Count Dracula, I suppose...

A beloved character by both comic book readers and movie goers, Dracula can be looked at as a dear friend, with his endless search of necks to bite, while avoiding like the plague any cross-shaped object (and fighting those nasty vampire hunters, as well).
Here is him facing his deadly enemy Van Helsing, from a comic tale published after the '58 Hammer movie "The Horror of Dracula": on last two panels Dracula's hit by the sun rays, Van Helsing pulling away the curtain and leavin' him under the full daylight.


Damn cross-shaped objects...

(I picked these for the classic plot, not for the artwork).

More recent reincarnations of the Man in comic books.
(Red cover: art by Gene "Daredevil" Colan)




Left: great art by Esteban Maroto (cover concept could be a bit more striking, imho).

On the right: that's Morbius, not Dracula.
Nice cover, though (art by Ron Wagner).



Dracula, the Lord of the Night, happens to be very vulnerable during the day; once you spot his coffin it's easy to put some ash stick into his chest (well, callin' on all one's courage of course). Below, art by Joe Orlando (dunno if a wooden hammer is required, too).


But- talking about vampires, there's a more frightening specimen walking among us: the ones immune to daylight, stronger than 10 men and luckily kinda rare.
They live an apparently ordinary life, waiting for the night to come, when the blood tribute is due. This kind of evil creatures play a lead role in vampire-based fumetti series, for the simplest reason: allowing authors to carry on with the series and coming up with something different even after dozens of episodes.
Top: cover art by Ferdinando Tacconi, 1974, "A vampire under the bed" (actually a reprint).
Next: a deeper insight into fumetti series starring the Count !