Nimrod is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe

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Publication history

Nimrod first appeared in Dracula Lives! #3 (October 1973), and was created by Marv Wolfman

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 and John Buscema

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The character subsequently appears in Bizarre Adventures #33 (December 1982).

Nimrod appeared as part of the "Vampires" entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition

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Fictional character biography

Nimrod was a former soldier appointed by Varnae

Varnae

Varnae is a fictional villainous vampire in the Marvel Comics universe. He has been an adversary of several of Marvel's supernatural and fantasy-related heroes, and is a major character in Marvel's Dracula mythos...

 to be the lord of Earth's vampires

Vampire (Marvel Comics)

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, and was granted the ability to control other vampires mentally. Nimrod captured Dracula

Dracula (Marvel Comics)

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on the night Dracula first became a vampire, and forced Dracula to submit to him. Dracula challenged Nimrod to a battle with wooden stakes. As Varnae predicted, and anticipated, Dracula slew Nimrod in the duel, and succeeded him as the new lord of Earth's vampires.