Television Crossover Universe

ANNO DRACULA (SERIES BY KIM NEWMAN) Release Date: 1992 - 2013 (so far) [Setting is 1888 -1991 (so far)] Series: Anno Dracula Horror Crosses: Dracula (novel); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; Invisible Man (novel); The Island of Doctor Moreau; The Vampyre; Varney the Vampire; The Soft Whisper of the Dead; They Thirst; Hotel Transylvania; The Black Castle; The Vampire Tapestry; Stephen King Universe; Carmilla; Good Lady Ducayne; The Tomb of Sarah; Ken’s Mystery; The Mysterious Stranger (story); The True Story of a Vampire; Carnacki Ghost Finder; Black Sabbath; The Picture of Dorian Gray; Interview with a Vampire (Anne Rice Vampire Lestat series); The Werewolves of London (Brian Stableford); Count Yorga; The Fearless Vampire Killers; Brides of Dracula; Vampire Circus; Dracula (Universal); Dark Shadows; El Vampiro; Black Sunday; Martin (George A. Romero film); Kolchak the Night Stalker; Blacula; Nosferatu; Kiss of the Vampire; Mr. Vampire; Blood of the Vampire; Daughters of Darkness; ...

Each Thursday (or shortly after) I will be posting excerpts from the Horror Crossover Encyclopedia related to a series from film or television.  Today, I'm covering the Invisible Man.  I'm including both the film and original novel for this one. THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF NEW JULES VERNE ADVENTURES “THE TRUE STORY OF WILHELM STORITZ” (SHORT STORY BY MICHEL PAGEL) Release Date: 2005 (Setting is 1753...and others) Series: The Time Machine Horror Crosses: Invisible Man (novel) Non-Horror Crosses: Le Secret de Wilhelm Storitz; Wizard of Oz (film) The Story: The Time Traveler visits 1753 and finds himself captured by Otto Storitz. Storitz finds the Traveler in possession of Griffin’s invisibility formula and attempts to recreate it (before it’s even been technically thought up). The Traveler did not get the notes from Griffin himself, but second hand from a Professor Marvel, a travelling “wizard” con artist, on his way to Kansas. Storitz is unable to solve the formula in his ...