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Archie Comics: Judgment Day #2

Aubrey Sitterson

3.5

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Clive Barker's Nightbreed 5

Marc Andreyko

3.75

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Clive Barker's Nightbreed 8

Marc Andreyko

3.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Universal Monsters: Dracula #4

James Tynion IV

3.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Disappointing end for such a good run :(

Really rushed and could have definitely benefited from an extra one or two issues. The final fight lasts less than 2 spreads? He just goes down that easily? I know that's really just how it goes down in the 1931 film, but it just feels rushed and anticlimactic.

There's a few things referenced in this issue that I'm 90% sure didn't happen in the last issue. I read them back to back and the only reason I'm not 100% sure they weren't mentioned is because I genuinely feel gaslit by the comic referencing INCREDIBLY important plot details that happen "off screen" for lack of a better word, like

Mina literally turning into a vampire.

Universal Monsters: Dracula #3

James Tynion IV

4.25

dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Universal Monsters: Dracula #2

James Tynion IV

4.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Universal Monsters: Dracula #1

James Tynion IV

3.75

dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Genuinely blown away by this art. Holy shit.

Like the Frankenstein comics, this is following the Universal Monsters movies and not the source material. Which I'm more accepting of in the case of Dracula than Frankenstein.

I honestly don't have much to say about this one because I cannot stop thinking about the art for it. I'm a little sad the Frankenstein comics don't look similar, but I think it's much more fitting for Dracula.