History:
MARIANNE CUTLASS
Real Name: Marianne Cutlass de la Triana
Identity/Class: Human vampire
(19th century to
Modern Era)
Occupation: Vampiric wanderer
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: Captain Cutlass, Count Marcos de la Triana
Enemies: Blade (Eric Brooks), Dracula
Known Relatives: Harold Cutlass (father, deceased), Mrs. Cutlass (mother, presumed deceased), Count Marcos de la Triana (husband, deceased)
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Mobile, including Madrid, Spain; Rome, Italy; and the USA
First Appearance: Tomb of Dracula I#48 (September, 1976)
Powers/Abilities: As a vampire, Marianne Cutlass possessed all the typical powers and vulnerabilities of her kind. She required blood to maintain her vitality and long life and could be slain by sunlight or a wooden stake through the heart. She had the power to transform into mist.
Height: Unrevealed
(approximately 5'8")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 130 lbs.)
Eyes: Hazel
Hair: Brown
History:
(Tomb of Dracula I#48 (fb)) - Marianne Cutlass was born in 1872, daughter to Captain Cutlass, an infamous pirate. In 1875, Captain Cutlass brought his wife and daughter along with him on a voyage during which his crew plundered a French ship. Marianne remained with her mother on her father's ship while he invaded the French vessel only to discover it was transporting the vampire Dracula. From afar, Marianne observed her father duel the vampire and ultimately lose the fight. Dracula slew Captain Cutlass and turned him into a vampire.
As Marianne grew into a woman she searched for her father, following the trail of bodies left by his victims. She finally captured him in 1903 in Madrid, Spain. Unwilling to kill her father but also wishing to halt his murders, she bound him up in a house in chains wreathed with garlic to keep him from escaping, despite his pleas. Marianne went to a local hospital and stole a jar of blood from their blood bank to feed to her father but on her way back she was assaulted by Dracula outside where her father was chained. Startled, she dropped the jar of blood and Dracula chided her for wasting the precious liquid. Dracula intended to turn her into a vampire but the sounds of their struggle reached the ears of Captain Cutlass, who broke his chains and attacked Dracula, refusing to let him curse his daughter with vampirism. Dracula was more irritated than threatened by Captain Cutlass and when he tried to stab him with a sharp piece of wood, Dracula wrested it away then stabbed Captain Cutlass in the heart. As her father's body crumbled into dust, Dracula told Marianne his bloodlust had been quenched from the excitement of killing her father; she would live until the next time they met.
In the 1920s, Marianne married the Italian nobleman Count Marcos de la Triana. In 1926 they were in Rome and visited the Trevi fountain, where Marcos dropped a coin and wished they would have a long life together and never part, so that Marianne would only know happiness without tears. Count Marcos promised to protect her forever but as they kissed, Dracula appeared. He recognized Marianne from their last encounter but had come for revenge on the count because his company had refused to ship his coffins to the United States. For affronting him, Dracula assaulted Count Marcos turned him into a vampire, telling Marianne this was "another gift" for her.
(Tomb of Dracula I#48 (fb) - BTS) - Three days after his death, Count Marcos returned to Marianne as a vampire and assaulted her, transforming her into a vampire like himself. Now both vampires they remained at each other's sides for decades, feeding on blood together. In contemporary times they were evidently active in the area of Cambridge, Massachusetts, when they robbed a hospital for blood. The robbery was halted by Blade the vampire hunter. Marianne transformed into mist to evade Blade but he successfully slew Count Marcos, which Marianne could not prevent.
(Tomb of Dracula I#48) - The day after Count Marcos' death, Marianne sought out Dracula in Cambridge and met with him and his new bride Domini. Marianne reminded Dracula of what he had done to her in the past and explained that with Count Marcos gone, she no longer wanted to exist, having endured so much suffering. She placed a wooden stake into Dracula's hand and begged him to kill her so that she could be with Count Marcos in eternity. Dracula answered that in the past he wouldn't have understood her request, but because of Domini he now understood "such things as peace and rest and love." Dracula agreed to fulfill her request. As he brought up the stake to destroy her he stated, "May your ashes rest in peace... forever."
