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: 2 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.
November 1974"Where Lurks the Chimera!"
Script: Marv WolfmanPawnbroker Jacob
Eshcol shows his son David the three pieces of a statue of a Chimera, which,
when assembled, create an object of great power; David, a devout Jew, questions
the wisdom of consorting with such an object. [...]
December 1974"Night-Fire!"
Script: Marv WolfmanCount Dracula is
trapped in a room quickly filling with holy water; he tries turning into a bat
and flying through the duct the water is pouring through but he is splashed
which burns severely. He changes into a mist and makes it through before
collapsing from the pain…. [...]
January 1975"Madness in the Mind!"
Script: Marv WolfmanTaj Nital in his
hometown of Jajpur, India, is meeting with his wheelchair-bound wife Jyota who
wants to reconcile after a family tragedy. Said tragedy is their son Adri, a
vampire, tied to a bed and kept alive by donated blood. Now the villagers are
afraid of him and are planning to kill him. [...]
February 1975"“Vengeance is Mine!” Sayeth the Vampire!"
Script: Marv WolfmanCount Dracula
pursues a female victim down a village street, finally catching up with her;
her screams attract some men who try to rescue her from Dracula. [...]
March 1975"Memories on a Mourning’s Night!"
Script: Marv WolfmanBeside Shiela
Whittier’s grave, Dracula laments the life they could have had together. He
returns to Castle Dunwick and writes in his diary….
He recalls a time in
19th century Germany, when Lyza Strang invited him from Romania to
try to seduce Dracula into killing her husband, Archibald. [...]
April 1975"Ten Lords a Dying!"
Script: Marv WolfmanLate one night,
Dracula stalks and kills teenaged Mary-Beth Singleton, whose father is Lord
Arthur Singleton, having killed his wife a month earlier. Inspector Chelm calls
Quincy Harker who recognizes Dracula’s ways and starts planning…. [...]
May 1975"And Some Call Him…Madness!"
Script: Marv WolfmanQuincy Harker waits
at home waiting for Dracula to arrive to learn why he will soon die; then
Dracula calls to say he is on the way….
In India, Taj Nital
bars the doorway against a frightened mob until they overpower him and stake
his vampiric son Adri…. [...]
June 1975"Blood on My Hands!"
Script: Marv WolfmanDracula lies dying
from an arrow in his heart on Quincy Harker’s floor; Quincy has also learned
that if Dracula dies, Rachel van Helsing will also be killed. [...]
July 1975"Showdown of Blood!"
Script: Marv WolfmanIn Brazil, Frank Drake
finds himself under attack by a horde of zuvembie (see issue #32) which
drive him toward the edge of a cliff. Suddenly, Brother Voodoo arrives and, as
the monsters hurl Frank over the edge, dispatches his loa to possess Frank and
see that he lands safely on the ground…. [...]
August 1975"Hell Hath No Fury…"
Script: Marv Wolfman [...]
September 1975"Flight of Fear!"
Script: Marv WolfmanRachel van Helsing
and Quincy Harker join Inspector Chelm and Dr. Scott in listening to the latest
reports on the whereabouts of Count Dracula, now crazed with fear over his loss
of powers and his impending death. [...]
October 1975"The Vampire is Coming! The Vampire is Coming!"
Script: Marv WolfmanCount Dracula has arrived
in Boston, Massachusetts, and a group of young people stop to stare at his
unusual appearance. This angers Dracula and, shouting curses, he throws a young
man through a bench then departs as a bat, muttering threats….
Elsewhere in the
city, hack writer Harold H. [...]
November 1975"Blood-Rush!"
Script: Marv WolfmanHarold H. Harold
realizes Dracula is sneaking up on him and, to his relief, the vampire
collapses in his arms. Aurora Rabinowitz arrives and helps him put Dracula to
bed; the weakened villain gasps for blood and the two realize they need to
supply some to keep their visitor alive. [...]
December 1975"The Death of Dracula!"
Script: Marv WolfmanCount Dracula is
ushered into the presence of Doctor Sun and discovers Frank Drake,
Rachel van Helsing, and Quincy Harker are captives. Sun tells Dracula he has taken enough
of the vampire’s power to complete his plans and there is therefore no need for
Dracula to live any longer. [...]
January 1976"Nightmare of a Living Deadman!"
Script: Marv WolfmanDracula died last
issue, impaled on a silver stake by Juno, Doctor’s Sun’s henchman, then burned
into ash and placed in an urn…. Aurora Rabinowitz is having nightmares at the
memory. [...]
February 1976"Re-Birth!"
Script: Marv WolfmanThe vampire hunters,
Quincy Harker, Rachel van Helsing, and Frank Drake, are looking through
Harold H. Harold’s extensive library on the occult, seeking a means of returning the
ashes of Dracula to life. [...]
March 1976"A Final Battle Waged!"
Script: Marv WolfmanDracula and Blade
fight together against hypnotized American soldiers in the lair of Doctor Sun,
while Deacon Frost quietly waits on the rooftop. [...]
April 1976"Paul Butterworth—the Night Staker!"
Script: Marv WolfmanBoston newspaper
reporter Paul Butterworth sits in his office early on New Year’s Day, writing
his story while waiting for Dracula to come and kill him…. [...]
May 1976"His Name is Doctor Strange"
Script: Marv WolfmanDoctor Strange is
concerned that he cannot find his servant Wong; he conjures up a vision of Wong
and he appears dead. Enlarging the image shows two fang marks on the man’s
neck; Strange swears vengeance against the vampire who killed him. [...]
June 1976"Crossfire!"
Script: Marv WolfmanBlade, on the trail
of the vampire who killed his mother, confronts vampire PI Hannibal King in a
darkened apartment. The hotheaded Blade immediately tries to kill King who
knocks him around to get him to listen. [...]
July 1976"Let Us Be Wed in Unholy Matrimony"
Script: Marv WolfmanDracula gathers with
the Church of the Damned to celebrate his wedding to Domini as he is worshipped
by the cult as their only true god, in defiance of Christ, whose portrait hangs
on the wall of the church. [...]
August 1976"Birthrite: Death!"
Script: Marv WolfmanDracula and his
bride Domini both express concern that they are in love with one another for
reasons they do not understand. Dracula relates his life story to her,
stressing how he is still a warrior, intending to dominate the world through his
new religion…. [...]
September 1976"A Song for Marianne"
Script: Marv WolfmanA vampire named
Marianne tells her story, wanting to die a second time….
At three years old
in 1875, Marianne was the daughter of a pirate who took her on his voyages.
During a fateful encounter, Captain Cutlass discovered that a ship’s treasure
was a coffin containing Count Dracula. [...]
October 1976"And With the Word Shall Come Death!"
Script: Marv WolfmanCult leader Anton
Lupeski asks Dracula for money to advance the Church of the Damned and the
Count writes him a list of his wealthy followers who would gladly obey any of
Dracula’s commands. [...]
November 1976"Where Soars the Silver Surfer!"
Script: Marv WolfmanCount Dracula goes out at
night to prey on a young woman victim but he is spotted by a crowd and, rather
than fight them, he departs….
Hannibal King fights
the vampire duplicate of Blade which has absorbed the original. [...]
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