First Second Books’ Vampire Month is over, but we are still going!
We’re reaching the end, and here is one of the odder ones on the list!
Enjoy!
X-Vampires
What If…? #24, written by Roy Thomas and the Lofficiers (Jean-Marc and Randy), featured a story about what happened if Storm was fully transformed into a vampire and then transformed Wolverine into a vampire!
In the story, Wolverine became the Lord of the Vampires, killing Dracula in combat. He then turned the entire X-Men franchise into vampires, and conquered Manhattan (he used the precog, Destiny, to help him figure out what he needed to do to win, and her main advice was to kill Doctor Strange, which he did).
Manhattan then became an isolated island of mutant vampires. However, Doctor Strange’s spirit took over Frank Castle’s body, and he led Castle on an assault of Wolverine, decked out with garlic grenades, silver bullets, etc.
You have to admit, it’s a pretty darn cool visual by Tom Morgan, no?
Castle kills vampire Kitty, and her death is enough of a shock to Wolverine for Doctor Strange to convince Wolverine to kill all the vampires.
The story was popular enough that it was one of the very rare What If…?s to get a SEQUEL!!
This one was also written by Thomas and the Lofficiers, and this time Castle was killed before he could kill Wolverine, and Wolverine and his X-Vampires get caught up in the Inferno storyline, being reluctant good guys against the demons of Inferno.
With the popularity of Marvel Zombies, I am surprised this universe has not been revisited!
10 Comments
At June 12, 2008, El Dustino wrote:
Actually Punisher was killed before he could kill Wolverine in the "original" What If? story. Killing vampire Kitty Pryde ...
At June 12, 2008, Tom Fitzpatrick wrote:
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At June 12, 2008, Mike Loughlin wrote:
I loved this issue! What If...? was my introduction to a good number of storylines not available to me ...
At June 12, 2008, yo wrote:
As evidenced by the cover of the second one, that is the Timequake story arc...
At June 12, 2008, Ben Herman wrote:
With the popularity of Marvel Zombies, I am surprised this universe has not been revisited!
Dude!!! Great idea... Marvel Zombies ...
At June 12, 2008, StereotypeA wrote:
I remember so being in love with this comic when I was younger. Frank Castle: Vampire Hunter was possibly my ...
At June 12, 2008, Brad Curran wrote:
The first one bummed me out as a kid, but the second one is one of those comics I read ...
At June 12, 2008, Scavenger wrote:
There were a couple of stories that used the "kill Kitty to shock Wolverine back to his senses" plot point.
At June 13, 2008, Tomer S wrote:
It's the first I ever hear about Dr. Strange/Punisher, but two months ago I created this image in Marvel's Hero ...
At June 13, 2008, wwk5d wrote:
"There were a couple of stories that used the “kill Kitty to shock Wolverine back to his senses” plot point."
Ironically, ...