- "You seek to kill the man who gave you life! Never, Janus! Dracula will not permit such an outrage!"
- ―Dracula
| "The Road to Hell!" | |
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| The Tomb of Dracula | |
| Title: | "The Road to Hell!" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 63 |
| Cover price: | .35 |
| Cover date: | March, 1978 |
| Publisher: | Marvel Comics |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Jim Shooter |
| Writers: | Marv Wolfman |
| Pencilers: | Gene Colan |
| Inkers: | Tom Palmer |
| Cover artists: | Gene Colan |
| Colorists: | Tom Palmer |
| Letterers: | J. Costanza |
| Editors: | Marv Wolfman |
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"The Road to Hell!" is the sixty-third issue of the first Tomb of Dracula ongoing comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The story was written by Marv Wolfman with artwork by Gene Colan and inks by Tom Palmer. It was colored by Palmer and lettered by J. Costanza. The story was edited by Marv Wolfman. This issue shipped with a March, 1978 cover date and carries a cover price of .35 cents per copy.
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- 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.
- This issue is cover code number 02143.
- This issue carries the approval stamp of the Comics Code Authority.
- The cover to this issue boasts the badge of "Comicdom's Number 1 Fear Magazine".
- The tagline of this issue is a dialogue balloon spoken by Janus Tepes who says, "Dracula has lost -- and Janus stands... triumphant!"
- Letterer John Costanza is credited as J. Costanza in this issue.
- This story is reprinted in black and white in the Essential Tomb of Dracula, Volume 3 trade paperback collection, released in November, 2004. It is reprinted in color in the Tomb of Dracula Omnibus, Volume 2 hardcover collection, published in December, 2009. It is also reprinted in the Death of Dracula trade paperback collection, which came out in May, 2011.
- Dracula and Topaz are the first characters to appear in this issue.
- Reference is made to when Rachel van Helsing rescued Frank Drake from committing suicide. This took place in the opening scene from Tomb of Dracula #3.
- Reference is made to Lilith Drake in this issue.
- Reference is made to when Frank Drake first met Topaz. This took place in Tomb of Dracula #18.
- Topaz makes reference to Jack Russell in this issue. Jack is a werewolf and main character featured in Werewolf by Night.