The passage of time in the Marvel Universe is different than the passage of time in the real world. All information listed here is per the year in which the source material was first published. This does not necessarily mean that the event(s) in question actually take place in the year 1973.
The vampire hunter Blade tracks Dracula to the party ship Michele and fights the vampire lord for the first time. Dracula sets and explosive that destroys the ship, but they both escape and Blade manages to save most of the passengers. Clifton Graves is believed dead at this time.
Invalid Jason Faust hires Lucas Brand as his instrument of revenge against those he blames for being put in an iron lung; one of whom happens to be Quincy Harker. While trying to kill Quincy, Lucas runs afoul of Dracula who turns him into a vampire. Lucas in turn makes Jason Faust a vampire. Unable to move, Faust dies in the rays of the rising sun.