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Dark Shadows
Dark Shadows Vol 4 1
Title: Dark Shadows
Publisher: Innovation Comics
Type: Ongoing series
Years published: November, 1993
Total issues: 1
Featuring: Barnabas Collins; Julia Hoffman; Sarah Collins; Victoria Winters
Creators: Felipe Echevarria; Hector Gomez; Vickie Williams; George Broderick, Jr.; Jim Pierson; David Campiti; Scott Rockwell
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Dark Shadows: Book Three is an intended ongoing comic book series of the supernatural thriller, romance, and Gothic horror genres. Originally, the title was intended as the third four-issue limited series published by Innovation Books based on the 1991 Dark Shadows revival series, but Innovation went out of business before the storyline could be completed. The story was written by an unknown author and illustrated by Felipe Echevarria. The painted cover artwork was composed by Hector Gomez. Lettering was provided by Vickie Williams. The story was edited by David Campiti and Scott Rockwell with George Broderick, Jr. and Jim Pierson as consulting editors. This issue shipped with a November, 1993 cover date and carried a cover price of $2.50 per copy (US).

Synopsis[]

A funeral is being held for a young girl named Robin. The ghost of Sarah Collins appears and pays witness to the somber spectacle.

Elsewhere, Maggie Evans is conducting a tarot card reading for Carolyn Stoddard. Carolyn wants Maggie to use her talents with the Tarot to reveal secrets concerning Barnabas Collins. But Maggie's results, if any, prove inconclusive.

Maggie then goes to visit an old friend of hers, Granny Whitlock. She brings her a bottle of wine. Granny sits in her small house all day whittling wooden dolls. After Maggie leaves, one of Granny's dolls begins speaking to her. The old woman falls to the floor unconscious and the ghost of Sarah Collins appears once again.

Out by Widows' Hill, Barnabas and Vickie Winters go for a stroll on the beach. After they are done, Barnabas converses with Julia Hoffman. Julia is pleased that Barnabas' body has taken so well to her treatments. He can eat food again, make use of toiletries and even go out in the sunlight (for limited exposure only). But Barnabas is still frustrated over the fact that he must continuously endure these treatments.

Later, the ghost of Sarah Collins makes two more visitations. The first is to see her friend, David, and the second is to visit the ghost of Robin, the young girl who had recently died.

Issues

  • Dark Shadows Vol 4 1

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Notes & Trivia

  • Dark Shadows was created by executive producer and showrunner Dan Curtis. Major storylines were developed by writers Art Wallace and Sam Hall. The original daytime Gothic soap opera, Dark Shadows aired on ABC from June of 1966 to April of 1971 spanning a total of 1,245 episodes. Two spin-off films House of Dark Shadows and Night of Dark Shadows were released in theaters in 1970 and 1971. A remake series of Dark Shadows was produced in 1991 and ran for thirteen episodes on NBC. In 2012, director Tim Burton crafted a comical reboot of Dark Shadows as a high-budget feature film.
  • This was originally intended to be a four-issue limited series, but Innovation Publishing went out of business in 1993 and the series was never completed.
  • Combining all Dark Shadows related comic titles together, it is the forty-fourth comic book issue released that relates to the franchise.
  • This story takes place in the year 1991 shortly after the full run of the Dark Shadows revival series.
  • Granny Whitlock is a character who is unique to the continuity of the comic book series and does not have a counterpart from the TV program.
  • The cover of this issue features five tarot cards:
  • "The Tower of Destruction" - (Collinwood)
  • "Death" - (Sarah Collins and David Collins)
  • "The Lovers" - (Barnabas Collins and Victoria Winters)
  • "The Devil" - (Angelique Bouchard Collins)
  • "The Fool" - (Willie Loomis)

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