![]() ![]() 1997) of the short-lived black-and-white anthology series Marvel: Shadows and Light. Blade next appeared in a 12-page inventory story in issue #1 (Feb. 1994).įollowing the cancellation of Nightstalkers, Blade debuted in his first color-comics series, Blade the Vampire Hunter #1–10 (July 1994 – April 1995), written by Ian Edginton (with the last two issues by Terry Kavanagh) and penciled by Doug Wheatley. He appeared in two solo stories, in Midnight Sons Unlimited #2 and 7 (July 1993 and Oct. Blade co-starred in the 18-issue series Nightstalkers, and appeared with that team in a story in the anthology issue Midnight Sons Unlimited #1 (April 1993). 1992), in the Midnight Sons imprint that included issues of Darkhold: Pages from the Book of Sins, Ghost Rider, Ghost Rider/ Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance, Midnight Sons Unlimited, Morbius, and Nightstalkers. A six-page backup story by Wolfman and Colan followed in Marvel Preview #8 (Fall 1976).īlade next came into prominence in the 1990s, beginning with Ghost Rider #28 (Aug. 1975), written by Claremont, with two chapters each drawn by DeZuniga and by Rico Rival (this story was announced for Vampire Tales #12, but was published here after that magazine was cancelled). Blade then appeared in a 56-page solo story that concluded the story begun in Vampire Tales #8-9 in the black-and-white showcase magazine Marvel Preview #3 (Sept. 1975), with Wolfman and Chris Claremont co-scripting. 1974), in an 11-page story by Wolfman and penciller-inker Tony DeZuniga. ![]() ![]() Craig Russell.īlade's first solo story came in Marvel's black-and-white horror-comics magazine Vampire Tales #8 (Dec. 1974), in a story written by Steve Gerber and penciled by P. Outside The Tomb of Dracula, he fought the scientifically created vampire Morbius the Living Vampire in the latter's series in Adventure into Fear #24 (Oct. The early Blade dialogue was cliche 'Marvel Black' dialogue. I also wasn't happy with my Blade dialogue, so I pulled him out of the book for a while - I think almost a year - and when I brought him back I played him a bit straighter. I knew if I let him, Blade would eclipse the other characters so I pulled him back and let original supporting characters Rachel, Frank and Quincy shine. Blade appeared in issues #10–21, with additional appearances in #24 and 28 (altogether ranging from July 1973 – Sept. He initially sported 1970s-style Afro hair and wielded teak bladed knives. Colan based the character's features on "a composite of black actors" including NFL football star-turned-actor Jim Brown. I put the leather jacket on him and so on". The bandolier of blades – that was Marv's idea. The artist recalled in 2003, "Marv told me Blade was a black man, and we talked about how he should dress, and how he should look – very heroic looking. īlade was introduced as a supporting character in Marvel Comics' The Tomb of Dracula #10 (July 1973), written by Marv Wolfman and penciled by Gene Colan. Mahershala Ali has been cast as the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise, debuting with an uncredited vocal cameo in the film Eternals (2021) ahead of his upcoming standalone film (2023). Hall voicing the character in Spider-Man: The Animated Series, and Terry Crews voicing him in Ultimate Spider-Man and Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. Blade was portrayed by Wesley Snipes in the films Blade, Blade II and Blade: Trinity, and by Sticky Fingaz in the television series Blade: The Series, with J.D. The character has been substantially adapted from the comics into various forms of media, including films, television series, and video games. Devoting his life to ridding the world of all vampires, Blade utilizes his unique physiology to become the perfect vampire hunter while originally depicted as a human immune to vampire bites, Blade was retroactively established to be a dhampir following his adaptation as such in Spider-Man: The Animated Series and the Blade film series. Created by writer Marv Wolfman and penciller Gene Colan, his first appearance was in the comic book The Tomb of Dracula #10 (July 1973) as a supporting character, but later went on to star in his own storylines. Ability to sense supernatural creaturesīlade ( Eric Cross Brooks) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.Immunity to both vampire bites and vampire hypnosis.Superhuman strength, speed, agility and stamina.Highly knowledgeable about vampire lore.The Daywalker, Frank Blade, SwitchBlade, Spider Hero, Ronin Dhampir ( retconned from vampire-immune human) ![]()
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