Dracula Lives! #6 - Marvel

Another nice cover by Luis Dominguez, and sort of a sequel to the previous issue's, profiled yesterday. Drac grabbed the girl on #5's cover, and now as he's about to drink her blood these pesky murderous dogs are trying to get in on his action!

It opens with "A Death in the Chapel!" by Steve Gerber, Gene Colan, and Ernie Chua. Drac shows up at the Vatican(!) to search and destroy a spell that can destroy vampires. And it almost works!

The first text feature is "Yes, Virgina, There Is A Real Dracula" written by Doug Moench, and then next is a reprint tale, "The Mark of a Vampire!", drawn by Mac Pakula(?). Murders occur in a small town and everyone thinks its the really weird guy who just came to town...

Next is a Dracula text story, "Blood Moon" written by Thompson O'Rourke(??) with some spot illustrations by Chua, and then is "Shadow Over Versailles" by Tony Isabella, John Buscema, and Pablo Marcos, a Drac tale set in 18th Century France. The Count is caught in the middle of the peasants revolt, and the ruling aristocracy is willing to try anything to hold onto power. A solid, clever tale, with nice work(of course) by Buscema.

Isabella contributes a movie review for Dracula Has Risen From the Grave, and then the issue wraps up with the second chapter of the Roy Thomas/Dick Giordano adaptation of Stoker's original novel. As I said yesterday, I really loved this adaptation, and Giordano does superb work here, some of his personal best and some of the best of the entire Dracula Lives! series:
Even the Prince of Darkness would say wow!