Andrew Bennett vs Dracula

1 00:00:00,930 --> 00:00:02,972 This is a Dynamike Network podcast. 2 00:00:24,846 --> 00:00:29,249 And welcome to the Dynamic Duel Podcast, a weekly show where we review superhero films and debate 3 00:00:29,289 --> 00:00:35,073 the superiority between Marvel and DC by comparing their characters in stat-based battle simulations. 4 00:00:35,653 --> 00:00:41,898 I'm Marvelous Joe. And I'm his twin brother, Johnny DC. And we are kicking off Spooky October. 5 00:00:41,958 --> 00:00:45,400 We've never called it Spooky October before now, but I'm just going to call it Spooky October 6 00:00:45,721 --> 00:00:52,125 because we're coming at you guys with non-stop Halloween-related duels and reviews all October 7 00:00:52,165 --> 00:00:59,126 long. culminating in what is sure to be a much anticipated episode for our fans on Halloween 8 00:00:59,146 --> 00:01:04,571 day, October 31st. I don't wanna give away the surprise just yet, but it's gonna be awesome. 9 00:01:05,051 --> 00:01:08,454 This episode is also gonna be awesome. We're gonna find out who'd win in a fight between 10 00:01:08,674 --> 00:01:14,559 Andrew Bennett from the comic book, I, Vampire, which I think is like the Apple version of 11 00:01:14,619 --> 00:01:21,685 a regular vampire against fucking Dracula. Like who's this Andrew Bennett guy compared to Dracula? 12 00:01:21,865 --> 00:01:27,241 He's nobody, that's who. You're gonna learn today. All right. I honestly can't wait for 13 00:01:27,281 --> 00:01:31,065 this matchup. I think it's gonna be pretty cool. No, no, no. Okay, every time you wanna use 14 00:01:31,085 --> 00:01:35,168 the word cool for the month of October, just replace it with spooky. So say that again. 15 00:01:35,669 --> 00:01:42,235 I'm looking forward to it. It's gonna be spooky. 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Yeah, I'm not 43 00:04:05,318 --> 00:04:11,847 happy about it. We're taking over. We're taking over but thanks to all of our patrons and Guys, 44 00:04:11,867 --> 00:04:16,793 be sure to tune into the max destruction podcast, which is part of the dynamike podcast network 45 00:04:17,110 --> 00:04:21,854 where Dustin and Ken are dropping bonus episodes these couple of weeks where they rant about 46 00:04:21,894 --> 00:04:26,217 things that grind their gears. It should be funny, they're both hilarious dudes. Also tune 47 00:04:26,297 --> 00:04:31,862 into Senjou World this Thursday to find out who would win between Yoko Karama from Yu Haka 48 00:04:31,882 --> 00:04:39,308 Show and Sesshu Maru from Inuyasha. Visit dynamicpodcasts.com or click the link in our show notes to listen 49 00:04:39,348 --> 00:04:44,633 to all the shows in the Dynamite Podcast Network. But with that out of the way, quick to the 50 00:04:44,673 --> 00:04:51,408 no prize. A no prize is an award Marvel used to give out to fans. Our version, the Dynamic 51 00:04:51,448 --> 00:04:56,791 Dual No Prize, is a digital award we post on Instagram and in our email newsletter for the 52 00:04:56,831 --> 00:05:01,513 person that we feel gave the best answer to our question of the week. Last week's question 53 00:05:01,553 --> 00:05:07,997 was, what has been the most underrated Marvel or DC TV show in your opinion and why? And 54 00:05:08,017 --> 00:05:13,780 that was coming off of the final trailer for the last half of Doom Patrol Season 4, which 55 00:05:13,840 --> 00:05:18,802 Jonathan and I view as a highly underrated show. You guys reached out with your opinions, let's 56 00:05:18,842 --> 00:05:23,763 go ahead and run down our honorable mentions as well as the no prize winner. Our first honorable 57 00:05:23,803 --> 00:05:30,105 mention goes to Travis Bailey who said, Travis Bailey, I love the Travis Bailey, shout out 58 00:05:30,125 --> 00:05:36,007 to my good twin. Marvel all day, could have won with MoDoc, could have won with Lucky Man 59 00:05:36,207 --> 00:05:40,868 on Shutter, check it out. But I'm going with Black Panther, the animated series, limited 60 00:05:40,928 --> 00:05:48,347 run, like six episodes on BET, had everything. You had X-Men. Young T'Challa meeting Storm, 61 00:05:48,767 --> 00:05:54,889 The Fall of Wakanda. It's a beautiful show. Yeah, y'all should check it out. Yeah, Travis 62 00:05:54,929 --> 00:06:00,512 Bailey was kind enough to let us know that we miscited one of the answers from last week 63 00:06:00,532 --> 00:06:06,214 that was actually given by Travis Herndon. And we said Travis Bailey. Sorry to Travis Herndon 64 00:06:06,414 --> 00:06:11,016 for that. But apparently you and Travis Bailey are now twins. And we will address you as such. 65 00:06:12,337 --> 00:06:19,073 But no, the Black Panther. Animated show that came out on BET was an adaptation of the first 66 00:06:19,233 --> 00:06:24,457 arc of the Black Panther series that was written by Famous Hollywood writer and director Reginald 67 00:06:24,497 --> 00:06:30,721 Hudlin. It was essentially a motion comic The animation wasn't quite that robust, but it 68 00:06:30,741 --> 00:06:36,145 was a fantastic story You know Reginald did so much for the lore of Wakanda and the character 69 00:06:36,185 --> 00:06:40,087 of Black Panther a lot of which was actually used in the Black Panther movie such as the 70 00:06:40,147 --> 00:06:45,683 contest between Wakandans over who gets to be the Black Panther. A lot of great stuff there. 71 00:06:46,143 --> 00:06:50,066 Yeah, I'd never heard of this series before. I didn't know this existed, but it's really 72 00:06:50,086 --> 00:06:55,230 cool to hear how influential it was on the character. Yeah, yeah, it's definitely a quintessential 73 00:06:55,290 --> 00:07:00,794 classic Black Panther arc. Great answer, Travis. Our next honorable mention goes to Jacob Bell, 74 00:07:01,094 --> 00:07:06,838 who said, Hey, what's up, guys? This is Jacob. Um, I think the most underrated show that I 75 00:07:06,858 --> 00:07:12,822 have seen is probably Gotham. I think Gotham's a really good show. I don't know why. It got 76 00:07:12,842 --> 00:07:19,623 all the hate. I think it's a fun idea, fun concept, and the lead, the guy who plays Jim Gordon 77 00:07:19,804 --> 00:07:23,705 is really good, and the kid who played Bruce Wayne is also really good. So yeah, Gotham. 78 00:07:23,805 --> 00:07:27,286 I think it's great. I think it's a really good show. Yeah, I guess you could consider Gotham 79 00:07:27,346 --> 00:07:32,107 underrated. It's kind of hard to justify that maybe considering that it was a network show 80 00:07:32,127 --> 00:07:38,369 that I think was mostly popular, even though Jacob's right, it did get shit upon quite frequently 81 00:07:38,549 --> 00:07:43,775 on the internet. I didn't actually watch the entire series. But what I did see, I thought 82 00:07:43,875 --> 00:07:51,001 was fairly well done. Just seeing these iconic Batman villains in like their proto forms, 83 00:07:51,121 --> 00:07:55,344 like for the Penguin, for the Riddler, for the Joker, all these different characters, it was 84 00:07:55,384 --> 00:07:59,808 just exciting to see. I don't know, I saw some episodes too and the acting didn't look that 85 00:07:59,868 --> 00:08:05,012 great. Maybe for like the main characters, but I mean it's a CW, so it's a step up from soap 86 00:08:05,052 --> 00:08:12,854 opera acting, right? This wasn't a CW, this was Fox. What? Yeah. Oh, total mind blow. Statement 87 00:08:12,934 --> 00:08:17,938 still applies. It was a WB produced show, so, you know. I don't know, I mean, I guess you 88 00:08:17,958 --> 00:08:22,141 could say some of the characters got kind of hammy, but it's not like it was fucking the 89 00:08:22,181 --> 00:08:28,125 60s Batman series or anything like that. It was decent. Production value was good. Thanks, 90 00:08:28,165 --> 00:08:33,669 Jacob Bell, for the answer. Our final honorable mention goes to Peter Troll, who said. Hey 91 00:08:33,689 --> 00:08:40,206 guys, it's Peter Troll. I just want to say the most underrated Marvel TV show. Might have 92 00:08:40,226 --> 00:08:45,487 to be Spider-Man the new animated series. It gets so much hate because of how goofy it looks, 93 00:08:45,567 --> 00:08:50,669 but if you can get past the way it looks, it's got a great story and it rides the coattails 94 00:08:50,829 --> 00:08:55,570 of the Sam Raimi trilogy, and it's just got a lot of great details and stuff that were 95 00:08:55,590 --> 00:08:59,812 made for adults, and it's just a good watch overall and deserves to be watched more often. 