Tomb of Dracula #16

Set against a storm-lashed graveyard, this January 1974 Marvel chiller delivers an unforgettable cover: a snarling, cape-swept Dracula clutches an unconscious blonde woman in his arms while a skull-faced, skeletal figure in a long coat looms menacingly behind him, clawed hands outstretched beneath crackling lightning. Gil Kane's pencils and Tom Palmer's inks make every shadow and bolt of electricity crackle with dread, perfectly teasing the issue's title, "Return from the Grave!" Inside, Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan continue their acclaimed run, bringing the same atmospheric intensity to a story that promises the undead are never truly gone.