Dr. Doom and Count Dracula On The Moon! [Archive]

Dusty.

01-19-2009, 08:33 PM

Does anybody else think this is about the coolest high concept thing done in comics in forever? It really deserves it's own thread! It's probably the most exciting thing Marvel has done since Bucky returned as the Winter Soldier.

Marvel definitely needs to be doing in house ads with this poster, and jumping on this. It's just too cool. I don't see how this couldn't grab everybody's attention.

Hey, Marvel, give it the attention you give the latest Mark Millar or Brian Bendis story, and watch sales jump. Paul Cornell could probably stand to do a podcast with wordballoon.com.

What do you guys think about this?

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/5776/meetyournewrulerssmallzl7.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g307/latverianembassy/vampire1.jpg

Assemble

01-19-2009, 08:34 PM

Looks .... weird... I guess this is an unofficial Dark Reign tie-in....

but i will definatly get this. Why wouldnt I? How couldnt I?

Omega Alpha

01-19-2009, 08:37 PM

Dracula is on the moon having a Twilight fan for dinner and asks a minion to call Dr. Doom. Yeah, really. Comics don't get much cooler than that.

Expletive Deleted

01-19-2009, 08:42 PM

Doom and Dracula, yes please.

I'm not sure I quite get the point of the moon thing, though.

Dusty.

01-19-2009, 08:56 PM

Doom and Dracula, yes please.

I'm not sure I quite get the point of the moon thing, though.

Because it's the most bizarre place for Dracula to be setting up shop!

StoneGold

01-19-2009, 08:56 PM

Doom and Dracula, yes please.

I'm not sure I quite get the point of the moon thing, though.

I'm reminded of a bit from Married With Children...

Night... moon... wolves... shoes!

Omega Alpha

01-19-2009, 08:58 PM

Because it's the most bizarre place for Dracula to be setting up shop!

Exactly!

And don't forget he had a Twilight fangirl for dinner! It's just too awesome to be true.

Iron Maiden

01-19-2009, 09:02 PM

This I gotta see. I wonder how long this alliance will last and why are they at the site of the Apollo mission landing?

Reminds me of the good ol' days in Super-Villain Team Up with a classic duel between Doom and the Red Skull. That's why I will be picking up Doctor Doom and the Masters of Evil. It reminds me of the days when comics were entertaining.

Dusty.

01-19-2009, 09:04 PM

Exactly!

And don't forget he had a Twilight fangirl for dinner! It's just too awesome to be true.

Absolutely!

Does anybody have a scan of those last two pages handy for those who might like to see what the fuss is all about?

jdwrocks

01-19-2009, 09:06 PM

I wonder if there's any chance Dracula is the "Master" Doom has been referring to over in Millar's FF. At least that concept would be slightly (very slightly) acceptable.

Babylon23

01-19-2009, 09:08 PM

Iron Maiden

01-19-2009, 09:27 PM

Absolutely!

Does anybody have a scan of those last two pages handy for those who might like to see what the fuss is all about?

My Latverian compatriot, Ambassador Curt has the last page at least at his website...(and a very good one at that)

Go here The Latverian Embassy (http://www.angelfire.com/planet/doctordoom/dnn.html) scroll down to the Doom News Network entry for Jan 16 and click on the image of The Count.

Dusty.

01-19-2009, 09:35 PM

Thanks! It just doesn't get any better. :cool:

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g307/latverianembassy/vampire1.jpg

Tobias March

01-19-2009, 09:38 PM

This could be just what the book needs to gain some new interest and new readers. The idea behind that image is so totally bizarre that who wouldn't want to check out the book just to find out what the hell is going on.

Trust the Cornell!!!

eh - I just love saying it.

I love that he penned the most interesting part of SI - and now he might be trumping the Dark Reign hullaballoo with his own take on it.

Cthulhudrew

01-20-2009, 01:55 AM

I'm not sure I quite get the point of the moon thing, though.

