Count Dracula

Creation
Count Dracula is a fictional character created by author Bram Stoker. The Count's first appearance was in Stoker's novel Dracula, which was published on May 26 1897. Since then Dracula has appeared in countless novels, movies, television series, comic books, and video games.

Origin
In Chapter 23 of Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) Professor Van Helsing reveals the origin of the Count. In his mortal life Dracula was a soldier and statesman who studied alchemy. Alchemy is a form of science designed to achieve several goals such as the transmutation of base metals & the creation of an elixir of immortality. Van Helsing also mentions that Dracula attended the Scholomance, a school of Black Magic run by Devil. According to legend the Scholomance was located near an unnamed lake in the mountains south of the city of Hermannstadt, Transylvania.

Powers & Abilities
Super Strength Dracula (1897) Chapter 18 Page 338: Professor Abraham Van Helsing states that the Count possesses the strength of 20 men.

In the DC comic Superman Volume 1 Issue 344 published in February of 1980 Dracula possessed physical strength great enough wrestle Superman to a stand still.

In the Marvel comic Uncanny X-Men Volume 1 Issue 159 published in July of 1982 the Count possessed physical strength great enough to over power the super humanly strong mutant Colossus.

Weather Control Dracula (1897) Chapter 18 Page 338: Van Helsing states that Dracula can "direct the elements, the storm, the fog, the thunder".

Animal Control Dracula (1897) Chapter 18 Page 338: Dracula has the power to control several kinds of animals such as rats, owls, bats, moths, foxes, & wolves.

Shapeshifting Dracula (1897) Chapter 18 Page 342: Dracula possesses the power to transform into a wolf, a bat, or mist.

Invulnerability In the DC comic Superman Volume 1 Issue 344 published in February of 1980 Dracula possessed durability great enough to withstand punches from the Man of Steel himself.

Links
Dracula: Extended Gallery