JUNO
Real Name: Unrevealed, presumably Juno
Identity/Class: Human cyborg, nationality
unrevealed (see comments)
Occupation: Servant of Doctor Sun
Group Membership: T'ai Yang (Lucas Brand, Scientist Chu, Doctor Chung, Jacques Granet, Lo Lan, Mae Li, Morgo Rhac, Bareth Randolph, Randolph, Sen Su, Doctor Peter Scott, various unidentified agents and accomplices)
Affiliations: None
Enemies: Dracula
(Vlad Tepes Dracula), Frank Drake, Harold H. Harold, Quincy Harker,
Rachel van Helsing, Aurora Rabinowitz
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: "Oaf" (nickname used by Dracula)
Base of Operations: Doctor Sun's underground
headquarters, Boston, Massachusetts;
formerly China
First Appearance: Tomb of Dracula I#37 (October, 1975)
Powers/Abilities: Juno possessed no known superhuman powers. He was an exceptionally strong, agile and highly trained combatant whom Doctor Sun prepared specifically to fight Dracula. He was strong enough to carry grown men and a wheelchair and he was skilled and strong-willed enough to contend with Dracula at half strength. Doctor Sun had Juno's left hand amputated and replaced with a long silver stake designed to injure and kill vampires. Juno could detach the stake at will. His fighting costume also incorporated pointed silver attachments on its boots. He carried a sword and was trained in the use of other weapons, including Doctor Sun's flamethrower.
Height: Unrevealed (6'6" by approximation)
Weight: Unrevealed (300 lbs. by approximation)
Eyes: Brown
Hair: None (bald)
History:
(Tomb of Dracula I#37 (fb) - BTS) - Doctor Sun had his servant Juno undergo specialized training to prepare for his assigned battle against Dracula.
(Tomb of Dracula I#39 (fb) - BTS) - At Doctor Sun's
command, Juno's left hand was amputated and replaced with a long silver
stake intended for use against vampires.
(Tomb of Dracula I#38 (fb) - BTS) - Doctor Sun had Juno brought from China to Boston to serve as his champion to destroy Dracula.
(Tomb of Dracula I#37) - Arriving in Boston late at night,
Juno went to Doctor Sun's brownstone, entering the villain's hidden lair
by twisting the wooden base of a candle to open a concealed bookcase. He
descended through the hidden passage to Sun's underground headquarters,
where Sun told him that Dracula had reached Boston and Quincy Harker's
vampire hunters were assembling. When Sun asked whether his training had
prepared him sufficiently, Juno removed the glove concealing the silver
stake in place of his left hand and defiantly declared himself ready for
battle.
(Tomb of Dracula I#38) - Before sending him out, Doctor Sun had Juno
study spy camera footage of his targets: the vampire hunters Quincy
Harker, Rachel van Helsing and Frank Drake.
(Tomb of Dracula I#38 - BTS) - Doctor Sun used a holographic projection
of Dracula to lure the vampire hunters to his brownstone.
(Tomb of Dracula I#38) - When Quincy Harker, Rachel van
Helsing and Frank Drake entered the brownstone, the apparently blind
resident disappeared in a cloud of smoke and Juno confronted them.
Threatening the hunters with his silver stake, Juno ordered them to
accompany him. He demonstrated his strength by carrying Harker in one
arm and Harker's wheelchair in the other while leading all three down to
Sun's laboratory, then ordered them to remain silent while Sun explained
his plan to steal Dracula's powers and to supplant him as lord of the
vampires. Juno was unable to prevent Harker from firing a barrage of
explosive darts from his wheelchair that destroyed the machinery
draining Dracula's power. When Juno moved to kill Harker, Frank Drake
opposed him but he proved no match for the manservant. Juno threatened
to kill all of them, but Sun ordered him to stand down: Juno's primary
target was Dracula.
(Tomb of Dracula I#38
- BTS) - Sun told Juno where he could find Dracula and ordered him to
return him to him.Armed with his silver stake and a sword, Juno went to
Harold H. Harold's apartment where Dracula had taken refuge with Harold
and his ladyfriend Aurora Rabinowitz.
(Tomb of Dracula I#38) - Wasting no time on niceties, Juno barged into
Harold's apartment and demanded that Dracula accompany him or die.
Dracula contemptuously rejected Juno's authority but agreed to meet
Doctor Sun, allowing Juno to escort him to the underground laboratory.
Juno stood beside the weakened vampire as Sun welcomed his enemy and
told the captives that none of them would be permitted to leave.
(Tomb of Dracula I#39 - BTS) - Harold H. Harold and Aurora Rabinowitz
decided to follow Juno and Dracula.
(Tomb of Dracula I#39) - At Doctor Sun's order, Juno
stripped to his fighting costume and attacked Dracula. His first lunge
cut the vampire's arm with the silver stake. Dracula avoided a second
thrust, leaving the stake embedded in a wall, but Juno tore it free and
used the silver points on his boots to slash Dracula's face. Juno
repeatedly struck, kicked and knocked down his badly weakened opponent,
while Dracula managed to counterattack and even briefly overpowered him.
