Marvel Preview #3

Marvel Preview #3 spotlights Blade, the Vampire-Slayer, in a 1975 magazine-format package promising a novel-length tale of terror — plenty of room for Chris Claremont and artist Tony DeZuniga to stretch out. Gray Morrow's cover captures the action vividly: Blade — knife raised, defiant — shields a woman beside him as pale, lurching vampires close in from every side, with a ghastly vampire lord looming large in the shadowy background and a fallen figure at Blade's feet. The bold tagline "Wanted for Murder!" adds an extra layer of tension to an already gripping image, making this oversized Curtis edition a compelling showcase for one of Marvel's most distinctive hunters of the undead.