Line #4 ComicBook/MonsterWar


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4	''Monster War'' is a 2005 four-issue miniseries from Creator/TopCowProductions (reprinted later under Creator/DynamiteComics) written by Christopher Golden & Tom Sniegoski and drawn by Joy Chin. Its an crossover event pitting its flagship characters ComicBook/{{Witchblade}}, ComicBook/TheDarkness and the Magdalena, alongside its guest star [[Franchise/TombRaider Lara Croft]] against the [[MonsterMash classic horror monsters]] such {{Dracula}}, FrankensteinsMonster and the {{Wolfman}} with [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Mr. Hyde]] leading them with the intent to unleash hell on Earth.
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7	!!''Monster War'' contains examples of the following tropes:
8	* AdvertisedExtra: Despite being advertised in one of the covers, the Wolfman is not a major character or even part of Hyde's group. Rather, a group of werewolves serves as an obstacle for Lara Croft to retrieve a special ingredient to cure vampirism.
9	* AntiVillain: Frankenstein's monster isn't malevolent like Dracula and Hyde and all wants is to find a way to [[DeathSeeker end his existence]].
10	* BadassNormal: Unlike the other heroes, Lara Croft doesn't have any symbiotic powers or magical artifacts and relies on her guns, martial arts and acrobatic skills to go toe-to-toe against terrible monsters.
11	* BigBad: Edward Hyde is the mastermind of the whole plot [[spoiler:seeking to open a portal to an eldritch dimension and let horrors into the world, plunging it into Hell]].
12	* TheDragon: Count Dracula, ironically enough. Though he dislikes being in service to Hyde, he has a debt to him which he must repay and therefore goes along with his scheme.
13	* DisposableSexWorker: Dracula breaks into a brothel, murdering everyone inside and turns three prostitutes into his vampire brides.
14	* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:Hyde's true masters are cosmic horrors that used to rule the world before driven away and he seeks to return them]].
15	* EnemyWithout: Jekyll and Hyde are now separate entities because of a serum developed by the former to get rid of his evil side. [[spoiler:Mr. Hyde's plan makes use of this serum to create evil vampires that will serve his [[EldritchAbomination true masters]]]].
16	* GeniusBruiser: Hyde is depicted as a hulking brute with superhuman strength, but is still very much a MadScientist.
17	* FightDracula: While not the main villain, Dracula is pitted against the heroes, and serves as the Magdalena's rival.
18	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Jekyll sacrifices himself by merging back with Hyde and then shooting himself in the head, killing them both]].
19	* ImmediateSequel: This miniseries got a sequel in the pages of Dynamite's ''[[ComicBook/ArmyOfDarkness Army of Darkness]]'' ongoing series in a storyline titled "Ash Vs. The Classic Monsters", which picks up a few days after ''Monster War'' ends and expands upon Dracula's origin.
20	* LovecraftLite: [[spoiler:A mobster, a cop, an archeologist and a nun with magical powers managed to stop an interdimensional invasion from taking over a world]].
21	* MonsterMash: Mr. Hyde, Dracula and Frankenstein's monster are the main villains, while werewolves are merely minor antagonists (see AdvertisedExtra). [[spoiler:Its revealed that Lovecraftian horrors are the ones behind Mr. Hyde]].
22	* VampiresHarem: Dracula creates a new batch of vampire brides from Jackie's prostitutes.
23	* VampireRefugee: Magdalena is bitten by Dracula and is turned into a vampire.

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