Cover by Mike Mignola. Part 1: The Gathering Storm, script by Roy Thomas and Jean-Marc Lofficier, pencils by Claude St. Aubin, inks by Allen Nunis; In 1796, while Napoleon Bonaparte's troops ride roughshod over France's foes, Dracula gains vampiric sway over a selfish young woman named Mirka, the daughter of Count Bogdan, in order to increase his earthly power by marriage; Realizing belatedly that Dracula is one of the undead, Bogdan leads a handful of soldiers into his castle, intending to slay the vampire; But Bogdan's men are instead slain by Dracula and Dracula has Bogdan's newly-undead daughter slay her father. 36 pgs., full color. $2.50.
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