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Dämonenkiller was originally a series of horror - Issue novels from the Pabel-Verlag , which appeared from 1973 to 1977. The series' main authors were Ernst Vlcek (also known as Paul Wolf) and Neal Davenport (actually Kurt Luif ). The series was continued in a second edition and in several book series. There are also several series of radio play adaptations .

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Dorian Hunter is the "demon killer", the hero of the series. He fights with his companion, the witch Coco Zamis, against the dark forces on earth and despite risky actions manages to escape the evil every time.

The series begins with the 29-year-old English reporter Dorian Hunter traveling to a castle on the Yugoslavian border with his wife Lilian at the invitation of the demonic Countess Anastasia von Lethian . On the trip he meets eight other men. At the castle it turns out that the countess is his mother, the men his brothers and his father the demon Asmodi, the same head of the "Black Family", a mafia-like organization of demons. Dorian's brothers are enthusiastic about this opening, but Dorian tries to escape. His sensitive wife loses her mind when she meets the demons and does not play a significant role in the further course of the series.

Soon afterwards Dorian meets the young witch Coco Zamis, the two fall in love and Coco also turns away from the "black family". In London, Dorian contacts the Secret Service , which from then on supports him in his fight against the demons for a while. Thereafter, Dorian's demon-fighting campaign is funded by millionaire Jeff Parker. In addition to Coco Zamis, there will soon be other members of the demon killer team, namely Trevor Sullivan, Phillip Hayward and Donald Chapman. The Demon Killer Operations Center is an Art Nouveau villa on Baring Road on the south-eastern outskirts of London with the housekeeper Martha Pickford.

In the course of the following issues it turns out that Dorian had more than one previous life. This is because he is the youngest reincarnation of Baron Nicolas de Conde, who took part in a witch's sabbath in the 15th century in order to obtain eternal life. There he expelled his family and killed his wife, albeit - as he believed - only in appearance and symbolically. When he finds out after the Sabbath that his wife and children are indeed dead, he swears eternal vengeance. In ever new incarnations he pursues his goal over the centuries, the annihilation of the "black family". Most recently he was born into the "Black Family" as Dorian Hunter. Although his father is the “prince of darkness”, that is, the supreme demon, Dorian himself has no magical abilities, but he can recognize demonic beings (“black blooded”).

Notebook novels

First edition

Initially, the stories about the "demon killer" appeared as a loose series within the vampire horror novel , a series of completed novels published by Pabel-Verlag. Since the "DK" quickly enjoyed great popularity with readers, the publisher decided to outsource to its own series, which began with episode 18 ( Das Fest auf dem Teufelshügel ), after Bastei-Verlag had its own series with Professor Zamorra shortly before brought to market. As a result, Demon Killer developed into an exception in the flourishing horror magazine sector at the time. One reason for this was that, in contrast to series such as Ghostbusters John Sinclair or Larry Brent , Demon Killer was not written by one person in charge, but by several authors. The continuity was guaranteed by the fact that they kept each other up to date by writing exposés about the current action. The series was also very popular due to its content structure, which relied less on completed individual adventures than on multiple parts - so-called cycles .

Another one was started with episode 131 - the "Baphomet cycle", which was to extend over 20 issues. In the middle of the story, after Volume 143 ( Avengers from the Realm of the Dead ), the series was suddenly discontinued, as three novels were placed on the list of writings harmful to young people within one year (No. 104, No. 115 and No. 121). In addition, the title still in the series Vampire-Horror-Roman was indexed rampage . A resale would only have been possible "under the counter" for a year, which practically meant the end.

After the temporary suspension of DK, the publisher made a half-hearted attempt to find a replacement with Ernst Vlcek's Hexenhammer sub-series in the vampire horror novel . New novels appeared every two weeks with Derek Hammer and his girlfriend Vesta, but due to the unclear concept, the series did not meet with approval and was discontinued after 20 issues. A sequel was then found in the form of further Coco Zamis youth adventures as part of the demon killer paperbacks .

The main authors of the magazine series were Ernst Vlcek , who wrote under the pseudonym Paul Wolf except for his first three novels, Kurt Luif as Neal Davenport and Walter Appel as Earl Warren. They wrote around two-thirds of the stories published.

Other authors of the notebooks were:

Some authors of the first DK edition (Werner K. Giesa, Hans Kneifel, Peter Terrid and Hubert Haensel) were used by the publisher for the new fantasy series Mythor after its end . Ernst Vlcek was fully occupied with Perry Rhodan in the following period .

