Essential Tomb of Dracula, Vol. 4 (Marvel Essentials)
by Marv Wolfman, Steve Gerber, Doug Moench, Gerry Conway, Gene Colan, Tony Isabella
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Author: Doug Moench, Gene Colan, Gerry Conway, Marv Wolfman, Steve Gerber, Tony IsabellaEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-04-13
ISBN: 0785117091
Number of pages: 576
Publisher: Marvel Comics
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Book Review: Not as good as the first three volumes
Summary: 3 Stars
In the 1970s, Marvel had a reasonably long-running comic book called Tomb of Dracula that benefited from having a single writer and artist for most of the run. This allowed consistency and the ability to have nice, long story arcs in the story of Dracula and the people out to stop him. The series concluded in its 70th issue, and is covered in its entirety in the first three volumes of The Essential Tomb of Dracula. Volume Four is a collection of stories that take place both before and after the principal storyline.
Despite the title, only a few of the comics that this collection features actually were named Tomb of Dracula, and these were actually Tomb of Dracula Magazine, not the original comic. In addition, there are stories from Dracula Lives and Frankenstein Monster (the latter of which can also be found in the Essential Monster of Frankenstein.
The bulk of the stories take place in the past, starting with Dracula's origin and his assumption of the role of Lord of the Undead. Other stories take place at various times between the 1500s and modern day, typically featuring people trying to take advantage of the vampire and usually coming out the worst for it. On rare occasion, Dracula is killed, but when you're undead, death is a merely temporary condition.
Just as the original comic was a quality product due to consistency, this volume suffers as it is a mishmash of different writers and artists. Also, outside of Dracula, there are no other regular characters, which I find detrimental: the best comics usually have a good supporting cast. Fortunately, there are few bad stories and a decent amount of good ones, but compared to other Essential collections, this merits only a high three stars. After the first three volumes of Essential Tomb of Dracula, this one is interesting but still a letdown.
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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, 4-6, Dracula Lives! #1-13 and Frankenstein Monster #7-9.Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
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