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Appearing in "Fúria desenfreada"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Tomb of Dracula #32
(originally printed as And Some Call Him... Madness!)

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Synopsis for "Fúria desenfreada"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Tomb of Dracula #32
(originally printed as And Some Call Him... Madness!)
Continued from last issue...

Quincy Harker has goaded Dracula into coming to him with the belief that Harker has a means of destroying Dracula once and for all. As he waits patiently with his dog Saint, the phone rings, Quincy answers it thinking it's Rachel but it turns out to be Dracula who tells Harker that he will be coming to kill him shortly.

While in India, Taj Nital attempts to stop the local villagers from enter his home and killing his son Adri who was changed into a vampire years ago by Dracula. Despite his best efforts, the villagers push past him and drive a stake through Adri's heart killing him. While in Brazil, Frank attempts to encourage Danny's workers to work when he suddenly realizes to his horror that they are really zombies. The zombies then turn on Frank and begin closing in on him, Frank is all by himself with nothing but a gun to protect himself. His "friend" Danny, back at his home, calls Dracula in London and confirms that Frank Drake has been dealt with.

With Drake supposedly dealt with, Dracula flies off to face Quincy Harker. Arriving at Harker's home, Dracula scoffs at Harker's poor attempt to get Dracula to sit in a chair rigged to stake him. As the two match wits, Quincy lets Saint loose and the dog attacks Dracula. When Dracula attempts to grab the dog, the silver crosses studded on the dogs collar burns his hands, Dracula tosses the dog aside, knocking it out. In the confusion Harker had managed to slip away and Dracula chases after him.

Following Harker through the mansion, Dracula finds that Harker had rigged it with many vampire killing draps, including a spear firing pool cue, a crucifix shaped pool table, and vents which drop cloves of garlic. Even though Dracula is weakened from a wooden spear in the arm and being struck by Harker's wheelchair fired darts, Dracula continues to pursue his mortal foe. Changing into his mist form, Dracula follows Harker into his study where he knocks he enemies sun-glasses off. This proves to be a weakness of Harker's as years of near death by many vampire bites, Harker's eyes had grown sensitive to light.

Although Dracula has the advantage, Quincy manages to activate one last trap which fires wooden spears into Dracula's chest mortally wounding the vampire. As Dracula begins to wither away, Harker damns Dracula to hell for all the years of torment upon Harker's family and Dracula's murdering his wife and daughter. However, before Quincy can claim final victory the phone rings. When his automated system picks up the call, he is told by Rachel that she has been ambushed by two female vampires who will kill her, but tells him to go through with killing Dracula once and for all. One of the female vampires then takes the phone and gives Quincy an ultimatum: Free her master, or van Helsing dies.

This story is continued next issue...

Appearing in "Coitado do Sr. Atkins"

Reprint of the 4th story from
Menace #1
(originally printed as "Poor Mr. Watkins")

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  • Harry Higgins

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  • Cathy

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  • Mister Watkins
  • Mister Grey

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Synopsis for "Coitado do Sr. Atkins"

Reprint of the 4th story from
Menace #1
(originally printed as "Poor Mr. Watkins")
A practical joker torments a timidA vagrant named Willie Luke gets an offer of employment from a strange woman that is in need of a chauffeur. Luke decides to accept the job only to discover that the woman actually wants him to murder her invalid husband who is confined to a wheelchair. Luke agrees to perform the murder but only on the condition that the woman marry him on completion of the task. Luke takes out the woman’s husband for a ride. The husband does not talk, he merely stares off into the distance. Luke drives near a cliffside and decides to jump out while leaving his victim inside. As Luke jumps, his sleeve gets caught in the steering wheel and he plunges over the cliff along with his passenger. The car explodes with the passenger inside but Luke is thrown free of the car and survives. The closing scene shows that Luke is not an invalid in the care of the woman who hired him. He is unable to move or speak. He then hears the woman as she hires a new chauffeur. librarian until he transforms into a monster.

Appearing in "O homem da caixa"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Journey Into Unknown Worlds #33
(originally printed as The Man in the Box!)

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  • "Man in the Box"

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  • Unnamed Burglar

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Synopsis for "O homem da caixa"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Journey Into Unknown Worlds #33
(originally printed as The Man in the Box!)
A tiny man in a green box leaves the box every evening at midnight to do a good deed until a thief steals the box from the curio shop and exchanges places with him. The thief wished to become small in order to rob, but now the man tells him that in order to be normal-sized again he must do a good deed every night until someone agrees to exchange places with him.

