The Religious Affiliation of
Dracula
Vlad Tepes

Religion: Romanian Orthodox; Catholic convert; vampire lord

Name: Dracula

Alter Ego: Vlad Tepes

Other Names: Vlad Tepes Dracula; Vlad the Impaler; The Devil; Doctor Vlad; Dragon Drake; Justin Drake; Lord of the Damned; Lord of the Undead; Lord of the Vampires; Prince of Darkness; Vladimir Tepesch; Kaziglu Bey; Impaler Prince

Classification:  villain    based on a real person  

Publisher(s):

First Appearance: (Marvel, mentioned) Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #30 (Sep. 1964): "The Dreaded Diablo!"; (seen) The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #1 (Apr. 1972): "Dracula"

Creators: Bram Stoker, Gerry Conway, Gene Colan

Super? (Has Super Powers/Special Abilities/Technology): Yes

Number of Appearances: 1,363

   Comic Book Appearances: 249

   TV, Film Appearances: 1,104

   Video Game, Computer Game Appearances: 10

Nation: Romania

Birth Place: Schassburg, Transylvania, Romania

Race: white

Gender: male

This character is in the following 176 stories which have been indexed by this website:
The Avengers (vol. 1) #25 (Feb. 1966): "Enter... Dr. Doom!" (mentioned)
Bizarre Adventures #33 (Dec. 1982): "The Blood Bequest" (lead character)
Blade (vol. 2) #1 (Nov. 1998): "Crescent City Blues"
Bloodstone

Bloodstone #1 (Dec. 2001): "Blood Runs Thicker..."
Bloodstone #2 (Jan. 2002): "Mummy's Girl"
Bloodstone #4 (Mar. 2002): "In the Blood"

Captain America

Captain America (vol. 1) #254 (Feb. 1981): "Blood On the Moors" (cameo)
Captain America (vol. 1) #601 (Sep. 2009): untitled Gene Colan page (mentioned)

Dark Reign Files #1 (Apr. 2009)
The Death of Dracula #1 (Aug. 2010): "The Death of Dracula" (lead character)
The Defenders (vol. 1) #95 (May 1981): "The Vampire Strikes Back!"
Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #9 (Nov. 1989): "TBOTV: The Curse of the Darkhold, Part 1: The Montesi Formula"
Dracula Lives!

Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #1 (June 1973): "A Poison of the Blood"
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #1 (June 1973): "Suffer Not a Witch"
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #1 (June 1973): "To Walk Again in Daylight"
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #2 (Aug. 1973): "That Dracula May Live Again" (lead character)
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #2 (Aug. 1973): "The Terror That Stalked Castle Dracula"
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #2 (Aug. 1973): "The Voodoo Queen of New Orleans"
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #3 (Oct. 1973): "Lord of Death... Lord of Hell" (lead character)
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #3 (Oct. 1973): "Castle of the Undead" (lead character)
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #3 (Oct. 1973): "Shadow in the City of Light!"
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #4 (Jan. 1974): "Fear Stalker" (lead character)
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #5 (Mar. 1974): "Dracula"
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #5 (Mar. 1974): "A Duel of Demons"
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #5 (Mar. 1974): "Night Flight to Terror"
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #5 (Mar. 1974): "The Boyhood of Dracula"
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #6 (May 1974): "A Death in the Chapel"
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #6 (May 1974): "Shadow Over Versailles"
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #6 (May 1974): "Chapter II: Into the Spider's Web"
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #7 (July 1974): "Here Comes the Death Man"
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #7 (July 1974): "Blood Moon (Part II)"
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #7 (July 1974): "Assault of the She-Pirate"
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #7 (July 1974): "The Female of the Species"
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #8 (Sep. 1974): "Last Walk on the Night Side"
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #8 (Sep. 1974): "Black Hand, Black Death"
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #8 (Sep. 1974): "Child of the Sun"
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #8 (Sep. 1974): "And in That Sleep...!"
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #9 (Nov. 1974): "The Lady Who Collected Dracula (Part 2)"
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #9 (Nov. 1974): "Scarlet in Glory"
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #9 (Nov. 1974): "A Night in the Unlife"
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #9 (Nov. 1974): "Twice Dies the Vampire" (lead character)
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #10 (Jan. 1975): "The Pit of Death (Part 1)"
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #10 (Jan. 1975): "Ship of Death"
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #11 (Mar. 1975): "Pit of Death, Part 2: Agent of Hell"
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #11 (Mar. 1975): "If Madness Be Thy Master...!"
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #12 (May 1975): "Parchments of the Damned"
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #12 (May 1975): "The Stealer of Dracula's Soul"
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #12 (May 1975): "Paper Blood"
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #12 (May 1975): "The Sins of the Fathers"
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #13 (July 1975): "Bounty for a Vampire"
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #13 (July 1975): "Bloody Mary" (lead character)
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #13 (July 1975): "A Dracula Portfolio"
Dracula Lives! (vol. 1) #13 (July 1975): "Blood of My Blood"

