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Frank Drake is a fictional character appearing in publications from Marvel Comics, most notably the ''Tomb of Dracula'' series created by Gerry Conway. Frank Drake was a direct descendant of Count Dracula, resulting from one of Dracula's wives prior to him becoming a vampire. Over the generations, Frank's ancestors would eventually change their surname to Drake to remove themselves from the unwanted connotations of their ancestry. ==Fictional character biography== Frank Drake is introduced as a millionaire playboy who had squandered his inheritance and now had nothing more than an ancestral castle in his assets. Planning to sell it, Drake and friends traveled to Transylvania where the castle was located. it was discovered that this was the castle of Count Dracula, though Drake never truly believed in the Dracula legends. Drake and his friends stumble across the skeleton of Dracula and accidentally resurrected him. Drake narrowly escaped death when Dracula recognized Drake as a descendant. Drake eventually relocated to London.〔''Tomb of Dracula'' vol. 1 #1〕 Broke and in despair, Drake attempted to commit suicide but was saved by Rachel van Helsing and Taj Nital, two vampire hunters.〔''Tomb of Dracula'' vol. 1 #3〕 Through them, Drake met Quincy Harker, the son of Jonathan Harker and Mina Harker whose tale was told in Bram Stoker's novel. Rachel was the granddaughter of Abraham Van Helsing. Drake learned that Dracula had eventually caused the death of Jonathan Harker and Abraham Van Helsing some years after they had defeated him in the book's events. Quincy, Rachel, and Taj (whose family had been killed by vampires) were dedicated to killing Dracula and his vampiric followers. Frank Drake joined Quincy Harker's band of vampire hunters under the close tutelage of Rachel van Helsing and Quincy Harker.〔''Tomb of Dracula'' vol. 1 #7〕 Drake soon encountered Blade,〔''Tomb of Dracula'' vol. 1 #12〕 with whom Drake constantly clashed but would eventually become a valued friend. Later, alongside Brother Voodoo, Drake battled zombies sent by Dracula.〔''Tomb of Dracula'' vol. 1 #34-35〕 Drake, Blade, Van Helsing, Harker, and Harold H. Harold even helped Dracula battle Doctor Sun.〔''Tomb of Dracula'' vol. 1 #39-41〕 Another ally that Drake eventually met was vampire detective Hannibal King, whom Drake would come to trust because of Blade.〔''Tomb of Dracula'' vol. 1 #52〕 Alongside Harker's vampire hunters, Drake battled Dracula, resulting in the death of Janus.〔''Tomb of Dracula'' vol. 1 #59〕 Although a close friendship grew between Drake and van Helsing, their potential for romantic involvement remained shaky due to Frank's lack of self-confidence and Rachel's fear of intimacy. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frank Drake (comics)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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