Marvel Preview #3 (1975) Marvel Comics – Blade Origin & 1st Appearances of Jamal Afari and Dai Thomas

Description

Marvel Preview #3, published by Marvel/Curtis in 1975, presenting a full-length Blade the Vampire-Slayer feature. This oversized black-and-white magazine contains 76 pages and features a striking painted Blade cover by Gray Morrow.

In this extended horror story, Blade continues his relentless war against the undead while confronting events and characters from his past. The issue expands Blade’s early history and brings together several chapters originally intended for the cancelled Vampire Tales, making it an important early chapter in the development of the character.

Key Significance: Major early Blade key issue, featuring an expanded origin of Blade and the first appearances of Jamal Afari and Dai Thomas. It is also one of Blade’s earliest substantial solo features, published years before the character became a major part of Marvel’s supernatural universe.

Writer: Chris Claremont
Cover Artist: Gray Morrow
Interior Art: Tony DeZuniga & Rico Rival
Year: 1975
Publisher: Marvel Comics / Curtis Magazines
Format: Black-and-white magazine
Cover Price: $1.00 US
UK Price: Vintage 20p price sticker present

Condition: Raw/ungraded. This copy shows substantial age and handling wear, including pronounced spine wear, multiple spine stresses, edge and corner wear, surface rubbing/creasing and general wear to the dark cover. The original UK 20p price sticker remains attached at the upper-right. Please refer closely to the photographs for exact condition.