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Dracula

Appearing in "Where Soars The Silver Surfer!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Tomb of Dracula #50

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Synopsis for "Where Soars The Silver Surfer!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Tomb of Dracula #50
Dracula goes out into the night to seek another fresh victim, however before he can finish feeding he is attacked by a mob of people coming to save his victim. Dracula easily beats them back, but doesn't wish to waste his power on mere humans and flees into the night.

Meanwile, Anton Lupeski meets with four of his fellow Satanists at his home, where they agree that now that Domini is impregnated with Dracula's child, they no longer require the vampire lord and begin plotting his death.

Elsewhere, the Blade Doppelganger attacks Hannibal King, and despite his savage fury, is easily fought off by King who stabs the faux-Blade in the chest with one of his own wooden daggers, sending the imitator out a window, allowing Hannibal to escape.

While on Three Ridges, Lupeski's minions cast a spell to summon the Silver Surfer, the being they hope to manipulate into destroying Dracula. The Surfer is soaring the sky following a fruitless trip to Latveria to search for his lost love Shalla-Bal. Along the way he is fired upon by humans on the ground and decides to teach them a lesson. However, before he can do so, he is teleported away to Three Ridges instead.

While the Surfer is incapacited after the mystical teleportation, the knowledge of Dracula's existence and his need to consume the blood of innocent victims to survive, is implanted into his mind, along with a subliminal command to destroy Dracula.

Meanwhile, Dracula and his wife Domini have returned to vampire lord's church where they allow for their followers to make offerings to Dracula. Domini tells Dracula that she knows their child will grow up healthy and strong, when Dracula inquires how she could know, she states that she received the "word" that he would. Dracula is oblivious to the fact that Domini is looking at the oil painting of Jesus Christ as she says this.

By this time, the Silver Surfer has revived and with the implanted memories about Dracula, decides that it is up to him to end the creature's abominable life. Arriving at the church and materializing out of the oil painting, the Surfer attacks Dracula.

Reminded of his wife Maria's life ending at the hands of Truac, the furious Dracula stops the Surfer's attack quickly. Both agreeing that they should take their battle outside where Domini cannot be harmed as a result of their actions.

Soon, the fight resumes, and while the Surfer commands the Power Cosmic, Dracula's supernatural powers make him a difficult target to defeat. Dracula soon unleashes an army of rats upon the Surfer.

Trying one final assault on the Dracula, the Surfer fails to harm Dracula who has changed into his mist form and is able to sneak up on the Surfer. Having been bested in battle, the Surfer agrees to fight another day and Dracula departs.

At the home of Anton Lupeski, Frank Drake and Harold H. Harold are brought before the Satanic cult's leader. Lupeski decides to keep the men as his prisoners. However, before anything else can be done, Rachel van Helsing enters the room having come to save her comrades.

The Silver Surfer meanwhile has realized that he battled Dracula without previously knowing of his existence until this day and wonders if the vampire lord did not manipulate him. Returning to Dracula's church, the Surfer attempts to attack him again but is stopped by Domini.

Recognizing Domini's natural goodness, the Surfer wonders why she protects such a horrible creature. She tells him that she knows how everything will end, the Surfer notices the oil painting of Jesus reflecting in Domini's eyes, and turns to look at the painting itself. The Surfer decides to take her word for it and departs. When Dracula inquires what the Surfer saw in her eyes, and Domini tells him that it was the future, and it was good.

Appearing in "The Box of Doom!"

Reprint of the 5th story from
Venus #19

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  • Gordon Kostner

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  • Beauty Magazine

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Synopsis for "The Box of Doom!"

Reprint of the 5th story from
Venus #19
Working late one evening, Venus is delivered a strange package by a delivery man. When the box begins to shake, they both try to open it but are shocked when they are jolted back. The package then begins to speak and tells them that it can great them knowledge and power beyond the ken of mortal men if only they open the package. The pair find that the box's evil influence is tempting them to open the box. The box continues to tempt them offering them the ability to fly, walk through walls, shape-shift and control minds. Venus is still able to resist by the delivery man gives in and rips open the box despite Venus' warnings not to. Upon ripping open the package and opening the box inside, the delivery man unleashes a creature from inside and it merges with the delivery man, seemingly killing him in the process. However, the delivery man, now possessed by the creature from inside the box rises and realizes that he has been endowed with all the powers the box told him he would. Having been changed into a vampire, the delivery man then attempts to hypnotize Venus and drink her blood but she manages to flee him. Changing into a wolf, the delivery man follows after her. Venus flees into a nearby subway station, she pulls a broken piece of wood out of the trash to protect herself. As she flees down the tunnel she catches her reflection in a mirror and realizes that the delivery man does not have one. She then correctly deduces that he has been turned into a vampire and rams the wood into his heart like a stake, killing the delivery man in the middle of his transformation into a bat.

Appearing in "Brother Vampire"

Reprint of the 6th story from
Astonishing #35

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  • Eric (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)

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  • Hans (First appearance; dies) (Main story and flashback)

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  • Earth (Main story and flashback)
    • Europe (Main story and flashback)

Synopsis for "Brother Vampire"

Reprint of the 6th story from
Astonishing #35
A man thinks that his Siamese twin is a vampire, but it turns out that the vampire just used his amnesia in order to hide in plain sight after using some plastic to connect the two of them.

Appearing in ""Hellcow!""

Reprint of the 5th story from
Giant-Size Man-Thing #5

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  • Dracula (Only in flashback)
  • Commissioner Gordonski
  • Jubal Brown (Death)
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  • Thompkins
  • |Hans (Only in flashback)

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Synopsis for ""Hellcow!""

Reprint of the 5th story from
Giant-Size Man-Thing #5
Howard the Duck languishes inside of a Cleveland City jail cell. Police commissioner Gordonski mistakenly believes that Howard is a midget dressed as duck. He attempts to remove his costume, but is shocked to discover that Howard is a genuine duck. Unwilling to risk public humiliation, he orders Howard's release.

Howard decides to develop a strong reputation in Cleveland in the hopes of one day becoming a police officer. He reads a local newspaper, which tells of a series of mysterious farm slayings.

That night, Howard masquerades as a human and wanders the city streets in the hopes of luring the killer out of hiding. Suddenly, a vampiric bovine known as the Hellcow swoops down out of the sky and attacks Howard. It kicks him into an auto-parts store and attempts to drink his blood. Howard keeps Hellcow at bay with a cross-shaped lug wrench, and manipulates her into diving into a pile of tires. As Hellcow attempts to wrest her fangs free from a whitewall tire, Howard destroys her with a stake and hammer.

Although Howard solves the mystery and saves the day, he is denied the chance to become a police officer.

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