96 00:08:59,992 --> 00:09:05,433 Thanks guys. Yeah, thanks Peter Troll. The Spider-Man the new animated series is an often overlooked 97 00:09:05,493 --> 00:09:12,255 animated series. because it only had one season. It ran in the summer of 2003, which is actually 98 00:09:12,355 --> 00:09:17,857 in between the first Sam Raimi Spider-Man movie and Spider-Man 2. And it kind of branched off 99 00:09:18,157 --> 00:09:24,900 from the story of the first film in its own alternate universe type situation is how it 100 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:29,521 could be perceived today because it definitely doesn't lead into the events of Spider-Man 101 00:09:29,561 --> 00:09:34,724 2. But it was cool for its time, you know, it was on MTV. Jonathan and I definitely watched 102 00:09:34,764 --> 00:09:39,267 this as kids. You know, it may date us. The fact that we watched the shit out of the show 103 00:09:39,507 --> 00:09:44,470 as it came out. Yeah, I liked Neil Patrick Harris in the role. I thought the show was cool. Yeah, 104 00:09:44,490 --> 00:09:49,132 and it had pretty interesting takes on characters like the lizard. And I remember Michael Clarke 105 00:09:49,172 --> 00:09:54,616 Duncan did the voice for the kingpin. Right. And he had just got off of his role as the 106 00:09:54,656 --> 00:10:00,094 kingpin in the 2003 Daredevil movie starring Ben Affleck. So it almost felt like a crossover, 107 00:10:00,114 --> 00:10:04,917 like a bridge between the Spider-Man movies and the Daredevil film, which was pretty cool. 108 00:10:05,377 --> 00:10:09,860 Yeah, it was like a cinematic universe before a cinematic universe was a thing. You're right, 109 00:10:09,940 --> 00:10:16,404 exactly. I bet you if I were to revisit this show now though, it would look horrible. Probably. 110 00:10:16,944 --> 00:10:21,486 I remember the animation being pretty stiff back in the day, so it would look extra weird 111 00:10:21,526 --> 00:10:26,269 now. But great answer, Peter. We wanna give a quick shout out to Scott Camacho and Mitchell 112 00:10:26,309 --> 00:10:32,464 Smoothie. for taking the time to visit our website and record an answer. But the winner of this 113 00:10:32,504 --> 00:10:37,766 week's No Prize is... Eric Jones, who said... What up, what up, what up, it's Eric Jones 114 00:10:37,786 --> 00:10:42,869 and I think the most underrated DC Marvel TV show is The Big Green Hero and I'm not talking 115 00:10:42,929 --> 00:10:49,231 about Arrow, I'm talking about M.F.N. Swamp Thing. The show had everything that I think 116 00:10:49,251 --> 00:10:54,766 you could want in a Swamp Thing based material show. It had horror. comic book action, it 117 00:10:54,786 --> 00:11:00,171 had different heroes from the Justice League Dark, it set up perfectly for a season 2 and 118 00:11:00,311 --> 00:11:05,596 or Justice League Dark show, and it got taken away from us way too soon. Swamp Thing's the 119 00:11:05,636 --> 00:11:11,902 way. The Swamp Thing show is so damn good, it did not deserve to be canceled the way it was 120 00:11:11,942 --> 00:11:17,487 before the first season even wrapped its final episode. It was done so dirty for as good as 121 00:11:17,507 --> 00:11:22,490 it was. Not only were the special effects really good, But just like the horror elements that 122 00:11:22,510 --> 00:11:27,473 they introduced and the writing and the acting, all top notch. Plus you got Easter eggs from 123 00:11:27,513 --> 00:11:32,916 characters like Blue Devil and Madame Xanadu. It was such a cool show to watch. Not enough 124 00:11:32,956 --> 00:11:38,499 people have seen it. And it's actually really hard to see today. It's not on any streaming 125 00:11:38,540 --> 00:11:42,882 service that I'm aware of. If you want to see it, you actually have to buy it, like digitally. 126 00:11:43,042 --> 00:11:47,845 Yeah, the series debuted on the DC Universe app back when that was a thing. Right. And 127 00:11:47,905 --> 00:11:53,969 I know that they... ran the shows on the CW network that were like toned down. But I've 128 00:11:54,009 --> 00:11:57,452 always been interested in watching this show. I'm really upset that we did a review at the 129 00:11:57,472 --> 00:12:02,076 time that it came out because we weren't doing shows back then until we quickly realized, 130 00:12:02,497 --> 00:12:07,241 hey, you know, DC Marvel are actually putting out great shows on these platforms. We should 131 00:12:07,261 --> 00:12:11,304 start reviewing them. Yeah, this was definitely one of the shows that inspired us to start 132 00:12:11,344 --> 00:12:16,689 reviewing streaming content. And one of these days, maybe we will revisit Swamp Thing and 133 00:12:16,969 --> 00:12:21,480 review season one. I would love that. I mean, that would be like the least listened to episode 134 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:26,284 of all time because no one's going to be able to watch it, but I would still love to do it. 135 00:12:26,624 --> 00:12:31,067 So great answer, Eric Jones. Congrats on winning this week's no prize. If you the listener want 136 00:12:31,107 --> 00:12:34,970 a shot at winning your own no prize, stay tuned to later on this episode when we'll be asking 137 00:12:35,010 --> 00:12:39,113 another question of the week. And now that that's done, on to the news. 138 00:12:44,686 --> 00:12:51,249 Okay, so many people, especially DC fans, have been kind of confused when it comes to the 139 00:12:51,329 --> 00:12:56,972 new cinematic universe that James Gunn is setting up, primarily because of how the Flash movie 140 00:12:57,152 --> 00:13:03,255 ended. Initially, since that film was set up sort of like Flashpoint in the comics, which 141 00:13:03,315 --> 00:13:08,182 rebooted DC's continuity, everyone, including myself, thought that- the Flash was going to 142 00:13:08,242 --> 00:13:13,203 lead into James Gunn's new universe. But in scheduling DC's movies for this year, Blue 143 00:13:13,223 --> 00:13:18,945 Beetle and Aquaman ended up coming out after the Flash. So it's always been kind of a question 144 00:13:19,025 --> 00:13:25,247 as to when James Gunn's DC universe is going to start. Well, we learned last Wednesday from 145 00:13:25,307 --> 00:13:32,069 James Gunn on Threads, right after the Rider Strike ended, that DCU continuity will start 146 00:13:32,129 --> 00:13:38,464 with the max animated series. Creature Commandos that comes out next year. Gunn described Creature 147 00:13:38,584 --> 00:13:44,469 Commandos as an aperitif or an appetizer to the real meat of canon that really begins with 148 00:13:44,509 --> 00:13:50,353 Superman Legacy scheduled to be released in 2025. So for a lot of fans like myself who 149 00:13:50,373 --> 00:13:55,017 were kind of confused by James Gunn's early statement saying that, you know, Blue Beetle 150 00:13:55,277 --> 00:14:01,501 was the DCU's first character, but Superman Legacy is the DCU's first film, now we know. 151 00:14:01,866 --> 00:14:08,008 when the DCU actually starts. We also learned from James Gunn on threads that Sholo Mariduena, 152 00:14:08,308 --> 00:14:14,851 John Cena, and Viola Davis would be reprising their roles in the DCU. The dude needs to make 153 00:14:14,871 --> 00:14:19,613 up his mind. Like first he's like, oh yeah, Blue Beetle's the first DCU character. And 154 00:14:19,653 --> 00:14:24,736 it turns out that, yeah, that might be the case, but is it like an alternate universe version 155 00:14:24,876 --> 00:14:30,126 of Blue Beetle that's gonna be played by the same actor? What's going on here? I mean, technically 156 00:14:30,146 --> 00:14:35,787 you could say that Viola Davis's Amanda Waller is the first DCU character since she was the 157 00:14:35,867 --> 00:14:41,829 first one to be cast way back when. Right, in Suicide Squad, which came out in 2016. So this 158 00:14:41,869 --> 00:14:48,271 is all still confusing as hell. And James Gunn is not clearing up anything. And he kind of 159 00:14:48,311 --> 00:14:54,173 wrote off fan confusion as like, oh, I understand that people want to understand what's going 160 00:14:54,313 --> 00:14:59,076 on. But you know. It'll all be made clear. I honestly don't think it'll all be made clear. 