Stark Terror #1 and #5: The Page Publications editions

Stanley Morse's Stark Terror #1 was published December 1970:

An Australian edition of this magazine was published by Page Publications in early/mid 1978:

The cover and contents are identical to the US edition, based on the GCD index.

Page Publications recycled this issue as Stark Terror #5:

The cover is from the first panel of the story The Hallucinations!:

This edition is identical to Stark Terror #1 apart from the different advertisement on the rear cover, and the inclusion of advertisements in the inner front and rear covers - these are blank pages in Stark Terror #1.

Portman Distribution in the UK also issued an edition of this issue as Stark Terror Vol. 1 #2:

There are gaps in the Page Publications series. To this point I have not seen copies of Stark Terror #2, #6 and #7. It is possible these issues do not exist. I note there are two unnumbered issues of Stark Terror, one of which is also a $0.50 cover priced issue, so this may be [#2] or [#6] or [#7]. However, it is also possible these issues will turn up, and one of them may be yet another reissue of Stark Terror #1. TBC.

Blazing Western Action

Page Publications' Blazing Western Action is a digest-sized one-shot featuring Rawhide Kid:

This is a recycled and retitled reprint of Rawhide Kid #3. 

This was likely published late 1982/early 1983 and probably followed the publication of the recycled retitled edition of Rawhide Kid #2 late 1982 as Rawhide Kid Shoot-Out:

I have now added the Blazing Western Action and Rawhide Kid #3 pairing to my ongoing gallery of retitled and recycled Yaffa one-shots..

Detective Comics #27: Reimagined - The Italian edition

Batman: A Celebration of 75 Years is a hardcover collection of classic Batman comics published by DC Comics in 2014:

Amongst the reprinted material is a story exclusive to this volume - [The Case of the Chemical Syndicate (reimagined)]. As per the GCD listing: 

"This is a reimagining of the first Batman story. Designed by Chip Kidd, it combines the original Bob Kane artwork from Detective Comics #27 (1937 series) with the script from the modernized version of the story that appeared in Detective Comics #27 (2011 series) written by Brad Meltzer (based on the original script by Bill Finger). The original art is blown up to a larger size, with only 1-3 panels per page. As a result, the art from the original 6 page story is stretched across 29 pages."

This exclusive story has not been published by DC elsewhere, however a three-page preview was published in Detective Comics #27 Special Edition (Batman 75 Day Comic 2014) #27:

Whilst I'm not aware of any other printing of this story by DC, it was reprinted as a one-shot issue in Italy in Batman 75: 75 Anni di Batman:

Under an Alex Ross cover, which originally appeared on Batman: No Man's Land #1 [Standard edition], this story appears in an Italian translation:

As you can see the translators are credited in the first panel.

The Italian edition is identical to the US edition apart from some small variances. For example, the US edition has two all black pages interspersed to offset a couple of panels which are blown up to two-page spreads, whereas the Italian edition replaces the black pages with Kidd-esque images of Batman from the story:

These two pages are interspersed at different points to the US version but still serve to maintain the two-page spreads which necessitated them.

The other difference is the cover. The US edition included the following cover page as a lead-in to the story:

Batman 75 is cover-dated July 2014 and is published by RW Edizioni under license from DC Comics.

This is an attractive book with quality production values, with a cardstock cover and glossy pages. I do not know if similar editions were published elsewhere, and I'm surprised it does not appear on the GCD. If DC published an English language edition with the cover from the hardcover collection, I would happily add it to my collection.

Newton Comics' Dracula #NN [#15]

The final Dracula issue from Newton Comics was published c.March 1977. It is unnumbered, and it may be considered #15 in the ongoing series.

It is a rather crudely redrawn and recoloured version of the cover of Marvel Comics' Tomb of Dracula #16:

The Back from the Grave! blurb is replaced by Night of the Blood Stalker, the opening story of the issue.

The stories:

Night of the Blood Stalker!, originally published in Tomb of Dracula #25, October 1974

[Blood Moon Part 2], originally published in Dracula Lives! #7

Let It Bleed!, originally published in Giant-Size Dracula #4, March 1975

The Lady Who Collected Dracula, originally published in Dracula Lives #9, November 1974

Scarlet in Glory!, originally published in Dracula Lives #9, November 1974

A Night in the Unlife!, originally published in Dracula Lives #9, November 1974

Twice Dies the Vampire!, originally published in Dracula Lives #9, November 1974

Night of the Blood Stalker! is reprinted complete and intact - however, unlike the original printing, it is introduced with a frontispiece, a reprint of the cover without the trade dress:

The only other difference is that the last page omits the next issue blurb for a generic The End!: 

Interestingly this amendment to the original printing is also in the UK's Dracula Lives Special Edition:

[Blood Moon Part 2] is untitled and mangled in this issue. This is how the opening double page spread appears in Dracula Lives! #7:

And this is how Newton reproduced the double page spread:

This is not a comics story - it's prose with illustrations.

Let It Bleed! is reprinted complete and intact, however it begins with a single page prelude:

This page does not appear in the interior pages of Giant-Size Dracula #4. It is an amended version of the cover art, which acts as an introduction to the story and also appears in the aforementioned Dracula Lives Special Edition:

Clearly there is a link between the Newton comic and the UK edition - presumably the same artwork was sent by Marvel for international printings, so the amendments to Night of the Blood Stalker and Let it Bleed! appear to be by Marvel, not by Newton (apart from the frontispiece to Night of the Blood Stalker! which seems to be Newtonese).

