Tomb of Dracula #66

The cover of this 1978 Marvel issue delivers an arresting image: a wide-eyed, snarling Dracula — cape swept dramatically behind him — is trapped inside a glass sphere alongside a frightened young woman, while a gun-wielding figure crouches in the foreground taking aim, a blinding flash of energy crackling at the center. The cover copy teases a striking twist, proclaiming that Dracula "is no longer a vampire — but he is marked for death," raising the stakes in a genuinely unsettling way. With pencils and inks by Gene Colan, Tom Palmer, and Marie Severin bringing Marv Wolfman's storytelling to life, issue #66 of Tomb of Dracula captures the series at its most dramatically charged.