Blade biography marvel

Marvel Comics fictional character

For the film adaptations of the character, see Blade (New Line franchise character) and Blade (Marvel Cinematic Universe).

Comics character

Blade (birth name: Eric Cross Brooks;^[2][3]legal name: Frank Blade^[1][a]) is a fictional character and antihero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Created by writer Marv Wolfman and pencillerGene Colan, his first appearance was in the comic bookThe Tomb of Dracula #10 (July 1973) as a supporting character, but he later went on to star in his own storylines. Devoting his life to ridding the world of all vampires, Blade utilizes his unique physiology to become the perfect vampire hunter.

In Marvel comics, he is proficient in weaponry ranging from firearms to swords, and a master of martial arts.^[6] While originally depicted as a human immune to vampire bites, Blade was retroactively established to be a dham