Dracula: Lord of the Undead

Dracula: Lord of the Undead #1 (Dec. 1998): "When Darkness Returns" (lead character)
Dracula: Lord of the Undead #2 (Dec. 1998): "Village of the Dead" (lead character)
Dracula: Lord of the Undead #3 (Dec. 1998): "Blood Relations" (lead character)

Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #30 (Sep. 1964): "The Dreaded Diablo!" (mentioned)
Giant-Size Chillers

Giant-Size Chillers (vol. 1) #1 (June 1974): "Night of the She-Demon" (lead character)
Giant-Size Chillers (vol. 1) #1 (June 1974): "Keeping Track of Drac!" (lead character)

Giant-Size Dracula

Giant-Size Dracula #3 (Dec. 1974): "Slow Death On the Killing Ground!" (lead character)
Giant-Size Dracula #4 (Mar. 1975): "Let It Bleed!" (lead character)

Giant-Size Man-Thing #5 (Aug. 1975): "Hellcow!"
Josh Howard Presents: Sasquatch (Apr. 2007): "The Sasquad vs. Dracula and Friends"
The Legion of Monsters #1 (Sep. 1975): "Death Be Thou Proud (Ch. 7)"
Legion of Monsters: Morbius the Living Vampire #1 (Sep. 2007): "Biting Back - A Tale of Dracula & Lilith" (lead character)
Love at First Bite

Love at First Bite (Mar. 1979) (lead character)
Love at First Bite (1979) (lead character)

Marvel Comics Presents

Marvel Comics Presents (vol. 1) #77 (Early June 1991): "Rumanian Rumble, Part 1: Rude Awakening" (lead character)
Marvel Comics Presents (vol. 1) #78 (Late June 1991): "Rumanian Rumble, Part 2: Rude Awakening" (lead character)
Marvel Comics Presents (vol. 1) #79 (Early July 1991): "Rumanian Rumble, Part 3: The Wages of Sin" (lead character)

Marvel Fanfare

Marvel Fanfare (vol. 1) #42 (Feb. 1989): "Captain Marvel"
Marvel Fanfare (vol. 1) #45 (Aug. 1989): untitled cover
Marvel Fanfare (vol. 1) #45 (Aug. 1989) (lead character)

Marvel Knights: Millennial Visions #1 (Feb. 2002): "The Parasite" (lead character)
Marvel Preview

Marvel Preview #12 (Fall 1977): "The Haunt of Horror"
Marvel Preview #12 (Fall 1977): "Dracula, Lord of Vampires" (lead character)
Marvel Preview #12 (Fall 1977): "Picture of Andrea!" (lead character)

Marvel Team-Up (vol. 2) #7 (Mar. 1998): "Sun-Walkers!" (cameo)
Marvel: Shadows and Light #1 (Feb. 1997): "Into the Tomb"
Spider-Man Team-Up #6 (Mar. 1997): "Lost Souls"
Tales Calculated to Drive You Bats

Tales Calculated to Drive You Bats (vol. 1) #1 (Nov. 1961): "Fiend Mail"
Tales Calculated to Drive You Bats (vol. 1) #1 (Nov. 1961): "Drac Drama"
Tales Calculated to Drive You Bats (vol. 2) #1 (May 1966): "Drac Drama"

