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Current Talk '08 II / Re: German Translations of the Marilyn Ross aka Dan Ross Novels
« on: September 29, 2008, 05:03:38 AM »Quote from: Gothick
Deutsche Erstausgabe means "German [language] First Edition."
Thank you Gothick!
Here’s some additional information about the German reprints. First of all, they were part of a series called Vampire Horror Roman. I gather these were more like magazines than actual paperbacks, but that’s conjecture. I do know that the series started in 1973 and ended in 1981, with issue 451. Starting bi-weekly and quickly moving weekly, they ran a mix of foreign translation and probably some domestic material. I don’t know if they ever ran anything original. They did reprint Donald Glut’s Frankenstein series. You may recall that he had written an article on DS in a Marvel Magazine. It’s late, so I won’t get up and get the exact title and date. # 68 saw the publication of Barnabas Collins and the Mysterious Ghost in 1974. Barnabas didn’t return until 1977, in issue 211. My second posting on this topic gives the release order for the series. #s 215, 219, 223, 227, and 231 all came out on a monthly schedule. The series went bi-monthly with 237. Only two books came out in 1978, 245 and 253. In 1991, a title called Damonen-land attempted to revive the series by releasing a second reprint of Barnabas Collins. Perhaps they hoped to capitalize on the ’91 revival? Does anyone know if it aired there? As far as I know Dark Shadows has only been translated into one foreign language, Spanish. I have no idea if either version of the show aired on the US Military Channels overseas. House of Dark Shadows has most likely been shown there, as I found reference to a title Das Schloss der Vampire.
Here's a link to the cover image for BC and the Mysterious Ghost. You can access the covers for all of the issues in the series. Hint, the last few digits of the URL have the issue number. Simply change those digits and jump ahead quickly to the issue you want. It avoids the need to continually hit the arrow button. Click on the image for an enlarged version. Their artist made no attempt at all to portray Frid, Parker, Selby, or anyone from the show.
http://www.mcsammel.de/romanhefte/deutschland_nach_1945/r_vampir_horror_roman/vampir_horror_roman_0068.html
Here's a link to the reprint cover for BC.
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://gruselromane.de/daemonen-land/romane/dl_043.htm&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=2&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DDamonen-Land%2BBarnabas%26hl%3Den