Comic Book: Tomb of Dracula
Description:
Volume 1 of Marvel Comics' version of Count Dracula, the vampire man fictional character created by Bram Stoker in the 19th century. One of the first horror books that came out from the House of Ideas after the Comics Code Authority (CCA) lightened regulations of what stories were allowed in comics.
Data Sheet:
Apr 1972 to Aug 1979
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Characters most frequently found in this comic book:
In order of appearances.
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April 1972"Dracula"
Script: Gerry ConwayOn a rainy night in Transylvania, Frank Drake, his girlfriend Jean, and their friend Clifton Graves drive a hilly road to a castle that was owned by Count Dracula himself. But an accident prevents them from reaching their destination. [...]
May 1972"The Fear Within!"
Script: Gerry ConwayFrank Drake, with a
companion named Gort, returns to the burned-out husk of Castle Dracula. There
Frank finds Dracula’s tomb and also Clifton Graves, his pal who was thrown
alive into a pit by the Count. [...]
July 1972"Who Stalks the Vampire?"
Script: Archie GoodwinBitterly depressed
late one night, Frank Drake plans to leap off a bridge and end it all; he is
rescued by the huge Taj Nital and Frank meets his friend Rachel van Helsing,
whose great-grandfather killed Count Dracula. [...]
September 1972"Through a Mirror Darkly!"
Script: Archie GoodwinAging faded beauty
Ilsa Strangway invites Count Dracula into her home. She keeps Dracula at bay
with a cross as she explains that she bought his castle from Frank Drake in hopes
of meeting the legendary Count. [...]
November 1972"Death to a Vampire-Slayer!"
Script: Gardner F. FoxPassing through the
Black Mirror, Dracula and Taj Nital arrive in a shadow dimension inhabited by demonic
monsters; Dracula fights them off while keeping Taj safe as his food supply. [...]
January 1973"The Moorlands Monster!"
Script: Gardner F. FoxDracula and Lenore
escape through the Black Mirror into a ruined chapel on the English moors but
they don’t notice that they have been observed by a shaggy deformed monster. [...]
March 1973"Night of the Death Stalkers!"
Script: Marv WolfmanDracula calls down a
snowstorm on London as a prelude for his hunting one dark night. He summons
rats to drive a young woman into his waiting arms but her crucifix drives him
away. He leaves her to the rats but her father, an old man in a wheelchair, and
his dog drive them off. [...]
May 1973"The Hell-Crawlers"
Script: Marv WolfmanDracula, having been
hit by a poisoned dart fired by Quincy Harker, resists Clifton Graves’ offer of
help, telling him to see to their “guests’” demise. Dracula then flies off to
the Continent to crash through the window of Dr. Heinrich Mortte who sends his
patients away…. [...]
June 1973"Death from the Sea!"
Script: Marv WolfmanIn the village of
Littlepool, a fisherman hooks the corpse of a well-dressed man; villagers help
carry the body to the back room of the local church until authorities can be
notified the next day. [...]
July 1973"His Name is…Blade!"
Script: Marv WolfmanAt the London docks,
a young couple plots to stow away on a ship—but they are assaulted by a trio of
vampires, intending to take their lives. [...]
August 1973"The Voodoo-Man!"
Script: Marv WolfmanDracula returns to
his coffin in a Surrey mortuary, planning revenge against his enemies, starting
with the motorcycle gang that attacked him while he was weak (issue #9
flashback)…. [...]
September 1973"Night of the Screaming House!"
Script: Marv WolfmanThe vampire hunters
catch Dracula preying on an innocent victim on a London street; Rachel van Helsing
fires a bolt but Dracula turns to mist; Taj Nital leaps on his back and the vampire
flies into the air and drops with Taj on the bottom. [...]
October 1973"To Kill a Vampire!"
Script: Marv WolfmanAs Quincy Harker
mourns the daughter he was forced to kill (last issue), Blade demands that they
forget about her and pursue Dracula, which leads to a fight with Frank Drake.
Rachel van Helsing breaks up the fight and Quincy says Blade is right, they
must go after their deadly quarry…. [...]
November 1973"Dracula is Dead!"
Script: Marv WolfmanVampire hunters
Blade, Quincy Harker, Rachel van Helsing, and Frank Drake stand amazed over the
body of Count Dracula, slain by Blade in the melee at the end of last issue. [...]
December 1973"Fear is the Name of the Game!"
Script: Marv WolfmanIn the wake of his
death (issue #13-14), Dracula opens his diary to record the events of his life.
On his way there after escaping Father Josiah Dawn’s tent, he was shot down by
a hunter while in bat form. [...]
January 1974"Return from the Grave!"
Script: Marv WolfmanA walking corpse
enters the home of solicitor James Jackson, kills his secretary, rips open the
safe and takes something from inside; when Jackson arrives, the corpse knocks
him out and departs…. [...]
February 1974"Death Rides the Rails!"
Script: Marv WolfmanHis coffins in England
having been destroyed, Count Dracula heads for one in Paris, only to find the
coffin gone and Blade waiting for him. Dracula defeats the vampire hunter,
drinks his blood and leaves him for dead. [...]
March 1974"Enter: Werewolf by Night"
Script: Marv WolfmanDracula returns to
his castle in Transylvania, shipping coffins of dirt to England to replace the
ones destroyed by the vampire hunters, so he can return there and pursue his
enemies….
In the Paris
catacombs, Quincy Harker discovers Blade, bitten by Dracula (last issue) and
apparently dead. [...]
April 1974"Snowbound in Hell!"
Script: Marv WolfmanDracula and Rachel van Helsing
are trapped in snowy Transylvanian Alps after the vampire pursued
van Helsing, escaping in a helicopter from his castle with the magic book that
held the secret of his destruction. [...]
May 1974"The Coming of Doctor Sun"
Script: Marv WolfmanCount Dracula is in
the Transylvanian Alps pursued by Rachel van Helsing and Frank Drake in a
helicopter, firing wooden bullets at him. The Count finds the winds are too
strong for him to fly as a bat so he tries ducking among the crags and hiding
in the snow. [...]
June 1974"Deathknell"
Script: Marv WolfmanDracula, Frank Drake, and Rachel van Helsing
have been captured by an immobility ray in the
Transylvanian base of Doctor Sun. [...]
July 1974"—In Death Do We Join!"
Script: Marv WolfmanIn a small village
in Moldavia, U.S.S.R. [...]
August 1974"Shadows in the Night!"
Script: Marv WolfmanStory continues from
GIANT-SIZE CHILLERS #1.
At Castle Dunwick,
Count Dracula has been protecting Shiela Whittier from her unseen tormenter and
with the death of Lord Henry, it seemed the trouble was over—but the house
itself gives out with sinister laughter and things aren’t done yet. [...]
September 1974"A Night for the Living…A Morning for the Dead!"
Script: Marv WolfmanFrank Drake and
Rachel van Helsing return to the bridge where they had met (issue #3); he
confesses that with Dracula dead, he doesn’t know what to do with his life;
Rachel confesses her love for him. Count Dracula, alive again, watches and is
nauseated. [...]
October 1974"Night of the Blood Stalker!"
Script: Marv WolfmanPrivate eye Hannibal King receives a client,
Adrianne Walters, who was married that morning and her
husband Fred was killed just hours later by a mystery man who knocked at the
door (we see it was Dracula); the killer fled when other tenants arrived,
leaving Adrianne unharmed. [...]
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