Dracula Lives (UK) Vol 1 30

Earthspace (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
  - England
    - London
      - Whispering Hell
      - Hyde Street (First appearance)
      - Big Ben (Cameo)
Hell (Mentioned)
Heaven (Referenced)

Synopsis for "To Kill a Vampire!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Tomb of Dracula #13

Story continued from last issue...

Quincy Harker has just been forced to kill his own daughter after Dracula has turned her into a vampire. While Harker mourns the loss of his daughter, Frank Drake is furious and wants to go after Dracula right away. Frank takes out his anger on Blade, who shrugs it off and suggests that they dispose of Edith's body before resuming their hunt for Dracula, an idea that Quincy agrees with.

Meanwhile, Dracula has fled to another part of London where he comes across a man named Skinnee who is advancing on a woman named Cecile who is not interested in him. Dracula interrupts the attempted rape and kills Skinnee, and then uses his hypnotic powers of Cecile. He feeds on her, but doesn't killing her, satisfied with the fact that he can summon her as his slave whenever he chooses. Dracula flies off and decides to learn more about 20th century humanity so he can better understand it for the purposes of conquering it. Dracula decides to make his first visit a nearby sports arena.

While at the Scotland Yard morgue in London, a man named Mr. Lo has come on the behalf of his master Dr. Sun. He bribes the man running the front desk to allow him to see the body of Lucas Brand. Taking the body, Mr. Lo kills the morgue staffer so that no trace of his involvement can be learned.

Back at the sports arena, Dracula enters to find a boxing match going in full swing. Dracula finds this mock battle a pathetic and revolting at the same time, before leaving to return to the night skies.

Later at the home of Quincy Harker just after the cremation of Edith, Blade confides in the other vampire hunters. He explains that he began hunting vampires so that he can track down and kill the one that murdered his mother. He explains that while his mother was pregnant with him, there were complications which necessitated a doctor being called in. Unknown to all until it was too late was that the doctor that came was really a vampire. As Blade's mother was giving birth to him, the vampire fed upon her, killing her in the process. When his mothers friends burst into the room, the vampire fled out the window leaving them to complete the child birth, even though Blade's mother was now dead. When they told him the tale when he was older, they remarked how he never cried after being born, nor has he ever cried once since. With his story finish, Blade tells off the other vampire hunters that they are not in a moral high ground to preach to him about mourning those who died at the hands of vampires.

As Dracula returns to his hide out in his mortuary, he is unaware that Scotland Yard has been tracking his movements as he flies home in his bat form. The Yard then contacts Quincy Harker who travels to the location near where the bat was last sited. They ask the post master if he has seen someone matching Dracula's description, and the man goes into a hypnotic gaze when he is shown a composite drawing.

Realizing that Dracula is near, they track him to the nearby mortuary just as night is falling again. When Dracula rises, his telepathic link with the townspeople warns him that Harker and his friends are coming and prepares for their arrival. As the vampire hunters break into Dracula's hideout, the vampire lord summons all those in his thrall to come to his aid.

However, before these mindless slaves can reach the mortuary, Dracula's foes manage to outnumber him, and eventually Blade gets close enough to the vampire lord to steak him through the heart, effectively killing Dracula.

This story is continued next issue...

Appearing in "Comes the Hangman"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Werewolf by Night #11

Featured Characters:

Werewolf (Jack Russell)

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

Committee
- Professor Makko (First appearance)
- "Shaved Head" (Unnamed) (First appearance)
Hangman (Main story and origin revealed in flashback) (First appearance)

Other Characters:

Laura Russell (Mentioned)
Gregory Russoff (Referenced)
Tina "Sandy" Sands (First appearance)
Raymond Coker (First appearance)
Unnamed Junkie Mugger (First appearance; dies)
Unnamed Mugging Victim
Lord (Invoked)
Clary Winter (First appearance)
Sam (First appearance)
Beach Go-ers
- Pete (First appearance)
- Numerous unnamed others
Numerous unnamed prisoners of Hangman
Duke (Only in flashback) (Vision or hallucination)
Hoppy (Only in flashback) (Vision or hallucination)
Bogie (Only in flashback) (Vision or hallucination)
Tom Mix (Only in flashback) (Vision or hallucination)
United States Army (Only in flashback)
- Numerous unnamed generals (Only in flashback)
Nazis (Only in flashback)
Mary (Invoked)
LAPD

