Dracula Lives #2 for Sale - First Appearance of Marie Laveau - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Dracula Lives (Marvel, 1973 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: 1973
Key date: 1973-09-00
On-sale date: 1973-04-17
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Price: $0.75
Pages: 76

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Marie Laveau - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Maria Dracula - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Lord Turac - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Vlad Tepulus - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Lianda - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Origin story on record for: Dracula.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Birth of Count Dracula	cover	1	pencils: Jordi Penalva; inks: Jordi Penalva; colors: Jordi Penalva	Dracula
1	-	table of contents	1	pencils: various; ? (photography); inks: various; ? (photography); letters: typeset
2	-	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	pencils: ? (photography); inks: ? (photography); letters: typeset
3	That Dracula May Live Again!	comic story	13	script: Marv Wolfman, Archie Goodwin; pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Neal Adams; letters: Alan Kupperberg	Dracula Origin, Maria Dracula First, Lianda First, Vlad Tepulus First, Lord Turac First
4	Enter Freely and of Your Own Will	text article	0.67	script: Roy Thomas
5	-	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	pencils: ? (photography); inks: ? (photography); letters: typeset
6	Vampires Drink Deep!	comic story	6	pencils: Joe Sinnott; inks: Joe Sinnott; letters: Joe Letterese	Karl Croya (death); Gorlac
7	Who Is Bram Stoker and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?	text story	5	script: Chris Claremont
8	-	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	pencils: ? (photography); inks: ? (photography); letters: typeset
9	The Terror That Stalked Castle Dracula!	comic story	11	script: Steve Gerber, Tony Isabella; pencils: Jim Starlin, Syd Shores; inks: Syd Shores; letters: Joe Rosen	Dracula
10	-	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	pencils: ? (photography); inks: ? (photography); letters: typeset
11	One Corpse... One Vote!	comic story	6	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Fred Kida; inks: Fred Kida; letters: Joe Letterese	Harry Snide; Shifty; Sadie; Irwin
12	-	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	pencils: ? (photography); inks: ? (photography); letters: typeset
13	The Voodoo Queen of New Orleans!	comic story	14	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Dick Giordano; letters: Alan Kupperberg	Damballah, Dracula, Simon Garth, Marie Laveau First, The Zombie
14	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.6	pencils: Rich Buckler; inks: Tom Palmer; letters: John Costanza
15	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: John Costanza

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Dracula Lives Annual #1	1975	On eBay ›
Essential Tomb of Dracula #4 ISBN 9780785117094	2005	On eBay ›
Essential Tales of the Zombie #1 ISBN 0-7851-1916-7	2006	On eBay ›
The Tomb of Dracula Omnibus #3 ISBN 978-0-7851-3578-4	2010	On eBay ›
Tomb of Dracula: The Complete Collection #1 ISBN 978-1-302-90931-4	2017	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Tomb of Dracula #1 ISBN 978-1-302-92947-3	2021	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
Canadian and Whitman editions exist for many bronze books; match the barcode area to the plate.
Look for Mark Jewelers inserts and date stamps - they affect collector preference, not authenticity.

Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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