"Birthrite: Death!" is the title to the 47th issue of the Tomb of Dracula 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 Michele Wolfman and lettered by John Costanza. The cover art illustration was also composed by Gene Colan and Tom Palmer. The story was edited by Marv Wolfman. This issue shipped with an August, 1976 cover date and carries a cover price of .25 cents per copy (US).
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 character has since been imagined as a powerful vampire count in various forms of media and has been played by many notable actors such as Bela Lugosi, Christopher Lee, Frank Langella, Gary Oldman, and even Leslie Nielsen.
This issue carries the approval stamp of the Comics Code Authority.
This issue carries the badge of "Comicdom's Number 1 Fear Magazine"
The tagline to this issue is "A Satanic ceremony erupts into the unbelievable, during: Death-Rite!"
This issue is job number 02143.
This is the final issue of the series with a .25 cents cover price. Beginning next issue, the cover price for a standard 33-page issue raises to .30 cents per copy.
The fictional movies that Harold H. Harold wants to take Aurora Rabinowitz to go see are called The Wilderness Family and Psychic Killer.
Reprints[]
The story from this issue is reprinted in the following volumes:
