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Underworld                                  One-shot Comic
Featuring the comic adaptation to the Hit “Vampires vs Werewolves” 2003 Movie.  Awesome!!
Based on the screenplay by: Danny McBride
Story by: Kevin Grevioux, Len Wiseman & Danny McBride
Adaptation by: Kris Oprisko
Artists: Nick Postic & Nick Marinkovich
Letterers: Robbie Robbins & Cindy Chapman
Editor: Jeff Mariotte
Cover by: Movie Poster

Underworld is a 2003 action horror film directed by Len Wiseman and written by Danny McBride, based on a story by Kevin Grevioux, Wiseman and McBride. Kevin Grevioux wrote the original screenplay. The film centers on the secret history of vampires and werewolves. The main plot revolves around Selene (Kate Beckinsale), a vampire Death Dealer hunting werewolves. She finds herself attracted to a human, Michael Corvin (Scott Speedman), who is being targeted by the werewolves. After Michael is bitten by a werewolf, Selene must decide whether to do her duty and kill him or go against her clan and save him. Alongside Beckinsale and Speedman, the film stars Michael Sheen, Shane Brolly, and Bill Nighy.

Underneath the city streets, amid the labyrinth of subway tunnels and gothic ruins, the most notorious creatures of the night collide in an all-out war. It is the culmination of the bloodthirsty battle between two mortal enemies…the Vampires and the Werewolves. 2003’s movie blockbuster, adapted in IDW’s own unique fashion, “Underworld” tells the tale of a centuries-old secret war between the vampires and werewolves. Here, the vampires are presented as Romantic sophisticates while the Lycans, as the werewolves are called, are little more than street-level punks. Oddly enough, the war may go public as a human becomes determined to hold the key to each side’s victory. Can the gorgeous vampire warrior Selene ensure the safety of said human and the survival of her kind?

Story/Spoilers (featuring the full Underworld 2003 Movie Synopsis for nostalgic remembrance:
For generations, a secret war has raged between vampires and Lycans, an ancient species of werewolf. The vampires gain the upper hand when Lycan leader Lucian seemingly dies at the hands of vampire Kraven, who becomes the second-in-command to the vampires’ leading elders. Selene, a member of an elite group of vampire assassins known as “Death Dealers”, longs for revenge against the Lycans, who murdered her parents when she was a child. During a clash with the Lycans, Selene discovers that they are looking for Michael Corvin, a seemingly ordinary medical student. After she rescues Michael and takes him under her wing, the pair find themselves pursued by a group of Lycans led by Lucian, who is still alive after all. During their escape, Michael is bitten by Lucian. Since Kraven was the only witness to Lucian’s supposed death, Selene comes to suspect that he lied about killing him and may be working with the Lycans. She returns to her coven’s mansion and prematurely awakens Viktor, a hibernating elder vampire. Furious, Viktor refuses to believe Selene’s warnings about Kraven’s treachery, and reminds her that his fellow elder Marcus was supposed to be awakened before him. While awaiting Kraven’s judgment for defying him, Selene binds Michael, fearing that the Lycans’ bite will transform him into a werewolf when the full moon rises. As the two of them bond, she gradually tells him more about her past, revealing that Viktor adopted her and turned her into a vampire after her parents’ death. Selene later manages to capture and abduct the Lycan scientist Singe, while the Lycans manage to abduct and capture Michael. While held captive in the Lycans’ lair, Michael soon learns that Lucian was once in love with Viktor’s daughter Sonja, and that Viktor murdered her after he discovered their forbidden love affair. Kraven claims that Lycans were once slaves of vampires, and the war began when they rose up against them and fought for their freedom. Meanwhile, at the vampires’ mansion, a captive Singe reveals that Selene was telling the truth about Kraven’s betrayal, and he reveals why the Lycans want Michael: vampires and Lycans actually have a common ancestor, and Michael is a direct descendant of that ancestor. As an heir to the legendary “Corvinus” bloodline, he carries a unique genetic strain that could allow him to become a vampire-werewolf hybrid. The vampire elder Amelia – the ruler of the coven – is later ambushed and killed by Lycans while traveling to the mansion to awaken Marcus. In the ensuing showdown between vampires and Lycans, Selene breaks into the Lycans’ lair to rescue Michael, Kraven and Lucian turn on each other, Kraven tells Selene that Viktor was the one who really murdered her parents, and Michael allows Selene to bite him – believing that her bite will make him an immortal vampire-werewolf hybrid – while Kraven shoots Lucian, killing him. When Viktor arrives at the Lycans’ lair in the aftermath of the battle, he admits to murdering Selene’s parents and killing his daughter. He also insists that he killed Sonja for the good of his people and reveals she was pregnant with Lucian’s child, an abomination in the eyes of the two species. Lastly, he claims that he made Selene immortal out of love for her. Viktor and Michael fight, but with Michael overpowered and nearly strangled, Selene turns on Viktor and kills him. Now enemies of both the vampires and the Lycans, Selene and Michael flee the Lycans’ lair together. Back at the vampires’ mansion, Marcus – now the sole surviving vampire elder – awakens after Singe’s blood seeps into his sarcophagus.

One-shot Comic is bagged & triple and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

First Printing
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Publication Date: January 2004
Format: FC, 32 pages, Comic, 10.25″ x 6.75″
UPC: None Stated

Collectible Entertainment note: One-shot Comic is in Fine condition.  (spine stress) Otherwise… Nice!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Underworld, Werewolves, Vampires, Movie Adaptation and/or Horror collector / enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining read.  Highly Recommended.

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