Hannibal King
returns to the cemetery with Daimon Hellstrom a/k/a the Son of Satan. They
unearth the coffin holding the dead Blade doppelganger and King removes the
stake, restoring the monster to life. Hellstrom uses his Soulfire to separate
Blade from his evil double and King slays the latter once more and hero Blade
is grateful….
At the church,
Dracula takes leave of his pregnant bride Domini and goes out in search of a
feast. He comes upon a woman but relents when he sees that she has a small
child with her. He turns to a lone man and drinks his blood, leaving with him
a task he must perform when he rises three days later (see issue #55)….
Blade has a happy
reunion with his girlfriend Safron Caulder but Hannibal King immediately drags
him away to hunt down Deacon Frost. At a cemetery, King uncovers the secret
entrance that leads to Frost’s underground lair. King then fills Blade in on
the history of Deacon Frost: he was a mad scientist who devised a serum that
would turn a person into a vampire; while experimenting on a kidnapped woman
her fiancé arrived and fought Frost; the villain was injected with his own
serum, he killed the interloper, and he was left with unusual powers including
the ability to create doppelgangers. Frost then catches Blade and King and sic
his cadre of King and Blade doppelgangers on them. The heroes defeat their
doubles in a frantic melee and they pursue the fleeing Frost to his mad lab.
There, Frost prepares to hurl a vial of deadly fungus at them; Blade and King
respond by throwing wooden knives which impale the villain, sending him
crashing into a machine which explodes, setting the whole place on fire and the
heroes barely make it out alive….
Epilogue: Blade and
King report to Rachel van Helsing, Frank Drake, and Harold H. Harold what
they’ve done and Hannibal King, his mission completed, thanks them and takes
his leave, intending to return to Minneapolis….