No. title author illustrator date
001/23 Under the sign of evil Ernst Vlcek Karel Thole 07/17/1973
002/27 The executioner's sword Neal Davenport Karel Thole 08/14/1973
003/31 The doll maker Ernst Vlcek Karel Thole 09/11/1973
004/35 The wax museum Neal Davenport Karel Thole 10/09/1973
005/39 The handle from nowhere Ernst Vlcek Karel Thole 11/06/1973
006/43 The vicious circle Paul Wolf Karel Thole December 04, 1973
007/47 Rampage Neal Davenport Karel Thole 01/01/1974
008/51 Duel with the rats Paul Wolf Karel Thole 01/29/1974
009/55 Labyrinth of death Neal Davenport Karel Thole 02/26/1974
010/59 The torturer Paul Wolf Karel Thole 03/26/1974
011/63 The angels of death Paul Wolf Karel Thole 04/23/1974
012/67 The girl in the plague pit Neal Davenport Karel Thole 05/21/1974
013/71 The white she-wolf Neal Davenport Karel Thole 06/18/1974
014/75 The headhunter Neal Davenport Karel Thole 07/16/1974
015/79 The island of the walking dead Paul Wolf Karel Thole 08/13/1974
016/83 The Moloch Paul Wolf Karel Thole 09/10/1974
017/87 The demon eye Neal Davenport Karel Thole 10/08/1974
018 The festival on the devil's hill Neal Davenport Karel Thole 10/22/1974
019 The vampire Esmeralda Paul Wolf Karel Thole 05/11/1974
020 When the moon is full there is stake Earl Warren Firuz Askin November 19, 1974
021 The devil's lover Neal Davenport Firuz Askin December 3, 1974
022 Blood orgy in the mortuary pit Charles Fleming JAD [= Jose Antonio Domingo ] December 17, 1974
023 Hunt the brood of Satan Neal Davenport Firuz Askin (?) December 31, 1974
024 The head of the vampire Earl Warren Firuz Askin 01/14/1975
025 The rat queen Paul Wolf Firuz Askin 01/28/1975
026 The death masks of Dr. Faustus Paul Wolf P. Fleming [= Petr Milos Sadecký ] 02/11/1975
027 The murder pendulum Neal Davenport P. Fleming [= Petr Milos Sadecký] 02/25/1975
028 Werewolf in the night Earl Warren P. Fleming [= Petr Milos Sadecký] 03/04/1975
029 The monster and the beautiful Neal Davenport P. Fleming [= Petr Milos Sadecký] 03/11/1975
030 The tattooed death Paul Wolf P. Fleming [= Petr Milos Sadecký] 03/18/1975
031 Witches' Sabbath Neal Davenport P. Fleming [= Petr Milos Sadecký] March 25, 1975
032 The hour of the ants Neal Davenport P. Fleming [= Petr Milos Sadecký] 04/01/1975
033 The sacrificial dagger Earl Warren P. Fleming [= Petr Milos Sadecký] 04/08/1975
034 The woman from grave number 13 Paul Wolf Firuz Askin 04/15/1975
035 Cannibal Village Gay D. Carson Manuel Prieto Muriana 04/22/1975
036 The devil from the beauty farm Neal Davenport Alberto Pujolar 04/29/1975
037 Black magic victory Earl Warren Ernst Vlcek 05/06/1975
038 The water corpse in the Rio Negro Neal Davenport ??? 05/13/1975
039 Death in the green hell Earl Warren Josh Kirby 05/20/1975
040 The monsters from the ghost town Paul Wolf George Barr May 27, 1975
041 The cult of satan Gay D. Carson Jeffrey Catherine Jones 06/03/1975
042 The pig people of Rio Earl Warren Firuz Askin (?) 06/10/1975
043 The murder claws Neal Davenport ??? 06/17/1975
044 The devil's oath Paul Wolf Ian Miller 06/24/1975
045 Killer of the skies Paul Wolf Firuz Askin 07/01/1975
046 The werewolf's shadow Neal Davenport Dino Simeoni 07/08/1975
047 panic Earl Warren Vicente Segrelles 07/15/1975
048 Blood for Lucretia Neal Davenport Vicente Cebollo 07/22/1975
049 The cave of the undead Gay D. Carson Vicente Segrelles 07/29/1975
050 The witch's child Paul Wolf Ray Feibush 08/05/1975
051 The vampire's slave Hivar Kelasker Xavier G. Vilanova (?) 08/12/1975
052 The snake pit Earl Warren Vicente Segrelles August 19, 1975
053 The guest from the realm of the dead Roy Palmer Xavier G. Vilanova August 26, 1975
054 The secret of the mummy Neal Davenport Sebastia Boada 09/02/1975
055 The Greenfield Monster Paul Wolf Josh Kirby 09.09.1975
056 The Mummy's Revenge Neal Davenport Sebastia Boada 09/16/1975
057 The werewolf's daughter Earl Warren Sebastia Boada 09/23/1975
058 goose bumps Roy Palmer Sebastia Boada 09/30/1975
059 Bloody kisses Gay D. Carson Enrich Prat 07/10/1975
060 Trip to the underworld Hivar Kelasker Vicente Segrelles 10/14/1975
061 In the power of the snow people Neal Davenport Dean Ellis (?) October 21, 1975
062 Ship of Lost Souls Neal Davenport Karel Thole October 28, 1975
063 The left hand of Satan Paul Wolf Enrich Prat 04/11/1975
064 The devil's orgy Paul Wolf Bruce Pennington 11/11/1975
065 Rendezvous with the Grim Reaper Earl Warren Michael Whelan 11/18/1975
066 The seeds of the parasite Roy Palmer Sebastia Boada 11/25/1975
067 The cruel idol Hivar Kelasker JAD [= Jose Antonio Domingo] 12/02/1975
068 House of Secrets Neal Davenport Vicente Segrelles December 9, 1975
069 The vampire of Venice Gay D. Carson Sebastia Boada December 16, 1975
