This change-of-pace crime drama is another one of the best stories of the comic-book series. Erik Mica, New York's underworld kingpin, hides out at Collinwood and (as realtor "Erik Michaels") courts Elizabeth Collins Stoddard. He realizes Barnabas's secret when he does not see Barnabas's reflection in his cigarette case. Mica threatens to expose Barnabas as a vampire unless Barnabas joins forces with him in crime