Frank Drake (comics)
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.
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