Product Description: It's the Sorcerer Supreme against the Emperor of the Undead! Dracula wants Earth to fall under the spell of the Darkhold, but Doctor Strange has joined Blade and the Nightstalkers in a quest to vanquish all vampires! See the origins of vampirism itself unveiled! Guest-starring the Scarlet Witch and Nextwave's Monica! Collects Tomb of Dracula #44 & Doctor Strange #14, 58-62.
Dr. Strange sets out to destroy all vampires! I am a big Dracula fan. If you've read many of my reviews you know I own tons of Dracula books. Of all the incarnations of Bram Stoker's great creation, the Marvel Comics adaptation is my favorite. This trade paper back collects multiple issues of Tomb of Dracula and Dr. Strange featuring the interplay between the two.
Dr. Strange finds the mystical Darkhold book and discovers the origins of vampirism in the Marvel Universe. He also discovers how to destroy all Vampires. Meanwhile, the cult of the Darkholders have revived Dracula and have given him immunity to many of his weaknesses including sunlight and religious objects.
Dr. Strange wants the Darkhold to destroy vampires and Dracula wants it for it's dark powers leading to a battle between the two. Also features such Dracula supporting cast members as Blade and Hannibal King.
Some of Marvel's best supernatural action Unlike the previous reviewer, I don't think old-school is bad, especially as the bulk of this collection consists of stories from the 80s, Marvel's second Golden Age.
Wolfman, Englehart, and especially Stern do an exceptional job at providing just the right amount of exposition without either leaving the reader confused or reeling from an infodump. Characters are nicely distinct from another.
The art is spectacular as well, especially Leiahola's in the final story. The actual cover art (which is NOT pictured here) is also superb.
A good old comic The drawing is a bit old school. The story is solid a must for Doc Strange fans. How could be a better villian that dracula??
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