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The Curse Of Dracula [Paperback]

Marv Wolfman (Author), Gene Colan (Author), Dave Stewart (Author)
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October 18, 2005
In the 1970s, writer Marv Wolfman and artist Gene Colan created 70 issues of terrifying tales in the classic Marvel series The Tomb of Dracula. Now, Wolfman and Colan are together again, offering a fresh take on the most enduring character in horror fiction and catapulting the Lord of the Dead back into comics stardom. A mysterious and persuasive figure is moving amongst the circles of San Francisco's political elite. When Jonathan Van Helsing and his team of vampire hunters come to town investigating a string of grisly murders and stumble into a virtual pit of blood-soaked horrors, they know it's only a matter of time before they come face to face with the master of the dark!

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Wolfman and Colan collaborated on one of Marvel Comics' outstanding series of the 1970s, Tomb of Dracula. Lately Marvel has been less welcoming toward comics veterans, but in 1998 Dark Horse invited Wolfman and Colan to devise the new Dracula series that has been collected here. The center of Tomb was Wolfman's rich portrayal of Dracula, a figure who combined aristocratic grandeur and viciousness, capable of both love and despair. Curse's Dracula is a more one-dimensional figure of pure evil. His scheme is intriguing: he is the power behind a presidential candidate whose wife is his love slave. But they too submit to Dracula without qualms. Wolfman's new vampire hunters display the psychological toll of their grim calling, yet never come alive as individuals. One of the great comics artists of the 1'60s and '70s, Colan is also one of the last belonging to the brilliant illustrative tradition of Alex Raymond. The Curse of Dracula is printed directly from Colan's penciled artwork, enabling readers to see his fine line work and atmospheric shading, which no inker can capture. Despite the explicitly gruesome subject matter, Colan's art is reason enough to buy this book. (Nov.)
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About the Author

Gene Colan's official comics career began in 1944 at Fiction House and continues today! He's worked on a wide variety of titles including Amazing Adventures, Archie& Jughead, Avenger, Batman, Capitan America, and much more.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 80 pages
  • Publisher: Dark Horse (October 18, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1593073917
  • ISBN-13: 978-1593073916
  • Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 6.7 x 0.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,263,109 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Marv Wolfman has created more characters that have gone on to television, animation, movies and toys than any other comics creator since Stan Lee. Marv is the writer-creator of Blade, the Vampire Hunter which has been turned into three hit movies starring Wesley Snipes, as well as a TV series. Marv also created Bullseye, the prime villain in the 2003 movie, Daredevil, and was the writer-creator of the New Teen Titans which was a runaway hit show on the Cartoon Network. It has also been picked up as a live action movie. Marv's character Cyborg, has also been featured on the TV show Smallville, while his Superman creation, Cat Grant, was a regular on the Lois And Clark, The New Adventures of Superman TV series. Many of Marv's other characters have appeared on many animated series.
Beyond comics, Marv writes video games, novels, cartoons, animation and lots more. Marv wrote the direct-to-video animated movie, The Condor, for POW Entertainment, released in March, 2007, and just completed his newest direct-to-DVD animated movie, Teen Titans: The Judas Contract" based on his own comic story. Marv also wrote the novelization of Superman Returns" - which won the industry SCRIBE Award for best speculative fiction novel adapted, as well as co-wrote the "Superman Returns" Electronic Arts video-game. His book "Homeland," the Illustrated History of the State of Israel" was published in April 2007 and has already won many awards including the prestigious National Jewish Book Award. He has also written a novel based on his own comic, Crisis on Infinite Earths which was published in April, 2005. Marv was also Editorial Director for 15 graphic albums for the educational market, targeting high school students who read with a 3rd -5th grade level.
Marv co-created and co-wrote The Gene Pool, a feature length live-action movie. Marv also co-created, story-edited and was co-Executive Producer of Pocket Dragon Adventures, a 52-episode animated series appearing on the Bohbot TV network. Marv has written dozens of animated TV episodes as well as developed and story-edited the animated series' The Transformers, The Adventures of Superman and Monster Force.
Marv has also been Editor-in-Chief at Marvel Comics, senior editor at DC Comics and founding editor of Disney Adventures magazine. He has also edited and produced educational comics and was given a special commendation by the White House for his work on three anti-drug comics for the "Just Say No" program.
Marv is married to his lovely wife, Noel, a senior producer at Blizzard entertainment, and has a wonderful daughter, Jessica, from his first marriage. Marv & Noel also have a obstreperous Keeshond dog named Elle Dee Deux (L.D.) who is currently chewing on everything that is and isn't nailed down.

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Drac is back!, May 6, 2010
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In the 1970s, Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan turned "Tomb of Dracula" into one of the most important comics of the decade, helping to usher in a new wave of horror comics.

With this series, they've hit another home run.

Wolfman gets Dracula right, and where many writers struggle to make him an interesting character without sacrificing the most essential characteristics, Wolfman succeeds with ease. The character, as written by him, is a personification of everything one should expect from Dracula. The supporting cast is great as well, with a team of vampire hunters you care about, and an army of vampires that truly horrifies.

The plot is an interesting one, and a logical one. Dracula, in his persuit of power, is manipulating a politician in the race for the Oval Office, stepping on anyone that gets in his way of conquest. This is exactly what I would expect from Dracula in a modern setting, and it's all the more relevant today with the heated political debate that permeates the media today.

Gene Colan's art is a sight to behold. His visuals are spookier now than they ever were before, feeling raw and energetic. There's always something interesting to look at, and I truly wish that other artists knew how to make gothic horror look as good he makes it look.

I'm a huge Dracula fan, and a huge vampire fan, and if you are too, then I highly recommend you pick this up. It's a shame that it's so criminally underrated. I can only hope these two will team up on a new Dracula book some day.
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0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Fairly strong story, very weak art, September 15, 2008
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From the team that brought us the outstanding Tomb of Dracula series from Marvel comics in the 1970's comes a non-Marvel Dracula tale. First off, this book is very short. Two comic issues doesn't give a lot of time for character development and there is precious little for the protagonists in this story, a team of vampire hunters. Likewise, very little of Dracula's background or character is explored. The political aspect of the story is played out well and the ending was a better pay off than I expect from this book. Story wise I give this book a solid B.

The art is another story. I hate this non-detailed art style that is so common place in comics now days. There is very little (at times none) detail in the art work. Don't be fooled by the cover either, the interior artwork isn't near that level. Art work I give a D-

I don't regret buying this book because I am a huge Dracula fan and have read pretty much everything available on character but sadly this is one of the weakest of the bunch. Unless you're a Dracula completest you can skip this one.
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