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Count Dracula
Count Dracula
Alter Ego: Vlad Dracula
Notable Aliases: Count Dracula, Justin Drake, Dr. Vlad, Vlad III the Impaler, Dagon, Count Orlok, Alucard, Dondora, Frank Drake, Drake
First Appearance: Suspense #7 (March, 1951)
Vlad the Impaler himself, turned into a vampire after one fateful battle in 15th century. He is the Lord of Vampires and serves as primary antagonist to more supernatural oriented characters. His outside appearances vary by the timeline from his initial Classical Movie Vampire in the seventies to a "modern" long-haired Walking Shirtless Scene in 00s to an armor-clad warrior.
- Amplifier Artifact: The Stoker character was absurdly overpowered, while vampires in the Marvel Universe tend to be near the bottom of the superhuman hierarchy. Some writers solve this by making some of his powers the result of various enhancing equipment and talismans, some of which let him punch into weight classes even the novel character would be out of and challenge gods.
- Arch Nemesis Dad:
- For his daughter Lilith, who is cursed to forever oppose him.
- His son Xarus is also not very fond of him and tried to kill his father and take his place.
- The Beastmaster: He has control over rats, bats and wolves.
- Brought Down to Normal: He's turned back into a human for couple issues when the forces of hell decide to punish him for pretending to be Satan during his takeover of The Scion of Satan.
- Card-Carrying Villain: Dracula has referred to himself as "lord of evil".
- The Chessmaster: He's usually depicted an exceptionally accomplished schemer and manipulator, with the advantage of centuries of experience and an immortal's patience - and capacity for holding grudges.
- Apocalypse and his Dark Riders tore through Wallachia when he was in charge and human, and humiliated him. He bided his time for four hundred years, then in 1897, he systematically destroyed the Clan Akkaba and very nearly killed Apocalypse himself, weakening him rather than confronting him head-on. If it hadn't been for the timely intervention of Abraham Van Helsing, he'd have succeeded.
- It transpires that he's behind everything in his arc in Aaron's Avengers run, and, moreover, has a mole on the Avengers' support staff and in the Agents of Wakanda. Basically, he's playing both ends against the middle, and no one suspects a thing - though Mephisto is shaping up to be the Greater-Scope Villain.
- Composite Character: This Dracula has traits of both Bram Stoker's fictional creation (who is in Public Domain) and the actual historical figure.
- Deadpan Snarker: Occasionally.
- Death Is Cheap: He's killed a number of times throughout the series but it never sticks.
- Decapitation Required: Since he is more than your regular vampire, Dracula's head must be removed after a staking to kill him permanently. Lack of this knowledge or just plain circumstances around his defeat are the usual reason for his return after a while.
- Depraved Bisexual: During his appearance in The Avengers (Jason Aaron), it's shown that his royal harem consists of both men and women.
- Evil Is Hammy: Being the vampire, Dracula has no reason to be subtle in his presentation and appearance, and is prone to making a Badass Boast or two during combat.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Saves a woman from a rapist, kills an abusive father, and when one woman is mortally wounded by her asshole husband he vamps her so that she can avenge herself (and even asked first). He also repays debts to those who aid him. Generally, he disdains pettiness or acts unbecoming of a noble.
- Familial Foe: The Van Helsing and Harker families have spent about four generations trying to kill Dracula for good, even as their numbers dwindle.
- Fight Dracula: He's fought against many Marvel heroes and villains alike over the years, including the X-Men, Silver Surfer, Thor, Apocalypse, Blade, and Deadpool.
- Holy Burns Evil: He can't bear the sight of crosses and other holy symbols like the Star of David, and burns if he comes in contact with them.
- How the Mighty Have Fallen:
- He was subjected to this after being depowered, going as far as to beg his hated daughter to turn him so he could regain his powers (though she refused). A more comedic example in Deadpool: Til Death Do Us following his defeat at the hands of Old Man Logan, he became a reclusive Basement-Dweller who lives in a old lady's home and plays video-games all the time. Quite the shocking fall from grace from the Lord of Vampires who governed his own nation.
