Tomb of Dracula 4

"And now you dare bargain with Dracula -- draw me into a mad game your vanity plays!? Have care, Ilsa Strangway... there is worse than aging."

―Dracula

"Through a Mirror Darkly!" is the fourth issue of the first Tomb of Dracula comic book series published by Marvel Comics. It was written by Archie Goodwin with artwork by Eugene Colan and inks by Tom Palmer. It was lettered by Jon Costa and edited by Roy Thomas. This issue shipped with a September, 1972 cover date and carries a cover price of .20 cents per copy.

"Through a Mirror Darkly!"[]

Dracula was created by Irish author Bram Stoker. He is the titular antagonist of Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula, which was inspired by an actual Wallachian nobleman known as Vlad II, aka Vlad the Impaler.
The tagline for this issue is "The Bride of Dracula!"
This issue carries the approval stamp of the Comics Code Authority.
This issue is reprinted in black and white in the Essential Tomb of Dracula, Volume 1 trade paperback collection, published in December, 2003. It is reprinted in color in the Tomb of Dracula Omnibus, Volume 1 hardcover collection in October, 2008.
This issue shipped to retailers on June 27th, 1972.
This is the first issue of the series with Roy Thomas as Editor-in-Chief.
Artist Gene Colan is credited as Eugene Colan in this issue.
Letterer John Costanza is credited as Jon Costa in this issue.
This is the second issue of the series with Neal Adams as cover artist. He also rendered the cover to Tomb of Dracula #1.
According to the Grand Comics Database, cover art alterations were rendered by John Romita, Sr. on the Dracula and female vampire figures.
The title of this issue refers to a biblical line from Chapter 13 of the First Epistle to the Corinthians. The original phrase is "For now we see through a glass darkly".