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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | The Tomb of Dracula #13 (October 1973) |
| Created by | Marv Wolfman Gene Colan |
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| Species | Vampire |
| Notable aliases | Whitehair |
Deacon Frost is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. He appears inThe Tomb of Dracula, and is an enemy ofBlade. In the comics, Deacon Frost was depicted as a tall, white-haired, late middle-aged gentleman with red eyes, and wearing 1860s Germany period clothing. His doppelgänger sported an accent and attire that suggested aSouthern preacher.
The character appeared in the 1998 filmBlade as a young adult instead of an older gentleman, portrayed byStephen Dorff.
Deacon Frost first appeared inThe Tomb of Dracula #13 (October 1973), and was created byMarv Wolfman andGene Colan.
Deacon Frost was allegedly a scientist looking for the key to immortality. For one of his experiments, he kidnapped a young woman in order to inject his victim with the blood of a recently killed vampire. The girl's fiancé broke into the lab, and (in the resulting scuffle) Frost was accidentally injected with the blood himself. The result was that Frost became a vampire, with the ability to create vampiric clones of anyone he bites. Frost intended to use this ability to contend for the position of Lord of Vampires, a position that was presently held byDracula. Frost is the vampire responsible for the death ofBlade's mother; Blade's initial mission is to exact revenge against her killer.[volume & issue needed] It was also Frost who turnedHannibal King into a vampire.[volume & issue needed] Blade and King (while initially distrusting each other) eventually teamed up to fight Frost's army of doppelgangers of Blade and King.[volume & issue needed] The two of them managed to defeat and apparently destroy Frost in his underground hideout, stabbing him twice and leaving his body to be consumed as his hideout exploded.[volume & issue needed]
Many years later, Blade encountered a vampire that called itself Deacon Frost.[volume & issue needed] This vampire had a different appearance and personality to the original, and was later identified as being a doppelgänger.[volume & issue needed] The doppelgänger attempted to summon a powerful demon, only to be devoured by said creature.[volume & issue needed] In a later one-shot story set inNew Orleans, Frost was encountered yet again, but he appeared as he did inThe Tomb of Dracula. He also confirmed that the previous encounter was indeed an imposter (as Blade suspected) who was created using science and magic. Blade and King, with the help ofBrother Voodoo, foiled Frost's attempt to gain control of Garwood Industries through Donna Garth (daughter ofSimon Garth the LivingZombie). Frost escaped this encounter vowing revenge.[volume & issue needed] Frost appeared at the summons of Dracula to defend the Lord of Vampires as he underwent a magical ritual, only to be staked by Blade.[volume & issue needed]
Deacon Frost, like the rest of the vampires, has superhuman strength and the standard powers of a vampire, including the ability to change his appearance and resistance to conventional wounds. Frost is also capable of creating vampiric duplicates of his victims with his bite, which are under his absolute mind control. Frost can even create replicas of these duplicates by biting them. Ultimately, these beings are able to absorb the original victim into their own body. Frost also possesses extensive knowledge of medicine, physics, and chemistry.
Like the rest of the vampires, Deacon Frost needs to drink blood assiduously to survive, cannot expose himself to sunlight without burning, and is damaged if exposed to crucifixes or any other religious symbol wielded by someone with deep faith. In addition his heart must be pierced with a wooden stake to end his unlife. He does not appear on reflective surfaces like mirrors.
While roughhousing, two boys enter the parking garage where Frost is located with his latest creation, a monster called the White Worm. Frost sics the White Worm on the children, then flees when he senses the approach of Blade.[3]
TheUltimate version of Deacon Frost appears with a youthful appearance. He has been captured byS.H.I.E.L.D. in order to convince Blade to joinNick Fury'sBlack ops team.[4]
In theone-shotThe Darkhold: Blade byDaniel Kibblesmith, presenting analternate ending to the 1998Blade film, Deacon Frost is successful in his plans at using his power attained as La Magra's avatar to turn billions of humans around the world intovampires.[5]
Deacon Frost appears inMarvel Anime: Blade,[6] voiced byTsutomu Isobe in the Japanese version andJB Blanc in the English dub.[citation needed] This version is the founder and leader of Existence, an organization with vast influence in Asia that consists of vampires, most of which he genetically altered to make them more powerful, and humans who were deceived into helping them in exchange for fulfilling their desires. In flashbacks, Frost witnessed his son Edgar being killed by a vampire. Incensed by corrupt police officers who refused to investigate further, he hired vampire hunters to help him research vampires and empower himself. In time, he formulated a plan to exterminate pureblood vampires and breed a new generation from Blade's blood so he can rule the world. Nevertheless, he is defeated by Blade.
Deacon Frost appears inMarvel Pinball via the Blade table.[10]
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