Blade (Comic Book): Difference between revisions

A [[Vampire Hunter]] who debuted in a 70s comic book called ''[[The Tomb of Dracula]]''. He grudgingly ended up working with the vampire detective Hannibal King against their common enemy, Deacon Frost and with Dracula, to defeat [[Robotic Psychopath|Doctor Sun]]. From there, '''Blade''' made occasional appearances in similarly themed Marvel comics such as Dr. Strange, Ghost Rider and Morbius or in books like Spider-man whenever writers remembered him and had an excuse to use a vampire hunter. King became his best friend while Dracula remains one of his most hated foes. Blade made regular appearances again during the Midnight Sons story arc in the 90s, which lead to the character being featured on the then running Spider-man cartoon, which gave Blade new powers. ''That'' lead to a mildly successful trilogy of movies based off the cartoon. Attempts to reproduce that success for Blade in the comics failed but the adaptations did permanently change how the character would be used.