Infinite Bronze Horror Thread 16 16

[Jayman]

And while I Vampire started this conversation, here is his first appearance...

[electricprune]

1 hour ago, Jayman said:

Yeah, I seem to remember in a Christopher Lee Dracula movie, him out on a frozen lake and Van Helsing shooting bullets into the ice. The running water coming up through the ice was paralyzing to Dracula. When the ice cracked he fell in and drowned (at least till the next movie)!

As far as how that works in the DC universe, it doesn't. At least not in Swamp Thing Vol.2 where in an early issue Swampy defeats a group of vampires but they return in a later issue having survived underwater and have become almost amphibious.

Great info, and there you go regarding the DC universe! I wish everyone would have just followed Stoker's Dracula for strengths and weaknesses of a vampire. If anything, maybe reduce some of their strengths compared to Dracula. So, an adult male vampire might have "the strength of nine men" instead of 10, or a comparable strength to greggy. (I must admit though, I don't remember Stoker covering drowning specifically, or many other traits that have popped up over the decades.)

I have always liked vampire tales, but keeping track of what vampires can and can't do across different incarnations is impossible.

[Jayman]

@electricprune Then there's always the Kukri knife to decapitate...

[electricprune]

17 hours ago, Jayman said:

@electricprune Then there's always the Kukri knife to decapitate...

Yes! Unless you are fighting Alucard.

[Chadwick]

True master of line and shadow, no one does it better.

 

[nepatkm]

Always liked this cover, very happy to get this copy.  

[Chadwick]

12 hours ago, nepatkm said:

Always liked this cover, very happy to get this copy.  

Beautiful copy   Marvel reprints don't get enough love!

Been on the look out for a nice dark red, well centered myself, congrats! 

Off topic: 

What's going on with the slab notes on this series? Did they change to adding cover artists at some point? And why no notes of the creators of the stories? I know they are reprints, but this book has Stan Lee, Kriby, Sinnot, Heck. They are worthy of a note on the slab

It seems pretty random if they add the cover artist(s), and I know some of artists aren't known, but I think they should credit the ones they can.

 

Spoiler

 

[nepatkm]

I agree Chadwick, the labels seem so empty on the bronze horror books  --Yes you are right they should give credit to reprinted material, while also indicating material is reprinted. Also they should give credit to the cover artist, as many of these covers were not reprinted, as this cover by Jim Starlin.  

[Black_Adam]

Saw this smoker went for over $2,700 on Comiclink tonight!

A beautiful book, hoping someone here got it.

 

[kilowatt]

Beautiful Book! I have a couple in lower grade, but this one and HOS 94 were always 2 of my favorite covers. Can`t go wrong with an Adams cover and Wrightson artwork. 

[Chadwick]

On 2017-02-27 at 5:23 PM, nepatkm said:

I agree Chadwick, the labels seem so empty on the bronze horror books  --Yes you are right they should give credit to reprinted material, while also indicating material is reprinted. Also they should give credit to the cover artist, as many of these covers were not reprinted, as this cover by Jim Starlin.  

Anyone know if you can request artists notes when you sub the books? Some slabs state the cover artists if it's a new cover and some don't. 

[Jeffro.]

9 hours ago, Black_Adam said:

Saw this smoker went for over $2,700 on Comiclink tonight!

A beautiful book, hoping someone here got it.

 

That is stunning. Always loved that cover and would love to get a HG copy

[batmiesta]

On 24/02/2017 at 9:25 PM, Chadwick said:

True master of line and shadow, no one does it better.

 

Love this cover. 

[Jeffro.]

[Chadwick]

Very nice!

[nepatkm]

[Chadwick]

15 hours ago, nepatkm said:

 

So they note some of the Chamber book but only the cover on the Where Monsters Dwell?  

There's a great Ditko Merlin story reprint in Chamber 6, where's the label love?

The cover to WMD7 was originally a Kirby with touch-ups by Marie Severin, do they just not care about Marvel Bronze horror?

 

[batmiesta]

On 3/3/2017 at 0:15 PM, Jerkfro said:

Beautiful looking 9.4 .

[electricprune]

On ‎2‎/‎14‎/‎2017 at 8:52 AM, Jayman said:

Maybe he just got his Drac tux back from the cleaners?

But in all seriousness, I haven't read that storyline in years so I could be wrong. I think those were his victims that somehow were mystically granted the power to come back and seek revenge...

Ok, I went back and read the issue. I'm happy to report that not only are they skeletons, they are Nazi skeletons! Bennett actually enters the water himself before he knows they are there. So, he is likely not capable of being drowned.

[Jeffro.]

32 minutes ago, electricprune said:

On 2/14/2017 at 8:52 AM, Jayman said:

Maybe he just got his Drac tux back from the cleaners?

But in all seriousness, I haven't read that storyline in years so I could be wrong. I think those were his victims that somehow were mystically granted the power to come back and seek revenge...

Ok, I went back and read the issue. I'm happy to report that not only are they skeletons, they are Nazi skeletons! Bennett actually enters the water himself before he knows they are there. So, he is likely not capable of being drowned.

Damn Nazi skeletons