Marvel Preview #3 for Sale - First Appearance of Dai Thomas - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Marvel Preview (Marvel, 1975 series)
Issue: #3
Publication date: September 1975
Key date: 1975-09-00
On-sale date: 1975-07-22
Indicia publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Price: $1.00
Pages: 76

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Dai Thomas - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Jamal Afari - 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	Blade the Vampire-Slayer	cover	1	pencils: Gray Morrow; inks: Gray Morrow; colors: Gray Morrow	Blade, Eric Brooks, Safron Caulder, Kate Fraser
1	-	illustration	1	pencils: Eugene Colan; inks: Eugene Colan	Blade, Eric Brooks
2	Stan Lee Presents Blade the Vampire-Slayer	credits, title page	1	pencils: Tony DeZuniga; inks: Tony DeZuniga, Rico Rival	Blade; Stephen Roak; Josie Harper (corpse); Anton Vierken
3	The Night Josie Harper Died! [Part 1]	comic story	13	script: Chris Claremont; pencils: Tony DeZuniga; inks: Tony DeZuniga; letters: Dave Hunt	Blade, Eric Brooks, Safron Caulder, Marguerite D'Alescio, Kate Fraser, Dai Thomas First, Anton Vierken
4	Trail of Blood, Trail of Tears [Part 2]	comic story	13	script: Chris Claremont; pencils: Tony DeZuniga; inks: Rico Rival; letters: Karen Mantlo	Blade, Eric Brooks, Marguerite D'Alescio, Kate Fraser, Dai Thomas First, Anton Vierken
5	Dawn of Blood [Part 3]	comic story	14	script: Chris Claremont; pencils: Rico Rival; inks: Rico Rival; letters: Charlotte Jetter	Jamal Afari First, Blade, Eric Brooks, Safron Caulder, Marguerite D'Alescio, Kate Fraser, Anton Vierken
7	Hellmorn! [Part 4]	comic story	16	script: Chris Claremont; pencils: Rico Rival; inks: Rico Rival; letters: Marcos Pelayo	Blade, Eric Brooks, Safron Caulder, Marguerite D'Alescio, Dracula, Kate Fraser, Anton Vierken
8	A Short Picto-History of Blade	comic story	2	script: Scott Edelman; pencils: Gil Kane, Gene Colan; inks: John Romita, Jack Abel, Tom Palmer	Blade, Eric Brooks, Dracula, Frank Drake, Quincy Harker, Morbius, Michael Morbius, Rachel Van Helsing
9	Next Issue:	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Rich Buckler; inks: Rich Buckler, Al Milgrom	Titan

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel Milestones: Blade, Man-Thing & Satana #[nn]	2005	On eBay ›
Blade: Black & White #[nn] ISBN 9780785114697	2004	On eBay ›
Tomb of Dracula 10 (New Line Cinema) #[nn]	2005	On eBay ›
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 ›
Blade: The Early Years Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-95023-1	2023	On eBay ›
Blade: The Early Years Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-95024-8	2023	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Tomb of Dracula #4 ISBN 978-1-302-95545-8	2024	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

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Sources

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

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