Martin Gold

Bronze Age Marvel's darker corners were never short of compelling figures, and Martin Gold — introduced in Vampire Tales #6 in 1974 by Doug Moench and Vicente Alcázar — belongs squarely to that rich, shadow-drenched tradition. Over a span stretching all the way to 2005, this character carved out a niche in Marvel's horror universe, sharing pages with some of the most formidable names in the publisher's supernatural canon: Lilith, Dracula himself, Simon Garth, Frank Drake, and Angel O'Hara. With appearances spread across Dracula Lives, Marvel Preview, and the essential collected editions of Tomb of Dracula, Gold is a figure worth seeking out for any collector drawn to the moody, monster-haunted storytelling that defined Marvel's Bronze Age horror line.