1973 Tomb of Dracula #10 CGC NM/M 9.8

The first appearance of Blade, the vampire hunter, in Near Mint/Mint 9.8.

Tomb of Dracula #10, dated July 1973, introduced Blade, who would later lead his own film series beginning in 1998.

The story is by Marv Wolfman, with art by Gene Colan and Jack Abel and a cover by Gil Kane and Tom Palmer. Gene Colan pencilled all seventy issues of the series, which ran from 1972 to 1979, and the comics historian Les Daniels called it ‘the most successful comic book series to feature a villain as its title character.’

Ninety-four examples have achieved Near Mint/Mint 9.8 at CGC, with one graded higher.

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