070 Screams of horror Hivar Kelasker Enrich Prat December 23, 1975
071 Trapped in the lead chambers Neal Davenport Firuz Askin 12/30/1975
072 The snake goddess Earl Warren Jan Parker 01/06/1976
073 The mandrake girl Roy Palmer Josh Kirby 01/13/1976
074 The Cyclops' son Paul Wolf Michael Whelan 01/20/1976
075 The spider kisser Neal Davenport Xavier G. Vilanova 01/27/1976
076 The night of the zombies Earl Warren Xavier G. Vilanova 02/03/1976
077 The witch of Andorra Paul Wolf Manuel Prieto Muriana 02/10/1976
078 The kite's nest Neal Davenport JAD [= Jose Antonio Domingo] 02/17/1976
079 The ghost spider Hivar Kelasker Sebastia Boada 02/24/1976
080 Orders from the beyond Derek Chess Manuel Prieto Muriana 03/02/1976
081 The stolen mummy Earl Warren Sebastia Boada 03/09/1976
082 The time of the dwarves Paul Wolf Jack Faragasso March 16, 1976
083 The man from the retort Neal Davenport Firuz Askin 03/23/1976
084 In the shadow of the guillotine Roy Palmer Salvador Faba 03/30/1976
085 Honeymoon with death Hivar Kelasker Sebastia Boada 04/06/1976
086 The green phantom Earl Warren David McAllister 04/13/1976
087 Trapped in the underworld Neal Davenport Manuel Rodriguez Brea 04/20/1976
088 The triumvirate of hell Paul Wolf Bruce Pennington 04/27/1976
089 The army of the undead Hugh Walker Vicente Segrelles 05/04/1976
090 The wake Derek Chess Firuz Askin 05/11/1976
091 The hangman's brides Earl Warren Firuz Askin 05/18/1976
092 Satan laughs Earl Warren Vicente Ballestar 05/25/1976
093 The dead stand up Paul Wolf Karel Thole (?) 06/01/1976
094 The girl in the devil's field Roy Palmer Rafael Cortiella 06/08/1976
095 The Loch Ness Monster Gay D. Carson ??? 06/15/1976
096 The green corpse Neal Davenport Vicente Segrelles 06/22/1976
097 The death door Earl Warren ??? 06/29/1976
098 The jailer Neal Davenport ??? 07/06/1976
099 The stone god Paul Wolf Bruce Pennington 07/13/1976
100 The devil's samurai Paul Wolf Nikolai Lutohin 07/20/1976
101 The scar face Derek Chess Agency Schlück picture 07/27/1976
102 The praying mantis Earl Warren Nikolai Lutohin 08/03/1976
103 The secret of the mask Neal Davenport ??? 08/10/1976
104 The Bride of the Beast Roy Palmer Nikolai Lutohin 08/17/1976
105 The corpse batman Derek Chess Rafael Cortiella 08/24/1976
106 Death from the magic ball Neal Davenport Nikolai Lutohin 08/31/1976
107 Dance of the Fury Earl Warren Sebastia Boada 07.09.1976
108 The black strangler Paul Wolf Nikolai Lutohin 09/14/1976
109 The werewolf and the white woman Neal Davenport Nikolai Lutohin 09/21/1976
110 Mistress of souls Earl Warren Sebastia Boada 09/28/1976
111 The haunted castle Derek Chess Ray Feibush 05.10.1976
112 The white monk Roy Palmer Enrich Prat 10/12/1976
113 The blood owl Neal Davenport Nikolai Lutohin October 19, 1976
114 The hunchback of Doolin Castle Paul Wolf Vicente Ballestar 10/26/1976
115 The death threshold Earl Warren Jack Faragasso 11/02/1976
116 The midnight devil Earl Warren Sebastia Marato 11/9/1976
117 The magic mirror Neal Davenport Firuz Askin 11/16/1976
118 The insatiable one Paul Wolf Nikolai Lutohin 11/23/1976
119 The diamond dagger Earl Warren Nikolai Lutohin 11/30/1976
120 Oath in the sacrificial hall Neal Davenport Sebastia Boada December 07, 1976
121 The second face Neal Davenport Nikolai Lutohin December 14, 1976
122 The grave robber Roy Palmer Vicente Ballestar December 21, 1976
123 The temple in the jungle Earl Warren Nikolai Lutohin 12/28/1976
124 The queen of the night Paul Wolf Xavier G. Vilanova 01/04/1977
125 In the web of the death spiders Neal Davenport Ray Feibush 01/11/1977
126 The vampire from the red moon Earl Warren Nikolai Lutohin January 18, 1977
127 Rosemary's nightmares Paul Wolf Nikolai Lutohin 01/25/1977
128 Son of rats Neal Davenport Nikolai Lutohin 02/01/1977
129 In the forecourt of hell Paul Wolf ??? 02/08/1976
130 The madman Earl Warren Vicente Segrelles 02/15/1977
131 The silent horror Roy Palmer Sebastia Boada 02/22/1977
132 The Knight of the Black Cross Neal Davenport Vicente Segrelles 03/01/1977
133 The Maiden Tower Neal Davenport Vicente Segrelles 03/08/1977
134 Buried alive Earl Warren Vicente Segrelles 03/15/1977
135 Vampire rampage Earl Warren Vicente Segrelles March 22, 1977
136 Citadel of the Damned Paul Wolf Vicente Segrelles 03/29/1977
137 The trail of the rats Paul Wolf JAD [= Jose Antonio Domingo] 04/05/1977
138 Mistress of the bats Roy Palmer JAD [= Jose Antonio Domingo] 04/12/1977
139 The ghost pirates Roy Palmer Vicente Segrelles 04/19/1977
140 No blood for the damned Neal Davenport Vicente Segrelles 04/26/1977
141 Panic in New York Neal Davenport Earl Norem 05/03/1977
142 The dragon shark Earl Warren Vicente Segrelles 05/10/1977
143 Avengers from the realm of the dead Earl Warren Vicente Segrelles 05/17/1977