Probably because one side of the moon is always facing away from the sun, and therefore he is in perpetual darkness and safe from harm. At least I assume that's what the writer is going for.

jeriscratch

01-20-2009, 02:34 AM

Can anyone tell me what that thing is in the foreground? For the life of me, I can't tell what that is.

Also, were Dracula and Blackbolt neighbors up there? Wouldn't they notice each other? haha

The Sword Is Drawn

01-20-2009, 02:52 AM

Marvel definitely needs to be doing in house ads with this poster, and jumping on this. It's just too cool. I don't see how this couldn't grab everybody's attention.

I totally agree. This is an attention grabbing image. It needs to be appearing in other Marvel titles.

Hey, Marvel, give it the attention you give the latest Mark Millar or Brian Bendis story, and watch sales jump. Paul Cornell could probably stand to do a podcast with wordballoon.com.

He has being doing a lot of interviews this week according to his Twitter status. Not sure if they're related to this, though. He's also done casts with iFanboy in the past.

It's a fantastic image. I'm really looking forward to seeing the story itself.

This could be just what the book needs to gain some new interest and new readers. The idea behind that image is so totally bizarre that who wouldn't want to check out the book just to find out what the hell is going on.

Exactly! It's good work. Here's hoping. Captain Britain & MI13 is one of the best titles coming out of Marvel right now.

Trust the Cornell!!!

eh - I just love saying it.

Lol.

I love that he penned the most interesting part of SI - and now he might be trumping the Dark Reign hullaballoo with his own take on it.

If that's the case I'm all for it.

Probably because one side of the moon is always facing away from the sun, and therefore he is in perpetual darkness and safe from harm. At least I assume that's what the writer is going for.

That's what I figured. It's not a bad idea.

Bingo!

01-20-2009, 03:11 AM

Probably because one side of the moon is always facing away from the sun, and therefore he is in perpetual darkness and safe from harm. At least I assume that's what the writer is going for.

This makes sense to me. What doesn't, is who Dracula's been snacking since he left Earth. He'll be a hungry vamp when he comes back.

@ Dusty, I share your enthusiasm for this issue. Doom and Dracula are the strangest and best pairing of villains I've seen in years! Hopefully, this will bring up those sales numbers we're all fretting.

Cthulhudrew

01-20-2009, 03:11 AM

Can anyone tell me what that thing is in the foreground? For the life of me, I can't tell what that is.

In the foreground of Doc Doom? That's the leg of the Apollo lunar lander.

Cthulhudrew

01-20-2009, 03:13 AM

This makes sense to me. What doesn't, is who Dracula's been snacking since he left Earth. He'll be a hungry vamp when he comes back.

Agreed. Not to mention how he got to the moon in the first place. The latter is easier to reconcile, given Dracula's abilities/connections and all the space/teleportation technology in the MU, but the former? I can't imagine the Inhumans are as easy targets to feed off of as humans are. Not to mention- IIRC the Blue Area of the Moon is on the side facing the Earth, hence, perpetually in sunlight.

Xero

01-20-2009, 03:13 AM

Can anyone tell me what that thing is in the foreground? For the life of me, I can't tell what that is.....

That is a little thing called the Apollo Lunar Module (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Lunar_Module).

Cthulhudrew

01-20-2009, 03:15 AM

That is a little thing called the Apollo Lunar Module (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Lunar_Module).

Which just proves Doom and Dracula aren't really on the moon, since we all know the lunar landing (http://www.ufos-aliens.co.uk/cosmicapollo.html)was faked. :tongue:

Dark Soul # 7

01-20-2009, 03:19 AM

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/5776/meetyournewrulerssmallzl7.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g307/latverianembassy/vampire1.jpgWhat?

Ehm, did Marvel just steal an idea from the Dr. Mcninja (http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=17&issue=11) webcomic?

Or does this mean that Dr. Mcninja is in Marvel continuity? No, that would mean that something cool and not dreadfully depressing was happening on Marvel earth.

Bingo!

