Monster of the Day #3269

Updated on September 23, 2021 By Ken Begg 8 Comments

I know we’ve talked about these before, but….  So Dell, during that period when the Adam West Batman show was super-hot, decided (I can see the guy pitching this: “You know who the original Batman was? Dracula!”) to try to turn the classic monsters into superhero characters. And if the comic were really bad, well, that’s part of the joke, right? Or they were just hoping to combine the market for monsters (which Charlton briefly chased with their Reptilicus and Konga books) with that for superheroes. Either way, the books look dreadful and they all ended their runs in like three issues or less.

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    Artwork looks a bit like George Tuska.

  • Gamera977

    So why is his face green and his arms a more Caucasian flesh tone? Did Doc Frank use fresher bodies for the arms?

    I’d have been tempted to give him one white guy’s arm and one black guy’s arm just for snits and giggles…

  • Rock Baker

    In fairness, the real Dracula was something of a super-hero, being a valiant warrior against the Turks (I think it was the Turks). The tales of his savagery which Stoker latched onto were propaganda designed to damage his relationship with the Pope.

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  • Rodford Smith

    I suspect the design of the character was influenced by the movie _I Was a Teenage Frankenstein_ which had a body builder in a monster mask. It came out in 1957.

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    The “Werewolf” (Or was it “Wolfman”? It’s been so long…) pastiche was actually pretty good. It was a part of the “gimmick spy” genre of that era and the character had a pretty interesting origin.