Bram Stoker most famous novel. Stoker enjoyed the United States, where Irving was popular. With Irving he was invited twice to the White House, and knew William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. Stoker set two of his novels there, using Americans as characters, the most notable being Quincey Morris. He also met one of his literary idols, Walt Whitman. Stoker visited the English coastal town of Whitby in 1890, and that visit was said to be part of the inspiration for "Dracula". He began writing novels while working as manager for Henry Irving and secretary and director of London's Lyceum Theatre, beginning with
Dracula Lives! comic "The Tomb of Dracula", the continuities of the two titles occasionally overlapped, with storylines weaving between the two. Most of the time, however, the stories in "Dracula Lives!" were standalone Dracula tales by various creative teams. Later issues of "Dracula Lives!" featured a serialized adaptation of the original Bram Stoker novel, written by Roy Thomas and drawn by Dick Giordano. Copyrighted as simply "Dracula Lives!" and commonly known by its trademarked cover title, "Dracula Lives!", the magazine ran 13 issues from 1973 to 1975. With sister titles including "Monsters Unleashed", "Tales of the Zombie" and "Vampire Tales", it was