Tomb of Dracula #60

Issue #60 of Marvel's long-running horror series arrives in 1977 with a cover—penciled by Gene Colan and inked by Tom Palmer—that puts the Lord of Vampires front and center in furious motion, his cape billowing as he tears across a city skyline engulfed in fire and chaos, grappling with a figure while tiny panicked people scatter in the streets below. The chilling speech bubble — "My son is dead, let the world beware!" — makes it clear that Dracula's grief has curdled into something dangerous, giving the story title "The Wrath of Dracula!" real dramatic weight. Wolfman, Colan, and Palmer were firing on all cylinders at this stage of the series, and this cover alone conveys the raw, operatic menace that made Tomb of Dracula Marvel's standard-bearer for horror comics.