Tomb of Dracula #28

The cover of this January 1975 Marvel horror series entry pulls no punches: a wounded, snarling Dracula recoils as a crossbow bolt strikes his chest, while a determined group of five vampire hunters closes in from below, armed with wooden stakes and crossbows, silhouetted against a blazing yellow moon. The cover tagline — "Five Came to Kill a Vampire… That Dracula May Die Forever!" — sets a genuinely desperate, high-stakes mood, rendered with sharp energy by penciler Gil Kane and inker Tom Palmer. Inside, writer Marv Wolfman and artist Gene Colan continue their celebrated run on one of Marvel's most atmospheric horror titles of the era.