Nosferatu, of course, was the first Dracula movie made (although without the benefit of properly licensing the book)... Bandai is a Japanese company that produced a nice series of monster figurines like these in what's called a "super-deformed" style.
This is page 27 from Marvel's Tomb of Dracula comic, by Gene Colan. The text at the bottom was standard for the time... Marvel would have plugs for other comics in their line splashed on the bottom of each story page! Fortunately, it didn't last that long.
Here's an interesting full-page ad from the late, lamented Castle of Frankenstein magazine advertising a whole mess of 8mm horror films - including Dracula and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein!
This line of Creepy Classics plastic finger puppets were sold at Dollar Stores around Halloween 2005 or 2006 (I forget which). There were other figures, too!
Some fans of the Aurora monster model kits decided it was a shame that some Universal characters were never represented in plastic form... so Fantasy Boxes were designed, and (as you can imagine) sold!
Join me in Dracula's Crypt of Collectibles for daily pictures of vintage Dracula (and other vampire) posters, lobby cards, stills, toys and other collectibles!
A Fond Adieu...
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On February 11, 2005, I began working on the blog that became Random Acts
of Geekery, and for nearly 12 1/2 years, with a few exceptions, there've
been pos...
Is This The End of the Batcave Trophy Room?!?
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Well, yes, actually, insofar as there won't be any more new posts here
after today! But of course, as with my other retired blogs, the Batcave
Trophy Room ...
Go-Go Godzilla Says Goodbye!
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I knew this day would come, although I was hoping for four full years of
this blog... but it was not to be! Still, I can't end the blog without
something c...
Farewell Cover Gallery!
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The time has finally come...
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Spider-Man Stuff No More!
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Sadly, the time has come for this blog to be retired, leaving me with only
the Superman and Batman blogs for your daily dose of collectibles relating
to ...
The Blog of the Creature is Now Retired!
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Having used up all of my archives of Creature-related stuff to share, I
must officially announce that the Blog of the Creature is now retired. But
never fe...
Series One, Card #72!
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Got a better gag for this pic? Leave it in the comments!
And that's all 72 cards for Series One! You now have until the end of
September to...
I have been a Navy journalist, word processor, graphic designer, medical assisting student, cook, and truck driver, and am currently an eBay seller as well as an employee at a big retail store. I have been and always will be into comics, sf, tv, cartoons, monsters, oldies rock, and lots of other stuff.
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