*Horror/Mystery 1960-1980s: One of the more successful entries in Marvel’s 1970’s diversification was Tomb of Dracula, the meticulously-crafted horror series which starred Bram Stoker’s classic vampire. Vampires had previously been verboten under the Comics Code Authority, the regulatory body which was brought in in the 1950’s, but a 1971 liberalization pf the Code allowed certain horror tropes, as long as they were presented in the classic tradition. Marvel leapt on the bandwagon with series starring Dracula, Frankenstein and a Werewolf, but the greatest of these was unquestionably Tomb of Dracula, with Gene Colan’s dark and evocative art perfectly summoning an atmosphere of covert (and often overt) menace. #1 was never distributed in the UK, and we have a VF/NM copy of this rarity, which kicked off a multiple award-winning series. In beautiful shape with only tiny spine ‘ticks’ but unfaded red cover background, this is on sale at £175. SORRY, THIS HAS NOW SOLD