Helsing: Legacy Born

Helsing #1-3

by Gary Reed, John Lowe (Illustrator), Craig Brasfield (Illustrator)

Born into a legacy she wanted no part of and pushed into a battle recessed deep in the shadows the night, Samantha Helsing is torn between two worlds, two allegiances, two families. The legacy of the Van Helsing family and their crusade against the night creatures comes to modern day with the most unlikely of all warriors. Mysteries unfold as a woman with no memory of her past life finds herself in a vendetta she doesn t understand and realizes she isn t sure which side she should be on in this tale that puts a new level on the Dracula-Van Helsing relationship and the secrets that go much deeper that Bram Stoker let on. This graphic novel collects the entire Caliber Comics series and is written by Gary Reed, known for his insightful intelligence on such titles as Baker Street, Saint Germaine, and Renfield. Art is by John (X-Men) Lowe, Guy Davis, Craig Brasfield, and others.

120 pages, Paperback

First published June 2, 2008

About the author

There is more than one author with this name

Gary Reed was a prolific comic book writer and publisher. He was formerly the publisher of Caliber Comics and Vice President of McFarlane Toys.

Also wrote under assumed names (including Brent Truax, Kyle Garrett, Randall Thayer).

Reviews

[Khurram · Rating 3 out of 5]

An ok book in every way. Not a great story, ok to hooray artwork, and extremely wordy. The story was pretty obvious after the first couple of chapters. I do like the black and white artwork. The book did get better towards the end but it was a bit drawn out for me and as soon as the story got interesting again it was over. Not the best vampire comic but not the worst.

[Nakedfartbarfer]

Meant to save this for October, but it was on the top of the pile. If this were ever to be adapted to the big screen, I would expect even the theatrical release to have a TNT logo in the bottom corner 🎥

[Chip · Rating 4 out of 5]

Every bit as good as I remember it twenty years ago.