Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Batman enters The Tomb of Dracula



Here's a pairing that I am surprised has taken me this long to get to.  These two really do seem to be perfect adversaries for one another.  The Batman/vampire connection has of course been covered multiple times in comics and elsewhere, such as the Batman & Dracula: Red Rain graphic novel or the Batman Vs. Dracula animated feature.
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8 comments:

  1. ReggieJune 2, 2015 at 9:28 AM

    I love how seamlessly Gene Colan's art matches....is that Neal Adam's work on Batman?

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  2. Bob GreenwadeJune 2, 2015 at 11:00 AM

    Yeah, the "Bat versus bat" theme does seem to come rather naturally, doesn't it? I think that's where the idea for Man-Bat came from.

    Speaking of Man-Bat, I think it might be interesting to team him up with Spider-Man during the latter's "six-armed" period.

    And on another topic entirely, I wonder if it would be possible to have a Voltron versus Ultron cover. (The idea just came to me over this past weekend while watching the Screen Team's "Ultron Funk" parody video.)

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  3. AnonymousJune 2, 2015 at 12:37 PM

    I bet this is one time Batman "wooden object" to the Huntress using her crossbow.

    ;-D

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  4. RossJune 2, 2015 at 1:29 PM

    Reggie, check the labels under the cover, that's where I list the artists. That's a Starlin Batman.

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  5. Dr. OTRJune 2, 2015 at 2:36 PM

    Batman famously encountered some vampires very early on, in his battle with the Red Monk in the late 30s. Also, in the 1970s I remember him running into a vampire in some isolated mansion (Detective 455 -- just looked it up). It wasn't Dracula, but there an interesting twist in that the vampire had hid his heart so that he couldn't be slain.

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  6. AirDaveJune 2, 2015 at 8:24 PM

    I think the last mainstream Batman story I read was the Colon vampire stories...Before Night Force...

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  7. Scott BryanJune 2, 2015 at 9:31 PM

    Perfect as always Ross. May I suggest you do a team up with Vampire Batman (my fav alternate version) and Marvel Dracula, or Man Bat... Or Spike from Buffy!

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  8. worldmusicJune 3, 2015 at 1:41 AM

    My first Batman comics were during the Gene Colon run in the early '80s. Both Bruce and Dick were infected with some sort of "Vampyre" serum. I was in the 4th grade, and that storyline, with Colons amazing moody art, scared the bejeezus out of me. In fact I had nightmares (but it didn't stop me from buying the next issue!)

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