Clifton Graves

From the very first page of Marvel's landmark Bronze Age horror series, Clifton Graves has the distinction of helping set one of comics' most iconic supernatural sagas in motion — debuting in Tomb of Dracula #1 in 1972, courtesy of the creative talents of Gerry Conway, Roy Thomas, and Gene Colan. That debut issue alone is a key collector's prize, and Graves went on to accumulate appearances across Dracula Lives and Chiller Pocket Book over a remarkably long publishing footprint stretching nearly five decades. His world is populated by some of Marvel horror's most legendary figures — Dracula himself, Frank Drake, Rachel Van Helsing, and Quincy Harker all share his pages — placing Graves squarely at the heart of the vampire-hunting mythology that made Tomb of Dracula a Bronze Age touchstone. With four key issues to his name and a presence that endured from 1972 all the way to 2021, he's a rewarding discovery for any serious collector digging into Marvel's rich horror legacy.