*Horror/Mystery 1960-1980s: By its tenth issue, Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan’s highly acclaimed run on Tomb of Dracula was in full swing, racking up plaudits from critics and fans alike, when suddenly there came a character who was to outstrip even the success of his comic book ‘parent’. Blade the Vampire Slayer debuted in issue #10, and, numerous comic-book appearances and a highly successful movie trilogy (Marvel’s first such, in fact) behind him, remains one of the more enduring breakthrough characters of the 1970s. With the Blade franchise shortly about to be ‘rebooted’, in the media’s voracious frenzy for new properties, Blade’s early appearances are once more spiralling upward. This pence priced debut issue is lowish grade with cover creases (inc some small colour-breaking ones across the bottom right cover), slight spine roll and minor corner blunting; staples are okay, page quality not too bad  (a couple of pages dog-eared and a small strip off one page margin only). Not a great copy, but if you want a great copy, we have one listed in VF+ — see our catalogue for details. Also: #13, the origin of Blade in a nice VF with just a couple of soft creases at the spine and #58 (Blade fights alone) in NM-, with just a minor spine stress. 
PICTURED: TOMB OF DRACULA
#10 GD p £200 SOLD
#13 VF £80
#58 NM- £35