Dracula and Rachel van Helsing
are trapped in snowy Transylvanian Alps after the vampire pursued
van Helsing, escaping in a helicopter from his castle with the magic book that
held the secret of his destruction. Dracula threw the pilot to his death and
then, because neither one could fly the copter, it crashed in the snow. Dracula
bandaged Rachel’s broken leg, tossed away the book because it was of no use to
him in their predicament, and journeyed toward civilization with Rachel kept alive
for feeding purposes. He is forced to kill a goat to keep her fed and healthy
while she plots to kill him….
In the Irish pagoda
of Doctor Sun, Lucas Brand is given one last test: flying through flaming hoops
treated with garlic. Brand transforms into a bat and neatly completes the task.
He is now ready to meet Doctor Sun….
Quincy Harker,
finding Blade who was bitten by Dracula (issue #17) is about to stake him when
the vampire hunter reveals he is in perfect health. Quincy opines that, his
mother having been bitten while he was in the womb, he is now immune to a
vampire’s bite….
As they travel
through the snow, Rachel tries to kill Dracula and they continue to bicker
about his supposed superiority to ordinary humans. Dracula is attacked by a mad
goat and Rachel is forced to shoot it to keep her captor alive. Then Frank Drake
arrives in a search copter and Dracula seizes the opportunity to turn her
but a fusillade of wooden bullets drives him away. Frank rescues Rachel and
they pursue Dracula into the storm….