Marvel's Vamp-verse

They're calling this reVamping (heh) the "next big thing"

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=26526

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/marvel-universe-next-big-thing-100603.html

Sigh...

Fucking hate this.

I saw the preview for X-men #1, it looks interesting. Suicide vampire bomber.

I wonder if this is going to have anything to do with a cure for M-Day? I can see them trying to do something hokey like that. But This will be good and it will be read by me. I just want to know which title is relaunching? Legacy? Uncanny? or is this all new?

elijahdprophet wrote:

Greatest What if ever!!!! It has always been my personal favorite.

hrdwrkngXsoldier wrote:I wonder if this is going to have anything to do with a cure for M-Day? I can see them trying to do something hokey like that. But This will be good and it will be read by me. I just want to know which title is relaunching? Legacy? Uncanny? or is this all new?

I hope so cause I want more mutants.

hrdwrkngXsoldier wrote:I wonder if this is going to have anything to do with a cure for M-Day? I can see them trying to do something hokey like that. But This will be good and it will be read by me. I just want to know which title is relaunching? Legacy? Uncanny? or is this all new?

I believe it's just all new. Uncanny and Legacy will most definitely still be around.

*sigh* Marvel...


*Disapproving Stare* *Disapproving Stare* *Disapproving Stare* *Disapproving Stare* *Disapproving Stare* *Disapproving Stare* *Disapproving Stare*

I've no problem with Marvel doing some vampire stuff. I loved the recent 'Dracula-on-the-moon' tale in Captain Britain & MI:13.

I don't understand the need for the (lame) Dracula redesign. He already looks awesome.


Also, why would vampires opt to simply blow people up? Don't they need them for sustenance?

Color me skeptical.

^I think he may have been spreading the virus by blowing himself up. If you look at the teasers Jubilee was a vampire and I'm pretty sure that was her in the preview covered in blood after the bombing. Perhaps it's like Supernatural where you have to consume the blood in order to be infected.

Wow, then this really seems to be a poor plan when all the vampires really need to do is just randomly bite folks after the sun sets.

Then they could transfer their vampirism and continue (un)living.

I'm gonna get the one-shot to see what's going on and I am intrigued by Blade working with the X-men. I guess he can be considered a mutant.

DickGrayson007 wrote:I'm gonna get the one-shot to see what's going on and I am intrigued by Blade working with the X-men. I guess he can be considered a mutant.

Only if marvel redifines what a "mutant" is. As of right now it is still the presence of the X-Factor Gene.

hrdwrkngXsoldier wrote:

DickGrayson007 wrote:I'm gonna get the one-shot to see what's going on and I am intrigued by Blade working with the X-men. I guess he can be considered a mutant.

Only if marvel redifines what a "mutant" is. As of right now it is still the presence of the X-Factor Gene.

Would he be a mutant of his race? He is a genetic anamoly.

This looks like it'll be all kinds of fail. Why do they have to put the X-Men right back into some kind of event the month after Second Coming is done.

It's comments like this: "We wanted Dracula to be cool. We wanted Dracula to be bad ass and not sort of rehash the same old thing. We wanted to preserve the 'vampire-ness' at the core that is Dracula but still give him a good, hip, cool, bad ass look." that make this a no-brainer for me to avoid.

DickGrayson007 wrote:

hrdwrkngXsoldier wrote:

DickGrayson007 wrote:I'm gonna get the one-shot to see what's going on and I am intrigued by Blade working with the X-men. I guess he can be considered a mutant.

Only if marvel redifines what a "mutant" is. As of right now it is still the presence of the X-Factor Gene.

Would he be a mutant of his race? He is a genetic anamoly.

Makes sense. Does Namor have the X-gene?

He's Marvel's first mutant, after all and is the result of hybrid breeding.

yes Namor has an X-Gene

comicgeekelly wrote:This looks like it'll be all kinds of fail. Why do they have to put the X-Men right back into some kind of event the month after Second Coming is done.

I thought this vampire thing was gonna eventually go universe wide.

Underwater vampires!

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=26574

Bigtymin504 wrote:Underwater vampires!

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=26574

Figured that was coming

DickGrayson007 wrote:

comicgeekelly wrote:This looks like it'll be all kinds of fail. Why do they have to put the X-Men right back into some kind of event the month after Second Coming is done.

I thought this vampire thing was gonna eventually go universe wide.

Even so, why does it have to really kick off in the X-Books. Can't they have a moment of peace.

The Death of Dracula (one-shot)

I really liked this. The writer, Victor Gischler, did a great job of introducing this underground world of vampires within the Marvel Universe. We meet all the different vampire sects by way of them getting together for their every-century meeting. I like that some of the groups are completely different physically from each other, we even got to see the Atlantian vampires we're gonna see in Namor's new book. Then the Dracula family, his sons Janus and Xarus, got some really good characterization. A lot of crazy twists and turns in this story. Looks like the vampires are poised to make a big move in the MU coming up and this was a great set up for that.

The art by Giuseppe Camuncoli was fantastic too. He did some really detailed work and captured the action and facial expressions nicely. If you're a fan of vampires at all then I think you'll like this one-shot. Whether Marvel is just trying to cash in on the latest Hollywood vampire craze or not, this is a good premise and has some solid potential.