- He seems to have suffered this in Jason Aaron's 2018 Avengers run, being chased out of his castle by the Shadow Colonel, seeking asylum as a withered shadow of himself in Russia, being psychologically tormented by the Red Widow who forces him to give up his every secret, as the old vampire nation is destroyed by the Shadow Colonel, before being exiled to Chernobyl. The Avengers are suspicious. They're right to be. He masterminded all of it, Xarus - now firmly under his thumb - acting as the Shadow Colonel to winnow out the weak, creating new vampires by the hundred out of some of Russia's hardest criminals, and founding a new vampire nation.
- Hurl It into the Sun: Old Man Logan tried to defy his Joker Immunity by having a Sentinel throw his decapitated head into the sun. It didn't take.
- Immortality: A combination of The Ageless with Resurrective Immortality. Like all vampires, Dracula is immune to aging and can only die through specific means. Unlike other vampires, he is much harder to permanently destroy. He has been killed several times throughout the course of his life only for someone to resurrect him each time. Lampshaded by Dracula several times that destroying him is pointless because someone will eventually resurrect him, either by accident or a worshiper who wants something from him.
- Immune to Bullets: Unless they are made out of wood or silver.
- Joker Immunity: He has died so many times that superheroes wonder whether he will stay dead this time.
- Kick the Dog: Dracula's moments of compassion are outnumbered by moments of cruelty that Angelus would admire. He's willing to stalk, taunt, kill or turn innocent children (even if he'll show others compassion), he torments and kills members of the Harker and Van Helsing families even before they resume hunting for him, abandons his infant daughter and later kills her foster family, and even smashes the urn with Edith Harker's ashes inside just to spite her father minutes after the man reluctantly saves his life.
- Living Forever Is Awesome: Despite being cursed, Dracula mocks the idea of immortality being boring and despite existing for five hundred years has no intention of ever permanently dying.
- Politically Incorrect Villain: He despises Muslims ever since he was at war with the Ottoman Empire.
- Pragmatic Villainy: In the more recent years, he has seemingly given up trying to take over the world like he used to do in the past when fighting Dr. Strange and Blade, and decided to keep vampirekind hidden in the shadows because he knows that they couldn't possibly rival other superhumans, with this being the reason why his son Xarus decides to overthrow him in Curse of the Mutants. However, it's shown that he is just biding his time before trying it all over again, as he tells Old Man Logan that after the Inhumans unleashed the Terrigen Mist, the world has been thrown into disarray leaving it unprepared for the vampires to attack.
- Pride: One of his defining characteristics. He will go out of his way to avenge perceived insults and challenges to his power, and refuses to acknowledge anyone as his master including God or Satan despite being a self-admitted creature of Hell.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: His eyes turn red when he's enraged or hungry.
- Rogues' Gallery Transplant: He didn't necessarily start out as any particular superhero's enemy, being an independent villain who happened to fight any hero that crossed his way his way such as Thor, Silver Surfer and Dr. Strange. With that said, he became heavily involved with the X-Men and many related characters, having tried to turn Storm into his bride, fought with Old Man Logan and had a blood feud with Apocalypse and Deadpool on separate occasions. In addition, he was heavily involved in one major X-Men arc, Curse of the Mutants, where his own son Xarus tried to overthrow him requiring the X-Men to form an alliance with Dracula to beat him.
- Staying Alive: Dracula returned to life so many times, including his demise in Bram Stoker's novel where the events actually happened, the complete annihilation with the Montesi Formula, being struck down by Excalibur and even having his own head hurled into the sun.
- Strong as They Need to Be: Due to the many years of publication Marvel's Dracula has been around and the very nature of his character to oppose heroes, his accomplishments can vary from beating the X-Men and getting the upper hand over Silver Surfer or Apocalypse to being defeated by a singular hero with only slightly-above peak human stats like Deadpool.
