Cult leader Anton
Lupeski approaches Quincy Harker, Rachel van Helsing, Frank Drake,
and Harold H. Harold and supplies them with guns loaded with silver bullets so they can
join his plan to assassinate Dracula. The vampire hunters do not like or trust
Lupeski and suspect his motives but they want Dracula dead and agree to hear
him out. Lupeski suggests killing Dracula at he upcoming feast to celebrate the
birth of Dracula’s son Janus….
Meanwhile, Dracula
returns from an unexplained absence (the hospitalization in issue #57). He
tells Domini he is looking forward to the upcoming feast to strengthen his bond
with his son and to undercut Lupeski, who fancies himself the head man….
At a Boston College
night class, teacher Miss Arthurs is troubled by a student named Barry forcing
his attentions on her. Dracula yanks him off and chases him away. He then preys
on Miss Arthurs, telling her that at next week’s class she can make Barry her
first victim….
The Sunday evening
feast arrives with celebration for the newborn Janus. The vampire hunters
arrive outside waiting for the chanting to begin, the signal for them to burst
in and slay Dracula. They still have reservations for acting as Lupeski’s
pawns, though. Little do they know that Dracula is waiting for the changing for
that will be when he kills Lupeski. The chant begins and the heroes enter and
begin firing at Dracula, Lupeski first of all. Dracula turns to mist allowing
the bullets to fall from his body; as he rematerializes Lupeski fires a shot
that passes through him and strikes and kill Janus in his mother’s arms.
Everyone freezes…then Dracula grows angry and fierce and seizes Lupeski and
proceeds to slowly crush his head, making him suffer to the end. The sight
sickens all who witness it. Dracula turns on his longtime enemies but Domini,
staring at the portrait of Christ, begs Dracula to let them go and the Lord of
the Undead allows it. She tells him it was Christ’s command and she begs
Dracula to repent of his evil and submit to Christ. But he cannot and flies
away as a bat….