Gene COLAN / Tom PALMER; Tomb of Dracula #18, page 19

Artists: Gene Colan (Penciller) , Tom Palmer (Inker)

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Gene COLAN / Tom PALMER; Tomb of Dracula #18, page 19 Comic Art

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Title:	Gene COLAN / Tom PALMER; Tomb of Dracula #18, page 19
Artist:	Gene Colan (Penciller)
Artist:	Tom Palmer (Inker)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	4,550
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Favorited on CAF:	1
Comments:	12
Added to Site:	5/22/2013
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I'm the youngest of six boys--Army brats--and we spent the early half of the 70's growing up in Germany.

Mom and Dad were always pretty cool about our comic book reading and many a bed-ridden sick day was brightened by Mom making a trip to the PX/newsstand to get us a few comics to read.

Well one day Mom's coolness factor got kicked up to eleventy when I found her reading "Werewolf by Night" and "Tomb of Dracula". "What the hoodle-!?" I knew Dad grew up reading Golden Age comics but had never ever seen Mom show the slightest interest in them. Ever.

It was years later when I put it together. In the late 60's, she was a big fan of the "Dark Shadows" TV show. It was like a gothic soap opera. Vampires. Werewolves. Well, you get the idea.

We lost her to cancer back in '77 and miss her to this day. But I'll always have the cherished memory of those quiet afternoons when she would break from her knitting long enough to sit down and share in our funnybooks.

Love you, Mom. This one's for you.

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Rub�n DaCollector's Paperback Art
Member Since 2005

Posted on 5/22/2013

Great page Hiroshi, but the memory of your mom is even better!

Marvel Two-in-One Guy
Member Since 2003

Posted on 5/22/2013

A wonderful memory that is even better than this incredible piece of art.

Carlos DS
Member Since 2006

Posted on 5/22/2013

Congrats on a classic piece of art.

Jeff Singh
Member Since 2004

Posted on 5/22/2013

Amazing page and it sounds like it has found the best home it could.

Emanuele Peveri
Member Since 2011

Posted on 5/26/2013

My blood has been sucked out of my body! I'm paralyzed looking at this last issue page. Colan and Palmer just make me really sick! O.O

Brent McDonald
Member Since 2005

Posted on 5/27/2013

Great story and a great page, especially that last panel. Dracula thirsts!

Julius Howe
Member Since 2012

Posted on 10/3/2013

Great page and great story!

Michael Mikulovsky
Member Since 2009

Posted on 4/28/2016

Beautiful page! I loved Gene & Tom's Dracula! Your mom sounded like a really cool mother! Sorry you lost her so young. I lost both my parents at age 6 myself.

Full Mag Veteran Stories Illustrated
Member Since 2017

Posted on 12/22/2017

Now that is a Colan Dracula page. Very touching narrative about your family and mom!

Timothy Finney
Member Since 2006

Posted on 11/6/2020

Loved the moster crossovers as they were a great twist on the standard Marvel team-ups from that era, and, yeah, that last image is just spooktacular! Ooo scary!

Robbie Cook
Member Since 2006

Posted on 8/8/2021

That bottom panel is just incredible! Sums up the whole series really!

John Yon
Member Since 2006

Posted on 1/5/2025

I can certainly relate...as we age, we experience more loss in our life. It's absolutely devastating as the pain from loss is ever present...I'll never get over it...

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