The already completed during demolition of the series novels and synopses were subsequently largely in the journal Fantasia of the DFC printed and later in the Dämonenkiller series of Zaubermond publishing (see below) or used:

No. title author appeared as
144 The vampire family Damion Danger 1988 in Fantasia 38/39; 1997 in Edition DK Classic 29
145 Island of horror Neal Davenport 1988 in Fantasia 40/41; 1997 in Edition DK Classic 29
146 The monster out of nowhere Earl Warren 1989 in Fantasia 44/45; 1997 in Edition DK Classic 30
147 The island of the possessed Roy Palmer 1990 in Fantasia No. 49/50; 1997 in Edition DK Classic 30
148 The demon dance Earl Warren 1990 in Fantasia 55/56; 1998 in Edition DK Classic 30
149 Cocos sacrifice Roy Palmer 1990 in Fantasia 57/58 and 1998 in Edition DK Classic 30
150 The red witch Neal Davenport 1991 in Fantasia 59/60
151 The Pestburg Earl Warren 1991 in Fantasia 59/60 as an exposé; in DemonKiller Classic 33 by Uwe Voehl based on the exposé by Ernst Vlcek
152 The witch hunters Neal Davenport in DemonKiller Classic 33 by Uwe Voehl based on the exposé by Ernst Vlcek
153 The bloody throne Damion Danger 1980 as vampire horror novel # 359 Revolt of the Vampires with changed names of the protagonists; 1991 in a restored version in Fantasia 61/62
154 Children of the wolf Roy Palmer Kurt Luif alias Neal Davenport used large parts of the synopsis for issue 142 in 1985, which appeared in 2007 in DemonKiller Classic 34 as children of the wolf
155 The creeping death Earl Warren DemonKiller Classic 34 by Uwe Voehl based on the exposé by Ernst Vlcek

Second edition

From 1983 the original novels appeared in a second edition, whereby new indexing should be avoided by appropriate editing and mitigation of possibly offensive content. As it turned out, the revisions and cuts concerned not only the indexed titles, but it was also shown that all volumes had been edited to a greater or lesser extent. So was in In the Sign of Evil by Ernst Vlcek (Vampire Horror Novel No. 23), the first novel in the series

“And the creepy figures came closer. One hand went into her mouth and pulled her lower lip down, another grabbed her chest and squeezed it as if to crush it. Hands grabbed her neck and bent her head to the side, and a shadow bent over her tense neck. "

in the second edition replaced by

"And the creepy figures came closer."

