X-Men Annual #6 (1982): Blood Feud!Creative Team: Chris Claremont, writer; Bill Sienkiewicz, penciller; Bob Wiacek, inker; Tom Orzechowski, letterer; Glynis Wein, colorist; Louise Jones, editor; Jim Shootr, ed.-in-chief
Starting Line Up: Storm, Cyclops, Nightcrawler, Wolverine, Colossus, Sprite
Guest Star: Dracula, Lilith, Rachel Van Helsing
Synopsis: At Bard College, Rachel Van Helsing finishes teaching her class to return home to find Dracula waiting for her. Back at the X-Men mansion, Kitty is throwing a tantrum. She recieved a letter from her parents saying they're getting divorced. The rest of the team try to console her, but she won't listen. She storms off to her room and cries herself to sleep. In the middle of the night, Kitty wakes up to find Storm in her room. Kitty tries to appologize for earlier, but Storm bites her neck and drains her blood. Storm then drains the blood of all the X-Men one by one. She then turns into a bat creature and flies off to find Dracula and embraces him. It was all a nightmare. Storm wakes up and checks on the team. They're all fine. But she knows Dracula is summoning her, so she takes off to find him. Kitty sees her go and is strangely aware of what is happening. She find Colossus writting a paper and tries to seduce him. Behind a closed door, he screams.
Storm arrives at Dracula's castle in England. She's greeted by Rachel Van Helsing. Storm is upset Dracula did not release his hold on her last time like he promised. He says he needs her. She finds out Rachel Van Helsing is also a vampire now too, thanks to Dracula. Dracula says after Storm helps him, he will free her until her natural death when she will become a vampire anyway. Storm agrees to help as long as no one is harmed and the X-Men arn't involved. He wants Storm to steal a book which contains a spell that can obliterate vampires. The book is held in a fortress in Pendarrow, England. The fortress is built on a site so holy Dracula cannot go near it. Storm enters the castle, but is shot in the shoulder from a crossbow by Kitty. Kitty won't let Storm serve Dracula and is trying to kill her. Storm tries to fight back, but Colossus comes to Kitty's aid. Kitty gets the book and vows to destroy Dracula. She and Colossus flee. The cops arrive, so Storm escapes with Dracula and Rachel Van Helsing.
Storm relives the bombing of Cairo and the death or her parents as well as being buried alive. She waked up to find herself in a coffin. Dracula appologizes for forgetting her claustrophobia. She is so made she attacks him. He vows to make her a vampire forever, but Cyclops, Wolverine, and Nightcrawler show up to help. They followed Kitty and Colossus. The X-Men battle Dracula and Rachel Van Helsing. Kitty and Colossus arrive and attack Dracula. He flees and Kitty follows. Colossus attacks his own teammates when they try to get in his way of following Kitty. The rest of the X-Men enter the catacombs to follow. They find Colossus battling Dracula and help him out. Rachel tries to attack Storm, but Storm forces her realise she has become the slave on the creature she vowed to destroy. Kitty arrives and starts to cast the spell to destroy Dracula until Nightcrawler stops her. Everyone suddenly realises Kitty is posessed. She turns out to be Lilith, Dracula's daughter. Rachel rushes in and impales Dracula through the heart, melts him with a cross, and Wolverine cuts off his head to fully destroy him. Then the castle starts to collapse. Everyone escapes. Being almost dawn, Rachel asks that Wolverine give her a quick death, which he does. Lilith then leaves Kitty's body and returns Colossus' free will back to him. The X-Men go home.
Yeah, but is it good? Remember when I said these un-X-Men like stories belong in annuals instead of the regular series? Well I was wrong. They don't belong anywhere. I really don't care if Claremont likes these macabre tales or not. They don't belong in X-Men stories! Go write another series in that genre if you want to do them. This wasn't even as fun as the first X-Men vs Dracula story as the plot in this one is just a dream. Between people being posessed and and the nightmares, it's hard to figure out what's happening. And if you're wondering why Dracula and Rachel Van Helsing got to be killed in an X-Men book, it's because Dracula's own title, Tomb Of Dracula, was cancelled long before this. Yeah. What a great idea for a guest star. Of course he would come back some time later. Hey, it's comic books. Oh, and if you want to know why Rachel Van Helsing becoming a vampire is a big deal or why Dracula's daughter, Lillith, wants to kill him, don't ask me. It's not an X-Men story.
Significata: Dracula and Rachel Van Helsing die (Dracula comes back later, but thankfully not in X-Men). Storm is free of ever becoming a vampire. Kitty's parents get divorced.
