The Mystery of Collinwood (January 1968)
Victoria stood on the ledge known as Suicide Cliffs and stared down at the raging surf and jagged rocks below. Next to her stood Professor Mark Veno, a mysterious visitor to Collinwood. He spoke to her in a low, sinister voice. “Think of all those who threw themselves from these very rocks. ”His eyes seemed to burn into hers.

“He’s hypnotizing me,” she thought. She was unable to make herself look away. “No,” she cried. “He’s forcing me to jump!”


The Professor came a step closer, his eyes still glowing. Victoria found herself unable to move—unable to speak. She was helpless as she felt her willpower dissolve under his evil spell…

The Curse of Collinwood (May 1968)
​Upset over the death of Ernest Collins, Victoria begins to believe that phantoms are haunting her. Are they figments of her imagination? As the threats to her life become very real, she is forced to accept the horrifying truth.

The strange figures are not phantoms but the bodies of Derek and Esther Collins, murdered more than a century ago. They were unwittingly released from their coffins by a shaft of moonlight – and doomed to roam the earth as “the living dead.”

Barnabas Collins (November 1968)
Barnabas Collins, the 175 year-old vampire, is introduced in this story of gothic suspense.

Your blood will grow cold as you read the never-before-told story of the foggy night in 1899 when Barnabas Collins first arrived in Collinwood. You’ll chill to the full horror of the real truth about Barnabas—a secret so terrible that it could not be revealed until now.