01-20-2009, 03:23 AM

Agreed. Not to mention how he got to the moon in the first place. The latter is easier to reconcile, given Dracula's abilities/connections and all the space/teleportation technology in the MU, but the former? I can't imagine the Inhumans are as easy targets to feed off of as humans are. Not to mention- IIRC the Blue Area of the Moon is on the side facing the Earth, hence, perpetually in sunlight.

The Inhumans have left the moon completely. They're base lifted off the moon, flew into space and is currently making it's way into Shi'ar territory. This is all happening in War of the Kings. This doesn't really indicate how long Dracula's been the man in the moon.

DeadXMan

01-20-2009, 03:27 AM

Since Blade resurected all the vampires in his last book.
so not to long

Jeremi

01-20-2009, 06:24 AM

What?

Ehm, did Marvel just steal an idea from the Dr. Mcninja (http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=17&issue=11) webcomic?

Or does this mean that Dr. Mcninja is in Marvel continuity? No, that would mean that something cool and not dreadfully depressing was happening on Marvel earth.

My thoughts exactly! Dr Mcninja did it already, plus he surfed on a Dracula-bot back to Earth, let's see Wisdom do that!

Guest_1001

01-20-2009, 06:48 AM

More than likely, it'll be explained why they're on the moon. Cornell always delivers on plot points like that, like he knows what we're thinking. Not like Bendis; "so why couldn't Skrulls be found with magic, telepathy or technology until Reed Richards came along with his gun?"

Etc. Anyway, looks to be as much of an amazing issue as every other and it's great so see such a big bad guy in Captain Britain & MI:13. Not that Dracula ISN'T a big bad guy but Dr Doom is more mainstream. Doom is going to be very busy during Dark Reign, come to think of it . . .

Captain Britain & MI:13 is the best book on the shelves right now. It'd be criminal if people didn't buy this. :biggrin:

gorthon616

01-20-2009, 07:18 AM

Agreed. Not to mention how he got to the moon in the first place. The latter is easier to reconcile, given Dracula's abilities/connections and all the space/teleportation technology in the MU, but the former? I can't imagine the Inhumans are as easy targets to feed off of as humans are. Not to mention- IIRC the Blue Area of the Moon is on the side facing the Earth, hence, perpetually in sunlight.

My guess is that he just lives there and he travels back to Earth to get food.

The Sword Is Drawn

01-20-2009, 08:06 AM

My guess is that he just lives there and he travels back to Earth to get food.

Could well be. It's a good place to hide, and there's no sun if you're in the right place.

Alan2099

01-20-2009, 08:08 AM

I always wanted to see more interaction between Doom and Dracula.

XPac

01-20-2009, 08:12 AM

Since Blade resurected all the vampires in his last book.
so not to long

A vampire hunter ressurected all the vampires? That seems kinda counter intuitive to his job description.

Well, I guess that's one way to ensure he'll stay in business.

The Sword Is Drawn

01-20-2009, 08:25 AM

A vampire hunter ressurected all the vampires? That seems kinda counter intuitive to his job description.

Well, I guess that's one way to ensure he'll stay in business.

Yeah. That was in Blade's last series. I guess Chaykin thought that all the big bad vampires in Marvel were gone. Bringing them back would make for better adversaries. Unfortunately for him the book was cancelled.

Fortunately for Captain Britain and MI13 it's a nice plot point for a decent new story.

DeadXMan

01-20-2009, 08:31 AM

and the ivory blade plothole that Hudin started

Iron Maiden

01-20-2009, 09:04 AM

I always wanted to see more interaction between Doom and Dracula.

I just remembered...Ultimate Doom (aka Victor Van Damme) is supposed to be descended from Vlad the Impaler. Not that it correlates to the MU that Von Doom and Dracula reside but still, even geographically Latveria is fairly close to Transylvania. And we saw in Blade that Mother Cynthia Von Doom did tangle with a few vampires back in the day, before Victor was born.

