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Jan 24

The Demon of Barnabas Collins

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I've located the vampire! He's in... hold on while I bring up google maps...Click for full image

Micheal Comments: Is it me or does Barnabas look like he’s texting?
Published 1969

Edit – Violates our iron clad written in blood rules, this is a franchise!
Sorry!

Actually, that cover is a visual feast!I would pick that one up.Neeaaa, I've seen worse.Interesting, but I would still take it on a train.It's somewhere between the awful/good scale.Would not like to be seen reading that!Awful... just awful...I swear, thats my flatmates!Gah... my eyes! They are burning!Good Show Sir.... Good Show! (Average: 5.04 out of 10)
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14 Responses to “The Demon of Barnabas Collins”

  1. Dead Stuff With Big Teeth Says:
    January 24th, 2013 at 11:34 am

    I cry FOUL! Dark Shadows is most certainly a TV serial franchise, and thus this cover violates the rules of the site. Lookit, it’s even got ‘BBC TV’s Dark Shadows’ in the lower right corner.

  2. Jaouad Says:
    January 24th, 2013 at 11:38 am

    Couldn’t be bothered to make up actual characters, could you?
    “Fearless leading man clashes with evil supporting character to save the life of beautiful movie star.”

  3. Seamyst Says:
    January 24th, 2013 at 12:38 pm

    Yeah, I totally thought he was on his cell before I even read the caption.

  4. Phil Says:
    January 24th, 2013 at 12:54 pm

    What a dull cover! Rather than texting, I think he’s looking at that hammer and saying, “Is this thing on?” To think that THIS is the most interesting photo they could find…

    Marilyn Ross, it turns out, is a pseudonym of Dan Ross. Actually, Marilyn was Dan’s wife, but he wrote the books using her name. I know, it’s confusing, but this interview helps clarify matters: http://www.collinwood.net/features/interview/ross.htm

    I also discovered that this is book 8 out of a series of 32. That’s even more depressing than the cover!

  5. L.B. Says:
    January 24th, 2013 at 1:07 pm

    No, I said ‘vampire’, not ‘vamp’! Damn auto-correct!

  6. Dead Stuff With Big Teeth Says:
    January 24th, 2013 at 2:56 pm

    I cry FOUL! This is part of a franchise! Does it not say quite clearly, in the lower right hand corner, ‘BBC TV’s Dark Shadows’? This violates the GSS protocol. And harrumph.

  7. THX 1138 Says:
    January 24th, 2013 at 2:58 pm

    And that beautiful movie star was… Johnny Depp!

  8. GSS Admin Says:
    January 24th, 2013 at 5:02 pm

    @Dead stuff – Yeah you might be right.., though can I really resist a man in tweed?

    I blame a mixture of looking through old submissions at 3am just after having many an ale!

    :P

  9. FearofMusic Says:
    January 24th, 2013 at 6:58 pm

    Aaaarrrggh! Bad blurb! Bad blurb! Now there is no need to even open the book! Everyone knows Barnabas Collins, being a fine upstanding member of Vampires for Jesus and the American Way, can never fail when pitted against an ‘evil’ vampire. I mean,look how bored he looks. Evil obviously isn’t much in the way of a challenge.

  10. Tat Wood Says:
    January 24th, 2013 at 7:05 pm

    @deadstuff: not quite – it’s ‘ABCTV’s Dark Shadows’ – late 60s BBC would never have done anything as pedestrian as a time-travel soap about a vampire. Individual episodes of ‘The Newcomers’ are far odder than individual episodes of ‘Dark Shadows’ (although the premise for the latter sounds better).

    And I think his lines are written on the mallet.

  11. Dead Stuff With Big Teeth Says:
    January 24th, 2013 at 8:09 pm

    @GSS: /away, changing into flannel. ;)

    BTW, apologies about the double post. The Internets ate my first one.

  12. Jaouad Says:
    January 24th, 2013 at 9:18 pm

    If your only tools are a hammer and a stake, every problem looks like a vampire.

  13. fred Says:
    January 24th, 2013 at 11:36 pm

    What’s the deal with his index fingers while holding objects?

  14. Anti-Sceptic Says:
    January 31st, 2013 at 2:08 pm

    So is Barnabas Collins a demon who hunts vampires?

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