161 00:14:59,116 --> 00:15:04,340 I think fans are honestly gonna have to kind of figure shit out for themselves, wherein 162 00:15:04,780 --> 00:15:10,725 it's determined that the DCU is just an alternate universe of the DCEU. Where basically things 163 00:15:10,745 --> 00:15:15,089 are pretty much the same except, you know, Superman is younger and looks different and Batman too. 164 00:15:15,109 --> 00:15:20,253 I don't know if I would consider this like a alternate universe of the DCEU. I don't know 165 00:15:20,273 --> 00:15:25,016 what to make of it, honestly. But I mean, James Gunn does tell me that it's okay to be confused 166 00:15:25,056 --> 00:15:31,141 on what's happening in the DCU since no one has seen anything from the DCU yet. To that, 167 00:15:31,221 --> 00:15:37,266 I just have to reply, well, you said that Sholo Mariduña is returning as Blue Beetle. So, I 168 00:15:37,306 --> 00:15:43,592 mean, I feel like I have seen something from the DCU in Blue Beetle, in Peacemaker, in the 169 00:15:43,652 --> 00:15:49,216 Suicide Squad. I am confused. It's very confusing. I don't think it's okay to be confused. I think 170 00:15:49,336 --> 00:15:54,350 confusion does not breed. brand loyalty, which is really what DC needs at this point. I think 171 00:15:54,390 --> 00:15:58,272 instead of saying it's okay to be confused, he should have said, it's like, okay to be 172 00:15:58,352 --> 00:16:03,333 patient. Cause I don't mind being patient. I know a lot of the internet is not like everyone 173 00:16:03,393 --> 00:16:09,575 wants everything all at once, but yeah, I'll wait for answers. I just hope that those answers 174 00:16:09,615 --> 00:16:14,976 are freaking amazing, but it's hard to feel like they're going to be considering that I 175 00:16:15,056 --> 00:16:19,877 sort of feel this was the worst approach to take with the new cinematic universe. Like 176 00:16:19,997 --> 00:16:26,492 either, continue what was there before or freaking burn it all to the ground and start from scratch. 177 00:16:26,553 --> 00:16:32,376 That's much more easily digestible for audiences and fans than what we're getting. Like I feel 178 00:16:32,456 --> 00:16:38,279 really bad for Jason Momoa because there was not a single mention of Aquaman in James Gunn's 179 00:16:38,539 --> 00:16:43,302 thread, tweets, threads, whatever you want to call them. And it kind of feeds into the naysayers 180 00:16:43,802 --> 00:16:51,398 that maybe the Aquaman sequel isn't too important to watch. Man, it must suck to be a DC I'm 181 00:16:51,638 --> 00:16:57,502 so glad that I'm not one of those. I just kind of want this year to be over so that we could 182 00:16:57,522 --> 00:17:02,845 get the Joker sequel. Because I know that's going to be good. Yeah, yeah. Hopefully. It 183 00:17:02,886 --> 00:17:08,009 is a musical, so we'll see. Oh, you're one of those people, huh? OK. But considering the 184 00:17:08,049 --> 00:17:14,393 fact that James Gunn has confirmed that at least some prior actors are returning to this universe, 185 00:17:14,613 --> 00:17:20,137 hopefully some storylines are also making the jump. And that brings us to our question of 186 00:17:20,157 --> 00:17:20,417 the week. 187 00:17:25,014 --> 00:17:32,380 Which prior DC film or television series would you most hope remained in James Gunn's DCU 188 00:17:32,420 --> 00:17:40,146 continuity, and why? And this is besides projects like Blue Beetle, Peacemaker, and the Suicide 189 00:17:40,186 --> 00:17:44,911 Squad which are already confirmed by Gunn to be making that leap in transition to the DCU. 190 00:17:45,331 --> 00:17:49,875 Record your answer at dynamicduel.com by clicking on the red microphone button in the bottom 191 00:17:49,915 --> 00:17:53,922 right hand corner of the screen, which will prompt you to leave us a voicemail. Your message 192 00:17:53,942 --> 00:17:58,309 could be up to 30 seconds long, and don't forget to leave your name in case we include you on 193 00:17:58,349 --> 00:18:03,316 the podcast. We'll pick our favorite answer and award that person a dynamic dual no prize 194 00:18:03,336 --> 00:18:09,405 that we'll post to Instagram and our email newsletter. Be sure to answer before October 7th. 195 00:18:16,718 --> 00:18:19,842 But I think that does it for all the news for this week, so let's go ahead and get into the 196 00:18:19,903 --> 00:18:25,872 main event of this episode, which is going to be a spooky fun fight between the vampires 197 00:18:26,012 --> 00:18:28,997 of Andrew Bennett and Dracula. 198 00:18:44,302 --> 00:18:49,525 All right, Andrew Bennett versus Dracula. As I said before, they're both vampires. Andrew 199 00:18:49,545 --> 00:18:54,229 Bennett is just some guy with a random ass name that you can meet on the sidewalk anywhere 200 00:18:54,249 --> 00:18:59,713 you went. He's just Andrew Bennett going up against fucking Dracula, who is, you know, 201 00:18:59,773 --> 00:19:04,356 the lord of all vampires. He's freaking jacket. Everybody knows who Dracula is. No one knows 202 00:19:04,376 --> 00:19:09,900 who Andrew Bennett is. You know why no one knows who Andrew Bennett is? Why? Because he's freaking 203 00:19:10,120 --> 00:19:15,932 super secretive. All right. He's also the lord of vampires. Just, you're not supposed to know 204 00:19:15,972 --> 00:19:23,559 who he is, because he's sneaky. Allegedly, Andrew Bennett's series called I Vampire has a super 205 00:19:23,679 --> 00:19:28,703 popular following, and Andrew Bennett is one of the most powerful and premier vampires in 206 00:19:28,723 --> 00:19:34,128 the DC universe. I'm calling bullshit. I'm saying show me the receipts to those statements, because 207 00:19:34,488 --> 00:19:39,692 I am horribly naive when it comes to DC. Oh, you're gonna get those receipts, and you're 208 00:19:39,712 --> 00:19:43,690 gonna ruin your words. You're going to ruin the day you ever talked about Andrew Bennett. 209 00:19:45,511 --> 00:19:50,872 We're getting highly dramatic here, but vampires themselves are quite dramatic characters. Oh, 210 00:19:50,932 --> 00:19:56,414 yeah. I mean, the whole story of I vampire and Andrew Bennett is full of drama. He's not a 211 00:19:56,514 --> 00:20:02,735 superhero character. It's very much a romantic gothic horror. Well, I almost fell asleep when 212 00:20:02,755 --> 00:20:08,017 you were explaining that. Oh, wow. I think this backstory is going to be super interesting. 213 00:20:08,317 --> 00:20:12,578 I know everybody will stay awake for the Dracula backstory, though. Oh yeah, I'm sure Marvel's 214 00:20:12,598 --> 00:20:17,321 version is so much better than Bram Stoker's Dracula. Like what the hell does Marvel even 215 00:20:17,341 --> 00:20:21,663 think they're doing? Like taking a classic character and just trying to make it their own. No, it's 216 00:20:21,783 --> 00:20:26,645 gonna be the same thing that DC did with Frankenstein. Did we not do a duel between Frankenstein and 217 00:20:26,665 --> 00:20:28,766 Bloodstone? Fuck you. Exactly. 218 00:20:31,788 --> 00:20:37,711 I'm not gonna dignify that with the response. Let's move on to AlfredJervis9000 who is going 219 00:20:37,731 --> 00:20:43,734 to explain the methodology behind our duels. AJ9K, tell our listeners how you go about determining 220 00:20:43,774 --> 00:20:49,257 a winner in our duel matchups. Yes, of course, sir. The way I determine a winner between the 221 00:20:49,297 --> 00:20:55,321 contestants is by running 1000 Monte Carlo simulations using the characters statistics. A Monte Carlo 222 00:20:55,361 --> 00:20:59,643 simulation is a probabilistic model used to determine outcomes through random sampling. 223 00:21:00,083 --> 00:21:04,974 In this case, I randomize the statistics along a normal distribution. as a way to simulate 224 00:21:04,994 --> 00:21:09,575 the many variables that can occur during battle. The stat parameters are based on the official 225 00:21:09,635 --> 00:21:14,957 Marvel power grid from which the DC characters' statistics are extrapolated. Additional stat 226 00:21:14,977 --> 00:21:20,518 categories are included such as range, damage potential, versatility and perception in order 227 00:21:20,538 --> 00:21:25,960 to create a more detailed and accurate simulation. The results of the 1000 simulations provide 228 00:21:25,980 --> 00:21:30,361 a percentage of wins for each character. The contestant with the higher percentage is declared 229 00:21:30,381 --> 00:21:35,667 the victor. as they have a higher probability to win any given battle. In an equitable pairing, 230 00:21:36,047 --> 00:21:40,848 neither character should win 100% of the matches. The comic book stories have shown that there's 231 00:21:40,988 --> 00:21:45,790 even a way for Batman to defeat Superman, so the confidence rate of my method falls in line 232 00:21:45,810 --> 00:21:50,411 with the precedents that have been established in the source material. My mathematical simulations 233 00:21:50,451 --> 00:21:55,613 are without subjectivity or bias. Feats are not the sole consideration, nor are fan votes 234 00:21:55,653 --> 00:22:01,223 tabulated for determination of the winner. Thanks AJ9K, before we run the simulations though, 235 00:22:01,243 --> 00:22:05,385 we'd like to break down each character's histories and abilities before improvising a scenario 236 00:22:05,445 --> 00:22:11,429 on how we imagined one of the 1000 simulations would play out beat for beat. And it's my turn 237 00:22:11,449 --> 00:22:17,012 to go first with the DC character's backstory, so let me tell you all about Andrew Bennett. 