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BELOW LEFT: Original cover // BELOW RIGHT: Robby's Photoshop recreation
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OK, HERE WE GO! Let's start with the
front cover, inside front cover and first page of
DARK SHADOWS THE COMIC BOOK #1
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Dark Shadows cast

The interior art on the DARK SHADOWS comic book was done by Joe Certa, who had previously worked on DC's "John Jones, Martian Manhunter" series in Detective comics. Scripts were by John Warner, whose other comic work includes The Flash and The Defenders.

Covers for DARK SHADOWS #1-7 used publicity photos from the show, and added some wording to make them relevant to that issue's story. After the photos were exhausted, the comic began running illustrated covers, and even a few painted covers. Below is a mini-gallery of the series' best covers -- click each image for a huge version!
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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A COMIC BOOK VAMPIRE

DARK SHADOWS best TV plots included: Barnabas seeking the reincarnation of his ancient lover, Josette, Barnabas trying to escape the curse of vampirism with the help of Dr. Julia Hoffman, and Barnabas and company battling a Dream Curse. Here's a typical day -- oops, I mean NIGHT -- in the life of the COMIC BOOK version of BARNABAS COLLINS, vampire. It begins at sundown!
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Yikes! ANGELIQUE! And here's the rest of the gang:
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MONSTER MASH-UP

Dark Shadows copied virtually every famous horror story ever told! It was as if producer Dan Curtis took Dracula, Wolf Man, and Frankenstein, even The Picture of Dorian Grey, and transplanted them to Wuthering Heights as seen by H. P. Lovecraft. The comic book took its cues from the TV series, and added even more monsters into the mash-up! It started with...
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Then came the murderously evil living toys...
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...and the power-crazed satanic cult leader...
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Then Barnabas Collins came up against...
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And look out! It's Washington Irving's Headless Horseman!
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Yet through it all, Barnabas maintains a "secret identity" as a normal man!
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