The House of Mystery #316 by Mike Kaluta (1983)

  • JerichoCross@lemmy.zipMEnglish
    1·
    25 days ago

    Can you give any more details? What’s the story about? How many issues is it? Have you read it? It looks interesting, you’ve got me curious.

    • Œil@jlai.luOPEnglish
      3·
      24 days ago

      I did not read it but there is many information about it on the web. According Wikipedia, it was originally a backup story from 1981 to 1983, but later gain popularity.

      In 1591, after being turned into a vampire himself, Lord Andrew Bennett turned his lover, Mary Seward, into a vampire, and she became corrupted by the power. She took the name Mary, Queen of Blood and created a group of vampires called the Blood Red Moon bent on taking over the world. The series followed Bennett into the modern day as he tried to undo his mistake and take down Mary and the Blood Red Moon.

      The House of Mystery series has 22 issues about this character (#290, 291, 293, 295, 297, 299, 302, 304–319) and The Brave and the Bold, only one (#195). You can find the covers here.

      The title was relaunched in The New 52 serie, where he meets Batman, Justice League Dark…