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Batman & Dracula: Red Rain                       Trade Paperback
Writer: Doug Moench
Artist: Kelley Jones
Inker: Malcolm Jones III
Colorist: Les Dorscheid
Letterer: Todd Klein
Editors: Denny O’Neil & Kelley Puckett
Cover by: Kelley Jones & Malcolm Jones III

In Elseworlds, super-heroes are taken from their usual settings and put into strange times and places – some that have existed, and others that can’t, couldn’t or shouldn’t exist. The result is stories that make characters who are as familiar as yesterday seem as fresh as tomorrow…

A plague of the undead is sweeping across the city. The police are powerless to stop it. The mayor wants it dealt with quietly. Batman may have finally met the one opponent he can’t defeat. Dracula has come to Gotham, and the streets will run red with the blood of its citizens unless Batman can find a way to defeat this legendary foe.

Story/Spoilers
Investigating a series of murders of Gotham’s homeless, the victims’ throats having been slashed, Batman discovers that the murders are being committed by a family of vampires led by Dracula himself, still “alive” and well. With the aid of a rogue vampire called Tanya – who was once a member of Dracula’s brood until the sight of an innocent child drove her to flee from him, creating a “blood substitute” to spare her from the cycle of death and murder – Batman, himself bitten by a vampire – Tanya herself, who seeks his aid in defeating Dracula as all Vampires created by Dracula are powerless against his abilities and mental powers, is able to acquire the strength necessary to stand against Dracula’s minions while still retaining his humanity. Determined to destroy Dracula’s minions, Batman lured them into the Batcave, where Tanya and her followers kept them occupied until Batman detonates multiple explosive charges, destroying Wayne Manor and exposing the cave to sunlight, destroying all the vampires within it. Using his new bat-like wings, Batman flies to confront Dracula, eventually impaling the vampire lord on a tree that has been destroyed by lightning, but at the cost of the last of his humanity as Dracula drains the last of his blood. However, after his “will” has been read by Alfred, Batman assures his old friend that he has nothing to fear; Bruce Wayne may be gone, but the Batman, thanks to his vampiric powers, will now go on forever.

Trade Paperback is bagged & double boarded and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

First Printing
Publisher: DC Comics
Publication Date: 1992
Format: FC, 96 pages, TPB, 10.5″ x 7″ 
ISBN-10: 1563890364
ISBN-13: 9781563890369

Collectible Entertainment note: Trade Paperback is in Very Fine + condition.  Beautiful!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Batman and/or Dracula collector / enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining read.  Highly Recommended.

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