Frank Drake

Frank Drake is a fictional character featured in various horror-related comic book titles published by Marvel Comics. He was introduced in the premiere issue of the 1972-1979 ongoing series Tomb of Dracula where he was presented as a millionaire playboy who discovers that he has inherited the castle estate of his great-ancestor, the one and only Dracula. Frank Drake was a central protagonist throughout the entire run of Tomb of Dracula, but fell into obscurity following the series' cancellation. In the early 1990s, he was re-introduced as an occult investigator, where he teamed up with reformed vampire Hannibal King and half-human/half-vampire Blade to form the Nightstalkers. Drake appeared in all eighteen issues of the Nightstalkers comic series published from 1992 to 1994.

Weapons

 * Exorcist gun: Frank Drake utilizes a specially crafted sidearm that he calls "Linda", aka, the Exorcist gun. The Exorcist gun fires plasma charges that contain necrotech particles that targets the supernatural and induces a paralytic effect on living beings as well as artifacts of supernatural origin.

Notes & Trivia

 * The character of was created by writer Gerry Conway and artist Gene Colan.


 * Was formerly engaged to a girl named Jean, but she was killed during Frank's first encounter with Dracula.


 * As a member of the Nightstalkers, Frank Drake developed the Exorcist gun which he nicknamed "Linda". This is a reference to actress Linda Blair who played Regan MacNeil in the 1973 film The Exorcist.

Appearances

 * Tomb of Dracula 1