A vampire named
Marianne tells her story, wanting to die a second time….
At three years old
in 1875, Marianne was the daughter of a pirate who took her on his voyages.
During a fateful encounter, Captain Cutlass discovered that a ship’s treasure
was a coffin containing Count Dracula. Annoyed at being disturbed, Dracula
killed the Captain and made him a vampire and Marianne saw it all….
In Madrid 1903: An
adult Marianne had finally found her vampire father and kept him prisoner in
her home. She stole blood from a hospital to feed her father without harming
anyone and on her way home she was accosted by Dracula. She dropped the blood
and Dracula was enraged to see it going to waste and attacked her. Her father
came to the rescue, intending to kill Dracula with a wooden stake but the Lord
of the Undead killed him and flew away….
Rome 1926, Marianne
was married to Count Marcos de la Triana who had made an enemy of Dracula. The
Lord of the Undead recognized Marianne and took delight in biting her husband,
who, after three days returned and made her his first victim. They were
together for fifty years until Blade appeared and killed Marcos and now,
grieving, Marianne asks Dracula, accompanied by his bride Domini, to drive a
stake into her heart that she may be reunited with her beloved husband. Dracula
agrees….
“Lost: One Vampire!”
Writer: Marv Wolfman. Pencils: Gene Colan. Inks: Tom Palmer. Colors: Michelle
Wolfman. Letters: John Costanza.
Synopsis: Frank Drake
is commiserating with Quincy Harker, Harold H. Harold, and Aurora Rabinowitz,
unable to understand why Rachel van Helsing dumped him. No one has
an answer so Frank decides to go out hunting for Dracula. Aurora demands that
Harold go along and bring back her beloved Dracula or she will never speak to
him again. He insists she kiss him goodbye and she does. Rachel is watching
outside, determined to follow them, expecting Frank’s arrogance to lead to
disaster. After Aurora goes home, Quincy has a heart episode but reaches his
pills in time….
“Doppelganger!!”
Writer: Marv Wolfman. Pencils: Gene Colan. Inks: Tom Palmer. Colors: Michelle
Wolfman. Letters: John Costanza.
Synopsis: Blade and
Hannibal King, on the trail of Deacon Frost, track him to a Boston apartment.
Smashing the door down, Blade comes face-to-face with—not Frost but his own
exact double, only a vampire….