A key issue noted for First appearance of Elsa Bloodstone. Bloodstone #1 was published by Marvel Comics on December 1, 2001, as part of a series that began in 2001. Andy Lanning and Dan Abnett write, and art comes from Color Dojo, Michael Lopez and Scott Hanna. This 36-page issue features Dracula, Frankenstein, Elsa Bloodstone, Elise Bloodstone and Charles Barnabus, among 8 characters cataloged on VerseDB.