A rookie Blade who, until today, had thought Dracula was just a figure of legend, and a Spider-Woman who'd only been passing through in a hurry and hadn't even brought her web-shooters. There was no way a team like that could beat a vampire boss like Dracula. It'd be a miracle if they won.
Actually, Dracula was a formidable fighter even in the original Marvel comics. He had incredible strength and speed, could turn his body into mist, transform into a werewolf or a bat, and heal at an astonishing rate. He was a master swordsman, and could even summon wind and rain.
In the early comics, Earl Dracula had crossed paths with plenty of prominent Marvel characters and fought a good number of powerful opponents. The main reason was that the guy was obsessed with kidnapping female superheroes, or the wives and girlfriends of superheroes, so there were plenty of opportunities for conflict. For example, he once abducted the Asgardian warrior Sif, leading to a fight with Thor, who came to rescue her. They even summoned lightning against each other in a contest of magic. On another occasion, he kidnapped the X-Men's Storm, only to be met by the entire X-Men team giving him a "justified group beating"...
And then there was that one time when Dracula apparently picked a fight with the legendary Silver Surfer...
Richard had never understood that. There were countless beautiful women in the world; there was no need to fixate on these superheroes. Why not pick an easier target? Was it really worth getting into a death match with Thor or the X-Men just to suck a little blood?
If he'd just picked some woman without powerful connections, who wasn't a superhero or related to one, he could've taken her back and sucked as