238 00:22:18,093 --> 00:22:24,276 In 16th century England, Lord Andrew Bennett was a young English nobleman and war hero who 239 00:22:24,356 --> 00:22:29,576 served in the court of Queen Elizabeth. Where he fell in love with one of the Queen's handmaidens, 240 00:22:29,976 --> 00:22:35,780 Mary Seward, who loved Andrew in return. On the eve of one of Andrew's business travels, 241 00:22:36,140 --> 00:22:40,944 Mary begged Andrew not to leave, as she felt that it was too dangerous for him to travel 242 00:22:41,024 --> 00:22:46,948 so late in the day. Laughing Mary off, Andrew embarked on his trip, and sure enough that 243 00:22:47,008 --> 00:22:53,352 night, Andrew was attacked and bitten by a vampire. Though Andrew was able to kill the vampire, 244 00:22:53,753 --> 00:22:59,428 Andrew died as well. arising three days later with a thirst for blood. Distraught over his 245 00:22:59,488 --> 00:23:04,931 vampirism, Andrew hid, feeding on the blood of animals until he was eventually discovered 246 00:23:05,031 --> 00:23:11,375 in his bedroom by Mary. Realizing what he had become, Mary begged Andrew to transform her 247 00:23:11,415 --> 00:23:17,978 into a vampire as well so that they could be together for eternity. Andrew reluctantly agreed, 248 00:23:18,299 --> 00:23:23,998 and fed on Mary, killing her. When she returned from the dead, she was a vampire. though now 249 00:23:24,038 --> 00:23:31,022 completely changed and devoid of her prior humanity, corrupted and possessing sadistic joy in feeding 250 00:23:31,202 --> 00:23:37,625 on others. Mary left Andrew and developed a reputation for herself as Mary, Queen of Blood, 251 00:23:38,006 --> 00:23:43,469 forming a secret society known as the Cult of the Blood Red Moon with intentions of taking 252 00:23:43,589 --> 00:23:49,212 over the world. Horrified and guilt-stricken by what Mary had become and by her actions, 253 00:23:49,712 --> 00:23:54,772 Andrew dedicated his immortal life to the to tracking Mary across the world knowing that 254 00:23:54,812 --> 00:24:00,297 he would be forced to kill his beloved Mary once again in order to save the human race. 255 00:24:00,877 --> 00:24:06,522 Andrew gained and lost numerous allies over the centuries in his pursuit of Mary. In the 256 00:24:06,562 --> 00:24:11,847 early 1900s, Andrew nearly caught her after she had just killed the parents of a young 257 00:24:11,887 --> 00:24:18,273 boy named Dmitri Mishkin. Andrew rescued Dmitri instead and raised him to become a formidable 258 00:24:18,333 --> 00:24:25,508 vampire hunter. In the late 1960s, Andrew confronted Mary at Woodstock, only for Mary to threaten 259 00:24:25,528 --> 00:24:31,090 the life of a beautiful young woman named Deborah Dancer. Forced to save Deborah rather than 260 00:24:31,130 --> 00:24:36,933 pursue Mary, Andrew confessed to Deborah his life story and mission. Deborah joined Andrew 261 00:24:37,033 --> 00:24:43,355 and Dimitri in their crusade to kill Mary and stop her cult, eventually encountering a vampire 262 00:24:43,616 --> 00:24:49,618 that turned out to be Dimitri's mother, Dunya Mishkin, to Dimitri's despair. Not long after, 263 00:24:49,898 --> 00:24:54,541 the trio were attacked by human agents of the Cult of the Blood Red Moon and trapped in a 264 00:24:54,582 --> 00:25:00,325 cave-in. Andrew nearly succumbed to his bloodlust and fed on Deborah while she was sleeping, 265 00:25:00,566 --> 00:25:05,969 only for her to wake up at the last minute. Andrew kissed her instead, realizing he was 266 00:25:06,009 --> 00:25:10,512 developing romantic feelings for someone other than Mary for the first time in hundreds of 267 00:25:10,572 --> 00:25:16,456 years. Andrew abandoned Deborah and Dimitri to hunt Mary on his own and protect his loved 268 00:25:16,577 --> 00:25:22,355 ones from further danger. After Andrew chased Mary on his own for some time, an old ally 269 00:25:22,395 --> 00:25:28,616 of Andrew's named Edward Thrain returned seemingly from the dead as a vampire and kidnapped Andrew 270 00:25:28,737 --> 00:25:34,458 and Deborah. Andrew was able to escape and save Deborah, however, making him realize how much 271 00:25:34,498 --> 00:25:40,280 his friends meant to him. Andrew decided to find Dmitri and, with Deborah's help, managed 272 00:25:40,360 --> 00:25:45,861 to follow him to Russia, only to learn that Dmitri was tracking his mother, Dunya Mishkin. 273 00:25:46,334 --> 00:25:52,017 and had been transformed into a vampire himself. Deborah attempted to kill Dunya, but accidentally 274 00:25:52,057 --> 00:25:57,680 killed Dimitri instead, who killed his mother with the last of his strength. While in Russia, 275 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:04,063 Andrew discovered an experimental formula and supposed a cure for vampirism, which he took, 276 00:26:04,463 --> 00:26:09,186 allowing him to enjoy the pleasures of being a man once again. After spending the night 277 00:26:09,206 --> 00:26:14,549 with Deborah, his body succumbed to rigor mortis, allowing the cult of the blood red moon to 278 00:26:14,589 --> 00:26:21,246 capture him as his body began to slowly decay. Mary forced Andrew to watch as she transformed 279 00:26:21,327 --> 00:26:28,252 Deborah into a vampire. Deborah, having taken the formula as well, emerged as a vampire without 280 00:26:28,393 --> 00:26:34,017 any typical vampire weaknesses, and the two women fought to the death, culminating with 281 00:26:34,098 --> 00:26:40,463 Deborah dragging Mary into the sunlight where Mary burst into flames and died. Deborah returned 282 00:26:40,503 --> 00:26:45,923 to Andrew, who peacefully died in her arms. Decades later, Andrew's body was resurrected 283 00:26:46,243 --> 00:26:52,126 and now also purged of any innate vampire weaknesses. Realizing after several suicide attempts that 284 00:26:52,146 --> 00:26:58,550 he was incapable of death even by standard vampire killing methods, Andrew became apathetic, now 285 00:26:58,610 --> 00:27:04,513 tired of living. After being sent to hell alongside other demonic heroes and villains to partake 286 00:27:04,533 --> 00:27:10,116 in a war between the demon Neron and Satanus, Andrew was later resurrected back on Earth 287 00:27:10,436 --> 00:27:16,493 by the new cult of the blood red moon. now controlled by Deborah. In post-Flashpoint continuity, 288 00:27:16,873 --> 00:27:21,857 Andrew's past was rewritten so that in the 16th century he was the young aristocratic son of 289 00:27:21,897 --> 00:27:27,161 a British lord. Mary was now a servant girl who worked in the Bennett estate, and she and 290 00:27:27,281 --> 00:27:32,746 Andrew fell in love. Andrew's father, however, disapproved of their relationship as he felt 291 00:27:32,866 --> 00:27:38,390 Mary's social class made her unfit for marriage to his son. Upon learning this, that same night, 292 00:27:38,490 --> 00:27:39,591 the heartbroken Andrew 293 00:27:42,654 --> 00:27:47,817 His coach was damaged and his coachman was killed in the accident. Emerging from the wreckage, 294 00:27:48,177 --> 00:27:53,661 Andrew encountered the biblical Cain, who shared his story of how he was forced to wander the 295 00:27:53,761 --> 00:27:59,806 earth after killing his brother Abel, cursed by God with vampirism. Cain eventually found 296 00:27:59,846 --> 00:28:05,390 a woman, Lilith, Adam's first wife who had been cast out of Eden prior to Eve's creation. 