Count Dracula goes out at
night to prey on a young woman victim but he is spotted by a crowd and, rather
than fight them, he departs….
Hannibal King fights
the vampire duplicate of Blade which has absorbed the original. After a
scuffle, King stabs Blade with one of his own knives and while the villain is
trying to recover, King leaps out of the window and escapes. Blade vows to get
him….
Anton Lupeski has
decided that, with Dracula’s bride pregnant with his son, there is no more need
for Dracula. He and some followers head into a remote area and cast a spell
summoning a champion who can kill Dracula: the Silver Surfer. Surfer, as usual
brooding over Shalla-Bal and the miseries of mankind, vanishes from his sky
path and is brought to where Lupeski awaits. Lupeski uses a magic gem to bring
the Surfer under his power and fill his mind with the evils of Dracula. He
awakens and reasons that if he were to destroy Dracula, he might be more
welcome among Earth’s inhabitants. As Dracula is accepting pitiful tributes
from his followers, the Silver Surfer enters the church through the portrait of
Jesus Christ, challenging the vampire lord to battle. A cosmic bolt nearly hits
Domini, enraging Dracula while the Surfer tries to apologize; Dracula takes the
fight outside and they demonstrate their powers against one another, Dracula
conjuring up a hurricane and summoning a swarm of rats to attack his cosmic
foe; the Surfer meanwhile finds his body sluggish, as though controlled by some
outside force. Dracula knocks the Surfer down and gives him the choice: quit or
die. The Surfer chooses to quit and Dracula flies back to the church….
Awkward interlude:
Frank Drake and Harold H. Harold have been cornered by Anton Lupeski and his
cultists when Rachel van Helsing, packing her crossbow, enters to rescue them….
The Surfer, his mind
free from Lupeski’s control, returns to the church to challenge Dracula once
again. Domini intercedes for him, persuading the Surfer that she knows what
will happen to Dracula and he need not be punished. Surfer sees the image of
Christ in her eyes and believes her, taking his leave. Domini assures Dracula
that the Surfer saw the future in her eyes and it was good….