Contents 1 History 2 Paraphernalia 3 Notes 4 Trivia 5 See Also 6 Links and References 6.1 Footnotes

History

The shadows and the darkness, they've protected the occult for too long...

-- Frank Drake - Nightstalkers 1

The team of Vampire hunters was created by three loner hunters. They decided to pull their resources and finally hunt down and kill Dracula. The team consisted of the Blade the human/vampire hybrid who was known to the creatures of the night as the Daywalker, Hannibal King a Vampire detective who vowed never to take a human life and Frank Drake a distant ancestor of Dracula himself. The team hunts Dracula with the help of Quincy Harker and Rachel van Helsing.

The group became a detective agency with the official name of Borderline Investigations, but to the Vampires they were the Nightstalkers.

It was revealed that the team was actually formed by Dr. Strange as an elaborate to take out the Vampires for good. Dr. Strange had tried to wipe them all out with the Montesi Formula. This was a spell contained in the Darkhold capable of destroying all vampires utterly. The downside to using the spell is that the effect is temporary. Once the spell is broken, the Vampires it destroyed are returned to life. The spell had started to weaken and worried that Dracula the Lord of the Vampires himself would return. Dr. Strange allowed the team to battle lesser threats to gain experience before the main battle when Dracula does come back to life.

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: None known.

Notes

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Trivia

• In Blade: Trinity, Abigail Whistler was a member instead of Drake and Hannibal King was depicted in his non-vampire status.

See Also

• 28 Appearances of Nightstalkers (Earth-616)
• 1 Images that include Nightstalkers (Earth-616)
• Team Gallery: Nightstalkers (Earth-616)
• Fan-Art Gallery: Nightstalkers (Earth-616)

Links and References

• Tomb Of Dracula Vol. 1, No. 44 May 1976; Blade meets King; Featuring: Doctor Strange
• Doctor Strange Vol. 1, No. 61-62 October-December 1983; Featuring: Dracula, The DarkHold
• Morbius: The Living Vampire Vol. 1, No. 10 June 1993
• NightStalkers Vol. 1, No. 1-18, November 1992-April 1994
• 1992 Marvel Universe Cards #177
• 1993 Marvel Universe Cards #108
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightstalkers_%28comics%29
  

Footnotes