Tomb of Dracula
#17
[British]
(February 1974)
Marvel,
1972 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.06 GBP
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Editing
- Roy Thomas
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of Tomb of Dracula (Marvel, 1972 series) #17.
A Vampire Rides This Train
Tomb of Dracula / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Dracula; Ricky
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
-
in Dracula (Interpresse, 1972 series) #17 -
in Dracula (Red Clown, 1974 series) #4/1974 -
in Die Gruft von Graf Dracula (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #17 -
in The Tomb of Dracula (Yaffa / Page, 1978 series) #6 -
in Le Tombeau de Dracula (Editions Héritage, 1973 series) #17 -
in Dracula Lives (Marvel UK, 1974 series) #37 (5 July 1975) -
in Dracula (Arédit-Artima, 1974 series) #13 (2ème trimestre 1977) -
in Biblioteca Grandes del Cómic: Drácula (Planeta DeAgostini, 2002 series) #3 (Febrero 2003) -
in Essential Tomb of Dracula (Marvel, 2004 series) #1 (2004) [black and white] - in Marvel Horror (Panini Deutschland, 2003 series) #[3] - Die Gruft von Dracula 3
- in The Tomb of Dracula Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
- in Marvel Limited Edition. La Tumba de Drácula (Panini España, 2015 series) #[1] - La Llegada de Drácula (Mayo 2015)
- in Tomb of Dracula: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2017 series) #2 (2018)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Tomb of Dracula (Marvel, 2021 series) #2 (2022)
-
![Cover Thumbnail for Tomb of Dracula (Marvel, 1972 series) #17 [British]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1467/w200/1467473.jpg?4336413898092076777)
Death Rides the Rails!
Tomb of Dracula / comic story / 19 pages
- Script
- Marv Wolfman (credited)
- Pencils
- Gene Colan (credited)
- Inks
- Tom Palmer (credited)
- Colors
- Tom Palmer (credited)
- Letters
- John Costanza (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Paris, France. November 3, 1973. 4:37 A.M.
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Blade [Eric Brooks]; Lucas Brand (vampire); Dracula; Frank Drake; Jack Russell (cameo); Doctor Sun (voice); Rachel Van Helsing; Henri Verne; Gerta Verne; Jacque Granet (death); Ludwig Gruber (death); Ricky; Ricky's mother (see notes)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Van Helsing and Drake follow Dracula, by train, to Transylvania and Dr. Sun bends Brand to his will.
- Reprints
- in Die Gruft von Graf Dracula (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #17
- in Le Tombeau de Dracula (Editions Héritage, 1973 series) #17
- in Dracula (Arédit-Artima, 1974 series) #13 (2ème trimestre 1977) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
in Dracula (Atlantic Forlag, 1982 series) #6/1982 ([august] 1982) [minus 3 pages] - in Dracula (Winthers Forlag, 1982 series) #6 (26. august 1982)
- in Biblioteca Grandes del Cómic: Drácula (Planeta DeAgostini, 2002 series) #3 (Febrero 2003)
- in Essential Tomb of Dracula (Marvel, 2004 series) #1 (2004) [black and white]
- in Marvel Horror (Panini Deutschland, 2003 series) #[3] - Die Gruft von Dracula 3
- in The Tomb of Dracula Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
- in Marvel Limited Edition. La Tumba de Drácula (Panini España, 2015 series) #[1] - La Llegada de Drácula (Mayo 2015)
- in Tomb of Dracula: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2017 series) #2 (2018)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Tomb of Dracula (Marvel, 2021 series) #2 (2022)
- in Blade: The Early Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2023 series) (2023) [5 pages]
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Indexer Notes
Ricky's mother is later identified as Anna Reynolds in The Tomb of Dracula (Marvel, 1979 series) #3.
[no title indexed]
Tomes to the Tomb! / letters page / 0.7 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Gene Colan
- Inks
- Tom Palmer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters from: David McDonnell, Alan Rothman, and Sam Ritchie; scenes from Tomb of Dracula #12.
Plaudits, Pronouncements, and Just Plain Plugs — Pontifically Presented!
Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
A Vampire Rides This Train
Tomb of Dracula -
1.
Death Rides the Rails!
Tomb of Dracula -
2.
[no title indexed]
Tomes to the Tomb! -
3.
Plaudits, Pronouncements, and Just Plain Plugs — Pontifically Presented!
Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
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- robert hart
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