297 00:28:11,270 --> 00:28:17,775 only for her to return to life, now sharing in Cain's curse. Cain and Lilith became lovers 298 00:28:17,875 --> 00:28:23,680 and had many children who terrorized the planet. Eventually, Cain and his family were attacked 299 00:28:23,700 --> 00:28:29,645 by Etrigan the Demon and other sorcerers in an attempt to steal his power. Cain survived, 300 00:28:29,945 --> 00:28:35,470 but Lilith and their family did not, and a new curse was placed upon Cain that if he ever 301 00:28:35,550 --> 00:28:41,611 fed on an innocent soul, he would be imprisoned for eternity. Smelling the love for Mary within 302 00:28:41,751 --> 00:28:48,397 Andrew and confusing it for lust, Kane attacked him, only to realize upon biting him that Andrew 303 00:28:48,657 --> 00:28:55,082 was indeed innocent. Kane's spirit was sucked into Andrew's body, which became a prison known 304 00:28:55,223 --> 00:29:01,027 as a demon lock. Cursed with vampirism, Andrew was afraid to return home in fear of harming 305 00:29:01,128 --> 00:29:07,033 Mary or his family, leaving Mary to feel abandoned, while forced to submit to the sexual abuse 306 00:29:07,073 --> 00:29:12,767 of Andrew's father. After gaining control over his bloodlust by feeding on animal blood, Andrew 307 00:29:12,807 --> 00:29:18,850 returned home after a year with the intention of making Mary his eternal bride. Mary agreed, 308 00:29:19,090 --> 00:29:24,732 and after being turned, she admitted her disdain for him, promising to use her new power to 309 00:29:24,773 --> 00:29:29,775 get revenge on him and all who wronged her, leaving Andrew to find that she had murdered 310 00:29:29,815 --> 00:29:35,117 his father just before Andrew had returned. After decades of attempting to stop Mary's 311 00:29:35,177 --> 00:29:41,083 war on humanity, Andrew and Mary came to a truce that lasted for centuries up until the present 312 00:29:41,123 --> 00:29:47,565 day. After a romantic night together, Mary sent hundreds of vampires to attack Andrew, forcing 313 00:29:47,605 --> 00:29:53,906 him to kill all of them and be labeled a traitor, ending their truce. With help from a vampire 314 00:29:53,926 --> 00:30:00,128 hunter named Professor John Truffton, a young female vampire named Tig Rafelson, John Constantine, 315 00:30:00,528 --> 00:30:04,729 and Batman, the latter two of whom you can learn more about in their respective dual episodes, 316 00:30:05,330 --> 00:30:11,313 Andrew tracked Mary to Gotham City, where Batman stopped Andrew from killing Mary, only for 317 00:30:11,473 --> 00:30:17,977 Andrew to then be beheaded by Tig, who thought that by killing Andrew, Mary would also die. 318 00:30:18,377 --> 00:30:24,441 From Andrew's body, the spirit of Cain re-emerged after centuries, who then summoned all vampires 319 00:30:24,561 --> 00:30:29,764 to Gotham City. While the Justice League Dark protected Gotham citizens, Constantine and 320 00:30:29,824 --> 00:30:34,259 Deadman traveled to the afterlife and found Andrew. You can learn more about the Justice 321 00:30:34,279 --> 00:30:39,364 League Dark in their team duel episode against the Midnight Suns. With help from Madame Xanadu, 322 00:30:39,825 --> 00:30:46,552 Andrew returned to the world of the living tethered to Kane's power, and now his equal. After executing 323 00:30:46,592 --> 00:30:52,739 Kane and absorbing his full power, Andrew gained full control over all vampires, including Mary, 324 00:30:52,919 --> 00:30:57,334 and was able to erase the memory of vampires from everyone in the city. After helping the 325 00:30:57,374 --> 00:31:02,576 Justice League Dark obtain a map to the Books of Magic, Andrew resettled all vampires on 326 00:31:02,616 --> 00:31:07,957 a compound in Utah. After an army of vampire hunters, known as the Order of Van Helsing's, 327 00:31:08,037 --> 00:31:13,379 learned about the compound, they attacked and killed 60% of the vampires there, while also 328 00:31:13,459 --> 00:31:19,660 unleashing evil magic that turned dead vampires into uncontrollable zombie vampires. 329 00:31:24,290 --> 00:31:29,974 The same way that he contained Cain's spirit, Andrew absorbed the evil magic and all vampires' 330 00:31:30,034 --> 00:31:35,998 souls, curing the remaining vampires on the planet of their vampirism, including Mary, 331 00:31:36,298 --> 00:31:41,742 and turning himself evil in the process. After turning Tig back into a vampire and taking 332 00:31:41,782 --> 00:31:47,906 her as his queen, Andrew attempted to destroy creation by merging heaven and hell. Tig betrayed 333 00:31:47,946 --> 00:31:53,818 him, however, decapitating Mary and promising to kill Andrew as well. With Cain emerging 334 00:31:53,858 --> 00:31:59,259 from a portal to hell, he pulled all of the vampire souls from Andrew in an effort to find 335 00:31:59,319 --> 00:32:05,461 his ancient bride Lilith, whose spirit he projected into Tig. Purged from the evil influence of 336 00:32:05,481 --> 00:32:11,102 the vampire souls, Andrew stopped his own plan to destroy creation with the help of Mary's 337 00:32:11,162 --> 00:32:17,684 spirit, now an agent of God. With help from the fallen angel Lucifer, Andrew and Mary managed 338 00:32:17,804 --> 00:32:23,514 to defeat Cain and Lilith by trapping them in the house of mystery and hell. With her mission 339 00:32:23,534 --> 00:32:30,337 complete, Mary gave Andrew a loving goodbye before departing the mortal plane. Andrew remained, 340 00:32:30,477 --> 00:32:36,239 known to all now, as the Lord of Vampires, charged with keeping the vampire population in check 341 00:32:36,419 --> 00:32:42,242 in order to maintain peace with humanity. Powers-wise, Andrew Bennett is the planet's most powerful 342 00:32:42,282 --> 00:32:48,684 vampire, imbued with the power of the very first vampire, Cain. Andrew has enhanced superhuman 343 00:32:48,744 --> 00:32:55,711 senses and physicality. In addition, to regeneration and mental powers, including telekinesis, clairvoyance, 344 00:32:55,831 --> 00:33:02,374 and hypnosis. Andrew is also able to transform his body into other forms, including a wolf, 345 00:33:02,514 --> 00:33:08,737 a bat, or a half-man hybrid of either of those, allowing him to grow wings or fangs if needed. 346 00:33:09,177 --> 00:33:15,980 He could also transform into a swarm of bats or rats, or a mist that grants him intangibility. 347 00:33:16,581 --> 00:33:22,555 In post-Flashpoint vampire lore, Vampires do not die from sunlight exposure, but are merely 348 00:33:22,635 --> 00:33:29,658 weakened and robbed of any supernatural abilities. Andrew himself is not vulnerable to many typical 349 00:33:29,698 --> 00:33:35,120 vampire weaknesses, though he can be affected by holy magic-imbued artifacts or elements. 350 00:33:35,300 --> 00:33:41,703 He's also capable of conjuring various weapons, often bladed, such as swords, daggers, and 351 00:33:41,903 --> 00:33:46,725 even wooden stakes. And that's Andrew Bennett. I still can't get over why he's called Andrew 352 00:33:46,765 --> 00:33:51,100 Bennett. Why don't they just call him... Dracula if he's the lord of the vampires. Because there 353 00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:56,604 was a real Dracula, like Vlad Dracul the second or something like that. I think that was his 354 00:33:56,644 --> 00:34:02,788 name. Yeah. He's not that character. Well, does Dracula exist in the DC universe? I'm sure 355 00:34:02,828 --> 00:34:07,612 he does. I don't think I've come across him, but you know, he's not a part of Andrew Bennett's 356 00:34:07,652 --> 00:34:13,936 story. Why does the name Andrew Bennett offend you? Because it's lame. Apologies to any actual 357 00:34:14,056 --> 00:34:18,010 Andrew Bennets that are out there. Which I'm sure there are at least several dozen listening 358 00:34:18,030 --> 00:34:22,091 to this right now, because it's a common ass fucking name and certainly does not belong 359 00:34:22,251 --> 00:34:29,953 as the name of a vampire. OK, vampire name expert over here. Holy shit. That was a pretty good 360 00:34:29,973 --> 00:34:34,255 backstory. Of course, it can't compete with the one and only Dracula. So let me go ahead 361 00:34:34,275 --> 00:34:41,197 and get into that. Vlad Tepes Dracula was born in 1430 in Shostberg, Transylvania in what 362 00:34:41,217 --> 00:34:47,643 would later become present day Romania. His father. Vlad Dracul was a noble lord who was 363 00:34:47,683 --> 00:34:54,406 named Prince of Wallachia by the Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund II. As a young adult, Vlad 364 00:34:54,466 --> 00:35:00,368 Tepes Dracula was named the new Prince of Wallachia when his father was murdered by his most trusted 365 00:35:00,408 --> 00:35:05,691 advisors, and he quickly developed a ruthless reputation when he sentenced all those involved 366 00:35:06,031 --> 00:35:11,653 to death by impalement. Vlad waged a bloodthirsty campaign in a war against the Ottoman Empire 367 00:35:12,066 --> 00:35:17,670 but was mortally wounded on the battlefield by En-Sabah Nur, an ancient mutant who later 368 00:35:17,690 --> 00:35:22,354 became known as Apocalypse that you can learn more about in his duel against Black Adam. 369 00:35:22,494 --> 00:35:28,399 Vlad was taken to a Romani healer named Leanda who was ordered to use her magic to prevent 370 00:35:28,439 --> 00:35:34,284 him from dying. Unbeknownst to Vlad, however, Leanda was a vampire guided by the ancient 371 00:35:34,304 --> 00:35:40,529 commands of the very first vampire, Varney, who knew of Vlad's vicious nature. Leanda bit 372 00:35:40,569 --> 00:35:46,644 Vlad. drinking his blood until his human form perished and he was reborn in darkness, becoming 373 00:35:46,704 --> 00:35:53,006 Varnay's successor as the Lord of Vampires. From Castle Dracula in Transylvania, Vlad, 374 00:35:53,206 --> 00:35:58,308 now known as Dracula, turned a bevy of women into his vampire brides and spawned a number 375 00:35:58,348 --> 00:36:03,851 of children, almost all of whom would grow to hate him. His brutality spread across Europe, 376 00:36:04,251 --> 00:36:09,433 leading to numerous assassination attempts, all of which failed and grew his evil reputation. 