In 1506, Dr. Manusala designed a batwing flying device designed to permit its wearer to fly.

Researching for a book on the history of flight, Bill flies his plane with Trudy as a passenger, travelling to the Doma Castle in Transylvania where Dr. Manusala lived.

The castle is filled with references to bats. Bill reads some of Dr. Manusala's books, and learns the bat-obsessed doctor attempted to become a vampire through alchemy. They find a pit in the middle of the castle, at the bottom of which rests a skeleton wearing the batwing device.

Surprised to see the skeleton, Judy drops her lantern in the pit. Bill throws an alchemical potion he finds to douse the fire. Instead, the formula revives the skeleton, and Dr. Manusala returns as a vampire. Bill fights Dr. Manusala off, eventually using a vial of silver chloride to vanquish the vampire.

Dr. Manusala possessed the power of flight by means of his batwing device. As a vampire, he is immortal as long as he can feed off his victims, and seems to have superhuman strength and durability, easily overpowering his human opponents; he claims to be vulnerable only to silver and magic.

*Adventures into the Unknown #10

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