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Dracula Lives (UK) Vol 1 35

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Quote1 But this I vow, all gods that hear me this night -- be you Satan or some heavenly force -- though I walk in the shadows of Hell itself -- Though I may die again and again -- nothing shall keep me from rising from my tomb -- Nothing! Nothing! NOTHING! Quote2
—Dracula (Vlad Dracula)

Appearing in "Fear is the Name of the Game!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Tomb of Dracula #15

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

  • Kitty (First appearance) (Only in flashback)

Antagonists:

  • Richard (First appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
  • Orphelus (First appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
  • Scotsman (Ewan Duff) (First appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)

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  • Unnamed Magical Amulet (Only in flashback) (Destroyed)

Synopsis for "Fear is the Name of the Game!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Tomb of Dracula #15
Following his recent brush with death, Dracula hides out in London and thinks about his escape from the vampire hunters after he killed Reverend Josiah Dawn. Fleeing into the night in his bat form, Dracula gets shot out of the sky by a nearby hunter named Vinnie. Vinnie finds his find strange, but decides to take it as a trophy anyway. Reviving, Dracula is furious that he is been shot and attacks his foe. Vinnie escapes and flees into the woods, however Dracula sends an army of rats, wolves and bats to finish him off.

His reflections then take him back to his first victim as a vampire: Turac, the man who invaded his kingdom, left Dracula in the hands of a gypsy who turned him into the vampire he is today, and murdered his beloved Maria. Dracula reflects with satisfaction over turning Turac into a vampire himself.

His thoughts of his wife makes him reflect on his love of her and his opinions toward how man and woman treat themselves. He recalls how one night not too long ago, he happened upon young Richard and Kitty, a couple that have been fighting. Driving down the road after another argument, Kitty tells Richard that she is having her lawyer write up divorce papers. Not willing to accept divorce as an option, Richard pulls out a gun and shoots her in cold blood on the side of the road, revealing that he never loved her and was only interested in her money. Her dying body found by Dracula, and he asks her if she wishes to get revenge. The girl confirms this and Dracula then feeds on her turning her into a vampire. She returns to the home that she shared with Richard to find him there with another woman, and as expected feeds upon him.

While reflecting on deceptions, Dracula recalls a time when he was deceived by an old man named Orphelus. He recalls how not long ago Orphelus called for Dracula to his home and told the vampire lord about how centuries ago he had found an ancient pool of blood that would restore one to their youth. Orphelus, now a withered old man asks Dracula to take him back to that pool to restore his youth one more time, and in exchange for allowing him to feed out of the pool, making it so that Dracula would not have to feast upon humans again.

Finding the idea intriguing, Dracula takes Orphelus to the pool, however Orpheus reveals his deception: That he did not come to the pool to regain his youth, as the pool in reality only granted immortality, and after 17 centuries of life he wished to end it all. Using a medallion of mystical properties, Orphelus kills himself in destroying the pool, leaving Dracula with nothing for his troubles.

Finished writing down his reflections, Dracula leaves his hiding place to take in the night and reflects back on the events that led to his skeletal remains being found by Frank Drake and Clifton Graves.

It was during the evening in which the first man landed on the Moon, Dracula had prepared a number of coffins to be shipped from Transylvania to London, as he intended to move back there for some time. Returning to his castle for some last minute provisions however, Dracula came upon the Scotsman, the man who would succeed in impaling Dracula with the faithful stake that Clifton Graves would pull from his chest in modern times.

During their struggle, the Scotsman impaled Dracula through the heart, however before Dracula could crumble into mere bones, he succeeded in tossing the Scotsman down into a pit, the fall killing his attacker. Dracula then stumbles into his coffin where his flesh would dissolve off the bones.

With his evening reflections done for the night, Dracula muses that no matter who attempts to kill him he always returns, and that no force can stop him from ever rising from his tomb.

Appearing in "His Name is Taboo"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Werewolf by Night #13

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

  • Topaz (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)

Antagonists:

  • Taboo (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
  • Taboo's Employees (Only in flashback)
    • Jonathan (Helicopter Pilot) (Only in flashback)
    • Numerous unnamed employees (Only in flashback)
  • Algon (First appearance) (Corpse in flashback and possessed by Philip Russell's mind in main story)

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Synopsis for "His Name is Taboo"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Werewolf by Night #13
Jack transforms into the Werewolf one night only to be knocked out by a spell and abducted by followers of the sorcerer Taboo and his familiar, Topaz. Taboo claims his magic had manipulated the Committee and the Darkhold was stolen from him and wants it back to revive his son. When he learns that Russell's copy of the Darkhold was destroyed, Taboo gets angry and orders Topaz to kill the Werewolf, but she refuses. He instead has the Werewolf thrown into a holding cell along with Jack's also-kidnapped step-father. The Werewolf is expected to kill Philip, but deep down he remembers his mother's dying wish and instead focuses on escape. When Werewolf and Philip get free and find Taboo, Topaz's magic accidentally transfers Philip's mind into Algon's dormant body, causing the monstrous mummy to rise under Taboo's command.

Appearing in "Fury of the Night-Creature!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Frankenstein #14

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Vehicles:

  • Police cars

Synopsis for "Fury of the Night-Creature!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Frankenstein #14
The Jigsaw Creature kills Ralph's parents and fights Frankenstein's Monster before the latter chases it off. Afraid they'll be blamed for his parents' murder, Ralph flees with the Monster. They then encounter P.I. Eric Prawn, who's been tracking down the Monster for his client, the last descendant of Frankenstein.

Appearing in "Tactics of Death!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Frankenstein #15

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  • Gun

Synopsis for "Tactics of Death!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Frankenstein #15
Eric Prawn has taken the Monster and Ralph to his apartment to explain about his client, but they're ambushed there by Cardinal, agent of the International Crime Organizations Nexus, and his brutish enforcer, Zandor. I.C.O.N. wants the Monster to study so they can make their own army of monstrous reanimated corpses. A standoff at I.C.O.N.'s warehouse is broken when the Jigsaw Creature attacks to get revenge on the Monster. In the end, the Creature is killed, the warehouse burns down, and it's Prawn that gets to take the Monster and Ralph to his client at gunpoint.

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