Adventure Into Fear 30

"Hey! Down, Fido! Down boy!"

―Simon Stroud

"The Vampires of Mason Manor!" is the title to the thirtieth issue of the Adventure Into Fear ongoing comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The story was written by Bill Mantlo with artwork by George Evans and inks by Frank Springer. It was colored by Phil Rachelson and lettered by Karen Mantlo. The story was edited by Marv Wolfman. This issue shipped with an October, 1975 cover date and carries a cover price of .25 cents per copy.

"The Vampires of Mason Manor!"[]

The character of Morbius was created by writer Roy Thomas, artist Gil Kane and inker Frank Giacoia. He first appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #101 in October, 1971 in a story titled "A Monster Called... Morbius!" The character has since headlined his own serial in Adventure Into Fear, had two of his own ongoing titles as well as a reprint series and has made appearances in numerous other books such as Vampire Tales.
This issue carries the approval stamp of the Comics Code Authority.
According to Comic Reader #120, this issue shipped to retailers on July 15th, 1975.
This is the penultimate issue of the series.
This is the first issue of the series with Marv Wolfman as Editor-in-Chief of Marvel Comics.
The tagline to this issue is "Caught in the Coven of Death!"
This issue is reprinted in standard comic format in Morbius Revisited #4 in November, 1993. It is also reprinted in hardcover in the Morbius the Living Vampire Omnibus in 2019, and the Adventure Into Fear Omnibus in 2020.
Martine Bancroft makes reference to when Michael Morbius attempted to take his own life shortly after becoming a living vampire. This took place in Amazing Spider-Man #102.
One of the party guests looks suspiciously a lot like the Marvel Comics version of Dracula, though this is not him.
Martine Bancroft becomes a vampire in this issue.