Blade (Marvel Comics)

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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: , at least with weapons | , higher with weapons, 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,Blade Vol 4 2 but has also stated he's over 100Marvel Comics Presents Vol 2 10
Classification: Human | Dhampir, Daywalker
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Attack Potency: Wall level+ (Could trade blows with Gambit. Able to physically contend with lesser vampiresBlade: The Vampire-Hunter Vol 1 9Tomb of Dracula Vol 1 58), at least Large Building level with weapons (Can consistently wound vampires such as Dracula, Morbius and Deacon Frost.Tomb of Dracula Vol 1 12Blade: The Vampire-Hunter Vol 1 7 Cut Spider-Man's webs.Peter Parker: Spider-Man Vol 1 8 Destroyed Ghost Rider's bike) | Large Building level (Has fought a vampire Spider-Man on multiple occasions. Can hurt Morbius and Ironheart. Overpowered Deacon Frost when angry), higher with weapons, Galaxy level with the Breathing Gun (The Breathing Gun could hurt Cosmic Ghost RiderAvengers Vol 8 23)
Speed: Superhuman movement speed (Could outrun a giant vampire batTomb of Dracula Vol 1 10), Hypersonic combat speed (Comparable to Gambit, Dracula and Morbius) | Subsonic movement speed (Has moved faster than the eye could perceive on multiple occasions), Hypersonic combat speed (Faster than before. Blitzed Deadpool and dodged his attacks.Deadpool: The Gauntlet Infinite Comic Vol 1 4 Believed he could attack faster than the Punisher)
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) | Large Building level (Comparable to his striking strength. Tanked attacks from GhostStrikeforce Vol 1 5)
Stamina: Superhuman. Routinely fights large groups of vampires. Could run and leap even with several broken bones.Nightstalkers Vol 1 17 Quickly recovered from being unconsciousTomb of Dracula Vol 1 13 | Far superior to before. Could fight after several days of starvation and having cut his own arm off.Blade Vol 4 6 After being wounded and having his blood sucked out, he could escape his imprisonment and fight.Mighty Avengers Vol 1 13 Could fight immortal, hellish hordes for hours.Doctor Strange: Damnation Vol 1 4
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, ropes with a hook at the end, explosives, guns, photo-sensitive glasses, katanas as well as other swords, shotguns armed with rune-imbued wooden bullets, axes, sais, bladed flame gauntlets, sabers, welding equipment, spears, chain-nunchucks, many other various kinds of bladed weaponry, the "witch compass", a motorcycle, a small but sharp tanto knife stored in his boot, katanas with holy symbols etched in them, assault rifles, even ones outfitted with hollow-point stake bullets and holy water | Same as before, flash-bang grenades that emulate sunlight, drill weapons meant to tear apart vampires, large guns that burn them alive,flamethrowers, a sword meant to kill the undead monster "Tryks", kevlar armor, crossbows with silver-capped arrows,Black Panther Vol 4 12 wooden blades hidden in his boots, silver bullets, parachutes, armor-piercing rounds, vampire blood, a gun planted on his stump that can switch between rubber bullets, a hookshot and sleeping darts,Blade Vol 4 9 a huge collection of guns and bladed weapons,Blade Vol 4 11 a prosthetic hand,Captain Britain and MI-13 Vol 1 5 an adamantium odachi,Captain Britain and MI-13 Vol 1 7 a "wordsword" made out of pages of magical books, stakes sharpened to the point that they can easily pierce through body armor,Captain Britain and MI-13 Vol 1 13 UV pellets, nunchucks,Mighty Avengers Vol 1 1 shuriken,Mighty Avengers Vol 1 4 his swords have hidden blades in their handle, silver-bladed nunchucks,Avengers Vol 8 18 the Boy-Thing, a hellfire shotgun, a Breathing Gun, anti-vampire throwing glaives,Wolverine vs. Blade Special tasers, Avengers communication devices
Intelligence: Gifted. Blade is the best vampire hunter in the world, feared by vampires everywhere.Blade Vol 1 1 His vampire hunter training includes miscellaneous abilities such as being able to recognize false antiques and pickpocketing, as well as encyclopedic knowledge of vampires and demons and even eldritch beings like Shuma-Gorath.Mighty Avengers Vol 1 3 Blade has been fighting vampires since he was 12 years old,Avengers Vol 8 14 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,Blade Vol 4 12 though this isn't always the case. 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.Avengers Vol 8 27
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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==
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Dio Brando (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) Dio's Profile (Daywalker Blade with standard equipment and Phantom Blood Dio used. Speed equalized)
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