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Summary
Blade, real name Eric Brooks, is a vampire hunter, as well as a half-vampire hybrid himself, known to the blood-drinking undead as a "Dhampir" or "Daywalker", as he possesses all the strengths of a vampire without any of their weaknesses. The reason for his unique condition is that as his mother was giving birth to him, the vampire Deacon Frost, posing as a doctor, bit her, turning her into a vampire before immediately killing her. The vampiric corruption reached Eric through the umbilical chord, and turned him into a unique being with a vengeance against the vampiric kind, who would all eventually come to fear him.
Blade's first appearance in Tomb of Dracula #10, all the way back in 1973, was very different from the modern version of the character. Back then the vampire hunter was a normal human, albeit one gifted with the immunity to any vampire's bite. While Blade's character evolved across the years, he remained a human until the success of the 1998 Blade movie, which portrayed him as a Dhampir with superhuman abilities. This well-received change was introduced to the comics when Morbius' unique bite reacted to Blade's anti-vampire DNA and turned him into the Daywalker he is now, although future runs would retcon Blade as having always been a Dhampir since his birth in the 1920s.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 9-B, at least High 8-C with weapons | High 8-C, higher with weapons, 3-C with the Breathing Gun
Key: Classic (Human) | Modern (Daywalker)
Name: Eric Brooks, Blade, "Frank Blade", The Daywalker, Blade: The Vampire-Hunter
Origin: Marvel Comics
Gender: Male
Age: In his 30's | Unknown. Was born in 1929 in a run set in 2002,[1][2] but has also stated he's over 100[3]
Classification: Human | Dhampir, Daywalker
Powers and Abilities:
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Social Influencing (Successfully tricked Dracula into walking into a trap.[4] Briefly intimitated some vampires mid-fight to gain the advantage of surprise[5]), Martial Arts (Defeated many GI soldiers with his bare hands[6]), Limited Power Mimicry (Learned how to fight just by watching martial arts movies[7]), Weapon Mastery (Capable of skillfully throwing any object he gets his hands on.[8] Is as skilled with his knives as any martial artist is with his hands.[5] Defeated a vampire that had beaten the best fencing masters in Europe.[9] Shot two bullets into another gun's barrel.[10] Slashed dozens of spiders off himself before any of them could bite him.[11] Knocked a flashlight and a handgun out of a man's hands with two simultaneous knife throws,[12] and pinned a guy to the wall by his clothes without spilling blood with a similar attack.[13] Can throw knives with enough accuracy to send them down a laser weapon's thin barrel or to break off a vampire's teeth[14][15]), Acrobatics (Dodged over an attack by hooking a ladder with his axe and vaulting over it.[16] Kept up with Gambit in a mid-air clash[17]), Stealth Mastery (Sneaked his way into an enemy fortress.[18] Managed to disappear in the middle of a conversation[19]), Extrasensory Perception and Enhanced Senses (Can sense Dracula's presence, and could feel his sheer evil.[20][21] Sensed a lunging vampire behind him from air movements he caused.[22] Immediately knew when a vampire woke up, despite being fast asleep.[23] Can smell the presence of vampires, even if they have left the place,[24] as well as dark magic.[25] This "sensitivity to occult presence" was explained as an innate geiger counter for the mystical.[26][27] Defended himself against an attacker attempting to sneak up on him[14]), Vehicular Mastery (Caught up to another car in a car chase and immobilized it with his own car[16]), Berserk Mode (Used to enter a mindless rage when fighting[11]), Regeneration (Low, "heals fast"[28]), Supernatural Willpower and minor Resistance to Mind Manipulation (Could slightly resist a mind control spell through sheer will.[29] Managed to resist a mental attack for a few seconds by focusing on his strong emotions[30]), Resistance to Corruption (Immune to vampirization[31]), Poison Manipulation and Paralysis Inducement (Resisted several bites from spiders that normally induce instant paralysis[32][11]), Acid Manipulation (Could temporarily withstand an acidic mist[33])
