was dracula the first vampire story

No. There were earlier vampire tales. For example, the story of the 'Vampire of Croglin Grange' predates the Dracula story. Also, some ancient folklore from different cultures had elements of vampiric creatures before Bram Stoker wrote Dracula.

Not really. Before Dracula, there were vampire tales in different parts of the world. Some were passed down orally, and others were written in less well-known works.

Dracras was the first vampire to appear in the 36th episode of Jack Ultraman, The Night That Cannot Be Dislodged. He was 50 meters tall and weighed 24000 tons. He was from Planet Camilla and was male. It had a variety of abilities, such as sharp teeth that could pierce into the body of the other party to suck blood, strong claws, poisonous gas and destructive waves that could be spat out from its mouth, flying speed of Mach 5, and high intelligence that could build and use spaceships. It absorbs the blood or energy of its enemies to maintain its life, and it is afraid of light and crosses. In the plot, it possessed the corpse of the female Bell Village who had died in the villa half a year ago. It took the alias of Bell Village's younger sister, Daozi, and tried to eliminate humans by sucking the blood of other women. It even provoked Xiang Hideki telepathically and regarded Jack Ultraman as a traitor. During the battle, it used its teeth to bite into Jack Ultraman's shoulder to absorb energy, but in the end, it became afraid under the effect of Jack Ultraman's flash. After being pierced through the heart by the Otto Cross Gun, its body turned to ashes. It also made a cameo appearance in chapters 97/98/120/123/125 of Red Superman.

No. There were other vampire - related works in English literature before Dracula. Some earlier poems and short stories had touched on vampiric themes.

Yes, Dracula holds the distinction of being the first prominent vampire novel. It set the stage for the many vampire stories that followed, influencing the genre greatly.