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Giant-Size Dracula #4

Marvel · Series began 1974 · March 1975

Dates

Cover date
March 1975
On sale
December 17, 1974
Pages
68

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Gil Kane, Don Heck, Pete Tumlinson, Steve Ditkoinks: Tom Palmer, Frank Springer, Pete Tumlinson, Steve Ditkoletters: Danny Crespi, Artie Simek, Ray Hollowayscript: Marv Wolfman, David Anthony Kraft, Stan Leecolors: Petra Goldbergediting: Stan Lee

Stories

  • Let It Bleed! · 30 pages
  • Forbidden Drink · 5 pages

    An aging actor offers to "sell his soul" for the chance to be young again and woo the beautiful young girl of his eye. No sooner does he utter the words, than a mysterious man appears at his door offering him a jug of water he claims is from the fountain of youth. He says he will claim payment...later...and vanishes. The actor is doubtful it could actually work, but drinks from the jug anyway and finds to his surprise that he is a young man once again.

  • The Gargoyles · 5 pages

    A man discovers a race of creatures that come up from below ground that the African natives base their wood carvings upon. Since they keep their presence secret, the man worries they mean humanity harm, but everyone he speaks to refuses to believe his fantastic tale. Finally, an African expert agrees to listen to his story, but convinces the man he is imagining things. After he leaves the expert's office, the expert is shown removing a rubber mask revealing him as one of the gargoyles.

  • I Am the Living Ghost! · 5 pages

    A man enters a castle determined to prove that there are no ghosts, but the events he experiences convince him that the castle is haunted, and so he flees. It turns out that the castle does not contain any ghosts, but is possessed by animated suits of armour and living stone gargoyles.

  • You Can't Escape · 5 pages

    Breaking the fourth wall a vampire addresses the reader, his intended victim. He tells how he first encountered his victim-to-be when he asked for help and was rebuffed. The vampire followed the reader, discovering where he lived and what comics he liked to buy. He spent considerable money printing up a custom copy of Adventures into Terror to place on the newsstand. The last panel of the story shows the vampire with claws extended and fangs bared - daring you to look over your shoulder.

Characters

DraculaDevil's Heart

Reprinted in

Dracula Lives Special Edition (1975), Essential Tomb of Dracula (2004), The Tomb of Dracula Omnibus (2008), The Tomb of Dracula (2010), Tomb of Dracula: The Complete Collection (2017), Marvel Masterworks: Tomb of Dracula (2021), Giant-Size Marvel Omnibus (2025)

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