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| Lenore DeCade | |
| Continuity: | Marvel Universe |
| Notability: | Antagonist |
| Gender: | Female |
| Race: | Vampire |
| Location: | Castle Dracula, Transylvania, Romania |
| Associations: | Dracula |
| Status: | Deceased |
| Born: | Unknown |
| Died: | 19th century |
| First: | Tomb of Dracula #5 |
| Final: | Tomb of Dracula #6 |
Lenore DeCade is a fictional vampire and a minor antagonist featured in comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is associated with the Dracula line of titles and first appeared in Tomb of Dracula #5 in November, 1972.
Biography[]
Lenore was a woman turned into a vampire by Dracula himself prior his defeat at the hands of Abraham van Helsing. Dracula had her sealed in a mystical bottle filled with blood to release her at a time when her services were needed, and stored the bottle in Castle Dracula.
When Dracula traveled back in time to the 19th Century in a plot to kill Abraham van Helsing, Dracula freed Lenore in order to stop vampire hunters (led by Abraham's descendant Rachel van Helsing) from the present from stopping him.
The plot failed and Dracula and Lenore fled back to the present. In a later fight with Rachel and her vampire hunters Dracula used Lenore as a shield when Dracula's own descendant Frank Drake attempted to fire a stake at the vampire lord. Lenore's death covered Dracula's escape.
Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Vampirism: In addition to the various mental and physical benefits that vampires are heir to, they also possess the ability to turn others into vampires as well. Each new vampire is traditionally subservient to the one who "turned" them, but some strong-willed vampires have been known to rebel against their masters.
- Enhanced senses: Vampires have improved several times higher than those of any human being of course these skills can vary depending on each person they will have some other stronger senses of his companions always given the dedication and training that each set to improve ways. Among the main ways that vampires have improved we find the following:
- Immortality: So long as vampires continue to consume blood, they will not age beyond the physical state they were in when they first became a vampire.
- Invulnerability: Vampires are invulnerable to most forms of injury (certain exceptions apply). Bullets, blades and blunt objects do little to no damage to a vampire's body.
- Regeneration: In addition to being virtually indestructible, whatever damage a vampire does in fact suffer can be healed through the consumption of human blood.
- Superhuman strength: A vampire's strength level is several times that of a normal human being and they are considered superhuman.
- Superhuman stamina: So long as they continue to consume human blood, a vampire can function tirelessly without rest or relaxation. However, a vampire's stamina wanes the closer it is to sunrise.
- Psychokinesis: Most vampires possess some form of psychokinesis. Some are clairvoyant, others can communicate telepathically, some possess mind control. Particularly powerful vampires can control the minds of several people at once.
- Hypnosis: Vampires possess the ability to hypnotize or mesmerize human targets. This may become difficult against opponents with an extremely high will power. It often doesn't work against other supernatural creatures. In some cases, vampire mesmerism may be referred to as "glamouring".
- Transformation: Vampires often possess the ability to transform into a variety of creatures or effects such as bats, wolves, rats or even mist. While their physical attributes may fluctuate during such states, a vampire's mental acuity is the same as that when they are in their human shape. A vampire who transforms into an animal may also benefit from that particular animal's attributes including razor-sharp claws, fangs or the ability to fly.
- Metamorphosis: Only vampires with a more advanced powers Control demonstrate the ability of altering either its appearance to imitate other people or in such cases selective transformation for creating claws to increase the lethal capability of its attacks in extreme cases and only vampires with a capacity of very advanced monitoring capabilities such change would show how elements, elasticity and other capabilities which vary depending on their ability, imagination and control, because as you know some vampires are stronger than others.
- Claws: Vampires can often turn their fingernails into sharpened claws, which are extremely durable and sharp. They are ideal for rending and tearing through flesh, though they are not as effective as the claws possessed by a werewolf.
- Fangs: A vampire's most often-used weapon are her fangs. They are enlarged sharpened canine teeth, which are often retractable so as to allow a vampire the ability to pose as a normal human. The primary purpose of fangs is for feeding, which they use to puncture the jugular vein of a victim in order to get to their blood.
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Lenore DeCade was created by writer Gardner F. Fox and artist Eugene Colan.
- Lenore's year of birth is unknown. Dracula has stated that he turned her into a vampire "centuries ago".
See also[]
- To be added.