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R.M. Renfield

R.M. Renfield

5 appearances · Bronze Age · 1975–2019
Who is R.M. Renfield?

R.M. Renfield is Marvel's adaptation of the iconic bug-eating madman from Bram Stoker's Dracula, a deeply disturbed patient under Dr. Seward's care who falls under the Count's thrall, serving as his devoted, broken instrument among the classic cast of vampire hunters.

Few characters carry the gothic weight of R.M. Renfield, who crawled out of Marvel's Bronze Age horror boom in 1975, brought to life by writer Doug Moench and artist Tony DeZuniga in the pages of Dracula Lives! That era of Marvel was a wonderfully dark time, when the Comics Code's loosened grip let monsters roam freely through newsstand magazines, and Renfield fits right into that shadowy company — sharing pages with Dracula himself, Dr. John Seward, Lucy Westenra, Jonathan Harker, and Arthur Holmwood, the full cast of classic vampire lore rendered in Marvel's distinctively lurid Bronze Age style. With appearances stretching across an impressive 44 years into 2019, this figure from Marvel's Legion of Monsters corner of the universe has proven quietly enduring. A modest catalog count makes each appearance a genuine find for the dedicated horror comics collector.

★ First appearance
Dracula Lives #11
Mar 1975

Top series

Covers through the years — 1975–2019

Dracula Lives #11 1975
Dracula Lives #11
The Tomb of Dracula Omnibus #3 2010
The Tomb of Dracula Omnibus #3
Decades: Marvel in the '70s - Legion of Monsters #[nn] 2019
Decades: Marvel in the '70s - Legion of Monsters #[nn]

Appearances

Dracula Lives (1973)
#11
Legion of Monsters (1975)
#1
Stoker's Dracula (2004)
#2
The Tomb of Dracula Omnibus (2008)
#3
Decades: Marvel in the '70s - Legion of Monsters (2019)