- Super Smoke: His usual form of dodging projectiles is turning into a mist.
- Undeathly Pallor: First few volumes of The Tomb of Dracula depicted him like this. His subsequent appearances has him going back and forth with pale and normal skin tone.
- Unexplained Recovery: Usually, he has the excuse of being brought back to life by his loyal servants or simply because his enemies did not use the proper tools to kill him. Other times, he just appears alive without explanation.
- Unholy Matrimony: His female companions from Stoker's novel are identified as his concubines that he had turned over the years. Dracula also attempted to marry the succubus princess Shiklah just so they could unite the monster races under a single banner, but she fell for Deadpool instead (to be fair, he courted her more for political reasons rather than any genuine romantic feelings). He gets a second chance after they divorce in Deadpool: Til Death Do Us Part.
- Vampire Monarch: He's the king of vampires and is often challenged for that title.
- Villainous Crush: Dracula has coveted some superheroines to be his brides. The most well-known is Storm from the X-Men, but he also had eyes on Sif in one occasion
◊. That is not even counting the normal women he desired in his series. - Villainous Valor: One of the more positive traits he shows time to time such as in Fear Itself when the Hulk was transformed into Nul the Breaker of Worlds and rampaged over Romania, Dracula and his armies attempted one last stand after throwing every possible measure they could find, knowing full well they couldn't possibly come out alive against such a beast.
- Villain Protagonist: He's the protagonist and the Big Bad in his own right in The Tomb of Dracula and Dracula Lives!.
- Villainous Widow's Peak: Prominent in his original appearance in the seventies.
- Warrior Prince: When he was a mortal.
- Weakened by the Light: Of course. Unlike most vampires sunlight usually only weakens him, rather than destroy him outright.
- White Hair, Black Heart: His most recent incarnation following Curse of the Mutants onwards depicts him with long white hair.
- You Don't Look Like You: As noted above, until Curse of the Mutants, he resembled Bela Lugosi and Christopher Lee's portrayals of Dracula, just with facial hair. Then, starting with that story, he was ironically now clean-shaven, gained a few features of Gary Oldman's Dracula from early on in his film (namely, pale grey skin and long, white hair), and starting wearing red armor.
Vampire Hunters and other supporting cast
Quincy Harker
Quincy Harker
Alter Ego: Quincy Harker
First Appearance: Tomb of Dracula #7 (March, 1973)
Quincy is the son of Jonathan and Mina Harker, two of the major characters in Stoker's novel. He was trained as a vampire hunter by Abraham Van Helsing, becoming his successor. In retaliation, Dracula causes Quincy's wife Elizabeth to commit suicide (out of her fear of him) and cripples Quincy, requiring him to use a wheelchair. Despite this, Quincy continues the fight, converting his house into a veritable vampire deathtrap and his wheelchair into a personal anti-vampire arsenal.
- Dead Guy Junior: He was named after Quincy Morris, who died in the original Bram Stoker novel.
- Gadgeteer Genius: Prefers hunting vampires with more high-tech weaponry, even installing poison dart shooters in his chair.
- Genius Cripple: Also, a Handicapped Badass.
- Heroes Love Dogs: His attack dog, Saint.
- I Let Gwen Stacy Die: Is out to avenge the death of his wife and later his daughter.
- Offing the Offspring:He is forced to kill his own daughter after Dracula turns her.
- Vampire Hunter
Frank Drake
Frank Drake
Alter Ego: Frank Drake
Notable Aliases: "Franky", "Frankie Boy"
First Appearance: Tomb of Dracula #1 (April, 1972)
Frank Drake was once a millionaire playboy until he wasted his inherited fortune. All he had left was his charm and a castle that had been in the service of his family for many generations. Before deciding to sell the place, he, his friend Clifton Graves, and fiance Jeanie went to Transylvania to investigate the ancient castle which was the resting place of Count Dracula. During his search, he and another stumbled upon the remains of the lord of vampires and accidentally revived him. Dracula instantly attacked Frank and his friends throughout the castle. Frank escaped with his life due to Dracula finding that Frank was Dracula's descendant.
