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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!
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherDark Horse Books
- Publication dateMarch 5, 2013
- Reading age16 - 17 years
- Grade level11 - 12
- File size52084 KB
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- ASIN : B00BAX536W
- Publisher : Dark Horse Books (March 5, 2013)
- Publication date : March 5, 2013
- Language : English
- File size : 52084 KB
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- Print length : 96 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,998,152 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #163 in Steampunk Graphic Novels
- #575 in Seasonal Graphic Novels
- #1,707 in Two-Hour Comic & Graphic Novel Short Reads
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About the author

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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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.
You've probably heard about this guy named Dracula. During the 1970s, Marv Wolfman tackled Bram Stoker's character for Marvel in the well-received Tomb of Dracula series. The Curse of Dracula is his updated take on the classic vampire story.
The cast includes (as it must) a vampire hunter named Van Helsing. There's also a guy named Simon, an ex-KGB agent named Nikita, a blind woman named Hiroshima who is part vampire, and a guy named Simon. Each character has an interesting backstory that explains the character's hatred of vampires. (Not that anyone really likes vampires, except the teenage girls who are hooked on the Twilight books.) As a character, Dracula is less the focus of the work than the characters who are hunting him.
The story takes a turn into the political arena that is original if sometimes a bit silly. Dracula drinking the blood of a political candidate's wife is something I haven't seen before. Of course, politicians will do anything to win, so the candidate doesn't much mind as long as Dracula is on his side. Dracula's reasons for wanting political power aren't fully explained but I suppose they don't need to be. It's too bad that the miniseries ran only three issues because the story is unresolved -- intentionally so, but still, I'd like to know what happens next.
The writing is strong and the art is pleasing. I particularly like the way Colan frames scenes.
The artwork is good and solid, it’s not my favorite style, but it is well done. The darkness and the horror of the story itself comes across clearly in the panels. There is gore and there is nudity, but both are part of the story itself, not just there for shock value or to get sales.
As for the story itself, it is a fresh change of pace from the current vampire hero that has saturated today’s culture. Dracula is Dracula again, not worrying about any of the humans, or anything else, that happens to get in his way. But he isn’t just a stupid animal driven by bloodlust. He is intelligent and plans his every move in advance.
It is good work, classic work. Do I think you will like it if your tastes run towards some of the more modern graphic artwork and comic fare? Maybe. I think you would definitely be able to appreciate it. Will you like it if you are vampire obsessed? Possibly…if you prefer you vampires non-sparkly and bloodthirsty.
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