Issue Description

In this Elseworlds tale the Dark Knight Detective matches wits and brawn against one of the most dangerous adversaries in literature. A plague of the undead is sweeping across the city and the police are powerless to stop it. 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.

In Gotham City, there have been many killings. The Batman goes out to investigate, but only finds a corpse with its thoat cut open. But one night, he is successful, and finds a vampire sucking the blood out of the corpse. He attacks, but is beaten. At home, Bruce each night is visited by a woman with her mouth covered in blood and he soon discovers that he is much faster and stronger before. He goes again and follows a vampire into its nest, where he finds literally millions. He beats as many as he can until he sees a giant bat- Dracula! He beats Dracula, but did not kill him and is taken in by a woman, Tanya. This is the woman that visited him in his dreams and she is a vampire. They set up a trap in the Manor and kill nearly all the vampires, including Tanya. Dracula kidnaps Gordon and the Batman finds him. Batman turns into a vampire and a huge arial battle takes place, ending with Dracula landing on a spike. It ends with the Batman declaring that Bruce Wayne is dead, but the Batman shall live forever

Batman & Dracula: Red Rain (1991)

Publisher

DC Comics

Volume Description

Elseworlds

"In else worlds, 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." With that mantra, the Else worlds imprint was born. A series of specials and one - shots, Elseworlds offered a glimpse into fantastic new worlds, and provided readers with a diversion from the continuity of their favourite heroes. Although Red Rain wasn't the first title to bear the Elseworlds logo (that was Batman: Holy Terror in October 1991), it was certainly one of the most popular.

Written by Batman alumnus Doug Moench, and illustrated by the shadowy pencils of Kelley Jones, Red Rain chronicled the clash between Batman and the legendary Dracula. The meeting of these two creatures of the night proved so popular as to inspire two sequel specials, Batman: Bloodstorm and Batman: Crimson Mist.

Collected in Tales of the Multiverse: Batman-Vampire.

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