Tomb of Dracula #9 [Regular Edition]
(June 1973)

Marvel, 1972 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1973-03-20
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 (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from The Comic Reader #94, February 1973.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Tomb of Dracula / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane (sourced)
Inks
Tom Palmer (sourced)
Colors
Tom Palmer ?
Letters
John Costanza

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There is no escape, Count Dracula! Even you cannot stand before-- --the fire-cross!
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Dracula
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Previous indexer had changed pencils from Gil Kane to John Romita ?; Larry Lieber ?.

Death from the Sea! (Table of Contents: 1)

Tomb of Dracula / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman (credited)
Pencils
Gene Colan (credited)
Inks
Vince Colletta (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
...Ohhh, I knew a gal from Londonderry..
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Lucas Brand (first appearance, flashback, name revealed in issue #11); Dracula (also in flashback); Frank Drake; Edith Harker; Quincy Harker; Dr. Heinrich Mortte (corpse in flashback); Taj Nital; Saint; Rachel Van Helsing; Dave; Andrea; Old Josh; Benny; Martha; Adrian Mortte (flashback); Gladys Fulton (turned into a vampire, death); Corker Waller (turned into a vampire, death); Father William; Roland
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Dracula hides in the village of Littlepool.
Reprints

Bite-Sized Bits and Beatific Bromides! (or: Half a Bullpen Page is Better than None!) (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Tomes to the Tomb! / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman ?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Kurt Sayenga, H. Wayne Sloan, and Gail Hubbard.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["There is no escape, Count Dracula! Even you cannot stand before-- --the fire-cross!"]
    Tomb of Dracula
  2. 1. Death from the Sea!
    Tomb of Dracula
  3. 2. Bite-Sized Bits and Beatific Bromides! (or: Half a Bullpen Page is Better than None!)
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Tomes to the Tomb!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Valmiki Annamanthadoo
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore