Dracula Lives (UK) Vol 1 85

Aurora Rabinowitz has a nightmare about Dracula's death at the hands of Juno, and awakes screaming, bringing Harold, Frank and Rachel van Helsing running to her bedside. After establishing that Aurora was only having a nightmare about Dracula, the men are sent away as Rachel has a talk with Aurora about Dracula's influence over women. Rachel relates to Aurora of her sixteenth birthday when Dracula attempted to seduce her, and she was narrowly saved by Quincy Harker. However, after explaining that Rachel's willingness to give into Dracula back then was due to his hypnotic power over her. One the tale is over, Aurora explains that Dracula never hypnotized her and that her feelings are genuine.

The next morning, Harker and his vampire hunters are called to the military base where General Coder tells them that despite his reservations about engaging in military action in Boston, he has been given orders to deploy troops to stop Dr. Sun. Unknown to all, Dr. Sun has used his own influences within the military to push this action through in a plot to use his newly acquired hypnotic powers to take control of the military officials who try and attack his home.

When they approach Sun's hideout, Doctor Sun unleashes an audio signal that puts all the soldiers under his control. Unaffected, Quincy, Frank, Rachel, Howard and Aurora fight their way through the enslaved soldiers and escape to safety. Returning to Harold's apartment the group begin to consider the fact that even though Dracula is dead, they are stuck facing a foe that is even worse than Dracula ever was and that it appears that they are powerless against Doctor Sun.

Although Quincy and Rachel reflect on how their families were destroyed by Dracula, the group decide that he is the only force that could possibly stop Doctor Sun and they all agree to break into Sun's hideout and steal Dracula's ashes. Frank and Rachel decide to go together, and Aurora guilts Harold into going along with them.

Despite Harold's bungling, they manage to break into Sun's base and make it to the control room. However, Sun was aware of the intrusion the moment they entered his home and sicks a guard on them. Frank easily dispatches the guard, and when Juno arrives Rachel kills him by firing an arrow into his chest. In the meantime, Harold manages to steal Dracula's ashes even though he trips over his own feet, and the trio manage to escape without facing Dr. Sun's wrath.

Back at Harold's apartment, the group of vampire hunters gaze at the ashes of their mortal enemy, and realizing that in order to save the world they have to resurrect their greatest enemy.

This story is continued next issue...

Appearing in "The Son of Satan!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Marvel Spotlight #12

Featured Characters:

Son of Satan (Daimon Hellstrom) (First appearance as the Son of Satan)

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

Ruthless Riders
- "Big Daddy" Dawson
- Animal
- Crusher Crowder
- Numerous unnamed others
Satan (Impersonates Hellstrom's father)
Demon Horde

Other Characters:

Apache (Main story and recap)
- Snake Dance (Main story and recap)
- Sam Silvercloud (Appears in flashback)
Lord (Yahweh) (Invoked)
Satan (Hellstrom's Father) (Mentioned)
Witch-Woman (Linda Littletrees) (Comatose) (Main story and recap)
Amon (Unnamed) (First appearance)
Hecate (Unnamed) (First appearance)
Set (Unnamed) (First appearance)
Spirit of Vengeance (Zarathos) (Behind the scenes)
Victoria Hellstrom (Mentioned)
Satana Hellstrom (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

Human-Demon Hybrids (Main story and recap)
Humans (Main story and recap)
Demon-Steeds (First appearance)
Flies (Mentioned)
Demons

Locations:

Earthspace (Main story and recap)
- Earth (Main story and recap)
  - North America (Main story and recap)
    - United States of America (Main story and recap)
      - Arizona (Main story and recap)
        Copperhead Canyon (Main story and recap)
Hell
Heaven (Referenced)

Items:

Chain of Ankhs (Only in recap)
Sacred Trident (First appearance)
Netheranium (First appearance)

Vehicles:

Daimon Hellstrom's Chariot (First appearance)

Synopsis for "The Son of Satan!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Marvel Spotlight #12

Freeing Daimon Hellstrom from his self imposed imprisonment, Sam Silvercloud and Snake Dance are surprised to find Daimon in his Son of Satan identity. Summoning his chariot, Son of Satan then seeks out Witch Woman and Ghost Rider. Tracking down Roxanne Simpson, he saves her momentarily from the Ruthless Riders and their leader Big Daddy Dawson, but leaves her to her own fate when she doesn't know what happened to those he seeks. Traveling to Hell, Son of Satan is attacked by his fathers minions, however Son of Satan manages to fight off the demons, and save Ghost Rider and Witch Woman and return them to Earth's dimension, there Son of Satan leaves the two to seek out their own fate, flying off into the sky on his chariot.

Appearing in "Day of the Killer, Night of the Fool!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Man-Thing #3

Featured Characters:

Man-Thing (Ted Sallis) (Apparent death)

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

Other Characters:

F.A. Schist Construction Company
- Frank
- Jake Simpson (Mentioned) (Deceased)
- Numerous unnamed employees
Skull-Crushers Motorcycle Club (Disbands)
- "Snake" (Mentioned)
- Morton "French" Small (First appearance as Morton Small) (Death)
- Ernest "Darby" Logan (First appearance as Ernest Logan) (Death)
- Two unnamed women (Death)
Lord (Invoked)
Steve Gerber (Unnamed) (First appearance)
Unnamed Pilot
Three unnamed flood victims

Races and Species:

Humans
Man-Things
Crows (Invoked)
Mosquitoes (Mentioned)
Reptiles
- Alligators
Dinosaurs (Referenced)
Dogs (Referenced)

Locations:

Earthspace
- Earth
  - United States of America
    - Florida
      - Everglades
        Man-Thing's Swamp
        
        Citrusville
    - St. Louis, Missouri (Mentioned)
      - Gateway Arch (Mentioned)
    - New Orleans, Louisiana (Mentioned)
Heaven (Invoked)
Hell (Mentioned)

Items:

Slaughter Room (Destroyed)
Purification Gun (First appearance)
Easy Rider (Film) (Mentioned)
SO-2 Serum (Referenced)

Vehicles:

Richard Rory's Micro Bus
French's Motorcycle (Destroyed)
Darby's Motorcycle (Destroyed)
Foolkiller's Car

Synopsis for "Day of the Killer, Night of the Fool!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Man-Thing #3

On the site of the F. A. Schist construction site, the Man-Thing recalls how the Slaughter Room device cause him so much pain, so the creature fights through a number of Schist's construction workers in order to destroy it. Meanwhile, with the truth about their stolen money determined, the Skull-Crushers thank Richard and Ruth for their help before leaving the newly formed couple. On the road, the biker gang comes across the Foolkiller, who determines the entire gang to be fools and kills them all with his laser pistol, but before learning the location of Richard Rory.

As Richard and Ruth are given gas by a helpful stranger, F. A. Schist and Hargood continue to conspire to destroy the Man-Thing. When they are confronted by the Foolkiller, who gives Schist 24 hours to live but flees to destroy another target: The Man-Thing, when Schist orders his men to grab him. While on the hunt of the Man-Thing (whom the Foolkiller knows is Ted Sallis) he spots a helicopter, thinking it's one of Schist's, he shoots it down. The downed helicopter draws the Man-Thing to it's location, and saves it's occupants (in reality a family, not people employed by Schist) from a pack of hungry alligators. After the Man-Thing saves their lives, the muck-monster is attacked by the Foolkiller who seemingly kills the beast with his laser-pistol.

This story is continued Man-Thing #4...

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