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Post by dem bones on Oct 31, 2007 12:10:33 GMT
Robert Lory - #7: Dracula's Lost World (Pinnacle, 1974) Dracula's quest for gold in an undiscovered, uncivilized land
This is the seventh volume in the unwholesome horrible Dracula series, original tales of legendary wickedness and modern-day suspense. The key to Dracula's twentieth-century reincarnation is the brilliant scientist Dr. Damien Harmon. By means of a fantastic electronic implant, professor Harmon is able to control the actions of Dracula in all his grim guises. Then, too, there are the eerie lady known as Ktara and the faithful giant, Cam. Together they will transport you into the shadowy realm of the unreal for a feast of blood-bright horror! Come along for mystery and horror in a jugular vein![/i] OK, so it's not a NEL. They stopped publishing the series after #6. But I don't think anyone will begrudge it a place here? "Your notion of evil meaningless. Be honest with yourself, Harmon. Evil people, as defined by you, are merely those people against whom you have some grudge." The six month truce is over and Harmon and Cam realise they have to be on their toes or Dracula will snuff them at the earliest convenience. Fortunately for them, a Professor of Latin American studies and his wife are brutally murdered by a trio of desperadoes in pursuit of a copy of Sir Giles Stanby's eighteenth century masterpiece, My Adventures In The Savage New Landes, and Cam's old nemesis, Detective Lieutenant Hank Navarre fingers Cam as the number one suspect. When Dracula learns of the theft he has no choice but to enter into a new pact with Harmon as he realises that the real killers - Pala (a Ktara lookalike), Santos and El Cobra - are headed for the Brazilian jungle to find his Golden City of El Dorado. The vampire needs all the gold for his ultimate showdown with "The Old Gods" and Harmon, obviously, needs to clear Cam's name so there we have it - Dracula on safari. Several hundred years ago, Dracula appointed Kabaya, one of his trusted disciples, as the guardian of his gold, but power has gone to his head. Divining that the party are heading his way, the renegade puts his defences into operation. His native army are given Germany World War II-style steel helmets to prevent Ktara reading their minds and his garrison are decked out in golden crosses to fend off "the Dark Lord". A giant crucifix is erected above his throne. Just to be on the safe side, he also has a piranha-infested pool at his disposal - comes in very handy if, like Pala, you fancy an instant messy divorce and Harmon gets up close and personal with it when he and Ktara are taken captive. The cat-woman is subdued behind a ring of fire and Kabaya plans to burn her alive. Dracula is staked in his coffin. Cam is dying in the jungle having received a slash from a poisoned spear. And, once Kabaya and Pala have consummated their marriage a couple of times, Harmon will be chum. Surely none of them can escape to squabble through a volume eight? Dracula's Lost World is far less convoluted than the first two and more of a straight ahead action comic, insanely enjoyable even if you know the Harmon party are going to escape from their seemingly impossible predicament. Pala is a gloriously wicked femme fatale - at one point she has to be restrained from pushing Harmon's wheelchair into the piranha pit because Kabaya wants him to suffer one of those really complicated, protracted deaths. Great fun - it just makes you wonder why Nel didn't go the whole hog and publish 7-9.
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daniel1976
Crab On The Rampage
hello all,
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Post by daniel1976 on Oct 24, 2013 16:04:46 GMT
but alas, no dinosaurs...
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Post by andydecker on Oct 21, 2019 8:59:24 GMT
When in doubt put something generic on it ...
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Post by dem bones on Oct 21, 2019 12:03:46 GMT
When in doubt put something generic on it ... I far prefer it to the Pinnacle artwork.
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Post by andydecker on Oct 21, 2019 15:13:14 GMT
When in doubt put something generic on it ... I far prefer it to the Pinnacle artwork. You are right. Considering the talent pool of artists at the time with Pinnacle most of the Dracula covers are indeed lame to boring. I get that they went for the Lugosi Dracula, still it is not very attractive.
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