Dracula Lives #3

In "Lord of Death... Lord of Hell!", newly resurrected Dracula is summoned before Nimrod, the vampire king, who demands his loyalty. Refusing to submit, Dracula faces a brutal duel with wooden stakes, while Nimrod’s mistress Lala attempts to sway him with seduction—only to meet a fatal end when she tries to betray him. As the battle unfolds, Dracula proves himself the true master of the night.

In "The Vampire-Man," a tormented hunchback driven by a twisted desire to become a vampire is haunted by his own inability to embrace the dark ritual required of him—his revulsion at the sight of blood. As the new year approaches, his obsession leads him down a path of violence, but the very creatures he seeks to join may have the final, chilling word.

In "Castle of the Undead," Solomon Kane ventures into Transylvania seeking the lost Rosella Carson, only to be rescued from wolves by Count Dracula himself. After recuperating in the vampire’s castle, Kane faces a terrifying night when a mysterious girl—Rosella, now a vampire—attacks him. Though he defeats her, the encounter sets him on a collision course with Dracula, leading to a deadly duel where honor and vengeance clash.

In "Shadow in the City of Light!" from *Dracula Lives* #3 (1973), Dracula’s arrival in Paris ignites a centuries-old vendetta when he’s confronted by Helene Dubois, seeking retribution for her ancestor Jacques Dubois—a sculptor once bound to the magician Cagliostro and condemned by Dracula to eternal stoniness. Now awakened and driven by vengeance, Jacques confronts his ancient enemy in a deadly clash that echoes through time, but the outcome remains shrouded in the shadows of the city’s grandeur.