Collects Tomb of Dracula (1972) #36-54, Doctor Strange (1974) #14, Dracula Lives (1973) #12-13, material from Legion of Monsters (1975) #1.
The Lord of the Undead invades America! And there Dracula must face the blade-handed Juno, agent of his nemesis Doctor Sun! Will vampire hunters Quincy Harker, Rachel Van Helsing and Frank Drake be Drac’s unlikely saviors? To take down Sun once and for all, Drac must ally with his greatest enemy: Blade! But when Wong becomes Dracula’s next victim, the Sorcerer Supreme will do everything possible to save his friend’s life — and end the vampire lord’s! Plus: Who will be the bride of Dracula? Literary worlds collide as Drac encounters Robin Hood, Frankenstein’s Monster and more! Dracula battles…the Silver Surfer?! And there’ll be hell to pay when Blade calls in a favor from Daimon Hellstrom!
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.
It took me a very long time to read this collection. I have idea why, really. Maybe for the fact that most of the first part of this collection as from the black & White DRACULA LIVES! These stories were outside the flow and time of TOMB OF DRACULA, so they just were sort of off pudding. Then my mood was for lighter and more fun things and this got put of hold for a bit, but last night I finished more than half the book in one sitting.
It was well worth it. Marv Wolfman and Ernie Colan and Tom Palmer do a fantastic job with this series. Not only is it a horror book, but it is also about family and desire, revenge and vengeance, mixing some science with horror and fantasy.
Guest stars: Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Hannibal King, Damien Hellstrom, and Blade make up a huge part of the last half of this book. Dracula shows a softer side with his marriage and birth of his son.
Really well done for most of 2/3 of the book. The others are okay, but lacking in feel of a more rounded character than the 2 dimensional view of Dracula.
Another superb collection from the "Tomb of Dracula" that finds the vampire hunters continue to fight against Dracula, along with some surprising Marvel heroes, including the Silver Surfer. Great read from one of the classic horror comics from Marvel with of course brilliant art by Gene Colan. Great read for horror fans.
Gems include Tony DeZuniga draws Drac v. Hex, George Tuska draws Drac's one-night stand w/ Bloody Mary, Triple H & Aurora Rabinowitz debut, Drac v. Juno, Rach v. Juno, Dr. Sun's defeat, Drac v. Kolchak, Drac/Strange 2part crossover, Blade v. Hannibal, Drac v. Faceless Fiend, Anton Lupeski helps Drac & Domini conceive, Drac euthanizes Blade's victims Marianne, Blade v. his doppelgänger, Drac v. the Surfer, Blade v. Hannibal rematch, Drac v. an angel, Hellstrom resurrects Blade, & Drac's son is born in a manger on Xmas
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