Essential Tomb of Dracula, Vol. 4

Essential Tomb of Dracula #4

by Marv Wolfman, Steve Gerber, Doug Moench

The Essential Tomb of Dracula series continues featuring tales of Dracula through the ages - from when he first became a vampire and eventually Lord of the Undead to his resurfacing in modern times. Collects stories from Tomb of Dracula Magazine 2-6, Dracula Lives! 1-13, and Frankenstein Monster 7-9.

Genres: Comics, Horror, Graphic Novels, Vampires, Fantasy, Fiction

576 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1980

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

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Marvel Comics did a good take on the Dracula legend in this comic series. The awesome Gene Colan art was perfect for the story. Recommended.

[READERS RETREAT · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love all things Dracula This is like the 7th time I read this one

[Quentin Wallace · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked the Tomb of Dracula series because of its consistency, both in its creative team and its storylines. However, this volume was different, and was still great. This volume is anthology made up of Dracula stories taken from different times in histories. Marvel did a cool thing here, as rather than reprint the stories in the order they were published, they printed them as they chronologically occurred. It worked great, and made this volume a real gem.

One side note I will mention. Gene Colan and Tom Palmer were the art team on the color Tomb of Dracula comic, and the art was perfect for the comic. However, in this volume we see Gene Colan inked by a few different artists, and while the art was by no means bad, it just didn't match the art with Tom Palmer inking. I think Tom Palmer's impact on the art was sometimes overlooked, but in hindsight it's obvious he was very important in the look of the art.

Overall the four Essential Tomb of Dracula volumes are some of the best horror comics ever published, and surely the best Dracula comic. A must for horror comic fans.

[Devero · Rating 3 out of 5]

Questo volume ha d'interessante le storie poste in ordine "storico", non di conologia della pubblicazione, del dannato Conte Dracula. Una ridda di autori diversi, sia ai testi che ai disegni. Dal classico Colan a John Buscena, a Frank Springer e Frank Robbins, Alcatena, Mike Plogh, e anche il grande Alfonso Font, che immagino fosse alle prime armi nella matà degli anni '70.
Beh Font era già un maestro.

In più 3 numeri di Frankestein, col suo scontro col vampiro. Altra lettura interessante.

Certo, meno bello, per via dell'autoconclusività delle singole storie, spesso di poche pagine cadauna (10-16), merita comunque una lettura per la gran parata di autori.

[Jon Shanks · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not so much a collection of Marvel's Tomb of Dracula comics as an assortment of comics featuring Dracula, amounting to a collection of short stories, arranging in chronological order, charting the rise of Vlad Tepes and his transition to the vampire Dracula which continues through the centuries to the present day (1970s) of the comics. Some great artwork here and eloquent prose, but a little repetitive on the stories (someone bests Dracula and he gets bloody revenge or Dracula wrongs someone who "kills" him, until his next resurrection [when darkness falls again or someone foolishly removes the stake from his corpse]).

[Kitap Yakıcı · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Lord of the Undead plays the perfect anti-hero in this compendium of Marvel Dracula stories. Some of the better writing found in mainstream 1970s comics plus high-quality artwork mean that these tales hold up to the passage of time almost as well as Dracula himself. Highly recommended!

[J.R. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Taken on their own, one at a time, these stories are decent. But it was a bit too repetitive for my tastes, and no really great stories.

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