- Empty Shell: Frank tries to give his life to destroy Varnae, and survives the experience—but with major scars physically and mentally leaving him permanently bed-ridden and a shell of his former self.
- Fights Like a Normal: He is a descendant of Dracula's bloodline, but far enough removed that any power or supernatural strength that might normally come with that connection is absent—leaving him no different in skill set than his fellow hunters.
- Heroic Sacrifice: He tries to give one when he detonates his own gun in an attempt to take Varnae with him; he survives but as a bed-ridden vegetable.
- I Call It "Vera": His exorcist gun, which he named Linda.
- Vampire Hunter: Not initially, but he is recruited into the fold by van Helsing and Harker and becomes one of the core hunters in the series.
- Will They or Won't They?: With Rachel for much of the series. They don't, and Frank ultimately marries someone else.
Rachel van Helsing
Rachel van Helsing
Alter Ego: Rachel van Helsing
First Appearance: Tomb of Dracula #3 (July, 1972)
Rachel was the great-granddaughter of the legendary vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing. When Dracula took revenge on the van Helsing family by killing the parents of young Rachel van Helsing, Quincy Harker saved the girl from Dracula, taking her under his wing. Dracula however gave her a scar across her forehead, which she bears to this day.
Rachel grew up to become a true successor to the van Helsing mantle. Quincy was a vampire hunter and he taught Rachel everything there was to know about vampires and how to hunt and kill them. She and her teammates pursued Dracula across the globe, Rachel usually wielding her crossbow.
- Badass Family: She comes from a long line of Vampire and Monster hunters, started by the famous Abraham van Helsing himself.
- Dangerous 16th Birthday: While she's already been exposed to loss and terror before that, Rachel mentions that her sixteenth birthday was marked by Dracula showing up to try and seduce and kill her.
- Heroic Lineage: Granddaughter of legendary vampire hunter, Abraham van Helsing.
- Improbable Aiming Skills: She is a master shot with a bow, expertly hitting targets even with hands literally tied behind her back.
- Mercy Kill: When she appears in X-Men, she is transformed into a vampire, and begs Wolverine to put her down—he complies.
- Vampire Hunter: Naturally, with her surname.
- Will They or Won't They?: With Frank for much of the series. They don't.
Blade
Blade
Alter Ego: Eric Brooks
Notable Aliases: Blade: The Vampire Hunter, the Daywalker, Frank Blade, Switch Blade, Spider Hero, Ronin
First Appearance: Tomb of Dracula #10 (July, 1973)
Eric Brooks was born to a London whore in the mid-twenties. After his mother was killed by a vampire he was taken in by his mother's coworkers. He learned the skills needed to hunt vampires from an old trumpet playing jazzman, Afari. Soon he set off around the world, eventually making an enemy out of Dracula himself.
See Blade
Hannibal King
Hannibal King
Alter Ego: Hannibal King
Notable Aliases: Henry Kagle, "Horrified Hannibal"
First Appearance: Tomb of Dracula #25 (October, 1974)
Hannibal King was an ordinary Private investigator until a vampire named Deacon Frost killed him and turned him into a vampire. He was a member of the Nightstalkers along with Blade and Frank Drake.
- The Ending Changes Everything: In a Twist Ending, Hannibal King was revealed as a vampire in the final frame of his first story. Eagle-eyed viewers will notice a few hints scattered in the story that lead up to the big reveal.
- To get to a certain part of town, King takes a five-minute walk on foot that London natives know takes about an hour. He does not use a vehicle at any time during the story.