The cuts and retouching were not limited to the text, the cover was also defused if necessary, so on the cover of issue 49 ( Die Höhle der Untoten by Gay D. Carson), the lower human head in the hand of the demon was cut away and the upper one replaced by a dragon head.

These changes are also the reason that the novels of the second edition as demon killer with child protection were not appreciated by the fans and hardly noticed in the new editions of the Zaubermond Verlag.

The readers eagerly awaited the "Baphomet cycle", which ended abruptly in the original version, but were disappointed by Pabel-Verlag. Those in charge decided to publish only two-part or disjointed single stories from volume 131 instead of the successful cycle concept. The plot of the "Baphomet cycle" was dealt with in two novels. The once successful concept was only taken up again with volume 163. A cycle set in Latin America was completed, another set in the time of the 30 Years War began with volume 173. But the readers were again unpleasantly surprised: After three parts, Volume 175 was another end for the demon killer - this time for economic reasons. After the accidental death of Werner Müller-Reymann, the editor-in-chief of the Pabel publishing house, some less successful series were put up for discussion and it was decided to end DK. The decision was made when the first issue of the new cycle had just appeared, based on the sales figures for the individual stories, which were meager, which was hardly surprising after the departure from the once successful series structure.

In the second edition, the previously indexed issue # 7 was omitted, whereby the following numbers were shifted by 1, ie number 7 of the second edition was number 8 of the first etc. This continued until number 34, where the new novel The Black Stallion was inserted by Neil Davenport. From then on, up to and including number 130, the titles of the first and second editions matched (except for the indexed issues 104, 113, 115, 118 and 121, where the titles were changed after revision, see above). The following numbers 131 to 175 were new in the second edition:

No. title author illustrator date
131 Curse of the demons Paul Wolf Terry Oakes 10/08/1985
132 The soul catchers Paul Wolf Kenneth Smith October 15, 1985
133 Demon inheritance Neal Davenport ??? 10/22/1985
134 Commands of evil Neal Davenport Douglas Caffee October 29, 1985
135 The terrible pact Merlyn G. Hastur Don Ivan Punchatz 05/11/1985
136 Gypsy haunt G. Hastur ??? 11/12/1985
137 Island of horror Hivar Kelasker Vicente Segrelles November 19, 1985
138 The Pestburg Neal Davenport David Martin 11/26/1985
139 The black lock G. Hastur Günter Hauptmann December 3rd, 1985
140 Castle of the nameless horrors Hivar Kelasker De Maya December 10, 1985
141 You don't see images of demons George McMahon Don Ivan Punchatz December 17, 1985
142 Zakum, the dark archivist Neal Davenport ??? December 24, 1985
143 The journey into hell of the ghost train George McMahon ??? December 31, 1985
144 Candona the magician G. Hastur ??? 07/01/1986
145 Hunt for the time crystal G. Hastur Tom Hallman 01/14/1986
146 The treasure in the deep Hivar Kelasker William Teason 01/21/1986
147 Panic in Porto Hivar Kelasker Günter Hauptmann 01/28/1986
148 The Satans GmbH Pierre Lykoff Les Edwards 02/04/1986
149 Pirates of Darkness Hivar Kelasker Günter Hauptmann 02/11/1986
150 Unmasking the monsters Neal Davenport Les Edwards 02/18/1986
151 The curse of Arizona George McMahon Günter Hauptmann 02/25/1986
152 Prophet of fire Pierre Lykoff Don Ivan Punchatz 03/04/1986
153 Angelina the devil G. Hastur ??? 03/11/1986
154 The claw of death G. Hastur Peter Eilhardt 03/18/1986
155 The dead eyes of St. Lamberti Raymond Hart ??? 03/25/1986
156 The Shadow Woman's Revenge Raymond Hart ??? 04/01/1986
157 The death of Baikonur G. Hastur N. Taylor Blanchard 04/08/1986
158 Werewolves rampage G. Hastur Peter Eilhardt 04/15/1986
159 Redskin magic Hivar Kelasker ??? 04/22/1986
160 The undead crusader Neal Davenport Peter Eilhardt 04/29/1986
161 Factory of the zombies Pierre Lykoff ??? 05/06/1986
162 The horror of Baring Road George McMahon Peter Eilhardt 05/13/1986
163 The bottle devil G. Hastur Kenneth Smith 05/20/1986
164 The death sarcophagus Neal Davenport Karel Thole 05/27/1986
165 Olivaro's death Earl Warren David Martin 06/03/1986
166 The demonic duel G. Hastur ??? 06/10/1986
167 Chasing the devil Earl Warren Nikolai Lutohin 06/17/1986
168 The magic boomerang Neal Davenport Frank Brunner 06/24/1986
169 The dragon people George McMahon Josh Kirby 07/01/1986
170 Hell's log Pierre Lykoff Günter Hauptmann 07/08/1986
171 Devil tango G. Hastur Oliviero Berni 07/15/1986
172 The arch demon strikes G. Hastur Nikolai Lutohin 07/22/1986
173 The Witcher's Revenge Hivar Kelasker Nikolai Lutohin 07/29/1986
174 The Basajaun disaster Earl Warren Peter Eilhardt 08/05/1986
175 I - Coco Zamis Earl Warren Peter Eilhardt 08/12/1986

Dorian Hunter (Bastei Publishing House)

In September 2018, Bastei Lübbe Verlag began to reissue the Zaubermond editions as book novels and e-books under the series title Dorian Hunter , with each issue containing a story from the Zaubermond anthologies. A comparison of number 1 with the first edition (vampire horror novel # 23) shows no major changes apart from linguistic corrections.

Book series

Demon Killer paperbacks

The DK pocket books appeared from March 1975 to May 1980 in 63 volumes a month. The volume was 145 and from volume 37 161 pages, the price rose from DM 2.80 at the beginning to DM 3.80 at the end.

Contrary to the expectations of fans when the series was published, the demon killer paperbacks had little to do with the booklet novel series about Dorian Hunter. The majority of the volumes were translations of Anglo-Saxon horror novels. The series formed a counterpart to the series of the Vampire paperback books , whereby the authors of the DK paperback books were generally less known.