Explosion Manipulation (Has access to explosives[9]), Fire Manipulation (Wields gauntlets that can cover his fist in flames[25]), Teleportation Negation and Energy Manipulation (Owns a special sword that can negate teleports and manipulate the energy of those it stabs against them[34]), Extrasensory Perception (Can pinpoint the location of negative energies with his witch compass[35]), Damage Reduction (Blade's outfit lessens the blows he suffers[36]), Enhanced Senses (Wears photo-sensitive glasses, seemingly to see in the dark more easily[37][38]), Holy Manipulation (Some of Blade's katanas have various holy symbols etched in them to hurt vampires even more,[39] and his bullets have holy water in them[40]), Resistance to Mind Manipulation (His goggles protect him from hypnosis[41])
All previous abilities, Enhanced Weapon Mastery (Cut through someone so cleanly they only fell apart after he sheathed his weapon.[21] Defeated a large amount of flying vampires in mid-air despite being unable to breathe.[42] Can fight evenly with Wolverine and defeat Deadpool.[43][44] Could have easily tagged the size-shifter Micromax with a knife throw, boasting that his precision was such that he could amputate a spider's legs.[3] Can kill someone in twenty-six different ways that wouldn't make them even feel it[45]), Enhanced Martial Arts (Used Krav Maga to defeat four Doombots.[2] Knows Mixed Martial Arts[46]), Afterimage Creation (Shown here[47]), Enhanced Regeneration (Low-Mid. Regenerated from two sabers impaling his chest despite having his blood sucked out all the while.[48] Could heal after having his guts torn out[49]), Longevity (Ages at a much slower pace than humans[1]), Enhanced Extrasensory Perception and Enhanced Senses (Sensed a man hidden behind him while in a chaotic situation.[50] Smelled the presence of Deacon Frost in a building.[51] Sensed the aura of a descendant of Dracula.[21] Punisher could not sneak up on him[52]), Rage Power (Blade's strength grows when he is truly enraged[53]), Enhanced Stealth Mastery (Sneaked his way in and out of the Pentagon, stealing top-secret documents.[54] Is a skilled pickpocket[55]), Preparation (Came up with a plan to kill Wolverine[43]), Transformation and Flight (Can transform into a bat, and likely other vampiric transformations such as mist or werewolves[56][57]), Mind Manipulation Negation (Sucked the mind control out of Robbie Reyes[58]), Resistance to Mind Manipulation (Viruses powerful enough to control Blade's mind destroy the minds of normal people, and even then he managed to break out of that control.[59][60] Has gone through anti-mind-control training[61]), Possession (Dhampyrs cannot normally be possessed[50]), Soul Manipulation (Has no soul[50]), Fire Manipulation (Leaped out of a burning building without a scratch[62])
All previous abilities, Light Manipulation (Has used flash-bang grenades and UV bullets which have the same effect as sunlight on vampires[63][64]), Fragrance Manipulation (Covers his clothes in garlic to repel vampires[55]), enhanced Fire Manipulation (Owns guns that burn vampires to death,[2] a Hellfire shotgun and flamethrowers[65][1]), Regeneration Negation (At least High-Low. Owns a sword that can kill Tryks, who can regenerate from gunshot wounds and reattach body parts easily,[1][2][50] At least Low-Mid, likely Mid with the Breathing Gun, which could negate Daimon Hellstrom's regeneration[65]), Damage Reduction (With kevlar armor[66]), Biological Manipulation (With vampire blood[43]), Sleep Manipulation (With sleeping darts[67]), Non-Physical Interaction (Could hurt an otherwise intangible demon lord with his Wordsword[68][69]), Self-Destruction (Blade's katanas can be set to explode[70]), Plant Manipulation and Weapon Creation (With the Boy-Thing, who he can use to form plant constructs.[71] While typically it's just wooden blades, it can even form power armor and katanas[72]), Flight, Self-Sustenance (Type 1) and Spaceflight (The Boy-Thing can sprout wings and even move in space, seemingly preventing the wearer from drowning[73][74]), Temperature Manipulation and Durability Negation (The Boy-Thing has the same fear-burning properties of Man-Thing[75]), Non-Physical Interaction (Boy-Thing could hurt an intangible Silver Surfer[72]), Electricity Manipulation (Has tasers powerful enough to knock out Hulkling[76])