Comments: Created by Marv Wolfman, Gene Colan and Tom Palmer.
Captain Cutlass' first name was revealed in the Appendix of Vampires: The Marvel Undead#1 (December, 2011).
This profile was completed on 11/24/2025 but its publication was delayed, as it was intended for the Appendix's 25th anniversary celebratory event.
Profile by Prime Eternal.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Marianne Cutlass should not be confused with:
Barris was a mate who served under the command of Captain Cutlass in 1875. Barris had a bloodlust and was eager to kill passengers of the French ship which Captain Cutlass plundered but Cutlass wanted to avoid bloodshed lest his daughter Marianne be killed in a fight. Barris warned that Marianne's presence was bad luck but Captain Cutlass refused to listen to his suggestion.
--Tomb of Dracula I#48
Captain Harold Cutlass was Marianne's father. He was a pirate who was active in the 1870s. In 1875, he brought 3-year old Marianne and his wife with him on a voyage in which he attacked a French vessel for plunder. Unfortunately for the captain, he found the vampire Dracula resting aboard the vessel. Dracula engaged Captain Cutlass in a swordfight and won, slashing the captain's throat then drinking his blood. Captain Cutlass rose again as a vampire and for decades went on a killing spree. Marianne grew to adulthood and pursued her father, finally imprisoning him in 1903 in Madrid, Spain, using chains wound with garlic to keep him in place. Marianne intended to keep him alive with blood but Dracula attacked her while bringing blood to him. Hearing his daughter's cries, Captain Cutlass broke the chains and attacked Dracula, refusing to let him share his vampiric curse with her. More irritated than threatened, Dracula shrugged off Captain Cutlass' attack. When Captain Cutlass grabbed a piece of wood to kill Dracula, Dracula instead wrested it from his hands and drove it into Captain Cutlass' heart, killing him for good. Captain Cutlass' body swiftly crumbled into dust.
--Tomb of Dracula I#48
Mrs. Cutlass was the wife of Captain Cutlass. She accompanied Captain Cutlass during his 1875 voyage and tended to Marianne aboard ship while the captain fought and was slain by Dracula, who turned him into a vampire. Her activities after Captain Cutlass' death are unrevealed.
--Tomb of Dracula I#48
Count Marcos de la Triana was an Italian nobleman who married Marianne in the 1920s. In 1926 when his company refused to ship Dracula's coffins to the United States, Dracula was infuriated and sought revenge on him. As the Count and Marianne paused alongside the Trevi fountain in Rome, the Count cast a coin into the fountain, wishing a long life with Marianne and that they would never part. As the couple kissed, Dracula assaulted them and slew the count, turning him into a vampire. Count Marcos rose again as a vampire three days later and turned Marianne into a creature like him so that they could remain together as he had wished. For decades they hunted blood together until contemporary times, when while stealing blood from a hospital they were confronted by Blade the vampire hunter. Although Marianne evaded Blade, Count Marcos was slain. The next day Marianne had Dracula destroy her, unwilling to continue her un-life without Count Marcos at her side.
--Tomb of Dracula I#48
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Tomb of Dracula I#48, page 6, panel (main)
Tomb of Dracula I#48, page 1 (face)
Tomb of Dracula I#48, page 2, panel 3 (Barris)
Tomb of Dracula I#48, page 2, panel 3 (Captain Cutlass)
Tomb of Dracula I#48, page 2, panel 6 (mother)
Tomb of Dracula I#48, page 10, panel 5 (Count Marcos)
Appearances:
Tomb of Dracula I#48 (September, 1976) - Marv Wolfman (writer, editor),
Gene Colan (pencils), Tom Palmer (inker)
First posted: 09/02/2026
Last updated:
11/24/2025
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