Thomas Uk

01-20-2009, 09:48 AM

If I only bought one comic a month it'd be Cornell's Captain Britain, he seems to be making everything work and Im sure this will be no exception. Brilliant pace, enough of a balance between character interaction and action, humour, cultural and comic references, cool villains and every character getting their own moments. This is what a team book should be like!

whiteshark

01-20-2009, 10:17 AM

marshal99

01-20-2009, 11:07 AM

How exactly did old drac end up on the moon ? And how does he get fed ?!

Guest_1001

01-20-2009, 11:10 AM

How exactly did old drac end up on the moon ? And how does he get fed ?!

Well, we saw him taking a bite out of a vampire fangirl. The question as to how she got onto the moon is also one to ponder. Right now, my guess would be magic, but it'll be explained soon enough.

Cthulhudrew

01-20-2009, 11:21 AM

I always wanted to see more interaction between Doom and Dracula.

Dr. Doom meets Dr. Acula?

Magneto Rocks

01-20-2009, 02:19 PM

This is like one of those things where it couldn't NOT be awesome. The simple thread title means it is DESTINED for brilliance.

Britannic

01-20-2009, 02:38 PM

Dracula can turn into a bat and fly to the moon. He doesn't need to breath so the lack of air is no problem, neither is the radiation. Just needs to keep out of way of sun. Or he could have used some teleport nonsense. Excellent cover. The day can't come quick enough.

Scavenger

01-20-2009, 02:52 PM

They're villians on the moon.
They carry a harpoon....

bkdane

01-20-2009, 02:53 PM

CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI13 #10

COVER BY: STUART IMMONEN
WRITER: PAUL CORNELL
PENCILS: LEONARD KIRK
INKS: JESSE DELPERDANG
COLORED BY: BRIAN REBER
LETTERED BY: VC - JOE CARAMAGNA

THE STORY:
The king of the vampires is back. As if the hoards of demons that Pete Wisdom let out in order to defeat the Skrulls in England weren’t enough, now DRACULA has entered the scene. What does he want with Spitfire? And how will an election help his cause? You better hope that Captain Britain and the rest of MI13 have a way to defeat him!
Rated T+ …$2.99

Well we know Drac has something to do with an election.

Dusty.

01-21-2009, 09:02 PM

Glad to see Marvel finally doing some promotion, and Cornell, too.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=19645

http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/preview2.php?image=previews/marvelcomics/captainbritain/CAPBMI010002.jpg

amazoniansrule

01-21-2009, 09:54 PM

Dracula will become as powerful as an Antediluvian now. If you need more proof,remember. Cornell is a writer of Dr. Who, which has massively powerful space vampires.

Blackhawkk

01-21-2009, 11:07 PM

The Watcher just needs to wander over and stomp on Dracula.

Joey Deadcat

01-22-2009, 02:59 AM

Y'know, I just may check this out.

ReaderX

01-22-2009, 04:23 AM

And so Uatu marches over with a double barreled laser gun, "Get off my lawn!"

The Sword Is Drawn

01-22-2009, 04:44 AM

And so Uatu marches over with a double barreled laser gun, "Get off my lawn!"

I'd pay good money to see that.

Dusty.

01-22-2009, 11:10 PM

If you haven't heard, this series has been cancelled, with this one great epic arc to go.

Here's Cornell discussing the upcoming story.

http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.6672.MI13~colon~_Dracula_Comes_to_Bri tain

Isn't there anything that can be done about this series getting the axe, like a 2nd season thing they did for She-Hulk? Rerelease it with a new #1, hype the hell out of it, and maybe give it a bit higher profile artist. I like Leonard Kirk, and he's very responsible for the series being so great, but he doesn't sell comics.

The Sword Is Drawn

01-23-2009, 02:26 AM

The book has 6 issues to go as a guarantee. People seem so genuinely psyched about the prospect of this arc. Let's try to turn a corner here.

If sales can rise for this arc - and all concerned are REALLY going to be pushing the boat out, her - then Marvel could reconsider. People really need to give this arc a go. It could really change this title's future.