Attack Potency: Wall level+ (Could trade blows with Gambit.[17] Able to physically contend with lesser vampires[77][78]), at least Large Building level with weapons (Can consistently wound vampires such as Dracula, Morbius and Deacon Frost.[79][19][80] Cut Spider-Man's webs.[81] Destroyed Ghost Rider's bike[13]) | Large Building level (Has fought a vampire Spider-Man on multiple occasions.[55][64] Can hurt Morbius and Ironheart.[43][46] Overpowered Deacon Frost when angry[53]), higher with weapons, Galaxy level with the Breathing Gun (The Breathing Gun could hurt Cosmic Ghost Rider[65][75])
Speed: Superhuman movement speed (Could outrun a giant vampire bat[82]), Hypersonic combat speed (Comparable to Gambit, Dracula and Morbius) | Subsonic movement speed (Has moved faster than the eye could perceive on multiple occasions[59][44]), Hypersonic combat speed (Faster than before. Blitzed Deadpool and dodged his attacks.[44][83] Believed he could attack faster than the Punisher[52])
Lifting Strength: Class K (Should be comparable to Gambit) | Class M (Comparable to Wolverine. Crumpled a metal door, tore apart metal chains while weakened)
Striking Strength: Wall level+ | Large Building level
Durability: Wall level+ (Comparable to his striking strength. Survived a large explosion[28]) | Large Building level (Comparable to his striking strength. Tanked attacks from Ghost[84])
Stamina: Superhuman. Routinely fights large groups of vampires. Could run and leap even with several broken bones.[85] Quickly recovered from being unconscious[86] | Far superior to before. Could fight after several days of starvation and having cut his own arm off.[87] After being wounded and having his blood sucked out, he could escape his imprisonment and fight.[48][88] Could fight immortal, hellish hordes for hours.[89]
Range: Standard Melee Range, from Standard Melee Range to at least Hundreds of Meters with equipment.
Standard Equipment: Blade's equipment varies according to the writer, but almost always includes several katanas, guns, many stakes or knives, hidden blades as well as many other weapons listed under his optional equipment, which details all that he has used in his career. Almost all of his equipment is typically customized for fighting and killing vampires.
- Optional Equipment: A large amount of wooden knives, scuba gear, harpoon guns,[82] ropes with a hook at the end, explosives, guns,[9] photo-sensitive glasses,[37] katanas as well as other swords, shotguns armed with rune-imbued wooden bullets,[10] axes,[16] sais,[11] bladed flame gauntlets, sabers,[25] welding equipment, spears,[12] chain-nunchucks,[13] many other various kinds of bladed weaponry,[26] the "witch compass", a motorcycle,[35] a small but sharp tanto knife stored in his boot,[28] katanas with holy symbols etched in them,[39] assault rifles,[17] even ones outfitted with hollow-point stake bullets and holy water[40] | Same as before, flash-bang grenades that emulate sunlight,[63] drill weapons meant to tear apart vampires,[55] large guns that burn them alive,[2]flamethrowers,[1] a sword meant to kill the undead monster "Tryks",[50] kevlar armor,[66] crossbows with silver-capped arrows,[90] wooden blades hidden in his boots, silver bullets, parachutes,[55] armor-piercing rounds,[2] vampire blood,[43] a gun planted on his stump that can switch between rubber bullets, a hookshot and sleeping darts,[91][67] a huge collection of guns and bladed weapons,[92] a prosthetic hand,[93] an adamantium odachi,[94] a "wordsword" made out of pages of magical books,[69] stakes sharpened to the point that they can easily pierce through body armor,[95] UV pellets,[64] nunchucks,[96] shuriken,[97] his swords have hidden blades in their handle,[43] silver-bladed nunchucks,[98] the Boy-Thing,[71] a hellfire shotgun,[65] a Breathing Gun,[65] anti-vampire throwing glaives,[99] tasers,[76] Avengers communication devices[84]
Intelligence: Gifted. Blade is the best vampire hunter in the world, feared by vampires everywhere.[100] His vampire hunter training includes miscellaneous abilities such as being able to recognize false antiques and pickpocketing,[55] as well as encyclopedic knowledge of vampires and demons[50] and even eldritch beings like Shuma-Gorath.[101] Blade has been fighting vampires since he was 12 years old,[102] and has clashed with master combatants such as Dracula, Wolverine and Spider-Man.
