X-Men: Apocalypse vs. Dracula was a four-issue comic book

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 limited series

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 published in 2006 by Marvel Comics

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. The series was written by Frank Tieri

Frank Tieri (comics)

Frank Tieri is an American comic book writer.-Career:At Marvel Tieri has written New Excalibur, Iron Man, Wolverine , Underworld, a post Avengers Disassembled Hercules mini-series, Wolverine/Darkness, X-Men: Dracula vs...

 and drawn by Clayton Henry

Clayton Henry

Clayton Henry is a comic book artist, known mostly for his work for Marvel Comics. His first known works were providing the art on Nine Rings Of Wu-Tang and Area 52, and has since worked on such series as Exiles, Alpha Flight, New X-Men: Hellions, X-Men: Apocalypse vs...

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Plot summary

One is a villain that has been plaguing civilization since the time of the Pharaohs. The other is the deadliest vampire to ever walk the earth. The story tells how centuries ago, before his vampire days, Vlad Tepes

Dracula (Marvel Comics)

Dracula is a fictional character, a comic book supervillain appearing in books published by Marvel Comics. He is based on the vampire Count Dracula from the novel of the same name by author Bram Stoker, and is also influenced by Universal Studios' version of the character.-Publication history:A...

 lost in battle against the ageless mutant, Apocalypse

Apocalypse (comics)

Apocalypse is a fictional character who is an ancient mutant that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in X-Factor #5 , created by writer Louise Simonson and designed by artist Walter Simonson...

. Now in the days of 19th century London

London

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, Dracula is seeking revenge to his past defeat and is turning members of Apocalypse's clan

Clan Akkaba

Clan Akkaba is a fictional cult in the Marvel Universe. Created by Frank Tieri and Clayton Henry. The Clan is composed of the descendants of the mutant supervillain Apocalypse and first appeared in X-Men: Apocalypse vs...

 into vampires. Apocalypse himself is awoken from his slumber to take battle against the Lord of Vampires, and with Abraham Van Helsing

Abraham Van Helsing

Professor Abraham van Helsing is a protagonist from Bram Stoker's 1897 novel, Dracula.Van Helsing is a Dutch doctor with a wide range of interests and accomplishments, partly attested by the string of letters that follows his name: "M.D., D.Ph., D.Litt., etc." The character is best known as a...

at his side.

Collected editions

The series has been collected into a trade paperback:

X-Men: Apocalypse / Dracula (96 pages, October 2006 ISBN 0-7851-1948-5