JSA Classified Vol 1 23



 Nightfall (Part I of II) 


 * "You really should consider limiting your blood intake. You could suffer an iron overdose or even develop toxic porphyria. "
 * --Doctor Mid-Nite

Summary
Volume: 1 Issue: 23 Month: April Year: 2007

Credits
Editor in Chief: Dan DiDio Head Writer: J.T. Krul Cover Artists: Steve Uy Pencilers: Alex Sanchez Inkers: Jack Purcell Colourists: Pete Pantazis Letterers: Ken Lopez Editors: Jeanine Schaefer and Mike Marts

Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
 * Doctor Mid-Nite (Pieter Cross)
 * Charlie the Owl
 * Mircea
 * Alice
 * Daniels
 * Lemon Hastings
 * Mills
 * Parker
 * Rebecca
 * Tony

Locations:
 * Portsmouth City

Items:
 * Blackout Bombs

First Appearances: Alice (Tony's wife; a hostage); Daniels (a police officer); Lemon Hastings (an informant); Mills (a detective); Parker (a detective); Rebecca (Tony and Alice's daughter); Tony (an abusive husband) Final Appearances: Alice; Daniels; Rebecca; Tony

Synopsis: In Portsmouth City, a man named Tony holds his wife and daughter hostage inside his house. Police surround the building, but are unwilling to risk entering less Tony harms his family. Doctor Mid-Nite enters the house and distracts Tony with a Blackout Bomb. He knocks him out with a nerve pinch and brings the family outside.

Once the scene is secure, Mid-Nite consults with two detectives named Mills and Parker. Both men thought that the resident Justice Society member returned to Portsmouth to investigate the recent rash of vampire slayings. This piques Mid-Nite's curiosity, and he begins looking into it. He meets with one of his street contacts, Lemon Hastings, who tells him of a trendy "clubhouse" where vampires are known to congregate. Mid-Nite does not believe that a true vampire is responsible for the murders, and suspects that the perpetrator may in fact be a serial killer whom believes himself a vampire.

Late into the evening, Doctor Mid-Nite finds a nightclub that caters to vampire enthusiasts. Scanning the crowd, he picks up something with his infrared goggles. Seeing a mysterious figure abducing a woman, Mid-Nite swings overtop the throng of people and exits the back of the building. Standing in the alleyway is a vampire named Mircea – the blood of his most recent victim still dripping from his fangs. Mircea leaps at Doctor Mid-Nite and sinks his fangs deep into his neck.

Trivia

 * Oddly, Doctor Mid-Nite shows difficulty believing in the existence of vampires. Considering the company that he keeps, it seems highly improbable that even someone as logic-driven as Doctor Mid-Nite would dismiss the existence of supernatural entities.


 * Mircea is named for Mircea cel Bătrân, a 15th century voivode of Wallachia and father to Vlad Ţepeş Drăculea, the historical Count Dracula.

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 * JSA
 * JSA Classified
 * Justice Society of America (Volume 3)

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