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! was reprinted in the "Marvel Omnibus" title "Tomb of Dracula Volume 3" (which included "The Tomb of Dracula Magazine" #1-6 and "The Frankenstein Monster" #7-9). Issues #5–8 and 10–11 featured a serialized adaptation of the original Bram Stoker novel, in 10- to 12-page installments written by Roy Thomas and drawn by Dick Giordano. Following "Dracula Lives!"<nowiki>'</nowiki> cancellation, an additional installment appeared in "Marvel Preview" #8 ("The Legion of Monsters"), for a total of 76 pages comprising roughly one-third of the novel. After a thirty-year hiatus, Marvel commissioned Thomas and Giordano to finish the adaptation, and ran the reprinted and new