- In a pub, King's reflection is not seen in the bar mirror.
- King notices a sign on the door of a building that reads: "Open, please come in". This is late at night after business hours. Traditional vampire lore states that a vampire can only enter a private residence or establishment after being invited to do so.
- King is seen on the second floor of a building that does not have stairs leading down. But there is an open window. This implies that he got in through the window by transforming himself into a bat or mist.
- In narration, King describes a room that he is in as pitch black. However, he does not appear to have any problem seeing things without a flashlight.
- King is hit very hard with a crowbar but does not seem the worse for wear.
- Dracula demands that King acknowledge him as master. Dracula is the lord of vampires and his mastery does not extend beyond this.
Harold H. Harold
Harold H. Harold
Alter Ego: Harold Harold Harold
Notable Aliases: "Manling" (Dracula's nickname for him), "Cat Food Man" (Katie Bishop's nickname for him)
First Appearance: Tomb of Dracula #37 (October, 1975)
Harold H. Harold was a clumsy freelance writer from Boston who was fascinated by vampires. As such, he became an ally to the first incarnation of the Dracula Hunters to defeat Dracula.
Domini
Domini
Alter Ego: Domini
Notable Aliases: The Bride of Dracula
First Appearance: Tomb of Dracula #45 (June, 1976)
A woman Dracula saves from being sacrificed and marries
- Badass Normal
- Second Love: Is implied to be the first woman Drac has truly loved since Maria.
- Silk Hiding Steel
Janus Tepes
Janus Tepes
Alter Ego: Janus Tepes
Notable Aliases: The Golden Angel, Son of Dracula
First Appearance: Tomb of Dracula #54 (March, 1977) note ; Tomb of Dracula #55 (April, 1977) note
Domini's son she had with Dracula.
- Death of a Child: Janus was prematurely murdered when he was just a baby by Anton Lupeski. He was resurrected after having his soul merged with an angel.
- Decoy Protagonist: He serves as the point of view character in Curse of the Mutants prologue, seeing firsthand his father's murder by Xarus's hand and tries to stop his brother from taking power for himself. Since this is an X-Men storyline, he fades from the spotlight after the prologue and only returns to briefly assist the heroes at one point in their quest.
- Dhampyr: Subverted. Despite having a human mother and a vampire father, Janus is actually a pure-blooded vampire instead of dhampyr like Blade, and as such, shares all their common weaknesses such as aversion to sunlight.
- Enemy Mine: With the X-Men during Curse of the Mutants. He isn't necessarily hostile with them personally, but he is loyal to his father who most certainly is, but both need to join forces in order to stop Xarus by resurrecting Dracula, so this trope still qualifies.
- Friendly Neighborhood Vampire: He very personable and affable with others and doesn't come across as evil like every other vampire in the story.
- The Dutiful Son: He is the only Dracula offspring to be loyal to their father instead of trying to kill him like Lilith or Xarus.
- Out of Focus: He doesn't have a big presence in the Marvel Universe. After being brought back to life during the original Tomb of Dracula comic, he disappeared and wouldn't appear again in comics until Curse of the Mutants.
- Our Angels Are Different: After being killed as a baby, he had his soul merged with a spirit of light that turned him into a powerful angelic being.
Sheila Whittier
Sheila Whittier
Alter Ego: Shiela Whittier
First Appearance: Giant-Size Chillers Featuring Curse of Dracula #1 (June, 1974)
A woman Dracula intended to kill but wound up saving. Temporarily served as his minion
- Alas, Poor Villain: Dracula, who had come to love her, mourned her death.
- Driven to Suicide: She killed herself to escape from Dracula after he struck her and murdered David Eshcol.
