- "That's from Dracula."
- "I'm reading it. Don't tell me the end."
- —Sara Lance and Mick Rory[src]
Dracula is a fictional character in Bram Stoker's novel Dracula, a staple of the vampire depiction.
Overview
Written by Bram Stoker, Dracula tells a story of Count Dracula, a centuries-old vampire haunting London fought by Van Helsing.[1]
During his mission to 1895 London to stop a presumed vampire, Mick Rory read the novel. Nate Heywood and Sara Lance also read it at some point, as acknowledged by them referencing the novel.[1]
Shortly before 2012 Cecil Adams was nicknamed "The Count" by criminal underworld of Starling City due to having a modus operandi similar to vampires (living the victims with two injection scars), referencing Count Dracula as well.[2]
Appearances
Arrow
Season 1
- "Vertigo" (indirectly mentioned)
- "Unfinished Business" (indirectly mentioned)
Season 2
- "State v. Queen" (indirectly mentioned)
- "Three Ghosts" (indirectly mentioned)
- "Streets of Fire" (indirectly mentioned)
Season 3
- "The Calm" (indirectly mentioned)
Season 5
- "Kapiushon" (indirectly mentioned)
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
Season 3
- "Return of the Mack" (mentioned and pictured on the book cover) " (mentioned and pictured on the book cover)
Behind the scenes
- Historically Count Dracula is really a character from 1897 novel Dracula written by Bram Stoker. As original novel is in the public domain, so does the character which, among with a legendary status made him one of the most adapted fictional characters with hundreds of versions among literature, movies and comics.
- In the DC comics, there are numerous versions of Dracula seen in the Multiverse.
- Dominic Purcell, who portrayed Mick Rory, a character reading the Dracula novel, portrayed a version of the character himself in Blade: Trinity, a movie based on characters from Marvel Comics.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Return of the Mack"
- ↑ "Vertigo"