Marvel Masterworks: The Tomb of Dracula Vol. 1

Marvel Masterworks: The Tomb Of Dracula #1

by Marv Wolfman, Gerry Conway, Archie Goodwin

The Marvel Masterworks cracks open the TOMB OF DRACULA! If there was one title that ushered in the Marvel Age of Horror in the early 1970s, it was TOMB OF DRACULA, the longest running of those seminal monster classics. TOMB was the title Gene Colan was born to draw, and he and writer Marv Wolfman crafted a legacy of undead action that has become an evergreen of Marvel storytelling. The hunt is on to slay Count Dracula, and the descendants of the Van Helsings are still around to make the kill — or die trying. But a new vampire hunter is on the scene, and his name is Blade! These classics have been newly restored to look better than ever!

COLLECTING: Tomb of Dracula (1972) 1-11; material from Dracula Lives (1973) 1-2

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Comic Book, Horror, Superheroes

317 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 26, 2021

About the author

Marvin A. "Marv" Wolfman is an award-winning American comic book writer. He is best known for lengthy runs on The Tomb of Dracula, creating Blade for Marvel Comics, and The New Teen Titans for DC Comics.

Reviews

[Jonathan Ammon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Art 5 stars. Some of Colan's best work and the DRACULA LIVES magazined are incredible.
Story 3 stars. Better and more grown up storytelling than most Marvel books, but it's well worn and in the shadow of its source material.

[william purcell · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Best Version of Dracula Ever

Tomb of Dracula Volume One is a book that is hard to put down once you start reading and will leave you wanting more. This volume is beautifully written and illustrated, and you will find yourself pausing to admire the artwork. This volume covers the first eleven issues of the Tomb of Dracula and the first three issues of Dracula lives. Tomb ran for seventyfour issues, and I think I would have preferred a second book consisting solely of Dracula lives because the stories, while excellent, are different from Tomb of Dracula. If you love classic Universal Monsters and Hammer Horror, this series is for you.

[Adam Williams · Rating 3 out of 5]

There's a mix of weak and strong stories in here but I altogether quite enjoyed this introduction to Marvel's Tomb of Dracula. Gene Colan's art is wonderful throughout, and the series starts nicely enough with intro stories by Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway, and Archie Goodwin. There are a few week issues before Marv Wolfman takes over but even then the old Marvel horror style has some fun to it. I really enjoyed the back matter from the Dracula Lives magazine as well. A solid recommendation for horror fans.

[Andrew Wodzianski · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was my first Marvel Masterworks read. I was skeptical of the price at first, but after I closed the volume, I could appreciate the effort that went into the volume. It's a great chronicle of the comic's development and first 11 issues. I would rate it a perfect five stars except there are selected tales from 'Dracula Lives!' at book's end. IMO, it would have been better served to include the magazines in their entirety. Or if nothing else; ALL of the Dracula tales within those magazine pages instead of just the few ToD "adjacent" stories.

[Mark Plaid · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's an excellent collection to read where it all began for the new era of horror comics in the 1970s with changes in the comics code authority for less restrictive criteria. The masterful artwork of Gene Colan is not to be missed and the pre-Teen Titans writing of Marv Wolfman shows where he got his chops. Other legendary comic veterans like Roy Thomas and Steve Gerber are included in this tome as well!

[Dan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nostalgia and cheese!

[Reid M Doucette · Rating 5 out of 5]

very entertaining

I really enjoyed the artwork and storylines in this series. Highly recommended. Especially if you are a dracula fan… Bite into it.

[Sam Owens · Rating 5 out of 5]

got better as it went on, and more characters got introduced. A couple plot conveniences early on but the later into the book, it really comes into it’s own and fleshes out Dracula as a character