Professor Van Helsing

Few characters arrive in comics with a literary pedigree already intact, but Professor Van Helsing steps onto the Silver Age page in 1966 carrying the full weight of Bram Stoker's gothic imagination behind him. Published by Ballantine Books and brought to sequential art life by Otto Binder and Alden McWilliams, this Van Helsing exists in a world where Count Dracula himself lurks across the very same pages — as formidable a co-star as comics has ever offered. Spanning appearances across more than five decades and into the graphic novel format, he's a fascinating artifact of how classic horror literature found its way into the comic art form, making him a genuine collector's curiosity for fans of both Silver Age experimentation and vampire mythology at its most iconic.