| Alias |
 |
| Blade |
| Nick
Name |
| Day
Walker |
| Civilian
ID |
|
Unknown
Alias
Eric
Brook
|
| Occupation |
|
Private
Investigator
Vampire Hunter
|
| Legal
Status |
| Unknown
citizen of the United States with no criminal record. |
| Nation
or Planet of Origin |
| United States |
| Group
Affiliation |
| None |
| Base
of Operations |
| Mobile |
| Height |
| 6'
2" |
| Weight |
| 180
lbs. |
| Eye
Color |
| Brown |
| Hair
Color |
| Black |
| Skin
Tone |
| Negroid |
| Known
Powers |
| Vampire
induced mutation resulting in superhuman strength, speed, agility, stamina
and durability with an accelerated healing factor and immunity to the
weaknesses of vampires and the supernatural
effects of vampire bites. Excellent hand-to-hand combatant with
skills using bladed weapons, throwing knives and firearms
Note: Although subject to the
craving for blood, which is substituted by a synthetic serum, Blade is not
immortal and ages like a normal human being.
|
| Accessories |
| Military, civilian
and custom knives and ballistic weapons. |
| Common
Enemies |
|
Deacon
Frost
Dracula
|
| Regularly
Appearing |
|
Blade
Vol. 1, 2 & 3
Dr. Strange Vol. 2
Tomb of Dracula Vol. 1
|
| First
Appearance |
|
Tomb of Dracula Vol. 1 #10
(July, 1973) |
| Creator |
| Marv
Wolfman & Gene Colan |
| Origin |
| Experiencing
painfully labor
and about to give birth a poor woman's friends called for a doctor.
Instead, the vampire Deacon Frost arrived, posing as a doctor. Frost
bit the expecting mother, whose screams alerted her friends. Frost
fled when they rushed into the room. The young mother
died after giving birth, and the boy was raised by her friends.
Determined at an early age to avenge his mother's death, he resolved to
eradicate the menace of vampirism becoming the vampire hunter known
only as Blade. |