Vampirella
joins the Kabal. For her first mission, she must rescue her fellow
agent Beatrice Rappaccini, who has been kidnapped by the Promethean
Society, which consists of Dr. Anton Moreau, Dr. John Dee, Dr.
Caligari, and Victor von Frankenstein, who seek to exchange Bea for
their teammate Dr. Faustus, who has been imprisoned by the Kabal.
Kabal agents Tristan and Usher assist Vampi, as does Lazarus, the
Walking Dead Man, one of Victor's creations. Beatrice
Rappaccini is from Nathaniel Hawthorne's story “Rappaccini's
Daughter.” Dr. Anton Moreau must be a descendant of H.G. Wells' Dr.
Alphonse Moreau who is following in his forebear's footsteps by
operating on animals to give them manlike forms. Dr. Caligari is from
the classic German silent film The
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.
This Victor von Frankenstein must be one of the many relatives and/or
descendants of Mary Shelley's Victor who have engaged in experiments
of their own. Dr. Faustus is from Christopher Marlowe's play The
Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus.
Werewolf Tristan Caillet is doubtless a relative of Bertrand Caillet,
the title character of Guy Endore's novel The
Werewolf of Paris.
Roderick Usher IV is descended from the original Roderick Usher, from
Edgar Allan Poe's story “The Fall of the House of Usher.”
The Crossover UniverseTM is a companion blog to the books Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1-2 by Win Scott Eckert, and the forthcoming Crossovers Expanded Volumes 1-2 by Sean Levin. Material excerpted from Crossovers Volumes 1 & 2 is © copyright 2010-2014 by Win Scott Eckert. All rights reserved. Material excerpted from Crossovers Expanded Volumes 1 & 2 is © copyright 2014-present by Sean Levin. All rights reserved.
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