Dracula Lives #3 for Sale - First Appearance of Solomon Kane - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Dracula Lives (Marvel, 1973 series)
Issue: #3
Publication date: October 1973
Key date: 1973-10-00
On-sale date: 1973-06-19
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Price: $0.75
Pages: 76

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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	Prince of Darkness, City of Light	cover	1	pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Neal Adams; colors: Neal Adams	Dracula
1	-	table of contents	1	pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); letters: typeset	Dracula
2	-	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	pencils: ? (photography); inks: ? (photography); letters: typeset
3	Lord of Death... Lord of Hell!	comic story	12	script: Marv Wolfman; pencils: John Buscema; inks: Syd Shores; letters: Joe Rosen	Dracula, Maria Dracula, Nimrod First, Vlad Tepulus, Lord Turac
4	-	letters page	2	pencils: various; inks: various	Dracula; Tituba
5	The Vampire-Man	comic story	5	pencils: Larry Woromay; inks: Larry Woromay; editing: Stan Lee	Tom Malverne [Jack the Ripper]; vampires
6	Bela Lugosi: Dracula of Stage, Screen, & Coffin	text article	6	script: Doug Moench
7	Solomon Kane	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Michael Reed; inks: Michael Reed	Dracula (photograph of Christopher Lee)
8	Castle of the Undead	comic story	12	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Alan Weiss; inks: Dick Giordano, Neal Adams; letters: Denise Wohl	Dracula, Solomon Kane First
9	Satana the Devil's Daughter	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: John Romita	Satana
10	I Was Once a Gentle Man...	text story	6	script: Chris Claremont	Baron Abrahama van Helsing; Baroness Elisabeth van Helsing; Dracula
11	Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble	comic story	5	pencils: Chuck Winter; inks: Chuck Winter; editing: Stan Lee	Macbeth; Banquo; the three witches; Lady Macbeth; King Duncan; MacDuff
12	-	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	pencils: ? (photography); inks: ? (photography); letters: typeset	Dracula
13	Shadow in the City of Light!	comic story	11	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Alfonso Font; inks: Alfonso Font; letters: Alan Kupperberg	Dracula
14	Marvel Heroes - Stan Lee - / Dracula Returns!	text article	1	script: Don Thompson	Stan Lee
15	Next Issue:	promo (ad from the publisher)	1

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Dracula Lives Annual #1	1975	On eBay ›
Conan Saga #31	1989	On eBay ›
Essential Tomb of Dracula #4 ISBN 9780785117094	2005	On eBay ›
Essential Marvel Horror #1 ISBN 078512196X	2006	On eBay ›
Marvel Visionaries: John Buscema #[nn] ISBN 0785121617; 978-0785121619	2006	On eBay ›
The Saga of Solomon Kane #[nn] ISBN 1595823174; 978-1595823175	2009	On eBay ›
Neal Adams Monsters #[nn] ISBN 1-887591-56-7; 978-1-887591-56-0	2003	On eBay ›
The Tomb of Dracula Omnibus #3 ISBN 978-0-7851-3578-4	2010	On eBay ›

Reading the story costs a fraction of owning the issue. Both routes are on every file.

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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