Appearing in "Sangue nas mãos"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Tomb of Dracula #33
(originally printed as Blood on My Hands!)

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Synopsis for "Sangue nas mãos"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Tomb of Dracula #33
(originally printed as Blood on My Hands!)
Continued from last issue....

Quincy Harker has Dracula dying at his feet, however two of Dracula's vampires have Rachel van Helsing as their hostage and they are offering Quincy an ultimatum: Free Dracula, or Rachel will die. Quincy ponders the situation and his thoughts go back to the evening that his wife was laid to rest in the year 1955. He remembers how his young daughter Edith tearfully asked her father to make sure she never becomes a vampire, something that Quincy had promised.

He tells Dracula about a time earlier still in 1945, when the vampire lord attacked Quincy and his wife Elizabeth at a theater. It was that night that Dracula threw Quincy from a the balcony, crippling him and then making off with his wife. Quincy would relate to how the police found his wife two days later half drained of her blood. Quincy would explain how his wife never fully recovered from the attack and one night four years after their daughter was born, she would take her own life. Quincy would go on to tell Dracula that although he vowed on that day to kill Dracula once and for all, he cannot do it at the cost of Rachel's life, and pulls the killing arrow from Dracula's heart allowing the vampire lord to be restored to his full vitality.

With Dracula no longer at risk, the two female vampires let Rachel go who is more than upset that Quincy wasn't willing to sacrifice her to kill Dracula. Dracula then demands that Quincy reveal the knowledge of how he is going to be destroyed. Quincy tells him that all he knows is that someone is stealing his power and that Dracula has only two weeks to live before he is destroyed. Dracula senses that Harker is telling the truth, but refuses to believe that he will meet his end and warns the old vampire hunter that he will return in three weeks to kill him once and for all. Dracula would then boast about all those who attempted to kill him throughout his 500 years of unlife, and boasts about how they have all met their deaths. As a final insult, when Quincy demands that Dracula not touch the urn holding the ashes of his daughter and dashes it on the ground before leaving Quincy's mansion.

Meanwhile, in India, with their son destroyed by the villages, Taj Nital and his wife put their son to rest. Taj decides to stay with his wife and they both head on to what is hopefully a happier life.

Back in England, Dracula returns to his mansion home and ponders on the idea that his powers are fading. He realizes that people have been able to resist his will such as the Russian vampire Gorna, detective Hannibal King, and Lord Henry. He then also realizes that his strength has also been fading since his encounter with Gorna, Dracula vows to learn who is sapping his powers and vows to destroy them.

While back at he home of Quincy Harker, the old vampire hunter considers his condition and the state of his home and wonders if he's getting too old to continue fighting Dracula. The next day Quincy pays a visit to his lawyer Mr. Prescott to get his will in order. Prescott asks Quincy why he is now changing his will, Quincy responds by telling his friend that he believes he will die soon.

That night in a London pub, a man named Snitcher begins telling the bartender about a recent murder where a woman was drained of all her blood. He tells the bartender how he's heard that it was done by a vampire, and is promptly thrown out of the bar. A man listening in at the bar however takes an interest in Snitcher's story, and confronts the drunk in the street. When Snitcher turns to tell the man his suspicions about vampires running the government, he's horrified to find that the interested party is a vampire himself who quickly feeds upon Snitcher.

Meanwhile, after much consideration Dracula has realized that the only person who could possibly be responsible for his waning powers is the only man who ever posed a serious threat to Dracula: Doctor Sun. Dracula decides to seek out his foe and destroy him once and for all, changing into bat form and going into the sky. As he flies across the city, Dracula deduces that Sun must have been draining Dracula's power ever since their first encounter when Sun attempted to transfer all his knowledge into the body of Lucas Brand.

As Dracula flies across the city, he is spotted by a police officer who reports the bat sighting to Inspector Chelm who follows after Dracula and orders for back up. Dracula commands his last parliamentary thrall, a man named Bennington to steal a file on Dracula from Lord Singleton's office. Bennington manages to do so, but has to kill a police officer stationed outside Singleton's office to do so. Bennington then goes to rendezvous with Dracula, the two completely unaware that Inspector Chelm is waiting for the right moment to shoot Dracula with special cross engraved silver bullets.

This story is continued next issue...

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