The Tomb of Dracula

The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #1 (Apr. 1972): "Dracula"
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #2 (May 1972): "The Fear Within!"
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #3 (July 1972): "Who Stalks the Vampire?"
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #9 (June 1973): "Death from the Sea!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #10 (July 1973): "His Name Is... Blade!"
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #11 (Aug. 1973): "The Voodoo-Man!"
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #12 (Sep. 1973): "Night of the Screaming House!"
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #15 (Dec. 1973): "Fear Is the Name of the Game!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #16 (Jan. 1974): "Return from the Grave!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #17 (Feb. 1974): "Death Rides the Rails!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #18 (Mar. 1974): "Enter: Werewolf by Night" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #19 (Apr. 1974): "Snowbound in Hell!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #20 (May 1974): "The Coming of Doctor Sun" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #21 (June 1974): "Deathknell" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #22 (July 1974): "--In Death Do We Join!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #23 (Aug. 1974): "Shadows in the Night!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #24 (Sep. 1974): "A Night for the Living...A Morning for the Dead!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #25 (Oct. 1974): "Night of the Blood Stalker!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #26 (Nov. 1974): "Where Lurks the Chimera!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #27 (Dec. 1974): "Night-Fire!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #28 (Jan. 1975): "Madness in the Mind!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #29 (Feb. 1975): ""Vengeance Is Mine!" Sayeth the Vampire!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #30 (Mar. 1975): "Memories on a Mourning's Night!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #31 (Apr. 1975): "Ten Lords a Dying!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #32 (May 1975): "And Some Call Him...Madness!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #33 (June 1975): "Blood on My Hands!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #34 (July 1975): "Showdown of Blood!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #35 (Aug. 1975): "Hell Hath No Fury..." (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #36 (Sep. 1975): "Flight of Fear!"
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #37 (Oct. 1975): "The Vampire Is Coming! The Vampire Is Coming!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #38 (Nov. 1975): "Blood-Rush!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #39 (Dec. 1975): "The Death of Dracula!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #40 (Jan. 1976): "Nightmares of a Living Deadman!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #41 (Feb. 1976): "Re-Birth!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #42 (Mar. 1976): "A Final Battle Waged!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #43 (Apr. 1976): "Paul Butterworth--The Night-Staker!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #44 (May 1976): "His Name Is Doctor Strange" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #45 (June 1976): "Crossfire!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #47 (Aug. 1976): "Birthrite: Death!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #48 (Sep. 1976): "A Song for Marianne!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #48 (Sep. 1976): "Lost: One Vampire!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #49 (Oct. 1976): "And with the Word There Shall Come Death!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #50 (Nov. 1976): "Where Soars the Silver Surfer!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #51 (Dec. 1976): "The Wildest Party" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #52 (Jan. 1977): "Demons in the Mind!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #53 (Feb. 1977): "The Final Glory of Deacon Frost" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #54 (Mar. 1977): "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #55 (Apr. 1977): "Requiem for a Vampire!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #56 (May 1977): "The Vampire Conspiracy!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #57 (June 1977): "The Forever Man!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #58 (July 1977): "Undead By Daylight!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #59 (Aug. 1977): "The Last Traitor!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #60 (Sep. 1977): "The Wrath of Dracula!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #61 (Nov. 1977): "Resurrection!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #62 (Jan. 1978): "What Lurks Beneath Satan's Hill?" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #63 (Mar. 1978): "The Road to Hell!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #64 (May 1978): "Life After Undeath" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #65 (July 1978): "Where No Vampire Has Gone Before!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #66 (Sep. 1978): "Showdown In Greenwich Village!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #67 (Nov. 1978): "At Long Last--Lilith!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #68 (Nov. 1978): "The Return To...Transylvania!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #69 (Apr. 1979): "Batwings Over Transylvania!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #70 (Aug. 1979): "Lords of the Undead!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 2) #1 (Oct. 1979): "Black Genesis"
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 2) #1 (Oct. 1979): "The Newest Dracula" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 2) #1 (Oct. 1979): "Love at First Bite" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 2) #1 (Oct. 1979): "Legend: According to the Movies Part 1: How to Find and Destroy a Vampire" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 2) #2 (Dec. 1979): "The Dimensional Man"
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 2) #2 (Dec. 1979): "Dracula Director John Badham: The Making of the Movie" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 2) #2 (Dec. 1979): "Court of the Dead" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 2) #3 (Feb. 1980): "And from Order, There Will Come Chaos"
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 2) #3 (Feb. 1980): "Bloodline: A Probable Outline of the Career Of Count Vlad Dracula" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 2) #3 (Feb. 1980): "Soul of an Artist" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 2) #4 (Apr. 1980): "Angelica"
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 2) #4 (Apr. 1980): "Death Vow"
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 2) #5 (June 1980): "Sanctuary"
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 2) #5 (June 1980): "Lilith, Daughter of Death"
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 2) #5 (June 1980): "Pavane For an Undead Princess!"
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 2) #6 (Aug. 1980): "A House Divided"
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 3) #1 (Oct. 1991): "Day of Blood! Night of Redemption!"
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 3) #2 (Nov. 1991): "Book 2: Day of Blood! Night of Redemption!"
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 3) #3 (Dec. 1991): "Book 3: Day of Blood! Night of Redemption!"
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 3) #4 (Jan. 1992): "Book 4: Day of Blood! Night of Redemption!"
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 4) #1 (Dec. 2004): "Tomb of Dracula, Part 1"
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 4) #2 (Jan. 2005): "Tomb of Dracula, Part 2"
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 4) #3 (Feb. 2005): "Tomb of Dracula, Part 3"
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 4) #4 (Mar. 2005): "Tomb of Dracula, Part 4"

The Uncanny X-Men

The Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #122 (June 1979): "Cry for the Children!" (name seen in illustration (or on screen))
The Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #160 (Aug. 1982): "Chutes and Ladders!" (mentioned)

Werewolf by Night

Werewolf by Night (vol. 1) #15 (Mar. 1974): "Death of a Monster!"
Werewolf by Night (vol. 1) #19 (July 1974): "Vampires on the Moon!" (mentioned)

X-Men

X-Men (vol. 3) #1 (Sep. 2010): "Curse of the Mutants: Part One" (mentioned)
X-Men (vol. 3) #6 (Feb. 2011): "Curse of the Mutants: Conclusion"

Suggested links for further research about this character and the character's religious affiliation:
  - http://www.comicvine.com/dracula/29-7206/
  - http://comicbookdb.com/character.php?ID=2922
  - http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0002561/
  - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_III_the_Impaler
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/draadrag.htm
  - http://www.comicboards.com/marvelguide/d2.html
  - http://marvel.wikia.com/Fantastic_Four_Vol_1_30
  - https://www.comics.org/issue/18617/
  - https://www.comics.org/issue/25036/
  - http://marvel.wikia.com/Tomb_of_Dracula_Vol_1_1
  - http://comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=20753