- Maine
- Malevolence (First appearance)
- Clandestine Lighthouse (First appearance)
- Malevolence (First appearance)
- Maine
- San Francisco, California (Mentioned)
- New England
- United States of America
- Europe (Mentioned)
- Greece (Mentioned)
- North America
- Earth
- Hell (Invoked)
- Earthspace
Synopsis for "Lighthouse of the Possessed!"
Morbius accompanies Amanda Saint to Malevolence, Maine where she would hopefully gain more answers about her family. There they continued to run into the cult of Demon-Fire. Amanda's mother had heard that Morbius was responsible for the collapse of their San Francisco branch and informed their leader Blood-Tide. Blood-Tide sentences both Morbius and Amanda to death. Disguised as Mrs. Agnes the innkeeper Amanda's mom returns to the hotel and sends Oliver her deaf human puppet in to kill the two. Morbius spots Oliver and kills him by throwing him out the window. The hunger infects Morbius and he succumbs to feeding on Oliver in front of Amanda who flees from Morbius into a pack of zombified individuals called the possessed. They chase the two as they pass by Brock Kilbride and Arlene Randolph who are assisting Duke Mannery during his campaign. Their fate is left unknown as the horde of possessed are running toward them.
While escaping Morbius and Amanda run into Amanda's mother still disguised as Mrs. Agnes wielding an axe. Morbius fights her off and kills her before removing her mask. Amanda who has fainted during the attack is carried away by Morbius who pockets the wedding band of Amanda's mother. He insists that he will return this legacy of her family back to her and that is all that he is willing to give from her mother. The two walk away from the nightmare that has just transpired.
Appearing in "Blood Death!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Angel O'Hara
- Martin Gold (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Charlie (Death)
- Rich (Death)
Other Characters:
- Mary Jean Peale (First appearance; dies)
- NYPD
Races and Species:
Synopsis for "Blood Death!"
- Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "The Praying Mantis Principle!"
Reprint of the 1st story from
Vampire Tales #2
(originally printed as The Blood Sacrifice of Amanda Saint!)
Vampire Tales #2
(originally printed as The Blood Sacrifice of Amanda Saint!)
Featured Characters:
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 (a pusher) (First appearance)
- Pete (Justin's Roommate) (First appearance)
- Max Turnhope (First appearance; dies)
- Satan (Mentioned)
- Solomon (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Bats
- Humans
- Living Vampires
- Demons (Referenced)
- Sheep (Mentioned)
- Turkeys (Mentioned)
- Wolves (Referenced)
Locations:
- Earthspace
- Hell (Referenced)
Vehicles:
- Demon-Fire's Hearse
Events:
- Watergate Scandal (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
Synopsis for "The Praying Mantis Principle!"
Reprint of the 1st story from
Vampire Tales #2
(originally printed as The Blood Sacrifice of Amanda Saint!)
Vampire Tales #2
(originally printed as The Blood Sacrifice of Amanda Saint!)
- Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "Kiss of Death!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Church of the Dark Father (First appearance)
- Ruth Cummins (First appearance; dies)
Antagonists:
- Harry Gotham (First appearance; dies)
- Dark Church
- Dr. Darkos Edge (First appearance; dies)
- Unnamed Henchman (First appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
- Lucifer (Mentioned)
- Brenner
- Mob
- Numerous unnamed members
- Billy (Mentioned)
- Jesus (Mentioned)
- Unnamed Victim Satana (Killed) (First appearance; dies)
- Satan (Mentioned)
- Son of Satan (Daimon Hellstrom) (Referenced)
- God (Invoked)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earthspace
- United States of America
- California
- New York (Referenced)
- New York City (Referenced)
- United States of America
- Hell (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "Kiss of Death!"
Having traveled to Los Angeles, Satana happens upon a mob led on by politician Harry Gotham, attacking a Satanic cult called the Church of the Dark Father. Turning them away with mere words, Satana later feeds on another life, before meeting Ruth Cummins, a member of the cult. Satana spies a mark lefy by Satan on Ruth and hopes to use it as a means of opening a doorway to meet her father. However in trying to do so, she finds the doorway to hell blocked by the Four.
When assassins hired by Gotham break into Ruth's home, they manage to murder Ruth, but fall victim to Satana's succubi powers. She then tracks down Gotham to his office where she murders him as well.
Appearing in "Blood Lunge!"
Synopsis for "Blood Lunge!"
- Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "The Vampire Wants Blood!"
Reprint of the 1st story from
Vampire Tales #5
(originally printed as The Vampire Viscount of France)
Vampire Tales #5
(originally printed as The Vampire Viscount of France)
Featured Characters:
- de Morieve (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Numerous unnamed peasants and workmen
Other Characters:
- French Royal Army
- Unnamed Soldier
Races and Species:
Locations:
Events:
Synopsis for "The Vampire Wants Blood!"
Reprint of the 1st story from
Vampire Tales #5
(originally printed as The Vampire Viscount of France)
Vampire Tales #5
(originally printed as The Vampire Viscount of France)
The French Viscount de Morieve is revealed to be a vampire during the French Revolution after being killed the first time. After the Viscount returned and killed many small children the peasants exhumed his crypt and staked his heart before burning his corpse in the hopes that the plague of vampirism was ended.
Appearing in "Blood Tide"
Reprint of the 1st story from
Vampire Tales #5
(originally printed as The Vampire Viscount of France)
Vampire Tales #5
(originally printed as The Vampire Viscount of France)
Featured Characters:
- de Morieve (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Numerous unnamed peasants and workmen
Other Characters:
- French Royal Army
- Unnamed Soldier
Races and Species:
Locations:
Events:
Synopsis for "Blood Tide"
Reprint of the 1st story from
Vampire Tales #5
(originally printed as The Vampire Viscount of France)
Vampire Tales #5
(originally printed as The Vampire Viscount of France)
The French Viscount de Morieve is revealed to be a vampire during the French Revolution after being killed the first time. After the Viscount returned and killed many small children the peasants exhumed his crypt and staked his heart before burning his corpse in the hopes that the plague of vampirism was ended.
Notes
- "Lighthouse of the Possessed" was originally printed in Vampire Tales #4.
- "Blood Death" was originally printed in Vampire Tales #6.
- "The Praying Mantis Principle" was originally printed in Vampire Tales #2.
- "The Kiss of Death" was originally printed in Vampire Tales #3.
- "Blood Lunge" was originally printed in Vampire Tales #9.
- "The Vampire Wants Blood" was originally printed in Vampire Tales #5.
- "Blood Tide" was originally printed in Vampire Tales #5.
Trivia
- Artist Esteban Maroto's name is mis-spelled Estaban Moroto on the index page of this issue.
See Also
Links and References
- Vampire Tales series index at Comicbookdb.com
- Vampire Tales series index at the Grand Comics Database Project