Shiela Whittier

Shiela Whittier stepped out of the Bronze Age darkness in 1974, born from the pen of artist Russ Heath in the pages of Giant-Size Chillers Featuring Curse of Dracula — Marvel's gloriously gothic corner of the era when horror comics were having a genuine renaissance. Her world is one of shadows and dread, populated by some of Marvel's most compelling supernatural figures: Dracula himself, the vampire hunter Rachel Van Helsing, Frank Drake, and Taj Nital all share her pages across Tomb of Dracula and Dracula Lives. With a presence stretching from 1974 all the way to 2025, she's a quietly enduring thread woven through Marvel's rich vampire mythology — the kind of character that rewards the dedicated reader who digs deeper into one of the Bronze Age's most atmospheric corners.