377 00:36:11,114 --> 00:36:17,115 A man named Hans Van Helsing died in his efforts to kill Dracula, and his wife, Rachel, swore 378 00:36:17,155 --> 00:36:22,437 that the Van Helsing line would not rest until Dracula was destroyed. Nearly a century later, 379 00:36:22,657 --> 00:36:28,538 the first man to ever successfully kill Dracula was a Puritan vanquisher of evil named Solomon 380 00:36:28,598 --> 00:36:33,960 Kane, who staked the vampire through the heart with an ornate cross, turning him into an ancient 381 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:39,461 skeleton. Shortly after, however, a band of thieves raided the castle and removed the valuable 382 00:36:41,122 --> 00:36:46,406 which revived him. Dracula later learned of a dark magic book known as the Darkhold, and 383 00:36:46,466 --> 00:36:52,010 a spell within it called the Montesi formula, which was capable of destroying all vampires. 384 00:36:52,511 --> 00:36:57,835 Though Dracula tried to retrieve the tome from the Vatican, a sorcerer named Cogliostro managed 385 00:36:57,855 --> 00:37:03,960 to steal it first. In revenge, Dracula turned the sorcerer's wife, adding her to his collection 386 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:12,218 of brides. In the late 19th century, Dracula summoned an estate agent to discuss purchasing 387 00:37:12,258 --> 00:37:17,819 land in England, and he became obsessed with an image of Jonathan Harker's wife, named Mina 388 00:37:17,879 --> 00:37:22,861 Murray. Holding Harker captive with his brides, Dracula traveled to England where he turned 389 00:37:22,921 --> 00:37:28,202 Mina Murray's friend Lucy and began to seduce her. Jonathan Harker managed to escape the 390 00:37:28,222 --> 00:37:33,564 castle, however, and with the help of Abraham Van Helsing, they staked and beheaded Dracula, 391 00:37:33,924 --> 00:37:38,765 seemingly killing him for good. Though Dracula survived due to Harker's and Van Helsing's 392 00:37:38,805 --> 00:37:44,468 blades, not being made out of silver or wood. The events involving Mina Marie and Jonathan 393 00:37:44,508 --> 00:37:50,710 Harker were later adapted into a book by novelist Bram Stoker. As revenge against England for 394 00:37:50,730 --> 00:37:56,473 this repulsion, Dracula turned a British noble named John Falsworth into a vampire and set 395 00:37:56,493 --> 00:38:02,075 him loose in Britain around the time of World War I, dubbing his latest minion as Baron Blood, 396 00:38:02,435 --> 00:38:06,657 who would go on to become a recurring villain for many of Marvel's heroes. During World War 397 00:38:06,697 --> 00:38:12,369 II, Dracula returned to his castle to find it occupied by Nazi soldiers, and he turned the 398 00:38:12,389 --> 00:38:18,013 commander, forcing him to kill his own troops. In modern times, Dracula fought and killed 399 00:38:18,173 --> 00:38:24,037 one of the most prolific vampire hunters of the late 20th century, a man named Jamal Afari. 400 00:38:24,477 --> 00:38:30,061 Because of this, Afari's pupil, named Blade, swore vengeance against the Lord of Vampires. 401 00:38:30,621 --> 00:38:35,124 Teaming up with other vampire hunters, Blade and the group managed to stake Dracula through 402 00:38:35,144 --> 00:38:40,351 the heart, killing him. though Blade was the only survivor. You can learn more about Blade 403 00:38:40,511 --> 00:38:45,653 in his duel against Azrael. A descendant of Dracula's, a man by the name of Frank Drake, 404 00:38:45,893 --> 00:38:51,315 inherited Castle Dracula, and in his inspection of the castle, came across Dracula's coffin 405 00:38:51,415 --> 00:38:56,718 containing his staked skeleton. Frank Drake removed the stake, unknowing what it was, and 406 00:38:56,758 --> 00:39:02,600 in doing so revived Dracula. Ashamed by his actions, Frank Drake used his wealth to finance 407 00:39:02,740 --> 00:39:08,970 other vampire hunters, teaming up with the likes of Blade. a vampire named Hannibal King, Quincy 408 00:39:09,010 --> 00:39:14,492 Harker, who was the son of Mina Murray and Jonathan Harker, and the descendant of Abraham Van Helsing 409 00:39:14,612 --> 00:39:19,693 named Rachel Van Helsing. Many of these hunters would go on to form the vampire hunting group 410 00:39:19,793 --> 00:39:25,515 known as the Nightstalkers under the direction of the hero sorcerer Doctor Strange. Eventually, 411 00:39:25,575 --> 00:39:31,156 Doctor Strange himself would cast the Darkhold spell of the Montessi formula, eradicating 412 00:39:31,197 --> 00:39:37,696 Dracula and all vampires on Earth. For a long time, Dracula, it seemed, was finally and fully 413 00:39:37,756 --> 00:39:43,640 dead. But, many years later, an elder demon of hell named Asmodeus drew upon Dracula's 414 00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:50,806 spirit and reconstructed his body in Castle Dracula using the souls of 666 victims. Dracula 415 00:39:50,826 --> 00:39:55,870 would go on to work alongside the monster hunter Elsa Bloodstone against a clan of vampire-like 416 00:39:55,950 --> 00:40:01,875 creatures called the Nosferati, who had plotted to infect Dracula and all vampires with a virus 417 00:40:01,895 --> 00:40:06,690 that would turn them into a blood supply for the creatures. Not long after, one of Dracula's 418 00:40:06,731 --> 00:40:13,875 sons, named Xeris, staged a coup to usurp the Lord of Vampires title by uniting the Nosferati, 419 00:40:14,215 --> 00:40:19,838 the Atlantean, and the Charneyputra vampire sects against his father. Xeris staked Dracula, 420 00:40:19,999 --> 00:40:24,601 decapitating him, and had the various sects distribute his remains so as not to be joined 421 00:40:24,641 --> 00:40:30,525 again. Under Xeris' rule, the vampires waged war on humans and mutants alike, going to battle 422 00:40:30,545 --> 00:40:36,107 with the X-Men. Although Xerath managed to bite and turn the former mutant hero Jubilee, the 423 00:40:36,267 --> 00:40:42,749 X-Men managed to resurrect Dracula, who in turn ripped his son Xerath's head off. To save Jubilee 424 00:40:42,789 --> 00:40:47,711 from Dracula's hold over her, Wolverine traveled to Castle Dracula, where he teamed up with 425 00:40:47,731 --> 00:40:53,253 the supernatural fighting force called the Howling Commandos. Although Wolverine managed to decapitate 426 00:40:53,273 --> 00:40:57,927 Dracula and have his head launched into the sun, he Dracula's head eventually grew back 427 00:40:58,067 --> 00:41:03,310 since the killing was not ceremoniously performed with wood or silver. Determining he would start 428 00:41:03,350 --> 00:41:08,734 his vampire nation anew, Dracula ordered the genocide of his own kind in order to weed out 429 00:41:08,774 --> 00:41:14,158 the weak. Then in revenge against Wolverine, Dracula lured him to Paris where his vampire 430 00:41:14,218 --> 00:41:19,642 soldiers stole a sample of his blood which was then transferred into Dracula where the healing 431 00:41:19,682 --> 00:41:26,426 effects made him now able to survive in sunlight. And that's Dracula's backstory. Dracula is 432 00:41:26,466 --> 00:41:32,328 the most powerful vampire in existence as the Lord of Vampires. He has a wide array of abilities 433 00:41:32,408 --> 00:41:37,371 ranging from the physical, to the psychic, to the mystical. First off, he has razor sharp 434 00:41:37,391 --> 00:41:42,133 fangs that can transfer the curse of vampirism to his victims upon biting them. He also has 435 00:41:42,193 --> 00:41:48,055 razor sharp claws, as well as enhanced strength, able to lift around 4 tons, enhanced speed, 436 00:41:48,536 --> 00:41:54,851 agility, and senses including a mystical sense. He is immortal. unaging with a regenerative 437 00:41:54,891 --> 00:42:00,194 healing factor, capable of repairing all but a very specifically administered set of wounds, 438 00:42:00,695 --> 00:42:05,458 and he can even resurrect under proper conditions, such as placing his ashes in a coffin filled 439 00:42:05,478 --> 00:42:10,682 with soil from his homeland, being touched by the tears of a virgin, or by removing the stake 440 00:42:10,862 --> 00:42:15,625 if he is staked through the heart. Dracula has psionic abilities able to mentally control 441 00:42:15,685 --> 00:42:21,209 not just other vampires, but other people via hypnosis through eye contact. He can mentally 442 00:42:21,249 --> 00:42:26,651 control the weather. on par with heroes such as Storm or Thor, and he can summon or shapeshift 443 00:42:26,671 --> 00:42:33,213 his form into a mist, a collective of bats, a pack of rats, a clutter of spiders, a pack 444 00:42:33,253 --> 00:42:39,894 of wolves, or turn into a larger humanoid, wolf, or bat-like form. Dracula is a powerful dark 445 00:42:39,934 --> 00:42:45,656 magician and able to cast spells such as summoning golems or undead vampires or zombies around 446 00:42:45,696 --> 00:42:50,677 him. He's an adept strategist with centuries of experience and knowledge, and is an expert 447 00:42:51,542 --> 00:42:57,563 and he often carries a sword with him, a long blade with serrated edges. Weakness-wise, Dracula 448 00:42:57,683 --> 00:43:03,805 has a lot. He is repelled by crosses and other religious icons and locations, such as churches. 