Around that time Harold and Aurora entered the laboratory while Juno and
Dracula fought. Dracula paused when he recognized them, giving Juno the
opening to drive his silver stake through the vampire's heart. As
Dracula rapidly withered into a skeleton, Juno prevented Aurora from
reaching the body and knocked Harold aside when he tried to intervene.
Doctor Sun ordered Juno to use the flamethrower. Juno incinerated
Dracula's remains until only ashes and scraps of clothing remained, then
asked when he would be allowed to return to China. Sun promised that it
would be soon and instructed Juno to confine the prisoners in a prepared
room. He also had him place Dracula's ashes in an urn.
(Tomb of Dracula I#39 - BTS) - Juno and Doctor Sun monitored how Harold
H. Harold and Aurora Rabinowitz helped the three vampire hunters escape
the brownstone.
(Tomb of Dracula I#39) - Sun explained to Juno that their escape was all
part of his plans: they were sure to return with the United States Army
who he would then mentally control using the hypnotic powers he stole
from Dracula.
(Tomb of Dracula I#40) - Juno remained at Doctor Sun's headquarters as United States Army troops approached the building. He watched how Sun used equipment to amplify Dracula's hypnosis, bringing the soldiers under his sway. Juno commented that the operation was proceeding well, while Sun prepared to turn the troops into the beginnings of his conquering army. Frank Drake, Rachel van Helsing and Harold H. Harold later returned through the headquarters' skylight to recover Dracula's ashes. When Frank incapacitated one of Sun's guards, Juno confronted the intruders and warned that they would become Doctor Sun's prisoners or die. While Juno concentrated on Frank, Rachel van Helsing fired her crossbow shot him in the back with her crossbow, killing him.
(Nova I#23 (fb) - BTS) - Doctor Sun decapitated Juno and used his brain as a decoy. Sun intended the heroes to believe they were watching his brain burn when they were actually watching Juno's.
(Tomb of Dracula I#42 - BTS) - Rachel, Frank and Quincy Harker discovered Juno's headless corpse while moving through Doctor Sun's headquarters. Rachel was horrified that someone had mutilated Juno after he was already dead. During Dracula's battle with Doctor Sun, the villain caused his own laboratory machinery to exploded, resulting in a raging fire that destroyed the now exposed brain Dracula and the others believed to be Sun's. They watched it get consumed by fire, now thinking the threat of Doctor Sun had ended.
Comments: Created by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan.
Getting your hand replaced with a stake, now that is
dedication to your job... Not sure why it had to be a silver one, that
usually only works on werewolves. Speaking of Marv Wolfman, he never got
around to revealing much about Juno's origins. Given Doctor Sun's love
for technology, it seems likely he gave Juno some cybernetic
enhancements. That would explain the extensive scarring on his face and
body.
He's two neck bolts short from looking like an Asian
Frankenstein... Even though 'Juno' is definitely not a typical Chinese
name, so let's not automatically assume he was Chinese. The T'ai Yang
organization was active in many (Asian) countries.
Profile by Norvo
CLARIFICATIONS:
Juno should not be confused with
Images: (without ads)
Tomb of Dracula I#39, p4, pan5 (main)
Tomb of Dracula I#37, p8, pan6 (close-up)
Tomb of Dracula I#39, p8, pans2&3 (fighting Dracula)
Tomb of Dracula I#40, p18, pan1 (dies)
Tomb of Dracula I#42, p16, pans4,5,6 (brain destroyed)
Appearances:
Tomb of Dracula I#37 (October, 1975) - Marv Wolfman (writer), Gene Colan
(pencils), Tom Palmer (inks), Len Wein (editor)
Tomb of Dracula I#38 (November, 1975) - Marv Wolfman (writer), Gene
Colan (pencils), Tom Palmer (inks), Marv Wolfman (editor)
Tomb of Dracula I#39 (December, 1975) - Marv Wolfman (writer), Gene
Colan (pencils), Tom Palmer (inks), Marv Wolfman (editor)
Tomb of Dracula I#40 (January, 1976) - Marv Wolfman (writer), Gene Colan
(pencils), Tom Palmer (inks), Marv Wolfman (editor)
Tomb of Dracula I#42 (March, 1976) - Marv Wolfman (writer), Gene Colan
(pencils), Tom Palmer (inks), Marv Wolfman (editor)
Nova I#23 (January, 1979) - Marv Wolfman (writer), Carmine Infantino
& Gene Colan (pencils), Terry Austin, Klaus Janson, Bob McLeod, Tom
Palmer, Joe Rubinstein, Walt Simonson & Bob Wiacek (inks), Marv
Wolfman (editor), Jim Shooter (consulting editor)
First Posted: 10/17/2026
Last Updated: 10/17/2026
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