Tomb of Dracula #48

Issue #48 of Marvel's long-running horror series delivers a genuinely unsettling cover by Gene Colan and Tom Palmer: Dracula, fangs bared and dark cape billowing, looms over a golden-haired woman whose head tilts back in helpless surrender — a scene that captures everything menacing and hypnotic about the Lord of Vampires. The cover also promises a "Trilogy of Fear" — three tales within — and teases Blade and Hannibal King facing the Minions of Hell, making this a particularly full installment from the series' 1976 run. With Marv Wolfman writing and Gene Colan's moody linework inked by Tom Palmer, this issue showcases the creative team that made Tomb of Dracula one of Marvel's most atmospheric titles of the decade.