- Human Sacrifice: What her father had planned for her
- Minion with an F in Evil: The one time she spies on someone for Dracula she develops doubts pretty quickly
- Spanner in the Works: Ruins Dracula's plan to use the Chimera. Considering that none of Dracula's enemies knew about it/weren't in a position to stop him, it's actually impressive
Taj Nital
Taj Nital
Alter Ego: Taj Nital
First Appearance: Tomb of Dracula #3 (April, 1972)
An Indian vampire hunter and companion of Rachel.- The Big Guy: To the Quincy vampire hunter group.
- Put on a Bus: He returns to India to be with his wife after the death of his infected son.
- Undying Loyalty: To Rachel Van Helsing, narration even declaring his platonic love for her.
- The Voiceless: He's been mute since a vampire ripped out his throat.
Edith Harker
Edith Harker
Alter Ego: Edith Harker
First Appearance: Tomb of Dracula #7 (March, 1973)
Quincy's daughter and assistant.- Gunship Rescue: In her second issue, she shows up in a helicopter to use a sonic weapon to incapacitate several brainwashed children who are attacking her father, Frank, and Rachel.
- Mauve Shirt: Edith seems to be a Red Shirt Dracula victim before she drives him off with a crucifix and her father shows up to take her home before they meet Drake and Rachel. She spends the next several issues hovering around the main cast and providing some assistance (usually of a Mission Control variety). Sadly, Dracula succeeds in turning her less than a year after her first appearance.
- Missing Mom: Her mother committed suicide when Edith was four due to trauma from a vampire attack.
- Satellite Character: She doesn't have too much characterization beyond being Quincy's daughter, confidant, and caregiver.
- Wouldn't Hurt a Child: After using a sonic device to incapacitate several brainwashed children, she worriedly asks if they'll be okay.
Inspector Chelm
Inspector George Chelm
First appearance: Tomb of Dracula #3 (July, 1972)
A Scotland Yard inspector who encounters Frank, Rachel, and Taj during their first hunt together. He goes on to play a role in several of their further paranormal encounters.- Friend on the Force: Chelm initially arrests Frank and the others for murder, but after seeing evidence that vampires are real, he lets them go. He proceeds to help them in several later issues when their mission brings them to London.
- Sharp-Dressed Man: Chelm is rarely if ever seen without a nice suit.
Enemies
Anton Lupeski
Anton Lupeski
Alter Ego: Anton Lupeski
First Appearance: Tomb of Dracula #45 (June, 1976)
Anton Lupeski was the leader of the Church of the Damned and an unwilling follower to Dracula. He wanted to be the leader of his cult, and not Dracula. He therefore made a plan to destroy Dracula once and for all. First, he contacted Dracula's enemies, the Dracula Hunters, and sended them to Dracula's hideout. When this failed, Anton fired a weapon on Dracula, but instead hit his newborn son. Overwhelmed with anger, Dracula killed Anton on the spot.
- Greyand Gray Morality: Lupeski easily defends his lifestyle as a Satanist against Frank Drake who clearly states that he does not approve of Lupeski in the least.Lupeski: Because I'm a Satanist, right? Whatever happened to freedom of religion? We all believe in our gods. And one day we'll see whose god is stronger.
- Murder by Mistake: Accidentally fatally shot the infant Janus when trying to kill Dracula, resulting in his death.
Deacon Frost
Deacon Frost
"Tell me, where would you be if I hadn't slaked my thirst at your mother's throat? You'd be another product of the ghetto, either dead or rotting in jail, a vicious cold eyed killed with a knife! I've given you a purpose, I'm your reason for living!"
Alter Ego: Deacon Frost
Notable Aliases: Dark One, Whitehair
First Appearance: Tomb of Dracula #13 (October, 1973)
A 19th century scientist whose experiments with vampire blood resulted in him becoming an unusual type of vampire, Frost was the one who vampirized Blade's mother decades ago, leaving Blade a dhampir. While lacking the powers of a Varnae or Dracula, Frost has the unique ability to transform his victims into doppelgangers of himself and used this power to challenge Dracula for the title of Lord of the Vampires.
See: Blade.