Volumes related to the booklet series were initially Die Tortterkammer by Ernst Vlcek (vol. 22) and then two volumes with stories from the youth of Coco Zamis, namely Coco and the Devil's Student (vol. 28), also by Vlcek, this time as Paul Wolf, and Coco and the Magician (Vol. 31) by Kurt Luif as Neal Davenport. From volume 52, Coco Zamis stories by Vlcek and Luif appeared monthly, until volume 58 announced that it would only be published every two months due to the heavy workload of the authors. Volume 60 Coco and the Rubber Death , which followed two months later , was the last, and volume 63 ended the series.

The authors of the series were:

No. title Author (s) / Ed. shape illustrator year
1 Bloody tears Ernst Vlcek novel CAM Thole 1975
2 Werewolf in the moonlight Guy Smith novel Lucinda Cowell 1975
3 The devil worshipers Neal Davenport novel CAM Thole 1975
4th The bride of the parasite Charles W. Runyon novel CAM Thole 1975
5 Chased by horror Jeremy Brent novel CAM Thole 1975
6th The cruel game Derek Hyde-Chambers novel CAM Thole 1975
7th The devil's gift Henry Seymour novel Ron Cobb 1975
8th The horror party Robert Lory novel CAM Thole 1975
9 Ice cold as a kiss of death Brian Ball novel 1975
10 The blood beetles Donald F. Embers novel CAM Thole 1975
11 The nights of the were lion Robert Lory novel CAM Thole 1975
12 Satan's final sacrifice Marc Marais novel Bruce Pennington 1976
13 The phantom from the mirror Ernst Vlcek novel CAM Thole 1976
14th The diabolical sisters Robert Lory novel Nikolai 1976
15th Countess Dracula Michel Parry novel Nikolai 1976
16 Welcome to the horror cabinet anthology CAM Thole 1976
17th The killer hands Spencer Shew novel Nikolai 1976
18th Satan's blonde angel Julie Cameron novel Nikolai 1976
19th Blood for the damned Robert Lory novel Nikolai 1976
20th The house of the dead girls Gimone Hall novel Nikolai 1976
21st The witch of Salem Mary Anne Drew novel 1976
22nd The torture chamber Ernst Vlcek novel Nikolai 1976
23 Visiting Dracula Victor Samuels novel 1976
24 Beasts of the night Hugh Walker novel Jim Burns 1976
25th The beast with the red hands Sidney Stuart novel Nikolai 1977
26th Amok, the killer gorilla Bernard L. Ross novel Chris Achilleos 1977
27 The hellhound Alice Brennan novel Nikolai Lutohin 1977
28 Coco and the devil student Paul Wolf novel 1977
29 Ice vampires Henry Quinn novel Nikolai Lutohin 1977
30th Invasion of the beasts Richard Curtis novel Nikolai Lutohin 1977
31 Coco and the magician Neal Davenport novel 1977
32 Hordes out of darkness anthology 1977
33 Black blood Ernst Vlcek collection Nikolai Lutohin 1977
34 Guest of the devilish P. McCartney novel 1977
35 The midnight museum anthology Nikolai Lutohin 1977
36 Return from the realm of the dead Henry Clement novel Nikolai Lutohin 1977
37 The snake throne W. Howard Baker novel Ertugrul Edirne 1977
38 The lord of the black spiders Mortimer Colvin collection Karel Thole 1978
39 The island of the living statues John Wyman novel Nikolai Lutohin 1978
40 Clarissa the witch Cedric Balmore novel Nikolai Lutohin 1978
41 Evil dwells in the deep Paul Wolf novel Nikolai Lutohin 1978
42 The demon bite John Willow novel Karel Thole 1978
43 The Witch's Curse Neal Davenport novel 1978
44 Children of darkness John Wyman novel Günther König 1978
45 The evil eye John Willow novel Günther König 1978
46 The black chapel Brian Ford novel Vicente Segrelles 1978
47 Return to the realm of the dead Thomas Jago novel Jose Antonio Domingo 1978
48 The curse of the magician John Wyman novel 1978
49 Between midnight and afterlife Roger Elwood, Vic Ghidalia anthology Sanjulian 1978
50 The son of the black panther John Wyman novel Nikolai Lutohin 1978
51 Witches night in the castle of souls John Wyman novel Nikolai Lutohin 1979
52 Coco and the Pied Piper Paul Wolf novel Nikolai Lutohin 1979
53 Coco and the Mayan god Neal Davenport novel Nikolai Lutohin 1979
54 Coco and the soul dealer Paul Wolf novel Nikolai Lutohin 1979
55 Coco and the cold heart Paul Wolf novel Nikolai Lutohin 1979
56 Coco and the Druids Neal Davenport novel Nikolai Lutohin 1979
57 Coco and the demon of Venice Neal Davenport novel Nikolai Lutohin 1979
58 Coco's eerie transformation Neal Davenport novel Nikolai Lutohin 1979
59 Lucifer's right hand Joe Juhnke novel Les Edwards 1979
60 Coco and the rubber death Paul Wolf novel Nikolai Lutohin 1979
61 Maljardin - Satan's Paradise Dorothy Daniels novel 1980
62 Greetings from the beyond Paul Wolf collection Patrick Woodroffe 1980
63 Jennifer, the demon bride John Willow novel Mark Harrison 1980

Demon killer series from Zaubermond Verlag

In 1995, Zaubermond-Verlag made a fresh start with the demon killers, reissuing the original versions of the old booklet novels as well as publishing new stories about Dorian Hunter and Coco Zamis in several series, including a large number of bound editions.

The authors of the DK books published by Zaubermond Verlag were:

Edition DK Classic

The series represented the first attempt by Zaubermond Verlag to publish the Baphomet cycle, which was not completed in the first edition. The finished but unprinted novels of the first edition (DK) appeared here in volumes 29 to 31. The volumes in the series combined several issues in a hardcover volume. All volumes then also appeared in the following series DemonKiller Classic (DC).

