The evil Count uses his dark powers to transform a defeated guard captain into an inhuman horror to combat Guts, the Black Swordsman. Puck, Guts\' pint-sized fairy sidekick, is captured when he attempts to stop an old doctor\'s execution, and he is given as a gift to the count\'s daughter, a sweet girl in a gilded cage, imprisoned by her father in her own room. Guts, determined to make mincemeat of the Count, assaults the castle and carves a swath of blood-soaked destruction through the Count\'s minions. Face-to-face with the Black Swordsman at last, the Count reveals his true form, and even Guts\' super-sized sword may not be big enough to contend with this demonic monstrosity! (W/A/CA) Kentaro Miura