Doctor Sun
Doctor Sun
Alter Ego: Sun (first name unrevealed)
Notable Aliases: HERBIE, Robot, Shiney, Dome-Head, Domey
First Appearance: Tomb of Dracula #16 (January, 1974)
Dr. Sun was a scientist whose brain was removed from his body and hooked up into a computer system after his loyalty to the Chinese government was called into question. The project ended up Gone Horribly Right, as he took over the computers which in turn gave him "absolute power", and a craving for more.
- Big Bad: Of two thirds of The Tomb of Dracula, as his machinations forced the desperate vampire hunters to join with Dracula to stop him from taking over the world.
- Body Surf: Displays this skill when he merges his consciousness with alien computers, and later with Reed Richards' robotic helper HERBIE in the pages of Fantastic Four.
- Brain in a Jar: Initially, he'd later have a robot body.
- Evil Genius: Brilliant scientist when he had his body, Sun is just as brilliant as a scheming brain.
- Evil Gloating: Revels in this. When Dracula is temporarily defeated and reduced to ashes, he specifically demands the ashes to be preserved so that he can gloat over them anytime he feels like it.
- Killed Off for Real: Died for good when HERBIE sacrificed itself to destroy them both.
- Morally Ambiguous Doctorate
- Rogues' Gallery Transplant: After he was defeated by Dracula, he went to antagonize Nova and Fantastic Four.
- Take Over the World: Dr. Sun seeks more power in order to rule the world.
- Villain Teleportation: He can teleport his physical self anywhere he pleases, it is also what saved him from death at Dracula's hands. In Nova, he easily transports himself to space.
Lilith Drake
Lilith Drake
Alter Ego: Lilith Drake
Notable Aliases: Lily Drake, Lilith Dracul
First Appearance: Giant-Size Chillers Featuring Curse of Dracula #1 (June, 1974)
Dracula's daughter, who is possibly even worse than he is.
- As Long as There Is Evil: Lilith can be killed, but she will always come back as long as Dracula lives.
- Best Served Cold: Subverted. The first thing she does after reincarnating for the first time in 28 years is to promptly try to kill Quincy Harker, aka the guy who staked her.
- Conscription: For a time she was drafted into being part of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Howling Commandos.
- Heel–Face Revolving Door: Depending on the Writer, Lilith can fluctuate between protecting the innocent with no ulterior motive to building an army of zombie slaves for nefarious purposes.
- Hellbent For Leather: Wears a lot of black leather, especially her second outfit.
- Jerkass: She's not a very nice person.
- I Hate You, Vampire Dad: Hates her father very much.
- Navel-Deep Neckline: Her original outfit could give Satanna Hellstrom's a run for its money, being open all the way past her navel.
- One-Steve Limit: There is always someone worse, and in this lady's case it is Lilith, Mother of Demons. The two tend to appear in the books about the same characters, such as Hannibal King, Blade, Dr. Strange or Ghost Rider, and both tend to be rather manipulative bastards. The difference is that Dracula's daughter is usually steering them towards furthering her own goals, while The Mother of Demons is usually trying to get them killed.
- Painted-On Pants: Her second outfit had a corset and some seriously form fitting pants.
- Red and Black and Evil All Over: The main costume difference between her and the other Lilith is that she favors red and black outfits, while the Mother of Monsters usually goes for purples and greens.
- Statuesque Stunner: She's officially 6"/183cm tall and very hot.
- Tragic Villain: Dracula was a terrible father to put it mildly.
- Vapor Wear: Her original outfit showed quite clearly that she wasn't wearing any underwear.
Nimrod the First
Nimrod the First
Alter Ego: Nimrod
Notable Aliases: Nimrod the First, Lord of the Undead
First Appearance: Dracula #3 (June, 1973)
Nimrod was one of the oldest vampires, having been one since the 1400`s. He was chosen by Varnae (the First Lord of the Earth`s Vampires) to test Dracula. Dracula proved that he was indeed worthy, killed Nimrod and became the new lord of the vampires.
