5 Vampiric Marvel Comics Characters

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By Gary Walker /

Vampires are a staple in classic horror and continue to inhabit all kinds of fiction in our modern day, even comics. Marvel Comics in particular have several vampiric characters ranging from the classic bloodsucking variety to artificially created vampires, and even beings that feed on energy in a distinctly vampiric fashion.

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How did they get into the Marvel Comics Universe? From Atlantis, of course! The first vampires in the comic canon were created when some Atlantean sorcerers decided to try their hand at a little necromancy using a terribly powerful, ancient tome called the Darkhold.

As with most dabbling in sinister magics, this did not end well for the sorcerers as the cadavers they reanimated murdered them and became the beginnings of the vampire race on earth.

Regardless if a vampire is a descendant of the first to be conjured or not, they usually serve their own interests and are a thorn in the side of hero and villain alike. Whether Dracula is testing his mettle against Apocalypse or Blade is trying to murder Spider-Man's former employee Morbius, you can always find one of these living dead lurking around somewhere.

5. Jubilee

Jubilee was a vampire for a few years after being caught in a biological attack by a zealous faction of the undead led by Dracula's son, Xarus. Hell-bent on usurping Dracula, they had managed to create a means of infecting others with a strain of vampirism that allowed them to control and convert both humans and mutants. Jubilee was targeted in particular due to her links to Wolverine, who Xarus believed would be a powerful ally and formidable mutant/vampire hybrid.

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In addition to her regular energy-based powers, Jubilee was bestowed with immense speed and strength, enhanced healing and even the ability to turn herself into vapor. Following the defeat of Xarus, Jubilee obtained his medallion which allowed the wearer to withstand sunlight which allowed her to return to active duty until she was eventually entirely cured of her vampirism by Quentin Quire.

An alternate version of Jubilee, who was not cured of her vampirism, is seen as a future X-Man during Battle of the Atom. In this future, she has taken up the mantle of Wolverine and uses claws made out of energy.

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