Yes, This Really Happened Chapter 76

Not a dream, not a hoax, not an imaginary tale:

Yes, this really happened:

**The much derided H.E.R.B.I.E., created for the fantastic Four cartoon because Marvel had leased the righst for the Human Torch to someone else, was made a "real" part of the Marvel Universe. Yes, that really happened.

**Ben Grimm called him a "tin galoot" on the cover. Yes, that really happened.

**H.E.R.B.I.E. was possessed by the bodiless intelligence of an old Tomb Of Dracula villain, Doctor Sun, who proceeded to try to kill the Fantastic Four. Yes, an old Tomb Of Dracula villain. Yes, that really happened.

Indeed, some people don't value Marv Wolfman's run on FF enough, in part because he used it to clear up all his old Marvel loose ends before leaving for DC. Old Tomb Of Dracula villains, finishing up his Nova/Sphinx story...yeah, at times, the FF seemed a guest-star in their own book.

But a Tomb Of Dracula villain possessing H.E.R.B.I.E. to kill the FF? Gosh, I love comics!

**Comics for only 40¢? Yes, that really happened...

Dracula Hates Best Buy

Someone's grumpy:

[SPOILER ALERT: Doctor Sun was reborn, did return. And he possessed H.E.R.B.I.E. the robot. Yes, Doctor Sun was both a Tomb Of Dracula villain and a Fantastic Four villain. Marv Wolfman was very waste not, want not]

Anyway, c'mon, Drac--some of us could have used those fancy appliances back in 1976...at least have a garage sale or something...

From Tomb Of Dracula #44 (1976)

Applause

So, I'm reading this yesterday:

In this story, Marvelous Marv Wolfman takes a classic Superman story he wrote back in the 80s (which is conveniently reprinted in the back half of the book) and crafts an 80s style sequel.

In this new story, Marv not only (re)connects Superman with The Endless, he spins a great prequel to Crisis On Infinite Earths, riffs on Galactus & the Silver Surfer, manages to work in every forthcoming major storyline from the following 25 years of DC history...and dammit it, he just gets Superman right. Without having to make him younger or broodier, while wearing the "red underwear."



Seriously, why the heck doesn't DC have Wolfman writing LOTS more books for them? Dude still has mad skillz...