Dracula died in the last issue of the Tomb of Dracula series. He’s revived in the first issue of Tomb of Dracula Magazine, which came out about a month later.
True, the resurrection is scripted by Marv Wolfman and drawn by Gene Colan–the two men who made the ToD series so great–but it’s so soon. It detracts from the impact of that final issue.
And now Drac gets to star in a Magazine-format book, complete with articles about movie lore.
Are the comic stories in the magazine bad? No. But we’ve been here before, so they feel a little flat.
The one in issue #2 is drawn by Steve Ditko, who really is not geared for horror.
Then with issue #4, Marv leaves. A few other creators do a few more short stories about Drac. Issue #5 reunites Dracula with Lilith, who can dress extra-sexy because it’s a magazine and not a comic.
It’s nothing bad, but it’s cancelled after #6. There really isn’t much left to say about Dracula after his death in his own book.
Here’s the last panel:
