Blade

Blade's History

Blade, originally born as Eric Brooks, was born as a dhampir/half-vampire when his mother was bitten by a vampire while pregnant with him. Sometime later, Blade would be trained by the vampire hunter Anthony along with various street-fighters such as Daredevil, Stick, Stone. and Shaft to fight the vampire threat before Anthony was bitten and turned by a vampire and disappeared. Blade would bolster his skills as a Vampire Hunter and eventually train under Stick, becoming his best student.

Spider-Man would come into contact with Blade when he stopped what he thought was a robbery but turned out that Blade was fighting a vampire in an alleyway. Although he was victorious, Blade punched Spider-Man, warning him to never appear in his sight again, and disappears into the night. He was called "the Daywalker" by the Bugle.

When vampires started infecting superheroes, going from street-heroes such as the new Daredevil, to major heroes such as Nerd Hulk, and even Captain America, Blade became the center of attention as he infiltrated the Triskelion, where he fought the vampire Captain America. After repelling Captain America, Blade was taken into custody by S.H.I.E.L.D. and interrogated on the nature of the vampires and who was behind this. He explained that this was orchestrated by Anthony, another vampire hunter like Blade, who was turned into a vampire and put his mind and strategy to infecting the superhero community in order to dominate the world. As S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers were preparing to fight against the vampires, Blade was incarcerated below the Triskelion as he couldn't be trusted until the situation is over. When the vampires assaulted the Triskelion, Blade was let out by his handlers in confronting the vampires Daredevil and his former master Stick. He was forced to retreat from the vampires, as Stick was armed with Iron Man's armor, before being subdued and prepared to be beheaded by Daredevil. Fortunately, a cured Captain America teleported the Triskelion to a daylight Iran, where the vampires were incinerated, saving Blade in the process.

Nick Fury convinced Blade to join his Avengers by promising to deliver the recently captured Deacon Frost, the vampire who killed his mother and was responsible for his condition, to him. While attempting to intervene on an illegal sale of S.H.I.E.L.D. Super-Soldiers, the Avengers were attacked by Tyrone Cash, however Blade was able to hypnotize him before he could cause any real threat. Cash revealed that he was working for Carol Danvers. During the main battle between the Avengers and the New Ultimates, Blade managed to capture Danvers briefly before he was intercepted by the Black Widow. Iron Man intervened to help Monica, however, he crushed Blade, not realizing he does not, in fact, have super-human invulnerability.

After being arrested by the New Ultimates, Blade and the rest of the Avengers took Tyrone Cash's serum and gained massive strength and bulky bodies. When they confronted Gregory Stark, he easily overpowered them with his Nanite-based powers and sent them over the edge of the U.S.S. Jimmy Carter. They later joined the New Ultimates on their mission to Korea to settle the civil unrest which Gregory engineered.