HERO WORSHIP: BLADE

Super Hero Review

Hero: BLADE

Ranking: 6 out of 10

Breakdown: Half human, half vampire. Simply put, Blade rocks! He first appeared in Tomb of Dracula #10 (1973) as a vampire hunter whose mother was bitten while giving birth. This unique event rendered him immune to the vampire's bite. He was a maniac hellbent on destroying all vampires. Dracula was at the top of his hit list along with the vampire that attacked his mother, Deacon Frost. Later, while helping Spider-Man rescue a pseudo-vampire named Morbius (a vampire made through science not mysticism) Morbius lashed out blindly, biting Blade, granting him his enhanced vampiric powers without any of the drawbacks.

Blade has had the pleasure of being the first Marvel character to have a trilogy of films in the modern superhero era. The super hero movie boom all started with his first film. The films tweaked his origin a bit, instead of just being immune, he possessed all the powers of vampires and none of the drawbacks, essentially turning him into Vampire Hunter D, which isn't a bad thing. The comics later changed him up to match the movies where originally he was just an extremely skilled hunter/marksman.

All in all Blade is one badass character and an unlikely hero, but awesome all around.