Friday, March 22, 2024

Dracula #5: The Newton edition

Newton Comics' Dracula #5 was published 4 October 1975:

The cover is a Newtonese-coloured version of the cover on Marvel Comics' Tomb of Dracula #6:


It was subjected to another variation of Newtonese colouring when it was issued as a poster:


Note this poster has the Tales of Horror banner which is absent on the cover. This poster appeared a few months before Dracula #5 in The Amazing Spider-Man #6

It also appeared in black and white as a single-page ad/filler in Daredevil Special:


The stories:
The Moorlands Monster!, originally published in Tomb of Dracula #6, January 1973

When Calls The Vampire!, previously published in Dracula Lives #4, January 1974

The Moorlands Monster is reprinted complete and intact. It was reprinted in Australia a few years later in Yaffa's The Tomb of Dracula #2 and Evil Dracula.

When Calls the Vampire! is also reprinted complete and intact, including the original grayscale production. It was reprinted a few years later in Australia in Yaffa's Dracula Lives! #4.

The poster in this issue features the cover image from Ka-Zar #1:

 




Dracula #5 was advertised with the correct cover and issue number in The Incredible Hulk #8, 11 October 1975:


This issue includes the following in-house advertisements:



The advisory Out Next Week was out of date by the time this issue was published.

This issue includes an ad for Origins of Marvel Comics on the inner front cover; two Marvel Mailbag pages on the reverse side of the poster; a Reeves art and craft set contest on the inner rear cover, expiry date 17 November 1975; and a Hulk t-shirt offer on the rear cover.

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