When Dracula resumes his pursuit, Batman incinerates him with his prototype solar energy storing machine by striking him with the sunlight that was stored within, reducing Dracula to a pile of ashes and bones with his remains secured by Alfred. In an attempt to aid his master, Alfred injects Dracula with the anti-vampirism vaccine, but it cannot cure a natural vampire. Dracula sends the Penguin to recapture Vicki while he fights Batman, who lures Dracula into the Batcave where Batman would have the advantages over the vampire. Batman then frees Vicki, disrupting the reanimation ritual. Upon learning Vicki has been kidnapped, Batman rushes to Dracula's lair with his anti-vampirism vaccine and arsenal of weapons, defeating and curing all the "Lost Ones" that attack him in the catacombs beneath Gotham Cemetery. He then proceeds to mass-produce the vaccine.ĭracula attempts to sacrifice Vicki's soul to reanimate Carmilla. Finally, the Batman is able to cure the Joker of his vampirism and ascertain the location of Dracula's lair in Gotham Cemetery before returning him to Arkham. During his research, however, Bruce stands up an understanding Vicki, who is soon kidnapped by Dracula. While Batman attempts to concoct an antidote from the Joker's infected cellular structure, Alfred discovers that Dracula once had a vampire bride, Carmilla Karnstein, who was killed by sunlight. Joker attacks a blood bank, leading to his capture by Batman. However, despite Penguin's warning to not open Dracula's coffin, Joker ends up "breakfast in bed, freshly-squeezed" for Dracula, much to Penguin's horror. He asks where the treasure is, thinking Penguin has already found it, chasing him into Dracula's tomb.
Just as Dracula has the Batman at his mercy, the sun rises and Dracula is forced to retreat, vowing to kill Batman for rejecting his offer.Īt the cemetery, Joker reappears alive and well and confronts Penguin. During a fight with Batman, Dracula offers to let him join his conquest of Gotham Batman refuses.
When Batman goes to Gotham Cemetery to look for Dracula, he is chased down by a SWAT unit, all of whose members are taken by Dracula as they chase him back into the city. Due to eyewitnesses claiming to see a bat-like figure during the attacks, it's mistakenly reported Batman is the culprit. Bruce immediately deduces " Alucard" is Dracula, and the disappearances of Gotham citizens, who have been dubbed "Lost Ones" by the media, is because they are being turned into vampires. After failing to bite Bruce to quench his thirst, Dracula bites a waiter instead the new vampire scares Bruce's butler Alfred. "Alucard", claiming to be visiting to study the Batman (believing his legacy had an influence on Batman's existence), and takes an interest in Vicki Vale, a reporter who is interviewing and dating Bruce. Dracula arrives, disguised as cultural anthropologist Dr. One night, Batman witnesses a vampire attack, but decides to put the incident at the back of his mind and, as Bruce Wayne, proceeds to host a corporate party at his manor. Penguin is spared from being bitten thanks to a watchman, whom Dracula bites instead once the watchman revives as a vampire, Dracula hypnotizes Penguin into serving him as his daytime sentinel. Blood from his hand drips on the corpse's heart, which brings it to life it is none other than the vampire king Dracula, his body having been moved from Transylvania to Gotham City after his "death". While searching through a crypt, Penguin accidentally cuts his hand while using his umbrella-sword to open a coffin he hopes contains the money, finding a body instead. Joker is quickly intercepted by Batman and is electrocuted when he falls into a river by his super-charged joy buzzers.
The Joker and the Penguin break out of Arkham, racing to find a stash of stolen money hidden in a crypt at Gotham Cemetery. 4 The Batman Strikes #15: "The Lost Ones".
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