Standard Tactics: Blade is sometimes depicted as being unwilling to kill humans,[81][103] though this isn't always the case.[3] Either way, he is incredibly brutal towards vampires, typically showing no mercy and using all of the many weapons at his disposal to eliminate them.
Weaknesses: None notable | While normal sunlight does not affect him, exposure to a red sun will kill him.[104]
Note:
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- Blade was originally given his Daywalker powers in Peter Parker: Spider-Man #8 (June 1999), and the retcon that changed his backstory to him having always had his vampire powers happened in Blade Vol 4 (2006-2007)
Notable Matchups
Victories:
Losses:
Inconclusive:
Dio Brando (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) Dio's Profile (Daywalker Blade with standard equipment and Phantom Blood Dio used. Speed equalized)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Blade Vol 4 3
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Blade Vol 4 2
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Marvel Comics Presents Vol 2 10
- ↑ Tomb of Dracula Vol 1 30
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Vampire Tales Vol 1 8
- ↑ Tomb of Dracula Vol 1 42
- ↑ Blade: The Vampire-Hunter Vol 1 2
- ↑ Tomb of Dracula Vol 1 24
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Marvel Preview Vol 1 3
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Nightstalkers Vol 1 1
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Nightstalkers Vol 1 3
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Nightstalkers Vol 1 7
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Nightstalkers Vol 1 10
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Blade: The Vampire-Hunter Vol 1 10
- ↑ Blade Vol 2 1
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Nightstalkers Vol 1 2
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Gambit Vol 3 4
- ↑ Tomb of Dracula Vol 1 41
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Nightstalkers Vol 1 9
- ↑ Tomb of Dracula Vol 1 21
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Tomb of Dracula Vol 4 1
- ↑ Nightstalkers Vol 1 18
- ↑ Tomb of Dracula Vol 1 45
- ↑ Tomb of Dracula Vol 2 2
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 Nightstalkers Vol 1 5
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 Nightstalkers Vol 1 11
- ↑ Darkhold: Pages from the Book of Sins Vol 1 15
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 Blade: The Vampire-Hunter Vol 1 5
- ↑ Midnight Sons Unlimited Vol 1 6
- ↑ Midnight Sons Unlimited Vol 1 7
- ↑ Tomb of Dracula Vol 1 19
- ↑ Nightstalkers Vol 1 4
