Who Is Wilhelmina Murray? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Wilhelmina Murray is a In the Public Domain comic book character, with over 134 comic issue appearances. Wilhelmina, better known as simply "Mina" is most well known as the heroine in the novel Dracula. She was Lucy Westenra's best friend, Jonathan Harker's fiance and later became his wife and mother to their child.

Who is Wilhelmina Murray?

Origin Dracula (the original novel by Bram Stoker) Wilhelmina Murray was born in England sometime in the mid 19th century. As an adult, she lived the life of school teacher, specializing in etiquette and decorum. She met a young barrister named Jonathan Harker and the two fell in love. By 1897 the two were engaged, and they were wed shortly after Jonathan took on a harrowing business trip to the mountains of Transylvania . Harker's encounter with a vampire named Dracula proved traumatic for Mina as well. When Dracula relocated to the district of Whitby, he learned of Mina and used his vampiric powers to seduce her. He drank her blood on three separate occasions and forced Mina to drink of his own blood. Mina was destined to become one of his vampire brides, but fortunately for her, Harker, as well as his confederates Arthur Holmwood , Quincy Morris and Abraham van Helsing destroyed Dracula before the changes could take effect.

Key facts

Wilhelmina Murray is of human origin. The character is published by In the Public Domain. With 134 recorded issue appearances, Wilhelmina Murray ranks among the most featured characters in comics.