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Publisher: Marvel, 1973

About Dracula Lives #3

Bela Lugosi article and photos. First magazine appearance of Solomon Kane. Neal Adams cover. John Buscema and Syd Shores art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Prince of Darkness, City of Light

Characters: Dracula

Pencils: Neal Adams (painting)

Inks: Neal Adams (painting)

Colors: Neal Adams (painting)

Letters: typeset

STORY DETAILS

(9 Stories)

Title: Lord of Death... Lord of Hell!

Characters: Dracula; Nimrod; Lala; Maria (Dracula's wife, in flashback); Vlad (Dracula's son, in flashback); vampires

Synopsis: Dracula has just been resurrected as a vampire and is brought before Nimrod, the king of vampires. Dracula refuses to swear allegiance, so Nimrod challenges him to a duel of wooden poles. Nimrod's mistress Lala tries to seduce Dracula, but he rejects her. During the duel, Lala tries to interfere and kill Dracula, but she is impaled herself and dies. Dracula kills Nimrod and claims the vampire throne.

Pages: 12.000

Script: Marv Wolfman

Pencils: John Buscema

Inks: Syd Shores

Letters: Joe Rosen

Reprints: Dracula Lives Annual (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (1975)

Notes: Dracula's origin retold.

Title: The Vampire-Man

Characters: Tom Malverne [Jack the Ripper]; vampires

Synopsis: This story postulates the Jack the Ripper killings were done by a hateful hunchback who wanted to become a vampire so he could kill mortals, but was repulsed by the sight of blood, so vampires killed him when he could not fulfill their condition that he partake of human blood before new year's eve.

Pages: 5.000

Pencils: Larry Woromay

Inks: Larry Woromay ?

Notes: Larry Woromay credit per Michael J. Vassallo.

Title: Castle of the Undead

Characters: Solomon Kane; Dracula; Rosella Carson; bandits

Synopsis: The Puritan adventurer Solomon Kane is searching for the lost Rosella Carson in Transylvania. He is attacked by bandits and is then saved from a pack of wolves by Count Dracula. Kane accepts the Count's invitation and recuperates in his castle. During the night, he is attacked by a mysterious girl, who turns out to be Rosella transformed into a vampire. Kane kills her and then turns to Count Dracula. He defeats the Count in a duel, but bound by his honor, Kane is forced to spare Dracula's life when the vampire calls in a favor for saving him from the wolves earlier.

Pages: 12.000

Script: Roy Thomas

Pencils: Alan Weiss

Inks: ? [as Crusty Bunkers]

Letters: Denise Wohl ?

Reprints: Dracula Lives Annual (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (1975)

Title: I Was Once a Gentle Man...

Characters: Baron Abrahama van Helsing; Baroness Elisabeth van Helsing; Dracula

Pages: 6.000

Script: Chris Claremont

Pencils: ? (photos)

Inks: ? (photos)

Letters: Typeset

Notes: A text story illustrated with 12 photos from the Hammer vampire movies.

Title: Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble

Characters: Macbeth; Banquo; the three witches; Lady Macbeth; King Duncan; MacDuff

Synopsis: The Scottish nobleman Macbeth is told by three witches that he will be king one day, and his ambition turns him to murder and tyranny.

Pages: 5.000

Pencils: C. A. Winter (signed)

Inks: C. A. Winter (signed)

Notes: A comic adaptation of Macbeth with the additional detail that MacDuff is the son of one of the witches.

Title: Shadow In the City of Light!

Characters: Dracula; Helene Dubois; Jacques Dubois

Synopsis: Dracula arrives in Paris, only to be attacked by Helene Dubois, who seeks revenge in the name of her 18th century ancestor, sculptor Jacques Dubois, who allied himself with the magician Cagliostro and tried to kill Dracula with a stone gargoyle. Dracula condemned Jacques to eternal life as a statue. Now, Jacques awakens and tries to kill Dracula again, but he only finds eternal rest as he is splintered into pieces during their final battle.

Pages: 11.000

Script: Gerry Conway

Pencils: Alfonso Font

Inks: Alfonso Font

Letters: Alan Kupperberg ?

Characters: Stan Lee

Pages: 1.000

Script: ?; Don Thompson

Pencils: ?; ? (photo)

Inks: ?: ? (photo)

Letters: typeset

Notes: Half of the page features biographical information on Stan Lee and the other half is a review of the book "Dracula Returns!".

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	7	11	2	5	13	12	1	0	0	55
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	7	12	2	7	13	12	1	0	0	58

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