John Drake was a secret agent, working for a secret arm of NATO, who often argued with his superiors about the ethics of his missions. Many of Drake's cases involved aiding the cause of democracy in foreign nations, though he was also called upon to solve murders and other crimes that affected the interests of America and/or NATO.

Drake answered to Hobbs, a somewhat sinister superior always seen fiddling with a knife.

An operative for M9, a British intelligence department working under the cover of a travel agency, Drake often found himself in perilous situations which did not always have happy outcomes, and sometimes his duty forced him to make decisions that led to good people suffering unfair consequences.

He never carried a gun, though he found himself in numerous fights, and what gadgets he used were never inordinately far-fetched. In fact, most were off the shelf.

Unlike James Bond, Drake was never seen hooking up with any of the ladies.
Although villains often met fatal ends, Drake himself rarely killed anyone and only shot one person to death.

Number Six is the number given to a secret agent who has mysteriously resigned from his job.

Author Stephen King is said to have alluded to John Drake's "cool" in one novel.
the_H_mansaint   <---     Could this be the elusive John Drake .....?
 
   <---           ..... our man in Chicago ...?

    <---               ........ ladies man of the Grotto ....?

     <---                     .............. globe trotting enigma .....?

    <---                      .......... or the notorious "H-man"?!?!

      <---                                    ........... YOU decide!