Blood of the Innocent is the name of a comic book

Comic book

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 created by Rickey Shanklin, Marc Hempel

Marc Hempel

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 and Mark Wheatley

Mark Wheatley (comics)

Mark Wheatley is an American illustrator, writer, editor, and publisher in the comic book field. Wheatley's comic book and pulp creations include Breathtaker, Mars, and Blood of the Innocent, all illustrated by his frequent collaborator Marc Hempel...

 which was published by WaRP Graphics

WaRP Graphics

WaRP Graphics, later Warp Graphics, is an alternative comics publisher best known for creating and being the original publisher of the Elfquest comic book series. It was created and incorporated in 1977 by Wendy and Richard Pini. The company title is an acronym formed from the founding couple's...

 in 1985.

About the series

Blood of the Innocent was one of the first American comic books to be published weekly over four weeks. It was written by Rickey Shanklin and Mark Wheatley, and drawn by Marc Hempel and Mark Wheatley, who had previously created the acclaimed science fiction

Science fiction

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 comic Mars for First Comics

First Comics

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. Blood of the Innocent was their first attempt at a horror

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 comic.

The series pitted Dracula

Dracula

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 against Jack the Ripper

Jack the Ripper

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, who in this series is a psychotic Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence

Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence

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, in Victorian

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 London

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.

Film adaptation

Breck Eisner

Breck Eisner

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is set to direct the upcoming Hollywood film adaptation. Inferno Entertainment has acquired underlying rights to the series and is funding development and production of the feature, which is being co-produced with Circle of Confusion.