The Death of Dracula

Curse of the Mutants (Collected Editions)

by Victor Gischler, Marv Wolfman, Giuseppe Cammuncoli (Illustrator)

He is the legendary Lord of the Vampires. Dracula. Who would dare attempt to overthrow him? Only Dracula's son Xarus, a ruthless and clever upstart with the bold ambition to unite all the world's vampire sects under one flag.

But Xarus's older brother Janus isn't sure he likes the idea of a new regime and seeks allies to oppose Xarus. The ultimate battle for control of Earth's creatures of the night unfolds, with the future of the vampire race, and possibly the Marvel Universe, at stake.

Plus: In a classic tale of sorcery and slaughter, witness the birth of Janus, conceived by magic! And when Janus is killed and revived as an adult, the war between father and son for control of all vampires begins!

Collecting DEATH OF DRACULA #1, and TOMB OF DRACULA (1972) #54-55 and #59-63.

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels, Horror, Vampires, Fantasy, Fiction

176 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2011

About the author

Victor Gischler is an American author of humorous crime fiction.
Gischler's debut novel Gun Monkeys was nominated for the Edgar Award, and his novel Shotgun Opera was an Anthony Award finalist. His work has been translated into Italian, French, Spanish and Japanese. He earned a Ph.D. in English at the University of Southern Mississippi. His fifth novel Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse was published in 2008 by the Touchstone/Fireside imprint of Simon & Schuster.

He has also writes American comic books like The Punisher: Frank Castle, Wolverine and Deadpool for Marvel Comics. Gischler worked on X-Men "Curse of the Mutants" starting in the Death of Dracula one-shot and continued in X-Men #1.

Gun Monkeys has been optioned for a film adaptation, with Lee Goldberg writing the script and Ryuhei Kitamura penciled in to direct.

Reviews

[Victoria]

(dunno what's just happened)

[Silas · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was surprisingly enjoyable. I haven't read a ton of Marvel vampire books, just a few Blade books and a couple of X-Men crossovers, one of which must have followed on the heels of this one, because it featured the same factions of vampires. Adding those factions generally makes the vampires more interesting, since they are less monolithic, and can have different motivations, which is interesting. This is a change in the status quo for vampires in the Marvel universe, coming out from under the dominion of Dracula. Dracula was bound to come back, if for no other reason than for name recognition, but this was an interesting story, and related to some other stories I have read, and I find myself more interested in reading similar stories.

[Otto · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Tomb Of Dracula stuff is pure cheese but I liked it.

[XMCU · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've currently read the death of Dracula issue featured in this collection. It's good. This issue is a must read for X-Men curse of the mutants. This era (or event) should have an omnibus.

Update: yeah, good stories. I like Domini.

[Wondra Vanian · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm really not impressed with the way this was collected. I don't mind the mix of old and new - as long as there's a clear link between the two. And both stories and finished, in their own rights.

The new The Death of Dracula story was going in an interesting direction - but then it just stopped and went to the old story arc. Annoying.

The old story arc was interesting - but then THAT just stopped, in the middle of a comic. WTF?

[Sockich · Rating 4 out of 5]

The rating is for DEATH OF DRACULA #1 only, I didn't read the TOMB OF DRACULA parts.