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Revision as of 08:05, 21 October 2008
Sir Herbert Varney (1858-1889) was vampire who preyed upon London women in the 1880s. He was eventually caught and killed by a specially-assigned group of wizards from the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures.
Behind the scenes
- Herbert Varney may have been loosely based off of Jack the Ripper, who in 1888 brutally murdered at least five women in London, but was never caught.[1]
- Although Varney is the name of places and companies,[2], and the surname of certain celebrities [3], this character probably references Varney the Vampire or the Feast of Blood, a Gothic horror story written by James Malcolm Rymer in the 19th century, and one of the first vampire novels ever written (predating and influencing Bram Stoker's more popular Dracula).[4]
Appearances
Notes and References
- ↑ Jack the Ripper on Wikipedia
- ↑ word Varney on Wikipedia
- ↑ Varney as a surname on Wikipedia
- ↑ Varney the Vampire at Wikipedia
- ↑ Conan the Barbarian v1 #245 (1991)
- ↑ Dr. Strange v3 #18
- ↑ Dr. Strange v3 #15