No. title author year DK booklet (1st edition) /
DC tape
27 Baphomet Neal Davenport, Earl Warren, Roy Palmer, Ernst Vlcek 1995 DK 131-135 / DC 29
28 Mistress of the bats Ernst Vlcek, Neal Davenport, Roy Palmer 1995 DK 136-140 / DC 30
29 Panic in New York Ernst Vlcek, Neal Davenport, Earl Warren, Damion Danger 1996 DK 141-145 / DC 31
30th Cocos sacrifice Ernst Vlcek, Earl Warren, Roy Palmer, Neal Davenport 1997 DK 146-150 / DC 32
31 Lost in the past Earl Warren 1997 DK 151–155 / DC 35
32 Demon war Martin Kay 1998 DK 156-161 / DC 36

Edition DK

In 1999 the Zaubermond Verlag started another series with new stories for which Dennis Ehrhardt and Martin Knöpper - who then also appeared as authors under the pseudonyms Dario Vandis and Martin Kay - wrote the exposés. Other authors were Uwe Draber as Robert de Vries, Frank Rehfeld , Ralf Schuder and Ernst Vlcek . The volumes in the series were published in hardcover.

The following volumes were published:

No. title Author (s) year
01 Angel wrath Dario Vandis, Martin Kay 1998
02 Rebecca's revenge Dario Vandis 1998
03 Death of an angel Martin Kay 1999
04 Fire kiss Dario Vandis 1999
05 Dark souls Martin Kay 1999
06 Princes of darkness Robert de Vries 1999
07 Diabolo Dario Vandis 2001
08 The child of Krakatau Dario Vandis 2002
09 Devil servant Ralf Schuder 2002
10 Cry of the unborn Ernst Vlcek 2002
11 Kiwibins Phantoms Ralf Schuder 2003

Demon Killer Classic / Dorian Hunter

In 1999 the series of Dorian Hunter books , which has been continued until today, began at Zaubermond. The first volumes contained the texts of the booklet novels without the abbreviations of the second edition, but in a revised and modernized version. The series title changed several times while counting. The first editions appeared in hardcover, from 2011 a second edition appeared as paperback and e-book, now consistently with the series title Dorian Hunter - Demon Killer .

The volumes of the Edition DK Classic series appeared here as volumes 29 to 32, 35 and 36. The volumes of Edition DK appeared from volume 37 under the series title Dorian Hunter - New Adventure .

No. title author year
Dorian Hunter / Dorian Hunter - fighter against the forces of darkness
001 Under the sign of evil Ernst Vlcek, Neal Davenport 1999
002 The witch's circle Ernst Vlcek, Neal Davenport 2000
003 The torturer Ernst Vlcek, Neal Davenport 2001
004 The demon eye Ernst Vlcek, Neal Davenport 2001
005 The vampire Esmeralda Ernst Vlcek, Neal Davenport 2001
006 The masks of Dr. Faustus Ernst Vlcek, Neal Davenport 2001
007 The tattooed death Ernst Vlcek, Neal Davenport 2001
008 The woman from grave number 13 Neal Davenport, Ernst Vlcek 2002
009 Black magic victory Ernst Vlcek, Neal Davenport, Earl Warren 2001
Dorian Hunter / Dorian Hunter classics
010 The devil's oath Neal Davenport, Ernst Vlcek 2002
011 The witch's child Neal Davenport, Ernst Vlcek 2003
012 The guest from the realm of the dead Neal Davenport, Ernst Vlcek 2003
013 Bloody kisses Ernst Vlcek, Neal Davenport, Earl Warren 2003
014 The devil's orgy Neal Davenport, Ernst Vlcek 2004
015 The seeds of the parasite Ernst Vlcek, Neal Davenport, Hivar Kelasker, Roy Palmer, Gay D. Carson 2004
016 Trapped in the lead chambers Ernst Vlcek, Neal Davenport, Roy Palmer, Earl Warren 2004
017 The witch of Andorra Ernst Vlcek, Neal Davenport, Earl Warren, Derek Chess 2004
018 The stolen mummy Ernst Vlcek, Neal Davenport, Earl Warren 2005
019 The triumvirate of hell Ernst Vlcek, Neal Davenport, Earl Warren, Roy Palmer, Hivar Kelasker 2005
020 The dead stand up Ernst Vlcek, Earl Warren, Hugh Walker, Derek Chess 2005
021 The girl in the devil's field Roy Palmer, Gay D. Carson, Neal Davenport, Earl Warren 2005
022 The devil's samurai Ernst Vlcek, Derek Chess, Neal Davenport, Earl Warren 2006
023 Dance of the Fury Ernst Vlcek, Neal Davenport, Roy Palmer, Derek Chess, Earl Warren 2006
024 The white monk Ernst Vlcek, Neal Davenport, Roy Palmer, Derek Chess, Earl Warren 2006
025 The hunchback of Doolin Castle Ernst Vlcek, Neal Davenport, Earl Warren 2006
026 The second face Ernst Vlcek, Neal Davenport, Earl Warren 2007
027 The grave robber Ernst Vlcek, Neal Davenport, Earl Warren, Roy Palmer 2007
028 In the forecourt of hell Ernst Vlcek, Neal Davenport, Earl Warren 2007
029 Baphomet Neal Davenport, Earl Warren, Roy Palmer, Ernst Vlcek 2007
030 Mistress of the bats Ernst Vlcek, Neal Davenport, Roy Palmer 2008
031 Panic in New York Ernst Vlcek, Neal Davenport, Earl Warren, Damion Danger 2008
032 Cocos sacrifice Ernst Vlcek, Earl Warren, Roy Palmer, Neal Davenport 2008
033 The Pestburg Ernst Vlcek, Neal Davenport, Uwe Voehl, Oliver Fröhlich 2008
034 The creeping death Ernst Vlcek, Neal Davenport, Uwe Voehl, Oliver Fröhlich 2009
035 Lost in the past Earl Warren 2014
036 Demon war Martin Kay 2014
Dorian Hunter / Edition DK
037/001 Angel wrath Dario Vandis, Martin Kay 1999
038/002 Rebecca's revenge Dario Vandis 1999
039/003 Death of an angel Martin Kay 1999
040/004 Fire kiss Dario Vandis 1999
041 / - Dark souls Martin Kay 2014
042/006 Princes of darkness Robert de Vries 2000
043 Diabolo Dario Vandis 2014
Dorian Hunter / Dorian Hunter - new adventures
044/008 The child of Krakatau Dario Vandis 2002
045/009 Devil servant Ralf Schuder 2002
046/010 Cry of the unborn Ernst Vlcek 2002
047/011 Kiwibins Phantoms Ralf Schuder 2003
048/012 The blood church Dario Vandis, Ralf Schuder 2004
049/013 The image of the devil Ralf Schuder, Christian Montillon 2004
050/014 Masks of death Dario Vandis, Peter Morlar, Christian Montillon 2005
051/015 The snake cult Peter Morlar, Christian Montillon 2005
052/016 The bone menagerie Ernst Vlcek, Peter Morlar, Uwe Voehl 2006
053/017 The dark eminence Ernst Vlcek, Uwe Voehl 2006
054/018 The Doll Maker's Revenge Christian Montillon, Peter Morlar, Geoffrey Marks 2007
055/019 The witch on the Lech Geoffrey Marks, David Steinhart 2007
056/020 The black grimoire Peter Morlar, Geoffrey Marks, Dario Vandis 2008
057/021 Pestmarie Ernst Vlcek, Geoffrey Marks, Uwe Voehl 2008
058/022 Baal Uwe Voehl, Geoffrey Marks, Dario Vandis 2008
- / 023 The seven-part death Christian Montillon, Peter Morlar, Jo Zybell 2008
059/024 Daemon Mechanicus Christian Montillon, Peter Morlar, Logan Dee 2009
- / 025 Daniel's pact Christian Montillon, Oliver Fröhlich 2010
060/026 War of the seven Peter Morlar, Logan Dee, Christian Montillon 2010
061/027 Ahriman's brood Oliver Fröhlich, Catalina Corvo, Christian Montillon 2010
062/028 The eternal demon Peter Morlar, Christian Montillon 2010
063/029 Hell coma Susanne Wilhelm, Catalina Corvo, Christian Montillon 2010
064/030 Devil's frenzy Logan Dee, Oliver Fröhlich, Christian Montillon 2011
065/031 Funeral ceremony Logan Dee, Susanne Wilhelm, Christian Montillon 2011
066/032 Delusional soul Logan Dee, Michael Marcus Thurner, Christian Montillon 2011
067/033 Demon haze Logan Dee, Susanne Wilhelm, Christian Montillon 2011
Dorian Hunter
068 Devil madness Susanne Wilhelm, Christian Montillon 2012
069 The arbitrator of Babylon Oliver Fröhlich, SR Bellem 2012
070 The rat plague Catalina Corvo, Simon Borner 2012
071 The oracle of the skull Catalina Corvo, Logan Dee 2013
072 The witcher's heart Catalina Corvo, Susanne Wilhelm 2013
073 Into the abyss Christian Montillon, Catalina Corvo 2013
074 From the ashes Christian Schwarz, Catalina Corvo 2013
075 Black blood, cold heart Uwe Voehl, Simon Borner, Catalina Corvo, Susanne Wilhelm 2014
076 homunculus Uwe Voehl, Christian Schwarz 2014
077 The Bone Church Rüdiger Silber, Catherine Parker, Susanne Wilhelm 2014
078 The hermaphrodite Simon Borner, Catalina Corvo 2014
079 Under the ice Logan Dee, Catherine Parker 2015
080 Storm on the Bastille Uwe Voehl, Christian Schwarz 2015
081 Escape to Varennes Uwe Voehl, Catherine Parker 2015
082 Midsummer night's nightmare Michael Marcus Thurner, Christian Schwarz 2015
083 The Order of Delphi Christian Humberg, Catherine Parker 2016
084 The watchmaker Logan Dee, Christian Schwarz 2016
085 The clock of life Catherine Parker 2016
086 Huli Jing Christian Schwarz, Susanne Wilhelm 2016
087 Beyond the threshold Simon Borner, Catherine Parker 2017
088 Dance of death Christian Schwarz, Simon Borner 2017
089 Tick ​​tock Catherine Parker, Christian Schwarz 2017
090 The watchmaker's death Simon Borner, Susan Schwartz 2017
091 Pocket game Catherine Parker, Christian Schwarz 2018

