Dracula's Guest

We lost the last of the iconic, golden age horror greats yesterday, and we will honor his legacy throughout the month with tales related to his amazing life and career. To many, the man was Dracula, so what better place to start than with an encore presentation of the Bram Stoker classic, "Dracula's Guest" adapted by Frank Bolle in 1966 for Christopher Lee's Treasury of Terror paperback (originally featured here at THOIA back in 2010.)

Rest in peace, dear Prince of Darkness.

Wings of Horror

It's Bram Stoker's 165th birthday today, and around here that means it's bloodsucker time! Wings of Horror, from the October 1951 issue of Adventures into the Unknown #24, is a simply told Al Camy tale of unleashed vampirism and lurking madness, and includes a rare and very welcome, non kissy closing panel finale that also proves the usual heavy handed ACG word balloons and intrusive narrative are sometimes unnecessary.

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Dracula's Guest

In 1966 Pyramid Books released Christopher Lee's Treasury of Terror, a small paperback book containing black and white "picture stories of supernatural horror" as selected by Lee himself, featuring five fright classics: Robert Bloch's "The Past Master", Rudyard Kipling's "The Mark of the Beast", Ambrose Bierce's "The Death of Halprin Frayser", "Wentworth's Day" by H. P. Lovecraft and August Derleth, and finally today's THOIA Flash Forward pick, Bram Stoker's long-lost first exploit of Count Dracula "Dracula's Guest" (adapted by E. Nelson Bridwell and illustrated by Frank Bolle.) There's more after the story...

Other artists applying their talents to this fine collection are Alden McWilliams, Russ Jones, EC's legendary Johnny Craig, (and Mort Drucker on the cover.) If you enjoyed today's story let me know, I'll be glad to feature other tales from this collection in the future.

---Karswell

Dracula (Part 4)

And now the startling conclusion of--- Dracula!

From the August 1953 issue of Eerie #12







The End

Dracula (Part 3)

The saga continues...

From the August 1953 issue of Eerie #12

To be concluded…

Dracula (Parts 1 & 2)

As I velcome you today to the first post of March, I also velcome you to Vampire Veek, uh… Week. And to truly get into the evil spirit of things it’s only proper for me to drop my crummy vampire accent and start right here with the first ever comic book version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, (so sayeth GCD.) It’s a decent adaptation too, touching on a few points in the original novel that most of the movie versions tend to leave out, and really nice artwork too (anyone know by who?) [GCD now credits Gene Fawcette and Vince Alascia -- Nequam] If this four part, full issue classic has any faults it’s that the story itself is just a tad bit rushed… but never you mind, kick back and enjoy Parts One and Two today--- it is Double Post Saturday after all.

From the August 1953 issue of Eerie #12

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To be continued…