Essential Tomb of Dracula... this Wed!

[Foolkiller]

Yesssss!!!!! One of the Essentials I've been anticipating since it was announced... Really looking forward to this!

[Darthdiesel]

Brian - is this another oxymoron?

[blowout]

Does anyone have a list of other Essentials that Marvel is releasing/ has in the pipeline?

[Rickdogg]

[Foolkiller]

[theVisitor]

I picked up the Essential Tomb of Dracula today. On the inside front cover, there is a house ad for 4 other Essentials - Howard the Duck, Dr. Strange, the Human Torch and Ant-Man. I'm not all that familiar with the Essential output to date. Could these be new ?

[shiverbones]

i had to grab one, it looks great!

[Illiterati-migration]

I picked up the Essential Tomb of Dracula today. On the inside front cover, there is a house ad for 4 other Essentials - Howard the Duck, Dr. Strange, the Human Torch and Ant-Man. I'm not all that familiar with the Essential output to date. Could these be new ?

 

Depends on what volume they're advertising, but the short answer is no. They've been around for a while.

[PovertyRow]

OK - could someone please explain to this old codger what an Essential is? I assume it is what? A trade paperback or similar format that contains key stories of a character?

[supapimp]

it's like the cerebus phonebooks and the reprint are in B&W.

[PovertyRow]

it's like the cerebus phonebooks and the reprint are in B&W.

 

OK - What is a Cerebus Phonebook?

[supapimp]

it goes by STORYLINE , but here's a link to the ESSENTIAL SPIDEY VOL 1-5

[Illiterati-migration]

it's like the cerebus phonebooks and the reprint are in B&W.

 

OK - What is a Cerebus Phonebook?

 

 

A Cerebus Phonebook is like a big book with stuff.

[shiverbones]

i likes em cuz they r cheap!

[Foolkiller]

Pov:

 

essentials are black and white reprints printed basically on newsprint quality stock that generally reprint about 20 or so issues of continuity of a given book... usually beginning with number one. essentials are great for 2 reasons in my opinion: 1) they're super cheap, you can pay $14.95 for one and not feel like you need to wait for a sale, even at full price 2) sometimes the artwork looks better in black and white... I especially feel that way about the Kirby work for some reason.

 

The downside of essentials is that many times the actual reprint quality is poor, but for a good 85% of the book, it's not an issue. Although I also own things like the Masterworks, $15 for Tomb of Dracula stuff is a can't miss. I picked this up and absolutely love it. It's awesome.

 

 

[minutekev@50]

Damit! When are they going to put out the Essential Dakota North!?

[delekkerste]

I noticed that they credited the front cover art to John Buscema. Wasn't that a Neal Adams cover?

 

Gene

[Foolkiller]

It was Gene... at least to my recollection.

 

I think OS notes it that way too.