Tomb of Dracula #41

Issue #41 of Marvel's long-running horror series finds the Lord of Vampires in terrifying form, with Gene Colan and Tom Palmer's cover depicting a snarling Dracula lunging at a young woman in a Spider-Man costume and a frightened companion as trick-or-treat candy scatters across a stone doorstep — a perfect Halloween nightmare rendered in Colan's signature shadowy elegance. The cover copy promises both a "Halloween Holocaust" and the return of Blade the Vampire Slayer (teased in a corner inset), making this February 1976 issue feel like the most unsettling trick-or-treat imaginable. Marv Wolfman's story, brought to vivid life by Colan and Palmer's moody linework, carries the evocative title "Re-Birth!" — suggesting the Count is very much back and very much dangerous.