Blade

: "Sure you're ready for that, Mr. Whitman?"
: ―Eric Brooks to Dane Whitman[src]
Eric Cross Brooks is a daywalker who operates as a vampire-hunting vigilante known as Blade. In 2024, Brooks confronted Dane Whitman when the latter unboxed the Ebony Blade.
== Biography ==
=== Approaching Dane Whitman ===
In 2024, Eric Brooks had been spying on Dane Whitman in London, England when he decided to open a case with the Whitman crest on it that contained the Ebony Blade. When Whitman decided to try using the sword, Brooks asked him if he thought he was ready for it, catching Whitman off-guard.
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== Powers and Abilities ==
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=== Allies ===
* Dane Whitman
== Trivia ==
* In the comics, Eric Brooks is a vampire/human hybrid after his mother Vanessa Brooks was bitten and killed by Deacon Frost while she was pregnant with him. He possesses many strengths of vampires and none of their weaknesses with the exception of their thirst for blood.
== Behind the Scenes ==
* Blade in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is the second live-action incarnation of the character, following an incarnation portrayed by both Wesley Snipes and Sticky Fingaz.
** Before Mahershala Ali was cast, Wesley Snipes mentioned during an interview with Deadline Hollywood back in July 2015 that he had been in discussions with Marvel Studios about reprising his role from the Blade trilogy although those films don't share continuity with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, Snipes himself approved Ali's casting.
* Mahershala Ali's role as Cottonmouth in the first season of Luke Cage gave him the inspiration and the idea to be cast as Blade in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, so he contacted his agent on the day Luke Cage premiered to inquire about Marvel Studios' plans for the franchise. He eventually contacted Marvel Studios with a proposal for them to make a new Blade film, with him in the lead role.
* Jon Watts revealed in an interview that Blade had been briefly considered to potentially appear in Spider-Man: Far From Home.
* Blade had been briefly considered to appear in Werewolf by Night, but the idea was dropped on the early production stage.
* Mahershala Ali was uncredited for his appearance in Eternals.
== References ==
# ↑ Blade
# ↑ Eternals Post-credits Scene
# ↑ ‘Eternals’ Director on That OTHER Big Character Reveal in the Credits Scenes
# ↑ Comic Con: Wesley Snipes On ‘Blade’ Marvel Talks, ‘The Player’ & Spike Lee
# ↑ Exclusive! Wesley Snipes Responds to Marvel Rebooting Blade
# ↑ Mahershala Ali on Becoming #Blade and Finding his Faith
# ↑ Mahershala Ali to Star in 'Blade' Reboot for Marvel
# ↑ Jon Watts on the possibility of Morbius, Blade and The Chameleon in Spider-Man: Homecoming 2
# ↑ ‘Werewolf by Night’ Director Michael Giacchino Dismantles Blade Cameo Rumors: ‘It Was a Thought But It Was Never a Thing’
== External Links ==
* Blade on Marvel Database
* Blade on Wikipedia