A Sense of Doubt blog post #2448 - Marvel's TOMB OF DRACULA pt.1 -- for Halloween 2021
THE TOMB OF DRACULA is one of the greatest comic books of all time.
Just sayin'.
I am always so ambitious with this blog. I envisioned a long post like my PHANTOM STRANGER posts with many links to THE TOMB OF DRACULA, truly in my top five favorites comic books of all time. I am not sure what I would put in the rest of the top five, and I would surely do qualifiers, such as stand alone and contained stories, like Planetary, which is also in that list as opposed to Fantastic Four, which is still ongoing and not contained. Still, TOD would probably rank in a top five against those power titles. That's how much I love it.
And so I am considering this a first part of a longer post that will contain the full cover gallery (unless I split that into two parts) and many resources.
Mainly, I was just appalled that DEN OF GEEK ranked The Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan epic horror comic from the 1970s THE TOMB OF DRACULA at #11. WTAF?
Sure, I can see making Tales from the Cryptand the other EC comics number one.
For me, THE TOMB OF DRACULA would come in third over both The Walking Dead and the Creepy and Eerie tandem.
I am always so ambitious with this blog. I envisioned a long post like my PHANTOM STRANGER posts with many links to THE TOMB OF DRACULA, truly in my top five favorites comic books of all time. I am not sure what I would put in the rest of the top five, and I would surely do qualifiers, such as stand alone and contained stories, like Planetary, which is also in that list as opposed to Fantastic Four, which is still ongoing and not contained. Still, TOD would probably rank in a top five against those power titles. That's how much I love it.
And so I am considering this a first part of a longer post that will contain the full cover gallery (unless I split that into two parts) and many resources.
Mainly, I was just appalled that DEN OF GEEK ranked The Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan epic horror comic from the 1970s THE TOMB OF DRACULA at #11. WTAF?
Sure, I can see making Tales from the Cryptand the other EC comics number one.
I can even see The Walking Dead, Swamp Thing, and Creepy and Eerie as ranking higher, but Hellboy and Locke and Key?? I mean sure, these are good comics. So is Sandman and Hellblazer that also came ahead of THE TOMB OF DRACULA, but Preacher???
For me, THE TOMB OF DRACULA would come in third over both The Walking Dead and the Creepy and Eerie tandem.
But I will argue these all later when I present the full DEN OF GEEK article from 2019.
For now, here's some THE TOMB OF DRACULA goodness and a few covers.
More to come.
Happy Halloween.
https://www.denofgeek.com/us/books/horror/259343/13-essential-horror-comics
https://comicvine.gamespot.com/tomb-of-dracula/4050-2582/
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More to come.
Happy Halloween.
https://www.denofgeek.com/us/books/horror/259343/13-essential-horror-comics
11. Tomb of Dracula (1972-1979)
By Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan
Marvel is mostly known for its superheroes, but starting in 1972, a very different kind of caped figure began stalking the Marvel Universe. For years, the comics industry had to operate under the Comics Code Authority, a self-inflicted ratings administration that strictly forbade the use of undead creatures. When the Code relaxed on this point in the early '70s, Marvel was able to delve into the dark worlds of horror, and delve it did. Marvel wanted to do horror right, so the House of Ideas looked to the classics, and terror doesn’t get more classic than Dracula.
At first, Marvel’s Tomb of Dracula comic was a bit directionless with multiple writers doing one or two issues apiece but when Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan took over, Marvel struck horror gold. For well over sixty consecutive issues, Wolfman and Colan crafted a world of gothic shadows and classic horrors, a world of vampires, bodice ripping romance, and gallons of vivid, constantly flowing blood, and it all somehow existed within the confines of the Marvel Universe.
They also introduced an extended cast of heroes of villains who would both fight for and against the Lord of the Vampires. There was Rachel Van Helsing, the granddaughter of the original vampire hunter, Frank Drake, Rachel’s lover and vampire killer extraordinaire, Hannibal King, a kindly private detective that had to live with a vampiric curse, and Blade, the vampire hunter who helped kickstart the modern superhero film craze.
And, of course, there was Dracula, demonic, tragic, and terrifying, a regal figure that combined the Universal Pictures monster aesthetic with modern comic book storytelling. Tomb of Dracula was a relentless thrill ride into classic horror that left Marvel fans begging for more. It was also a master class in sequential horror storytelling as Colan masterfully rendered Dracula’s world of blood and shadows in symphony of artistic nightmares. Seriously, this title was near perfection and is just waiting for a cinematic adaptation.
Tomb of Dracula » 70 issues
VOLUME » Published by Marvel. Started in 1972.
Volume 1.
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The much acclaimed saga of Marvel's Dracula and the Dracula Hunters. Written by Marv Wolfman and every issue drawn by legendary artist Gene Colan. The series lasted for 70 issues after which it ended with the seeming death of Dracula. However, the series was revived/replaced with the The Tomb of Dracula Magazine, which lasted for 6 issues. After that, Dracula appeared in the pages of Thor Issue #332 and #333, and most significantly in Doctor Strange Issue #59, 60, 61and 62 where he seemingly was killed. The Dracula saga was later continued in the 1991 mini-series Tomb of Dracula (vol.2), written and drawn by the same creative team as this volume.
Collected Editions
- Marvel Masterworks: The Tomb of Dracula Volume 1 (#1-11)
- Tomb of Dracula Volume 1 (#1-12)
- The Tomb of Dracula: The Complete Collection Volume 1 (#1-15)
- Decades: Marvel In The '70s - Legion of Monsters (#1)
- Blade: Undead By Daylight (#10, 24 & 58)
- Marvel Horror Lives Again! Omnibus (#10 & 67)
- Tomb of Dracula Volume 2 (#13-23)
- The Tomb of Dracula: The Complete Collection Volume 2 (#16-24)
- Werewolf By Night Omnibus (#18)
- Werewolf By Night: The Complete Collection Volume 1 (#18)
- Werewolf by Night: In the Blood (#18)
- Avengers/Doctor Strange: Rise of the Darkhold (#18-19)
- Tomb of Dracula Volume 3 (#24-31)
- The Tomb of Dracula: The Complete Collection Volume 3 (#25-35)
- The Tomb of Dracula: The Complete Collection Volume 4 (#36-54)
- Doctor Strange Epic Collection: Alone Against Eternity (#44)
Issue #18 has been translated into Spanish.
Issue #24 was reprinted as True Believers: The Criminally Insane: Dracula
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