Marvel Preview #12 for Sale - First Appearance of Living Mummy - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Marvel Preview (Marvel, 1975 series)
Issue: #12
Publication date: Fall 1977
Key date: 1977-10-00
On-sale date: 1977-11-01
Indicia publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Price: $1.00
Pages: 68
Barcode: 714860292863

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Living Mummy - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of N'Kantu - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Ralph Macchio - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Haunt of Horror	cover	1	pencils: Earl Norem; inks: Earl Norem; colors: Earl Norem	Lilith
1	Stan Lee Presents The Haunt of Horror	credits, title page	2	script: Ralph Macchio; pencils: John Buscema; inks: Ernie Chan	Dracula
2	Editorial	text article	1	script: Roger Slifer
3	-	illustration	1	pencils: Tom Sutton; inks: Tom Sutton	Dracula, Frankenstein Monster, Lilith, Living Mummy First, Ralph Macchio First, Man-Thing, Morbius, Michael Morbius, N'Kantu First, Jack Russell, Ted Sallis, Werewolf
4	Lilith, Daughter of Dracula	illustration	2	script: Steve Gerber; pencils: George Pérez; inks: Pablo Marcos	Lilith
5	Profits Are Plunging!	comic story	14	script: Steve Gerber; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Frank Springer; letters: Joe Rosen	Lilith
6	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
7	Slinking Through the Psycho-Ward	comic story	7	script: Doug Moench; pencils: Mike Kaluta; inks: Mike Kaluta; letters: Jean Simek	Dan Yercich (death); Mr. Miller; Johnny; Georgia
8	FOOM	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
9	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: ?; typeset
10	Death of the Living Dead!	comic story	8	script: David Kraft; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Pablo Marcos; letters: John Costanza
11	Marvel Magazines!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
12	Dracula Lord of Vampires	illustration	1	script: Ralph Macchio; pencils: John Buscema; inks: John Buscema; letters: John Costanza	Dracula
13	A Picture of Andrea	comic story	20	script: Doug Moench; pencils: Sonny Trinidad; inks: Sonny Trinidad; letters: June Braverman	Dracula
14	Next Issue	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Ralph Macchio; pencils: Herb Trimpe; inks: Klaus Janson
15	-	in-house column	1.67	pencils: Ernie Chan, John Buscema, Dave Cockrum; inks: Ernie Chan, Terry Austin, Frank Giacoia
17	-	letters page	2	script: Ralph Macchio; pencils: Jim Starlin; inks: Tony DeZuniga

Plus 3.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel Horror: The Magazine Collection #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-90840-9	2017	On eBay ›
Marvel Horror Lives Again! Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-92746-2	2020	On eBay ›
Tomb of Dracula: The Complete Collection #5 ISBN 978-1-302-93239-8	2021	On eBay ›

Reading the story costs a fraction of owning the issue. Both routes are on every file.

Before you buy

Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
Canadian and Whitman editions exist for many bronze books; match the barcode area to the plate.
Look for Mark Jewelers inserts and date stamps - they affect collector preference, not authenticity.

Series context

‹ #1112 of 24#13 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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