“DRACULA’S SURPRISE ASSAULT ROUTS THE TURKS… AND HIS VENGEANCE IS SWIFT AND MERCILESS.”
PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on the two opening pages depicting Prince Dracula, a.k.a., “Vlad the Impaler,” living up to his namesake in his holy battle against the invading Ottoman Turks, from the Topps comic-book adaptation of “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” (1992), directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
Story/script by Roy Thomas
Artwork/pencils by Mike Mignola
“1462. Muslim Turks, led by Sultan Mohammed, have driven the Christians from Constantinople and invaded Romania with a superior force, threatening all of Christendom.
A Romanian Prince from the region of Transylvania – Vlad Dracula, military genius notorious thoroughout Eastern Europe for his bloodthirsty ways – leads 7,000 of his countrymen in a bold sneak attack against 30,000 Turks… as a last heroic attempt to save his homeland. Dracula’s surprise assault routs the Turks… And his vengeance is swift and merciless.”
– “BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA” Vol. 1 #1 (Topps Comics), written by Roy Thomas, based on the screenplay by James V. Hart
Source: www.comicsbookcase.com/features-archive/bram-stokers-dracula?format.
