"Batwings Over Transylvania!" is the title to the sixty-ninth issue of the first Tomb of Dracula ongoing comic book series published by Marvel Comics. It was written by Marv Wolfman with artwork by Gene Colan and inks by Tom Palmer. Colan & Palmer also rendered the cover art illustration. It was colored by Carl Gafford and lettered by Jim Novak. The story was edited by Marv Wolfman. This issue shipped with an April, 1979 cover date and carries a cover price of .35 cents per copy.
In this issue, Dracula teaches a cottage full of children the true meaning of Christmas. Just kidding. That doesn't actually happen. However, he does in fact help a group of children defend their village home against a horde of rats and a throng of ravenous vampires!
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.