Varnae
Varnae
The First Vampire
Alter Ego: Varnae
Notable Aliases: Arch-Magnus Necromantic, Baal, Croatoan, Lord of the Vampires, Vampire Prime, Nosferatu Prime, Tsathoggua
First Appearance: Bizarre Adventures #33 (December, 1982)
The original Lord of the Vampires, Varnae was an Atlantean sorcerer and Darkholder who became the first vampire as a result of a spell gone wrong. He ruled Earth's vampires for millennia, before growing weary of life and committing suicide, though not before passing the title on to Dracula. He was later resurrected, and became a foe of both his successor, and vampire hunters like Blade.
- The Archmage: Once had ambitions of becoming Sorcerer Supreme and still has the magical clout to back it up.
- Archnemesis Dad: To Dracula, his figurative son and successor as Lord of the Vampires.
- The Beastmaster: Like Dracula, he can control animals.
- Driven to Suicide: Killed himself after growing weary of the long centuries of boredom.
- Evil Sorcerer: Was an evil Atlantean sorcerer before becoming the first vampire.
- Foil: A physical and mental foil to his successor, Dracula. While Dracula views himself as an aristocrat and dresses and comports himself accordingly, Varnae is a primitive savage who wears no clothing and prefers the form of a giant, vampiric ape.
- Frazetta Man: Varnae is a hulking ape-man, with bat-like features grafted on as a result of his vampiric status.
- Full-Frontal Assault: Disdains clothing.
- Genius Bruiser: Varnae is far, far smarter than his bestial countenance would suggest, being, among other things, one of the most learned sorcerers of his era.
- Giant Flyer: Complete with a thirty foot wingspan when he needs it.
- A God Am I: Has taken on the identities of numerous gods over the eons, gathering worshipers to him as Ba'al, Tsathoggua, and Croatoan among others.
- I Have Many Names: Ba'al, Tsathoggua, and Croatoan, to name a few.
- Monster Lord: Even with Dracula holding the current title of Lord of the Vampires, Varnae retains this status and can control most lesser vampires.
- Monster Progenitor: All vampires are descended from Varnae, including Dracula.
- Nigh-Invulnerable: It takes a physical god, or someone armed with one of his weaknesses to harm Varnae.
- Our Vampires Are Different: There are some vampire lines that don't follow his or Dracula's lineage, such as the Tryks, which feed on those they have turned. But they are mostly insignificant upstarts Varnae rarely considers worth his time.
- Physical God: At his peak he had the raw power to match Thor in a fist fight, convincing those watching the fight that he was a dark god. Thor actually had to resort to exploiting Varnae's weakness to sunlight to come out on top.
- Rogues' Gallery Transplant: Over the millennia, Varnae has fought King Kull, Conan the Barbarian and Red Sonja, Thor, and Doctor Strange, in addition to Dracula and Blade.
- Shapeshifter: Can transform into almost any shape he cares to, from living mist, to a wolf or bat, and many more. Even the giant monster that he normally appears to be may not be his real form.
- Shout-Out: His name is a reference to Varney the Vampire, although he bears little resemblance to that character.
- Sizeshifter: Can shift from his normal height of ten feet to over twenty-five.
- Skeletons in the Coat Closet: Wears bone earrings as his one bit of adornment.
- Super-Strength: Sufficient to harm the likes of Thor.
- Time Abyss: More than 50,000 years old.
- Vampire Monarch: The original Lord of the Vampires.
- Was Once a Man: Varnae looked much more human during his mortal days, becoming the twisted thing he is now after the fall of Atlantis and his own rise as the first vampire.
- Weaksauce Weakness: Has all the standard vampiric weaknesses, which is what lets people like Blade stand a chance against him.
- Worthy Opponent: Sees Doctor Strange as one.