- ↑ Nightstalkers Vol 1 14
- ↑ Midnight Sons Unlimited Vol 1 4
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 Blade: The Vampire-Hunter Vol 1 1
- ↑ Blade: The Vampire-Hunter Vol 1 9
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 Doctor Strange Vol 2 61
- ↑ Marvel Team-Up Vol 1 7
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 Blade Vol 2 2
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 Peter Parker: Spider-Man Vol 1 7
- ↑ Nightstalkers Vol 1 13
- ↑ Tomb of Dracula Vol 4 3
- ↑ 43.0 43.1 43.2 43.3 43.4 43.5 Blade Vol 4 5
- ↑ 44.0 44.1 44.2 Deadpool: The Gauntlet Infinite Comic Vol 1 5
- ↑ Marvel Comics Presents Vol 2 12
- ↑ 46.0 46.1 Invincible Iron Man Vol 1 600
- ↑ Blade: Vampire Hunter Vol 1 1
- ↑ 48.0 48.1 Mighty Avengers Vol 1 10
- ↑ Mighty Avengers Vol 1 5
- ↑ 50.0 50.1 50.2 50.3 50.4 50.5 Blade Vol 4 4
- ↑ Falcon Vol 2 8
- ↑ 52.0 52.1 Marvel Team-Up Vol 3 8
- ↑ 53.0 53.1 Tomb of Dracula Vol 4 4
- ↑ Heroes Reborn Vol 1 1
- ↑ 55.0 55.1 55.2 55.3 55.4 55.5 Blade Vol 4 1
- ↑ Uncanny Avengers Vol 1 Annual
- ↑ Deadpool: The Gauntlet Infinite Comic Vol 1 12
- ↑ Avengers Vol 8 16
- ↑ 59.0 59.1 Blade: Vampire Hunter Vol 1 3
- ↑ Blade: Vampire Hunter Vol 1 4
- ↑ Avengers Vol 8 45
- ↑ Mighty Avengers Vol 1 9
- ↑ 63.0 63.1 Blade: Vampire Hunter Vol 1 5
- ↑ 64.0 64.1 64.2 Spider-Man vs. Vampires
- ↑ 65.0 65.1 65.2 65.3 65.4 Avengers Vol 8 22
- ↑ 66.0 66.1 Tomb of Dracula Vol 4 2
- ↑ 67.0 67.1 Blade Vol 4 10
- ↑ Captain Britain and MI-13 Vol 1 9
- ↑ 69.0 69.1 Captain Britain and MI-13 Vol 1 8
- ↑ Doctor Strange: Damnation Vol 1 3
- ↑ 71.0 71.1 Avengers Vol 8 17
- ↑ 72.0 72.1 Avengers Vol 8 29
- ↑ Avengers Vol 8 21
- ↑ Avengers Vol 8 30
- ↑ 75.0 75.1 Avengers Vol 8 23
- ↑ 76.0 76.1 Strikeforce Vol 1 3
- ↑ Blade: The Vampire-Hunter Vol 1 9
- ↑ Tomb of Dracula Vol 1 58
- ↑ Tomb of Dracula Vol 1 12
- ↑ Blade: The Vampire-Hunter Vol 1 7
- ↑ 81.0 81.1 Peter Parker: Spider-Man Vol 1 8
- ↑ 82.0 82.1 Tomb of Dracula Vol 1 10
- ↑ Deadpool: The Gauntlet Infinite Comic Vol 1 4
- ↑ 84.0 84.1 Strikeforce Vol 1 5
- ↑ Nightstalkers Vol 1 17
- ↑ Tomb of Dracula Vol 1 13
- ↑ Blade Vol 4 6
- ↑ Mighty Avengers Vol 1 13
- ↑ Doctor Strange: Damnation Vol 1 4
- ↑ Black Panther Vol 4 12
- ↑ Blade Vol 4 9
- ↑ Blade Vol 4 11
- ↑ Captain Britain and MI-13 Vol 1 5
- ↑ Captain Britain and MI-13 Vol 1 7
- ↑ Captain Britain and MI-13 Vol 1 13
- ↑ Mighty Avengers Vol 1 1
- ↑ Mighty Avengers Vol 1 4
- ↑ Avengers Vol 8 18
- ↑ Wolverine vs. Blade Special
- ↑ Blade Vol 1 1
- ↑ Mighty Avengers Vol 1 3
- ↑ Avengers Vol 8 14
- ↑ Blade Vol 4 12
- ↑ Avengers Vol 8 27
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