Artgerm has drawn yet another beautiful cover page variant, this time, capturing the daughter of Dracula, Lilith Drake! Known for her intense hatred of her father, Lilith is back with a vengeance and will be featured in Marvel’s upcoming What If… Dark: Tomb of Dracula which was officially given a reveal announcement by Marvel Comics yesterday.
Atop of this, Blade co-creator Marv Wolfman will be making their return for WHAT IF…? DARK: TOMB OF DRACULA #1! Known for creating Blade and introducing Dracula into the Marvel universe with their run on The Tomb of Dracula, this upcoming Halloween horror comic will be drawn by artist David Cutler and answers a pretty intriguing question: “WHAT IF…the legendary Dracula transformed BLADE the vampire slayer…into a vampire?!”
“In 1972, I was a fledgling comics writer who mostly wrote short 2 to 8-page ‘monster’ stories when Editor Roy Thomas asked if I’d like to write Tomb of Dracula, my very first series for Marvel and the book that would jump-start my career,” Wolfman recollected. “So it is a real thrill now that 50-plus years later Marvel asked me to once again dive into that pool with this very special What If…? story and to bring back that great cast of characters that artist Gene Colan and I created so many years ago. Thank you, Marvel, for giving me the chance to play with old friends one last time.“
“Getting Marv back on TOMB OF DRACULA is a bucket list check-off,” said Executive Editor Nick Lowe. “He hasn’t lost a step, and the opportunity to pair him with David Cutler and Scott Hanna to make a story that’s both a love letter and one of the scariest and creepiest and NEW vampire stories I’ve read made it all the better!”
The variant cover will also be made available as a Virgin Variant Cover. All are available this early November, just a bit past Halloween (likely due to shipping constraints in the industry delaying most Marvel comics by about a week).
WHAT IF…? DARK: TOMB OF DRACULA #1
Written by MARV WOLFMAN
Art by DAVID CUTLER & SCOTT HANNA
Cover by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI
Variant Cover by STANLEY “ARTGERM” LAU
Virgin Variant Cover by STANLEY “ARTGERM” LAU
On Sale 11/8
