Tomb of Dracula: The Complete Collection vol. 3

Tomb of Dracula: The Complete Collection #3

by Marv Wolfman

Collects Tomb of Dracula (1972) #25-35, Giant-Size Dracula #3-5, Dracula Lives #8-11. Step once more inside the Tomb of Dracula for more superior supernatural stories of the Seventies! First, the debut of Hannibal King - a detective with a vampiric secret! Then, Dracula is drawn into a struggle to control the powerful statue of the Chimera! Flash back to Dracula's first meeting with Blade the Vampire Hunter - and when Quincy Harker learns that the Lord of Darkness still lives, it's time for a savage showdown that explores their full bitter rivalry! But who else has targeted Dracula? As the saga unfolds, it draws in Rachel Van Helsing, Frank Drake…and Brother Voodoo! Plus, a New York policeman'sworld is transformed by Dracula! And the Devil's Heart, and many more terrors, await across the centuries in tales from the vampire's past!

Genres: Horror, Comics, Graphic Novels, Marvel, Collections, Graphic Novels Comics

496 pages, Paperback

First published September 24, 2019

About the author

Marvin A. "Marv" Wolfman is an award-winning American comic book writer. He is best known for lengthy runs on The Tomb of Dracula, creating Blade for Marvel Comics, and The New Teen Titans for DC Comics.

Reviews

[Frankenoise · Rating 5 out of 5]

Some of the stories in this I'd have to give a 3/5 but having the whole package is great! I actually prefer the Dracula Lives comics over the Tomb of Dracula ones. They seem more polished, even if they're in black and white.

[Jimbo · Rating 3 out of 5]

For some reason this collection (especially the Dracula Lives! stories) were out of place. The run of Marv Wolfman flowed and had heart and soul, these other stories just were horror B Movie horror. Dracula single minded and dull.

Lilith stories were much better. I haven't read the early ones though due to the volumes of Tomb of Dracula's that I own. There are only in the Complete Collection Vol 1 and 2, I only own Vol 3, 4, and 5.

The Giant size Dracula's are also a bit disappointing (which I find true of Annuals and secondary series from both Marvel and DC. They are after thoughts or rather, stories giving new writers a chance. Some are well done, some, not so much.

The Chris Claremont novelette that is included in this collection is interesting for the woman's strength in resisting Dracula and worth reading.

[Johnathon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another excellent collection of the classic comic book series that finds dealing with new adversaries, notablly the first appearance of Hannibal King, the Vampire Detective. Marv Wolfman's writing continues to excel, further building the world around Dracula and the vampire hunters. Hannibal King is a classic creation, combining the supernatural and mysteries, while also keeping Dracula the star, who remains a true villain even when you kind of root for him. Gene Colan's art is equally brilliant, atmospheric and chilling. Great collection of a classic horror series.

[Jamie McLendon · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 I liked this one, but the inclusion of the Dracula Lives stories, though entertaining, killed the momentum of the regular Tomb series for me. Plus, their inclusion meant less Tomb stories. I get the desire to have a full blown chock-full-o-Dracula tome behind the decision but I'm a little disappointed.

[Robert McCallum · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book with the core tomb of Dracula series continuing to deliver big time. I’m this book Dracula finally invades the USA and brings plenty of carnage to Boston as he tangles with Harker and co. One thing - the new character Harold h Harold does not hit home. He is the comedy foil for the book- in a book that clearly doesn’t need one. Just could not be bothered with him and he does get a fair amount of air time. The overarching villain for the arc - “dr sun” is truly ridiculous but actually works in giving both the heroes and Dracula a run for their money. As an added plus blade Aldo makes some guest appearances and contributes well to the storylines

Finally, the art. As always it delivers with tremendous bold panels throughout the Tod issues. Some legends involved such as Tom palmer and Marv wolfman etc.

Dracula lives stories were very different - tales of him from decades ago. Could be a bit inconsistent at times with some being excellent and others being average.

The bram stoker Dracula novelisation continues in this book - in truth I skimmed this as had little interest in the material

[Mik Cope · Rating 3 out of 5]

Took my time with this, but it is pretty cool. I loved these comics as a kid - until my dad decided I was too young to be reading them! I read the first volume as part of the Marvel Essentials series and must say that Gene Colan's excellent artwork is actually better in black and white. The stories are typical 70s fare with everyone, especially Drac, hamming it up marvelously. Not so good were the Dracula Lives issues which tried a more adult take on the stories but seem even more dated as a result. Here, the artwork is black and white, but much too chaotic, not helped by the fact that Kindle is a useless format - sometimes the panels are so tiny, it's barely possible to read the text.

[Bob · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gems include Tony DeZuniga draw a 2parter where a 1808 Transylvanian husband revenges himself on Drac by staking his brides & arranging them in a cross, Drac ensuring Bismarck's rise to power, Death & Drac make a truce in '03 Madrid, Drac v. the mafia in '26 Rome, Drac on a zeppelin in the 30s Swiss Alps, Drac v. the Devil's Heart in '39 North Dakota, Drac & Blade first meet in '68 China, the debuts of Hannibal King & Elianne Turac, Tony DeZuniga & Frank Robbins draws a 2parter of Drac v. a beat cop, Paul Gulacy draws Drac defeated by a blood cross in his return to Romania, Drac shares a baggage car w/ a dog named after Andrew Jackson, Drac in Quincy's booby-trapped billiards room, Drac vandalizes Edith's ashes, & a Brother Voodoo/Frank 2parter