Edition Coco Zamis / Das Haus Zamis

Parallel to the series started in 1999 with new adventures and new editions of the old book novels, a series with stories about the witch Coco Zamis was published, whereby the first volumes contained booklet volumes (DK) and texts from paperbacks (DK TB):

  • 01: Witches' Sabbath: DK 31 & 32, as well as DK TB 22, 28 & 31
  • 02: The Pied Piper: DK TB 52-54
  • 03: The cold heart: DK TB 55–57 (beginning of the Merlin cycle)
  • 04: Coco's eerie transformation: DK TB 58, 60 and a new story

From volume 5, the volumes contained new stories about Coco Zamis.

The volumes appeared in the first edition up to and including volume 29 as hardcover under the series title Coco Zamis . The covers of the first two volumes from 1999 came from Luis Royo (volume 1–2), in 2001 these were published with covers by Werner Öckl (partly under the pseudonym Sandobal), from whom the covers of all subsequent volumes of the first edition also come. The second edition was published in 2012 as a paperback and e-book with covers by Mark Freier.

No. title author year
01 Witches' Sabbath Paul Wolf, Neal Davenport 1999
02 The Pied Piper Ernst Vlcek, Neal Davenport 1999
03 The cold heart Ernst Vlcek, Neal Davenport 2001
04 Coco's eerie transformation Ernst Vlcek, Neal Davenport, Dario Vandis 2002
05 The devil's favorite Ralf Schuder, Susan Schwartz, Uwe Voehl 2002
06 Axinum's Shadow Army Ralf Schuder, Susan Schwartz, Uwe Voehl 2003
07 Advocate of the dead Ernst Vlcek, Uwe Voehl, Dario Vandis 2003
08 Hunt for the pariah Ernst Vlcek, Christian Montillon, Dario Vandis 2004
09 The escape board Ernst Vlcek, Peter Morlar 2004
10 The demon bastard Ernst Vlcek, Uwe Voehl, Dario Vandis 2005
11 Ashes to ashes, stone to stone Uwe Voehl, Christian Montillon 2005
12 Be cursed, Coco Zamis! Uwe Voehl, Markus Kastenholz, Christian Montillon 2006
13 Sibling blood Uwe Voehl, Rüdiger Silber, Dario Vandis 2006
14th Me, Michael Zamis Uwe Voehl, Peter Morlar 2007
15th The funeral mass Uwe Voehl 2007
16 Buena Vista Death Club Uwe Voehl 2008
17th Masked ball Michael M. Thurner, Uwe Voehl, Jörg Kleudgen, Dario Vandis 2008
18th The devil's whore Dario Vandis, Catalina Corvo, Peter Morlar 2009
19th Witch madness Logan Dee, Catalina Corvo, Uwe Voehl 2009
20th Biikebrennen Logan Dee, Catalina Corvo 2009
21st The devilish dervish Michael M. Thurner, Catalina Corvo 2010
22nd The beloved from the realm of the dead Logan Dee, Catalina Corvo 2010
23 Nightmare nights in Asmoda Logan Dee, Catalina Corvo 2010
24 Charter Daemonica Logan Dee, Catalina Corvo 2010
25th The village of silence Logan Dee, Catalina Corvo 2011
26th Cemetery of the Damned Michael M. Thurner, Catalina Corvo 2011
27 Freaktown Catalina Corvo, Logan Dee 2011
28 Palace of Bones Catalina Corvo, Christian Montillon 2011
29 The night of the scalpel Catalina Corvo, Logan Dee, Christian Montillon 2012
30th The Vote Court Catalina Corvo, Logan Dee 2012
31 The black flame Catalina Corvo, Logan Dee 2012
32 The fall of the house of Zamis Christian Montillon, Logan Dee 2012
33 Kill Dorian Hunter! Michael M. Thurner 2013
34 Otherwise the ravens will eat you! Susanne Wilhelm, Catalina Corvo 2013
35 Because it is as black as blood! Catalina Corvo, Logan Dee 2013
36 The hellish child Rüdiger Silber, Logan Dee 2013
37 The avenging angel Rüdiger Silber, Diana Dark, Oliver Fröhlich 2014
38 And with me the darkness Catalina Corvo, Rüdiger Silber, Diana Dark, Logan Dee 2014
39 Battle of the Witcher Logan Dee, Michael Marcus Thurner 2014
40 Isle of the Dead Susanne Wilhelm, Christian Schwarz 2014
41 Baptism of the devil Rüdiger Silber, Logan Dee 2015
42 Rebecca's baby Michael Marcus Thurner, Logan Dee 2015
43 Lullaby for a demon Christian Schwarz, Catalina Corvo 2015
44 Death comes with black wings Rüdiger Silber, Susanne Wilhelm 2015
45 Blackwater Bay Rüdiger Silber, Logan Dee 2016
46 The storm of black souls Logan Dee, Michael M. Thurner 2016
47 The death clock Michael M. Thurner, Logan Dee 2016
48 Midwinter blood Logan Dee, Susan Schwartz 2016
49 The alchemist Michael Marcus Thurner, Simon Borner 2017
50 Dear sister, you may be angry ... Michael Marcus Thurner, Logan Dee 2017
51 Juna Michael Marcus Thurner, Logan Dee 2017
52 And the night lasts forever Logan Dee, Michael Marcus Thurner 2017
53 The gallows house Logan Dee, Catalina Corvo 2018

Radio plays

The label Europe appeared five Dämonenkiller - radio plays . Peter Lakenmacher then spoke to Dorian Hunter and Inken Sommer Coco Zamis . The radio plays, which are based on the magazine novels, are titled:

  • 1 In the sign of evil
  • 2 The executioner's sword
  • 3 The doll maker
  • 4 experiments of horror
  • 5 amok

Three more radio plays were planned, but were not published:

  • 6 duel with the rats
  • 7 labyrinth of death
  • 8 The torturer

With Amok (original rampage ) and that novel was set to music, which could no longer be published in the second edition of the series for reasons of protection of minors. However, the depictions of violence in the original were deliberately left out and instead used subtle horror.

In 2007, the first episode in the sign of evil was re-set to music by Nocturna Audio under the series title Demonenkiller Edition 21 . Due to a legal dispute with the rights holder, however, the episode was only allowed to be sold by the manufacturer until the end of 2007.

In 2008 the publishing house Zaubermond began to set the series again. The publisher now led the series under the title Dorian Hunter - the name of the main character. Thomas Schmuckert sets the main role to music. The script is written by Andrea Bottlinger and directed by Dennis Ehrhardt .

literature

  • Jochen Bärtle: Horror, Grüfte, Groschenhefte: The German horror magazine novel from 1968 to 2008: A series overview for the 40th anniversary. BoD, Norderstedt 2008, ISBN 978-3-8370-4043-2 , pp. 189-204.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cf. Law on the Distribution of Writings Harmful to Young Persons, Section 7, version of April 29, 1961 ( PDF ).
  2. ↑ Uwe Schnabel: Demon killer on the index: A look behind the scenes , article on Zauberspiegel-online.de, accessed on October 22, 2018.
  3. ↑ Indexed on February 17, 1977 and no longer published in the second edition.
  4. ↑ Indexed on February 17, 1977 and published in the second edition by Rainer Delfs under the pseudonym Raymond Hart in a modified form.
  5. ↑ Indexed on April 21, 1977 and in the second edition in a revised version under the title The Cave of the Chakra .
  6. ↑ Indexed on April 15, 1977 and published in the second edition in a revised version under the title The Hunt for the Janus Head .
  7. ↑ page 40, 2nd column, 3rd paragraph
  8. ↑ page 42, 1st column, 6th paragraph.
  9. ↑ Cover of the 1st edition , cover of the 2nd edition .
  10. ↑ A detailed overview of the editorial changes by volume can be found in Uwe Schnabel: The abbreviations of the new edition of issue # 1 and in the following articles for the other issues. Links to the articles for the individual issues can be found at the end of Schnabel's review article The Demon Killer: A Brief Review .
  11. ^ Dorian Hunter (series) in the ISFDB.
  12. ↑ Uwe Schnabel: "Vampire Horror 23" vs "Dorian Hunter 1": Changes in "In the Signs of Evil" , article on Zauberspiegel-online.de, accessed on October 22, 2018.
  13. ^ DK paperbacks in the ISFDB.
  14. ↑ Zaubermond Edition DK in the ISFDB.
  15. ^ Edition DK , fansite with table of contents, accessed on October 21, 2018.
  16. ^ Dorian Hunter in the ISFDB.
  17. ↑ Coco Zamis in the ISFDB.
  18. ↑ The House of Zamis in the ISFDB.