Dracula broods over
the death of his son Janus (issue #59) and ponders whether to return to
Domini….
Back at Quincy Harker’s
place, the vampire hunters talk over the recent events. Frank Drake is
disappointed they didn’t kill Dracula (again, issue #59), Rachel van Helsing
wonders who Domini is and why she loves Dracula, Quincy speculates that Dracula
was once a man and has become less human over the years and the death of the
child may drive him mad. He can only plan to hunt their quarry when he
reappears….
Dracula returns to
the church and can’t find Domini. She is at the cemetery, standing over Janus’
grave hoping to resurrect her dead son; she begins the ceremony and the baby
rises from the coffin into the air. Dracula realizes what she must be doing and
knows their son will be radically changed so he dashes to the cemetery….
Harold H. Harold
stops by his publisher’s office and tells Aurora Rabinowitz he is quitting,
having been shaken by witnessing the death of Dracula’s son. He doesn’t know
where he will be going, he just wants to get away. Aurora offers to have a
special goodbye dinner with him….
At the cemetery,
Domini awaits what she was promised by the Golden Man in issue #52—that he was
her son. As the ceremony proceeds, the Golden Man appears and merges with the
baby. Dracula arrives and screams in horror, fighting winds and lightning. He
tries to intervene but the Golden Man raises a wall of fire before him. As
Domini recites the final Spell of Union, Dracula pleads with her to stop, as
the child will be the servant of heaven and Dracula’s enemy. The spell is done
and before their eyes, Janus ages from infancy to the familiar form of the
Golden Man. Janus approaches his mother who tells him to remember that Dracula
is his father and to love him. He assures her he does but adds that his destiny
is to be his murderer. Dracula screams….