Nov 1973
Dracula Is Dead!
by Marv Wolfman, Gene Colan, Tom Palmer, John Costanza, Roy Thomas
The local villagers, who were summoned by Dracula before he was killed by Blade, break into the house. They take Dracula’s body by force, before Quincy Harker and the other vampire hunters can burn it. The body winds up with Josiah Dawn, a preacher of the Church of the Forever Resurrected, after the villagers finally wake up and abandon the body.
Doctor Sun’s followers take the body from the morgue to Professor Morgo. He examines it carefully and confirms that it was indeed a vampire, just as Doctor Sun requested.
Dracula comes back to life after Josiah Dawn removes Blade’s knife from his chest, while delivering a fiery sermon. Blade and Frank Drake are present for the sermon. They attempt to interfere with Josiah Dawn’s plan but the crowd holds them back.
Dawn is able to hold Dracula at bay for a moment but it isn’t long before Dracula overwhelms and kills the preacher.
Thoughts
Doctor Sun has yet to make his first appearance but his presence is felt here. He appeared in several issues of Fantastic Four that I read in recent years, starting with Fantastic Four 206 and ending with Fantastic Four 217. He also appeared in five issues of Nova but I have not read those books. All of the stories in which he appeared were written by Marv Wolfman.
I don’t understand why Josiah Dawn wanted the body. What did he really hope to achieve by using it in the ceremony? Did he understand whose body it was? There is some backstory provided for Josiah Dawn but it feels as though there is something missing from this tale.
This isn’t a bad issue but it sent a great one either. I’m curious to see where the Doctor Sun part of the story is going.
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