Races and Species:

Humans (Main story and flashback)
Werewolves
Wolves (Referenced)

Locations:

Earthspace (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
  - North America (Main story and flashback)
    - United States of America (Main story and flashback)
      - California
        Los Angeles
        Venice
        Venice Beach
        Colden House
  - Moon
  - Europe (Only in flashback)
    - Germany (Only in flashback)
Heaven (Invoked)

Items:

Nerve Impulse Charger (First appearance)
Hangman's Scythe (First appearance)
Hangman's Noose (First appearance)

Synopsis for "Comes the Hangman"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Werewolf by Night #11

Members of the Committee hook Phillip Russell up to a machine known as a Negative Impulse Charger. Under the supervision of Professor Makko, they demand that Phillip gives up his son, Jack.

In Venice Beach, Jack decides that it is time to move out of Buck Cowan's bungalow. He moves into an alleged "singles" apartment complex known as Colden House. There he meets several of his fellow tenants including Sam, Tina Sands and Clary Winter.

Elsewhere, a masked vigilante calling himself the Hangman saves the life of a young woman from the aggressive behavior of a strung-out junkie. After driving the blade of his scythe into the man’s back, he brings the woman back to his secret lair. Although he claims that he is protecting her, in truth, he is actually keeping her in a dungeon.

That evening, Jack transforms into the Werewolf and gets into a scuffle with some beach partiers. Although they outnumber him five-to-one, the Werewolf easily disables them. Miraculously, none of the angry teens are killed.

Fleeing the scene, the Werewolf lumbers back towards the city. There, he comes upon Lissa and Buck Cowan. Despite his condition, the Werewolf recognizes Lissa as someone important and makes no sudden moves against her. Unfortunately, the Hangman is watching the spectacle from high above. Leaping down to the street below, he dives between Lissa and the Werewolf with the intent of saving her from the beast. The Werewolf and the Hangman exchange blows with one another, but ultimately, the villain manages to ensnare Jack with his noose.

Appearing in "Baptism of Fire"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Strange Tales #170

Featured Characters:

Brother Voodoo (Jericho Drumm) (Main story and recap)

Supporting Characters:

Papa Jambo (Death)
Brother Voodoo (Daniel Drumm) (Main story and as }} {{Death in recap)
Bambu (First appearance chronologically)

Antagonists:

Council of Vaudou
- Damballah (Main story and recap)
- Fong Lee (First appearance; dies)
- Mama Legba (First appearance)
- Numerous unnamed others

Other Characters:

Ghede (Mentioned)
Damballah (Mentioned)
Fong Lee's Father (Invoked)

Races and Species:

Humans
Loa (Mentioned)
Snakes
Ghosts

Locations:

Earthspace (Main story and recap)
- Earth (Main story and recap)
  - Haiti (Main story and recap)
    - Port-au-Prince (Main story and recap)
  - Russia (Referenced)
  - New Orleans (Referenced)
  - Middle East (Referenced)
Hell (Mentioned)

Items:

Loa Medallion
Voodoo Doll of Daniel Drumm (Only in recap)
Wangal Amulet

Synopsis for "Baptism of Fire"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Strange Tales #170

Continued from last issue... Finished his training, Jericho Drumm needs to pass one final test in order to take over the role of Brother Voodoo, a title held until then by his murdered brother Daniel. The final cerimony ends with Daniel's soul merged with Jericho's, as well as the mark of voodoo appearing on Jericho's forehead and a white streak appearing in his hair. With his purpose in life over, Papa Jambo passes away telling Jericho that he is now worthy of the title Brother Voodoo.

Jericho then goes after Damballah, who was responsible for murdering his brother. Damballah meanwhile has gathered the Council of the Vadaou, a group of international Voodoo practitioners to take control of the organization. However, Brother Voodoo arrives and challenges Damballah to a rematch.

During their fight, Brother Voodoo realizes that Damballah has control over snakes due to a mystical amulet that he has in his possession. Sending the soul of his brother Daniel into one of the Council members, he manages to remove the amulet from Damballah's grasp. With his control over the snakes gone, they turn on him, and he is killed. With the amulet in his possession, he's confronted by a man named Bambu who tells him that he is the faithful servant of whoever owns the amulet. Accepting the man as an aid, Brother Voodoo departs, telling his new servant that they have much work to do.

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