449 00:43:04,305 --> 00:43:09,687 Holy water burns him. He is especially vulnerable to silver and wood weapons, such as stakes, 450 00:43:09,907 --> 00:43:15,068 spears, or bullets. He dies if he's staked through the heart, though he comes back if the stake 451 00:43:15,108 --> 00:43:20,202 is removed. Garlic and wolf's pain are also effective at repelling him. He does have to 452 00:43:20,242 --> 00:43:25,226 make contact with his native Transylvanian soil once a day, and he has to consume blood to 453 00:43:25,266 --> 00:43:29,950 maintain his strength or he'll become weak with thirst. He used to be weak to sunlight as I 454 00:43:29,990 --> 00:43:35,174 mentioned, but since acquiring Wolverine's healing factor that is no longer an issue. And that's 455 00:43:35,214 --> 00:43:40,539 Dracula. So essentially these characters are pretty much the same, except Dracula has more 456 00:43:40,579 --> 00:43:44,382 weaknesses. Except Dracula has a better name. But yeah, I mean if I had to put my money on 457 00:43:44,402 --> 00:43:50,551 who's a more badass vampire between Cain and Dracula, I'd- put my money on Kane and Andrew 458 00:43:50,591 --> 00:43:54,894 bad the site isn't with Kane so who gives a shit but like Andrew Bennett is essentially 459 00:43:54,954 --> 00:44:01,278 Kane's successor you know who cares Dracula's Varney successor big deal yeah but like Dracula 460 00:44:01,298 --> 00:44:06,502 was turned into a vampire by some peasant woman whereas Andrew Bennett was transformed by the 461 00:44:06,662 --> 00:44:13,726 vampire of all vampires yeah after the flashpoint and we all know that retcon was retconned because 462 00:44:13,766 --> 00:44:21,673 DC don't do continuity well for all we know the Pre-flashpoint was also Kane. So you don't 463 00:44:21,713 --> 00:44:23,258 know. You don't know either. 464 00:44:31,330 --> 00:44:34,751 And now that we got their histories and abilities out of the way, let's speculate on how one 465 00:44:34,771 --> 00:44:40,535 of the 1000 simulated matches will go. The winner is determined by simulations, not the speculation, 466 00:44:40,855 --> 00:44:45,117 but it's fun to imagine how the fight could play out. Alfred Jarvis 9000, what are the 467 00:44:45,157 --> 00:44:50,220 rules of our speculation? Well, I should say there are no rules, other than the characters 468 00:44:50,240 --> 00:44:54,783 have no prior knowledge of the other going into the fight. All they are aware of starting out 469 00:44:55,103 --> 00:44:59,385 is that the other character is a threat that needs to be eliminated. For the speculation... 470 00:44:59,830 --> 00:45:04,874 contestants will begin approximately 50 meters apart in a nondescript environment that will 471 00:45:04,914 --> 00:45:10,239 have no bearing on the match itself as no environmental statistics are considered in my simulations 472 00:45:10,539 --> 00:45:15,744 the contestants must earn victory on their own merit. Alright then let's get into it. Andrew 473 00:45:15,804 --> 00:45:20,769 Bennett and Dracula meet on the battlefield who goes first? I'm just gonna say it ain't 474 00:45:20,809 --> 00:45:27,956 no way Dracula is gonna let some lame-ass named Andrew Bennett go first. I hope someone actually 475 00:45:28,036 --> 00:45:32,171 named Andrew Bennett like finds you on the street and just beats your ass 476 00:45:35,978 --> 00:45:42,023 I mean, it's a good name. It's just not it's not good for a vampire. Uh, so Dracula goes 477 00:45:42,063 --> 00:45:47,388 first, the Lord of the vampires. Uh, he's going to start off by, he's going to raise his sword 478 00:45:47,628 --> 00:45:53,833 up and he's going to summon a cloak of dark clouds that just cover the entire sky with 479 00:45:53,873 --> 00:45:58,257 some flashes of lightning, but like everything's dark. And then Dracula is going to transform 480 00:45:58,297 --> 00:46:03,381 just bursting into this flock of bats that just disappear into the darkness surrounding them. 481 00:46:03,882 --> 00:46:08,023 Okay, well, I mean, Andrew definitely knows now that he's up against a vampire, clearly. 482 00:46:08,563 --> 00:46:14,986 So he does kind of conjure up a pair of wooden stakes in his hands. And, you know, he's just 483 00:46:15,006 --> 00:46:20,208 going to peer into that darkness and grow a pair of giant bat wings. And he's just going 484 00:46:20,228 --> 00:46:27,391 to take to the air to stake those bats. OK, so the bats are swirling around, flying through 485 00:46:27,411 --> 00:46:32,553 the air. And old Andy's trying to stake him. But all of a sudden, in this like shadowy blur, 486 00:46:33,014 --> 00:46:38,537 Dracula is gonna emerge from the flock of bats midair and he's gonna use a sword to just slice 487 00:46:39,058 --> 00:46:44,061 Those wooden stakes in half and then just as quickly and then just as quickly Dracula is 488 00:46:44,081 --> 00:46:50,246 gonna become a flock of bats again Flying into the clouds above mr. Bennett, and he's gonna 489 00:46:50,286 --> 00:46:55,269 send down a lightning bolt that knocks him out of the sky That's Lord Bennett to you punk 490 00:46:55,449 --> 00:47:01,806 ass Before the lightning strikes, I'm gonna say that Andrew transforms into a mist that 491 00:47:01,826 --> 00:47:07,228 makes him intangible to that lightning bolt. After which, he's just going to flow up into 492 00:47:07,248 --> 00:47:12,690 the dark clouds and he's just going to let those bats fly right into his mist form, at which 493 00:47:12,750 --> 00:47:19,733 point Andrew's going to transform into a pack of rats that attack the bats midair and cause 494 00:47:19,753 --> 00:47:25,716 them to crash down to the ground. So it's just raining bats and rats like a horrible plague 495 00:47:25,776 --> 00:47:32,402 or something. Well, as each bat hits the ground, it's going to. burst into this like small cloud 496 00:47:32,482 --> 00:47:39,425 of black mist. And the mist is gonna all gather together and reform into the form of Dracula. 497 00:47:39,986 --> 00:47:44,367 At which point Dracula is gonna like raise his hand and summon a horde of zombies all around 498 00:47:44,407 --> 00:47:48,689 him across the environment. And those zombies are just gonna beat the shit out of these rats. 499 00:47:48,729 --> 00:47:55,772 Damn. Ha ha ha. Geez. Except that like the rats, they're gonna group together and reform into 500 00:47:55,952 --> 00:48:01,987 Andrew. Now in this terrifying like werewolf form, right? And he straight up just rips right 501 00:48:02,027 --> 00:48:08,973 through these slow ass zombies slashing a path right to Dracula whose head he just tears right 502 00:48:09,013 --> 00:48:14,137 the hell off. You mean he tries to tear off Dracula's head, but Dracula is just gonna stand 503 00:48:14,157 --> 00:48:21,283 there staring at him, smiling with his eyes glowing red, and uh, Andre Benson, he's gonna 504 00:48:21,323 --> 00:48:27,247 be frozen in place under Dracula's hypnotic control. I mean that's not gonna work on a 505 00:48:27,287 --> 00:48:34,592 vampire as powerful as Andrew Bennett. So that smile turns upside down real quick. But why 506 00:48:34,632 --> 00:48:42,036 won't this work? Dude, would you say that Andrew Bennett could hypnotize Dracula? Fuck no. Exactly. 