Vlad Tepes III

**Vlad Draculmir Tepes III** (ヴラド・ドラキュミア・ツェペシュ3世, *Vurado Dorakyumia Tsepeshu 3-sei*), or "**Dracula**" (ドラキュラ, *Dorakyura*), is both a fictional character and antagonist of the *MDC's* *JA* series created by Cebulski and Jim Lee.

He is the most powerful vampire in the world. Though not the first of his kind, he is considered the King of all Vampires, one of the leaders of the Cabal Light, and the sworn enemy of two of the B.P.R.D.'s H.C.C. agents Blade and Hellboy.

"*Good evening Justice Avengers, I see you received my invitation.*"

—Dracula, to the Justice Avengers.

## Appearance & Biography

*Voice Actor*: Corey Burton (English), Not Known (Japanese), Not Known (Albanian), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Cantonese), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (French), Not Known (Galician), Not Known (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hong Kong), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Indonesian), Not Known (Isralian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Mandarin), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Tagalog), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Valencian), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish)

### Appearance

#### As Dracula

As the vampire Dracula,

* Hair Color: Black (Human), White (Vampire)
* Skin Color: Not Known (Human), Pale (Vampire)
* Eye Color: Blue (Human), Red (Vampire)
* Age: Not Known
* Birthday: Not Known
* Height: Not Known
* Weight: Not Known

## Personality

As a Vampire, Dracula is brutal and cruel with domineering and ruthless personality. He pefers to just be called "Dracula" as he always hates being called "**Count Dracula**" (ドラキュラ伯爵, *Dorakyura Hakushaku*).

## Relationships

### Enemies

* B.P.R.D.
	+ H.C.C.
		- Blade
		- Hellboy
		- Werewolf by Night
		- Fire Starter
		- Living Mummy
		- Abe Sapien
		- Frankenstein's Monster
* Justice Avengers
	+ Captain America
	+ Superman
	+ Iron Man
	+ Batman
	+ Hulk
	+ Green Arrow
	+ Thor
	+ Flash
	+ Black Widow
	+ Wonder Woman
	+ Ms. Marvel
	+ Doctor Fate
* S.H.I.E.L.D
	+ Nick Fury
	+ Maria Hill
	+ Dum Dum Dugan
	+ Alisande Morales
	+ Chastity McBryde
	+ Sidney Levine
	+ James Woo

## Abilities and Powers

### 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**: A vampire's senses are enhanced far beyond those of a normal human being.
		- **Enhanced Vision**:
		- **Enhanced Hearing**:
		- **Enhanced Sense of Smell**:
	+ **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.
	+ **Superhuman Agility**: Dracula's agility, balance, and bodily coordination are enhanced to levels beyond the natural physical limits of even the finest human athlete.
	+ **Superhuman Durability**:
	+ **Superhuman Endurance**:
	+ **Superhuman Reflexes**: Dracula's reaction time was enhanced to a level beyond the natural physical limits of even the finest human athlete.
	+ **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.
	+ **Mind Control**: Dracula can manipulate the minds of others, and command animals to his will, such as rodents, bats, and wolves.
	+ **Hypnosis**: Most vampires possess the ability to mentally control victims they have bitten, and can temporarily hypnotize anyone with their gazes.
	+ **Weather Manipulation**: Dracula has the ability to control the weather, such as summoning electrical storms.
	+ **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**: Vampires often demonstrate the ability to alter their appearance at will.
		- **Claws**: Dracula has claws.
		- **Fangs**: Dracula has fangs. He can quickly drain a victim of blood.
		- **Phasing**:
	+ **Adhesion**:

### Abilities

* **Deception**:
* **Charisma**:
	+ **Seduction**:
* **Intimidation**:
* **Gifted Intellect**: He has a gifted intellect, and studied under tutors in his youth in Transylvania.
* **Occultism**:
* **Master Combatant**: Dracula is a skilled hand-to-hand combatant and swordsman with centuries of experience, specializing in 15th-century warfare and militaristic strategy.

### Weaknesses

* **Vulnerability to Garlic**: Dracula, like the others he infected had a vulnerability upon exposure of garlic. It did not kill, but merely slowed them down.
* **Stakes**: A traditional vampire killing method, Dracula was staked in the heart by a vampire slayer (possibly Abraham Van Helsing) before being shipped far from his native homeland of Transylvania. This weakness however was overcome due to a drop of Penguin's blood entering his punctured heart, causing him to come back to life.
* **Vulnerability to Sunlight**: Like all vampires, Dracula is not immune from the effects of the sun. He stated that in the movie it is an "almost permanent death" for members of his kind. The only way for a vampire exposed to daylight to come back from the dead would be to absorb the life energy out of an individual with the use of their ashes.

### Weapons

* **Sword**:
* **Fangs and Claws**:

## External links

* Count Dracula *Wikipedia*
* Count Dracula *Marvel Marvel Animated Universe Wiki*
* Count Dracula *Marvel Database*
* Count Dracula *Villains Wiki*

## Notes & Trivia

* Dracula first appeared in *The Tomb of Dracula #1* (April 1972).