Comic Book: Tomb of Dracula
What This Book is About:
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.
Plus: Domini, Aurora Rabinowitz.
Comics Index
Page: 3 of 3
Total Indexed Comics:
70
Comics sorted by date. Oldest shown first. Up to 25 comics per page. Page navigator at the bottom of the page.
December 1976"The Wildest Party"
Script: Marv WolfmanThere is a standoff
at Anton Lupeski’s house: Frank Drake and Harold H. Harold have been captured
by the cultists while Rachel van Helsing brandishes her crossbow demanding they
let the men free. And then Dracula materializes in their midst. [...]
January 1977"Demons in the Mind!"
Script: Marv WolfmanBlade (the
doppelganger), killed by Dracula last issue, is quietly buried with his
vampire-hunting colleagues (Frank Drake, Rachel van Helsing, Harold H. Harold,
Hannibal King) and his girlfriend, Safron Caulder, in attendance. [...]
February 1977"The Final Glory of Deacon Frost"
Script: Marv WolfmanHannibal King
returns to the cemetery with Daimon Hellstrom a/k/a the Son of Satan. They
unearth the coffin holding the dead Blade doppelganger and King removes the
stake, restoring the monster to life. [...]
March 1977"’Twas the Night Before Christmas"
Script: Marv WolfmanOn Christmas Eve,
Dracula awaits the birth of his son; his bride Domini has one request: that the
baby be born in the church. Dracula demurs, fearing the portrait of Jesus Christ
hanging there but he gives in to Domini and orders Anton Lupeski to have her
transported there…. [...]
April 1977"Requiem for a Vampire!"
Script: Marv WolfmanDracula stands with
his wife Domini and their child but the new father is disturbed: why does his
child have the golden skin coloring of an angel? Domini’s answer that the baby
is a cross between them isn’t likely and he fears to consider anything else. [...]
May 1977"The Vampire Conspiracy!"
Script: Marv WolfmanHarold H. Harold is
writing his novel to be called “The Vampire Conspiracy.” It tells of a
beautiful but helpless woman named Aurora who moves into a sinister mansion and
encounters ghostly threats, followed by an appearance by Dracula who wants her
for his bride. [...]
June 1977"The Forever Man!"
Script: Marv WolfmanIn 1792, an
Englishman is told by an Indian fakir that he has been reborn endlessly and
will continue to be reborn until he meets the Dead Man, who will end his life. [...]
July 1977"Undead by Daylight!"
Script: Marv WolfmanBlade confides in
his girlfriend Safron Caulder that since killing Deacon Frost, the vampire who
had killed Blade’s mother (issue #53), he no longer has a sense of purpose.
Safron has some ideas…. [...]
August 1977"The Last Traitor!"
Script: Marv WolfmanCult leader Anton
Lupeski approaches Quincy Harker, Rachel van Helsing, Frank Drake,
and Harold H. Harold and supplies them with guns loaded with silver bullets so they can
join his plan to assassinate Dracula. [...]
September 1977"The Wrath of Dracula!"
Script: Marv WolfmanHis son having been
killed, Dracula’s rage takes over and he orders Domini out of the room lest he
harm her too. The vampire lord smashes all of the church furniture, while
pausing to gaze at the portrait of Christ and reflect on how only heaven’s power
has ever overcome his. [...]
November 1977"Resurrection!"
Script: Marv WolfmanDracula broods over
the death of his son Janus (issue #59) and ponders whether to return to
Domini….
Back at Quincy Harker’s
place, the vampire hunters talk over the recent events. [...]
January 1978"What Lurks Beneath Satan’s Hill?"
Script: Marv WolfmanThe dead baby Janus
has been resurrected and possessed by the Golden Angel to become an adult; he
and Dracula continue to quarrel over Janus’ duty and destiny to destroy Dracula
while Domini is torn between her husband and her son. [...]
March 1978"The Road to Hell!"
Script: Marv WolfmanDracula senses the
evil of the mansion on Satan’s Hill he has entered. The captive Topaz tells him
how she was seized by the crimson tentacles and brought there to be dressed in
a purple toga; she tells him the house is the doorway to Hell…. [...]
May 1978"Life After Undeath"
Script: Marv WolfmanSatan has drawn
Dracula and Topaz into his presence. The Lord of the Undead is unimpressed and
keeps interrupting Satan’s speechifying. [...]
July 1978"Where No Vampire Has Gone Before!"
Script: Marv WolfmanRachel van Helsing
has discovered the Dracula is no longer a vampire; she reports the news to her
associates. Janus realizes it is Satan’s judgment on his father, Quincy Harker
sees the puzzle of whether they should keep hunting him or not, and Frank Drake
is merely confused…. [...]
September 1978"Showdown in Greenwich Village!"
Script: Marv WolfmanThe now-human
Dracula arrives in New York City in search of his daughter Lilith with no idea
of how to find her. Hungry, he robs a young couple but only gets one dollar.
Disgusted with himself for stooping to petty theft, he is pursued by bystanders. [...]
November 1978"At Long Last—Lilith!"
Script: Marv WolfmanSensing that his
daughter Lilith is inside, Dracula enters a Greenwich Village art gallery.
Knowing she inhabits a series of host bodies, he is drawn to Angel O’Hara, but
learning she is pregnant and has a boyfriend, he decides he was mistaken. [...]
February 1979"The Return to…Transylvania!"
Script: Marv WolfmanDracula stands atop
the Empire State Building shouting defiance at Satan for turning him from a
vampire into a normal human. His son Janus descends in his Golden Eagle form
and Dracula demands his help in becoming a vampire again. [...]
April 1979"Batwings over Transylvania!"
Script: Marv WolfmanOnce more a vampire,
a weary Dracula hurries across the landscape of Transylvania until his enemies
catch up to him. It is a swarm of vampires in bat form intent on killing him.
He runs, then turns into his mist form to evade the bats and then into his bat
form to outrun them. [...]
August 1979"Lords of the Undead!"
Script: Marv WolfmanDracula, in his mist
form and bearing a cross, pursues the Dark Ones across the Transylvanian
countryside to their burial ground. There, they resume their human forms and
tell Dracula that they no longer recognize his authority since he lost his
powers. They have a new lord and master, Torgo. [...]
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