507 00:48:42,997 --> 00:48:49,760 You say that, but like Dracula was able to exert some influence against even the queen of monsters 508 00:48:49,900 --> 00:48:56,004 in the Marvel comics. So like Dracula may not be able to control Anders mind, but he at least 509 00:48:56,064 --> 00:49:01,026 forces him to revert into his humanoid form. You know. mid slash as he tries to take off 510 00:49:01,046 --> 00:49:08,711 his head. So instead of decapitating Dracula, Mr. Beckett just slaps him. And that was a 511 00:49:08,771 --> 00:49:14,614 mistake. Cause Dracula is gonna grab him by the wrist and twist it, causing Anton to flip 512 00:49:14,674 --> 00:49:19,476 onto his back on the ground where Dracula just stakes him through the heart with his sword. 513 00:49:19,897 --> 00:49:25,800 Boom, telekinetic shield. That sword just bounces right off of it. And Andrew Bennett, he's gonna 514 00:49:25,840 --> 00:49:30,499 follow up with a telekinetic blast from the ground. That's just gonna send Dracula on his 515 00:49:30,659 --> 00:49:36,623 ass. Uh, at which point, Andrew gets on his feet, and in like this wicked fast flurry, 516 00:49:37,103 --> 00:49:42,267 he's going to pin Dracula's hands and feet to the ground with silver daggers, like crucifixion 517 00:49:42,307 --> 00:49:48,051 style. And while Dracula is like writhing in pain, Andrew's just gonna look down on him 518 00:49:48,411 --> 00:49:53,274 with like another silver dagger in his hand, and he's gonna be like, my name is Andrew Bennett, 519 00:49:53,695 --> 00:50:00,299 bitch, before stinking him right through the heart and killing him. Okay, uh, yeah, Dracula 520 00:50:00,419 --> 00:50:05,382 is in pain from the silver daggers in his hands and feet, but right as, uh, Drew Barrymore 521 00:50:05,522 --> 00:50:10,726 tries to stake him in the heart, the silver dagger just goes through a cluster of spiders, 522 00:50:11,186 --> 00:50:17,170 because Dracula turns into spiders and these spiders crawl up and around Mr. Bentley's arm 523 00:50:17,310 --> 00:50:25,056 and into his mouth when suddenly a sword erupts from out of his chest, slicing up and around 524 00:50:25,276 --> 00:50:32,288 as Dracula emerges from inside. Ashton's now sliced in half body. Andrew Bennett, it's Andrew 525 00:50:32,308 --> 00:50:37,990 Bennett. It's not worth remembering, he's dead. Jeez. Dude, I'm pretty sure Dracula wouldn't 526 00:50:38,010 --> 00:50:43,253 be able to use his powers if he was positioned in the shape of a cruciform with silver in 527 00:50:43,293 --> 00:50:49,336 his body. Well, what do you know? You don't know. Dude, I know what you told me. Yeah, 528 00:50:49,356 --> 00:50:54,678 but it's like, you know, it's fiction. So... Oh my gosh. Let's go ahead and leave the match 529 00:50:54,718 --> 00:51:00,101 there. Either Andrew Bennett stakes Dracula to the ground in the shape of a cross and then 530 00:51:00,141 --> 00:51:06,484 stakes his heart, or Dracula turns into spiders, goes into Andrew Bennett's body, and stakes 531 00:51:06,524 --> 00:51:10,847 him through the heart from the inside while cutting his body in half. Pretty violent, but 532 00:51:10,867 --> 00:51:16,090 they're vampires, so it makes sense. All right, let's enter the stats and find out who's gonna 533 00:51:16,110 --> 00:51:24,398 come out on top. AG9K, hit it. Inputting data, running calculations, processing results. Simulations 534 00:51:24,438 --> 00:51:30,581 complete. All right, that was pretty fun. Despite having a horrible name, I will say that Andrew 535 00:51:30,601 --> 00:51:36,124 Bennett came out almost identical to Dracula. Yeah, their stats are fairly close, you know, 536 00:51:36,424 --> 00:51:42,967 in terms of movement speed, evasiveness, strength, even fighting skill and range, they're pretty 537 00:51:43,027 --> 00:51:49,535 much equal. We did say that Dracula was less durable. than Andrew Bennett because Dracula 538 00:51:49,715 --> 00:51:55,139 has more weaknesses. Although he did overcome his weakness to sunlight, he's still affected 539 00:51:55,179 --> 00:52:00,844 by a lot more things than Andrew Bennett's character. Plus, Andrew Bennett is able to produce some 540 00:52:00,884 --> 00:52:05,647 of those weaknesses, just conjure them in his hands. So Dracula lost a point in durability 541 00:52:05,667 --> 00:52:12,292 for that reason as well. When it came to intelligence, we did say that Dracula was smarter, not only 542 00:52:12,332 --> 00:52:19,103 because he lived longer, but also he has more experience as a leader of vampires than Andrew. 543 00:52:20,083 --> 00:52:26,225 Perception wise though, we gave Andrew the edge because he is clairvoyant. Versatility wise, 544 00:52:26,525 --> 00:52:32,287 both of these guys are highly versatile as the Lord of the vampires of the respective universes. 545 00:52:32,587 --> 00:52:37,048 They do a bunch of stuff. Yeah, I totally thought Dracula would have Andrew Bennett in the versatility 546 00:52:37,088 --> 00:52:42,169 department considering all the different powers that he has, but unfortunately Andrew Bennett 547 00:52:42,189 --> 00:52:46,475 can do just as much, pretty much. The real difference we found there was that Dracula is able to 548 00:52:46,515 --> 00:52:51,777 control the weather, whereas Andrew Bennett has telekinetic abilities. And can summon weapons. 549 00:52:52,318 --> 00:52:58,200 Yeah. So taking all of these stats into consideration, Joseph, who do you think came out on top? Not 550 00:52:58,260 --> 00:53:04,943 some loser like Andrew Bennett. I would hate to give the win to Andrew Bennett. You know, 551 00:53:04,983 --> 00:53:11,998 fucking Dracula. It's a vampire match, of course Dracula. And our Instagram poll takers. agree 552 00:53:12,018 --> 00:53:16,781 with me. Of course they do. Largely probably because they don't have no fucking clue who 553 00:53:16,861 --> 00:53:22,984 Andrew Bennett is. 80% of them think that Dracula is going to take this. Yeah, but I mean, by 554 00:53:23,024 --> 00:53:26,846 the time we figured out what duel we were doing for this episode because we weren't sure it 555 00:53:26,866 --> 00:53:31,889 was kind of a last minute decision, this poll has not been up for 24 hours yet. So there's 556 00:53:31,929 --> 00:53:37,052 still time for people to vote for Andrew Bennett. Like you never know. Andrew Bennett could take 557 00:53:37,092 --> 00:53:43,444 the win in this poll. He's not gonna. He's just some random dude. He's cool, I swear. You guys 558 00:53:43,484 --> 00:53:49,908 heard it. You know he's cool now. But let's find out who won. AJ9K, the results please. 559 00:53:50,529 --> 00:53:58,394 Hey Yuasa. All right, the winner of the dual matchup between Andrew Bennett and Dracula 560 00:53:58,994 --> 00:54:10,226 is Dracula. Of course it is, but barely. By 53.2% or 532 of the 1000 matches. Andrew Bennett 561 00:54:10,286 --> 00:54:16,309 won 468. Of course he would lose. He's literally nobody. One of these days I hope they make 562 00:54:16,629 --> 00:54:21,831 a comic book character named Joseph Garcia. So I can talk about what a fucking loser that 563 00:54:21,871 --> 00:54:27,634 character is and how lame they are just because their name is Joseph Garcia. All comic book 564 00:54:27,654 --> 00:54:32,657 characters have to have a name. Why is Andrew Bennett like apparently the worst one? Is it 565 00:54:32,697 --> 00:54:38,512 any worse than Steve Rogers? No, but Steve Rogers is also Captain America. Andrew Bennett is 566 00:54:38,592 --> 00:54:43,817 a tax accountant that works down the street at the H&R block in the local shopping center. 567 00:54:44,137 --> 00:54:47,920 Not the freaking Lord of vampires like Dracula. Let me tell you that there's going to be an 568 00:54:48,020 --> 00:54:52,504 Andrew Bennett who actually works at an H&R block listening to this episode. He was like, 569 00:54:52,704 --> 00:54:53,525 oh, I feel seen. 570 00:54:56,768 --> 00:55:02,873 We do see you, Andrew. We see you. Yeah, you're a badass. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. 571 00:55:02,893 --> 00:55:08,073 Badass name. fucking vampire, lord of the vampires. 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So at the end of the day, Marvel's Dracula really is. a big fucking loser. 586 00:56:30,666 --> 00:56:34,788 That does it for this episode, we want to give a big thanks to our executive producers Ken 587 00:56:34,808 --> 00:56:40,970 Johnson, John Snorosky, Zachary Hepburn, Dustin Balcom, Miggy Mathengian, Brandon Estregard, 588 00:56:41,270 --> 00:56:47,953 Nathaniel Wagner, Levi Yeaton, Nick Ibbonto, Austin Wasylowski, AJ Dunkerley, Scott Camacho, 589 00:56:48,373 --> 00:56:53,736 Adam Spies, and Andrew Shunk for helping make this podcast possible. And we'll talk to you 590 00:56:53,776 --> 00:56:56,597 guys next week. Up up and away, true believers.