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| Frank Drake | |
| Continuity: | Marvel Universe |
| Notability: | Main character |
| Type: | Monster hunter |
| Gender: | Male |
| Race: | Human |
| Location: | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Associations: | Nightstalkers Midnight Sons BorderLine Investigative Services |
| Known relatives: | Dracula Lilith Drake Marlene Drake |
| Status: | Deceased |
| First: | Tomb of Dracula #1 |
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.
Biography[]
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.
Body Count[]
- Lenore DeCade - Shot with Rachel van Helsing's crossbow. [1]
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Frank Drake 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. [2]
- 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.
See also[]
Appearances[]
- Doctor Strange Vol 2 62
- Tomb of Dracula 1 (1st appearance)
- Tomb of Dracula 3
- Tomb of Dracula 6
- Tomb of Dracula 13
- Tomb of Dracula 20
- Tomb of Dracula 56 (Fictionalized version from Harold H. Harold's novel)
- Tomb of Dracula 58
- Tomb of Dracula 59
- Tomb of Dracula 61
- Tomb of Dracula 64
- Tomb of Dracula Vol 3 1
External Links[]
- Frank Drake at MDP
- Frank Drake at Wikipedia
- Frank Drake at Comic Vine
- Frank Drake at Comic Book Realm