The stories from Dracula Lives! #9 - The Lady Who Collected Dracula, Scarlet in Glory!, A Night in the Unlife! and Twice Dies the Vampire! - are all reprinted complete and intact. These four stories were previously published by Newton in Dracula #12.

This issue was advertised with a preproduction cover in Newton Four-in-One #1:

Newton Four-In_One #1 is cover-dated August 1976 - and was likely published 24 July 1976 - so this issue is one of many which was significantly delayed. Note the cover in the advertisement carries the Back From The Grave! blurb before it was replaced by Night of the Blood Stalker, and the Newton trade dress is missing. And the title of the issue is Of Dracula (sic).

This issue was advertised as Out Now in the Sunday Observer 27 March 1977:

Thanks to Mark Cannon for providing scans of the pages from Dracula Lives Special Edition.

Update 27 March 2024: Thanks to Marcus Brazil and Robert Thomas for comments re: the redrawn cover and the previous publication of the Dracula Lives! #9 stories in Dracula #12. The updates appear in the body of the post.

Dracula #10: The Newton edition

Newton Comics' Dracula #10 was published 13 December 1975:

The front cover is from Marvel Comics' Tomb of Dracula #14:

The stories:

Dracula is Dead!, originally published in Tomb of Dracula #14, November 1973 

Somewhere Waits The Vampire, originally published in Journey Into Unknown Worlds #27, May 1954. 

Dracula is Dead is reprinted complete and intact.

Somewhere Waits The Vampire is complete however pages 3 and 4 are reversed, as per the reprint in Vampire Tales #4, which is the source of this reprint. The same reprint appears in Yaffa's Vampire Tales #4.

This is the poster in this issue:

This was originally published as the cover to The Amazing Spider-Man #135:

Note as per the GCD entry, the Return of the Punisher cover blurb was altered in subsequent reprints to Origin of the Punisher or Power of the Punisher. Origin of the Punisher appears to be from an original stat before it was altered, and it is this version which appears on the Newton poster. I note it is this version which appears in Essential Spider-Man Vol. 6, First Printing 2004.

This issue contains the following inhouse advertisements:

Bulletin

The Amazing Spider-Man #15

The X-Men with The Avengers #3 

Captain America #1 

Conan the Barbarian #9 

This issue also includes two Marvel Mailbag pages; and airplane kit contest with an expiry date 26 January 1976;  and a Black Panther t-shirt offer.

This issue was advertised Now out Fortnightly in The Incredible Hulk #13 and The Silver Surfer #4:

It was also advertised in the Sunday Observer 30 November 1975:

And again in the Sunday Observer 28 December 1975:

Thanks to Mark Cannon for providing reference scans for a couple of relevant issues.

The Tomb of Dracula #4: The Yaffa edition

Page Publications' The Tomb of Dracula #4 was published July 1979:

The cover is from Marvel Comics' Tomb of Dracula #12:

This cover was previously printed in Australia on Newton Comics' Dracula #9:

The contents:

His Name Is… Blade!, originally published in Tomb of Dracula #10, July 1973

The Voodoo-Man!, originally published in Tomb of Dracula #11, August 1973

Night of the Screaming House!, originally published in Tomb of Dracula #12, September 1973

These stories are reprinted complete and intact. Indeed, the cover to Tomb of Dracula #10 is also reprinted on the inner front cover:

The Voodoo-Man was previously published in Australia in Newton Comics' Dracula #8, and Night of the Screaming House was published in Dracula #9.

Dracula #9: The Newton edition

Newton Comics' Dracula #9 was published 29 November 1975:

The cover is a recoloured version of the cover of Marvel Comics' Tomb of Dracula #12:

This cover was also published in Australia a few years later on Yaffa's The Tomb of Dracula #4:

Clearly the Australian printers had trouble accurately reproducing the ghostly figures behind Dracula. This may be due to interpreting black and white line art and the associated colour guide. I'll let one of the printing experts advise me on this in the comments.

The stories:

Night of the Screaming House!, originally published in Tomb of Dracula #12, September 1973 

Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble, originally published in Dracula Lives #3, October 1973

Night of the Screaming House! is reprinted complete, but not quite intact. Inexplicably, the 13th page of the story is out of sequence, appearing on the 18th page.

Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble is complete and intact, including the grayscale printing.

Both of these stories were published a few years later in Yaffa comics. Night of the Screaming House! appeared in The Tomb of Dracula #4, and Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble appeared in Dracula Lives! #3.

This issue has the following centrespread poster:

This image originally appeared on the cover of Marvel Comics' Thor #129. A black and white printing of this poster appeared as a single-page pinup Monsters Unleashed [#4]. The Verdict of Zeus! was published by Newton in Newton Team-Up #2.

This issue includes the following inhouse advertisements:

Fantastic Four Annual #1

The Silver Surfer #3

Doctor Strange #7

This issue also contains the following: Tarzan of the Apes Book offer on the inside cover; three Marvel Mailbag pages; a TOLTOYS Daredevil jump set contest on the inside rear cover; and a Hulk t-shirt offer on the rear cover.

The publication date is confirmed in Newton Comics Corner from The Sunday Observer, 30 November 1975:

The TOLTOYS contest expiry date is 12 January 1975 - of course, it should read 1976.