Showing posts with label Vlad the Impaler. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vlad the Impaler. Show all posts

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Cover Gallery: DRACULA CHRONICLES

When Marvel reintroduced Dracula as a major character in the mid 1990s...
 ...Topps took one last shot at the character, reprinting their poor-selling 1992 Vlad the Impaler mini-series (which we've been re-presenting on this blog for the past couple of weeks) as Dracula Chronicles with new covers by Joseph Linsner.
It didn't sell any better, and with the phenomenal success of X-Files, Dracula was dropped from Topps' roster.
BTW, for other comic book versions of the legendary vampire, check out...
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Reading Room VLAD THE IMPALER "To Rise Again" Conclusion

When Last We Left Vlad the Impaler, he was dead for over a century...
...but, as the cover for Topps' Vlad the Impaler #3 (1993) shows, that's about to change...
It's kool how writer Roy Thomas and artist Esteban Maroto explain why the "historical" Dracula, who's still in his tomb, looks different from the many "vampiric" pop culture incarnations!
BTW, for other comic book versions of the legendary vampire, check out...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Reading Room VLAD THE IMPALER "To Rise Again" Part 2

...but, he does not know the fearful fate that awaits him on the battlefield!
Tomorrow:
We jump ahead a couple of centuries to discover...
Dracula is (Un)Dead!
BTW, for other comic book versions of the legendary vampire, check out...
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Friday, October 17, 2014

Reading Room VLAD THE IMPALER "Dark Legend A-Borning" Conclusion

Vlad Dracula's attempt to keep Transylvania out of Moslem hands has not gone well, as he is forced to retreat to the safety of his home and castle...
Monday:
The Cost of Betrayal!
BTW, for other comic book versions of the legendary vampire, check out...
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