Batman: Bloodstorm

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 * Heroes                 = Batman
 * Villains               = Dracula; Joker
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 * Titles                 = See below
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 * Creators               = Doug Moench; Kelley Jones; Malcolm Jones III
 * First                  = Batman & Dracula: Red Rain
 * Last                   = Countdown: Arena


 * HistoryText            = Batman: Bloodstorm is the sequal toBatman & Dracula: Red Rain, a 1991 graphic novel by Doug Moench and Kelley Jones, in DC Comics' Elseworlds line of alternate reality stories.

Plot
Sometime later, the remaining vampires of Dracula's horde are now led by the Joker, having convinced them to follow his orders after pointing out their current inability to think beyond their next victim with the death of Dracula. Although they manage to take control of most of Gotham's major crime families, the vampires are eventually destroyed by a team of Batman, Catwoman (as a real werecat, transformed by the bite of a vampire in the form of a wolf), Commissioner Gordon, Alfred Pennyworth, and their vampire hunters made up of many Gotham PD detectives; Gordon, Alfred and their team staked the former crime lords during the daylight, and Batman and Catwoman confront the last vampires in a warehouse. Catwoman is killed in the final battle after defeating the vampire that made her what she has become, taking a crossbow bolt for Batman, and Batman, enraged at the loss of the only person able to control his bloodlust, subsequently drains the Joker of his blood. Horrified by what he has done, after staking the Joker to ensure he cannot come back as a vampire, Batman has himself staked by Gordon and Alfred, determined to stop himself committing further murder.

Other appearances
The vampire Batman of this universe has made two cameo appearances in the DC Universe. The first was in Batman/Superman #25 along with a number of other alternate Batmen. The second was in Justice Society of America #5 as a personified nightmare of an inmate in Arkham Asylum.

Elements of the story were used in the animated movie The Batman vs. Dracula, such as Dracula and his minions' vampiric designs resembling Kelley Jones's comic book artworks. A vampiric Batman appears in a dream sequence, which was a product of Bruce Wayne's developing fear of his own persona and Dracula's evil.

In a DC Nation column released on May 30 2007, Dan Didio mentioned a 'Vampire Batman' as one of the alternate Earths within the new Multiverse, (a reference to the Batman and Dracula trilogy). In Absolute Crisis on Infinite Earths HC, this timeline was listed as Earth-1191 before the destruction of the Multiverse. In Countdown #40, one of the Monitors mentions that the Earth that he monitors is one home to vampires and the supernatural, and above shows a picture of a figure resembling Batman rising from the grave done in the same style as Batman & Dracula, although it hasn't been confirmed if this universe is exactly the same as the original story or if it is an entirely new version of it.

In the DC Infinite Halloween Special, the Mad Hatter tells a tale of the vampire Batman, called Red Rain: Blood Lust. In it, the vampire Batman kills Dick Grayson's family as they are leaving a play, just as Batman's parents were killed when he was a boy. The story was written by Peter Johnson and illustrated by Kelley Jones.

In Batman: Gotham Knight, a vampiric Batman appeared within one the the film's stories "Have I Got A Story For You."

Earth-43
In the Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer series of one-shots entitled Red Rain #1, written by Peter Johnson and illustrated by Kelley Jones, the Challengers of the Beyond venture into the new version of the Batman & Dracula universe, called Earth-43. This is a follow up to the aforementioned Red Rain: Blood Lust story. The Challengers of Beyond arrive at Earth-43, and Donna Troy finds a dead Barbara Gordon, marked by Ray Palmer and with a stake through her heart. This version of Barbara was turned into a vampire by Batman and was killed by a now adult Dick Grayson. Grayson has become obsessed with killing Batman ever since he murdered his parents, and after finally locating his crypt, he finds he can't bring himself to kill him, so Batman bites him and turns him into a vampire as well. The Challengers leave this Earth, with Dick now taking on a Robin-esque role as Batman's partner.

In Countdown: Arena, vampire Batman is one of three alternate versions of Batman (four counting Bruce Wayne as Green Lantern), that fight to be in Monarch's army against the Monitors. The vampire Batman wins his place in Monarch's army.

Publication
The Batman and Dracula trilogy (Red Rain, Bloodstorm and Crimson Mist) was re-released on December 19 2007 in a trade paperback collection titled Tales of the Multiverse: Batman - Vampire.


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