Andrew Bennett is one of the main protagonists of the House of Mystery series and the main protagonist of the I, Vampire series from the DC universe.
He was once a lord in Britian who was transforms into a vampire and transformed his lover Mary Seward into a vampire becoming archenemies.
History[]
Andrew Bennett was once a lord during the early days of Britian and was the lover of Mary Seward. After he was transformed into a vampire, Mary, who wanted to help him, decided to let him turn her into a vampire. However Andrew was horrifed that Mary had succumbed to the vampire curse. The two would become enemies in the later years.
Andrew would plan to stop Mary at every turn and would fall in love with a woman named Deborah Dancer and they had a nice relationship dealing with the cult of the red blood moon led by his ex Mary, now the Queen of Blood. During their clash Mary kidnaps Deborah and turns her into a half vampire. Andrew was killed by but Deborah killed Mary at the end.
Deborah wanted to use the red moon cult to revive her lover but was stopped by Batman and Fate after a revived Andrew was displeased at being revived to finally die.
Andrew would continue to show up in other titles as a supporting character like in Doctor Fate and in hell fighting against demons.
In the New 52 era, Andrew Bennett's backstory was slightly altered and he had a change in appearance where he was now younger and attractive alongside Mary who also had a modern redesign. Their backstories on how they view humans cause them to become enemies. During this Andrew would team up with John and Tig against Mary. However after Mary's depowerment and meeting half vampire Deborah Cain, the first vampire arise and takes over with Tig killing Mary who comes back to life as a supernatural being helping Andrew stop Cain and his lover Lilith.
In Dc vs Vampires Andrew was a minor character who discovered that Nightwing was turned into a vampire and killed Mary.
Powers and abilities[]
Andrew as a vampire has superhuman strength, speed, stamina, intellect, and durabilty. He can also regenate, shape shift, and use magic. He also has a healing factor and the ability to drink blood like other vampires and telepathy.