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. 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., while Mahershala Ali has been cast as the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise, making an uncredited voice cameo appearance in the film Eternals (2021) ahead of his upcoming standalone film. 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. He is the half-brother of Darren Cross and the father of Fallon Grey. 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)

Ghost rider tattoo