History ComicBook / Blade

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: A group of vampires were trying to preform a resurrection spell that required a specific day walker(Blade) to drink virgin blood. They tried to force him to eat a little girl and it didn't end well for them. Another group of vampires had created their own day walker named Draconis, to kill Blade. Draconis proves too tough to kill, so Blade decides to drink him of all his blood so he won't regenerate. Draconis was a virgin...

* ImmortalityImmorality: Draconis wanted to live forever, so he joined the church. Everlasting paradise wasn't good enough for him though, he wanted to live in ''this'' life forever, so he gave up being a good Christian and volunteered for a vampire's experiments.

* AGodAmI: Deacon Frost (or rather a clone), uses magic to become something he claims to be greater than a vampire but his new powers weren't anything Blade couldn't handle and he's only saved by the fact that Blade is more concerned with Bible John's safety at the moment. Frost's later [[FoodChainOfEvil eaten by the real thing]] in his second attempt for more power.

* MonsterProgenitor: Varne. As Blade mellows out he doesn't hold a personal grudge against him anymore, he'll still kill him on sight of course.

* AndThenWhat: Blade gets a job and performers as a trumpeter on the side when all the vampires are killed in the comics. He asks this question to other people who don't seem to have an obtainable goal or just haven't thought of what they'll do when they're done.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: A group of vampires were trying to preform a resurrection spell that required a specific day walker(Blade) to drink virgin blood. They tried to force him to eat a little girl and it didn't end well for them. Another group of vampires had created their own day walker named Draconis, to kill Blade. Draconis proves too tough to kill, so a desperate Blade drains him of all his blood so he won't regenerate. Draconis was a virgin...

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: A group of vampires were trying to preform a resurrection spell that required a specific day walker(Blade) to drink virgin blood. They tried to force him to eat a little girl and it didn't end well for them. Another group of vampires had created their own day walker named Draconis, to kill Blade. Draconis proves too tough to kill, so a desperate Blade drains him of all his blood so he won't regenerate. Draconis was a virgin...

A vampire hunter who debuted in a 70s comic book called ''TheTombOfDracula''. He grudgingly ended up working with the vampire detective Hannibal King against their common enemy, Deacon Frost and with Dracula, to defeat [[RoboticPsychopath Doctor Sun]]. From there, Blade made occasional appearances in similarly themed Marvel comics such as Dr. Strange, Ghost Rider and Morbius or in books like Spider-man whenever writers remembered him and had an excuse to use a vampire hunter. King became his best friend while Dracula remains on of his most hated foes. Blade made regular appearances again during the Midnight Sons story arc in the 90s, which lead to the character being featured on the then running Spider-man cartoon, which gave Blade new powers. ''That'' lead to a mildly successful trilogy of movies based off of the cartoon. Attempts to reproduce that success for Blade in the comics failed but the adaptations did permanently change how the character would be used.

* {{Mithridatism}}: Draconis was exposed to several vampire weakness in small amounts for a very long time until he became immune to them all and was effectively a day walker. He was also twice as strong and fast as Blade for some reason.

* FullFrontalAssault: Blade's been forced to do this twice.

* SelectiveObliviousness: Blade refuses to admit Morbius's bite did anything to him and insists he was always the way he is when the latter is sent to bring him in by S.H.I.E.L.D.

* NotSoSimilar: He gets compared to Wolverine for both being really old guys who look younger than they are and Luke Cage because of his relationship with Hannibal King (to Luke's with Iron-Fist) but he doesn't have much in common with either of them. Blade himself thought he was just like the Punisher but found out he was mistaken when he finally met him.

* SuperRegistrationAct: After this one his passed in Marvel USA, S.H.I.E.L.D. wastes little time in ''legally'' forcing Blade to work for them.

A vampire hunter who debuted in a 70s comic book called ''TheTombOfDracula''. He grudgingly ended up working with the vampire detective Hannibal King against their common enemy, Deacon Frost and with Dracula, to defeat the crazy robot Doctor Sun. From their, Blade made occasional appearances in similarly themed Marvel comics such as Dr. Strange, Ghost Rider and Morbius or in books like Spider-man whenever they remembered him and had an excuse to use a vampire hunter. King became his best friend while Dracula remains on of his greatest foes. Blade made regular appearances again during the Midnight Sons story arc in the 90s, which lead to the character being featured on the then running Spider-man cartoon which gave Blade new powers. ''That'' lead to a mildly successful trilogy of movies based off of the cartoon. Attempts to reproduce that success for Blade in the comics failed but the adaptations did permanently change how the character would be used.

* WeaponOfChoice: Two teakwood daggers were his preferred vampire killing weapons in the beginning but he also had a crossbow. While working with the Nightstalkers Frank Drake gets him some more dangerous weaponry and his arsenal continued to expand with S.H.I.E.L.D. and when he met the twins Mikado and Mosha.

* NotSoSimilar: He gets compared to Wolverine for being a really old guys who look younger than they are and Luke Cage because his relationship with Hannibal King is compared to Luke's with Iron-Fist but he doesn't have much in common with either of them. Blade himself thought he was just like the Punisher but found out he was mistaken when he finally met him.

* AsteroidsMonster:The white worm. The solution? KillItWithFire.

* AsteroidsMonster:The white worm. The solution? KillItWithFire...OrIsIt

* AsteroidsMonster:The white worm. The solution? KillItWithFire...OrIsIt?

* AsteroidMonster:The white worm. The solution? KillItWithFire...OrIsIt?

* WeaponOfChoice: Two teakwood daggers were his preferred vampire killing weapons in the beginning but he also had a crossbow. While working with the Nightstalkers Frank Drake gets him some more dangerous weaponry and his arsenal continued to expand when he met the twins Mikado and Mosha.

* WeaponOfChoice: Two teakwood daggers were his preferred vampire killing weapons in the beginning but he also had a crossbow. While working with the Nightstalkers Frank Drake gets him some more dangerous weaponry.

A vampire hunter who debuted in 70s comic book ''TheTombOfDracula''. He grudgingly ended up working with the vampire detective Hannibal King against their common enemy, Deacon Frost and with Dracula, to defeat the crazy robot Doctor Sun. From their, Blade made occasional appearances in similarly themed Marvel comics such as Dr. Strange, Ghost Rider and Morbius or in books like Spider-man whenever they remembered him and had an excuse to use a vampire hunter. He regularly appeared again during the Midnight Sons story arc in the 90s, which lead to the character being featured on the then running Spider-man cartoon which gave the Blade new powers. ''That'' lead to a mildly successful trilogy of movies based off of that appearance. Attempts to reproduce that success for Blade in the comics failed but the adaptations did leave a permanently change how the character would be used.

A vampire hunter who debuted in 70s comic book ''TheTombOfDracula''. He grudgingly ended up working with the vampire detective Hannibal King against their common enemy, Deacon Frost and with Dracula, to defeat the crazy robot Doctor Sun. From their, Blade made occasional appearances in similarly themed Marvel comics such as Dr. Strange, Ghost Rider and Morbius or in books like Spider-man whenever they remembered him and had an excuse to use a vampire hunter. He regularly appeared again during the Midnight Sons story arc in the 90s, which lead to the character being featured on the then running Spider-man cartoon and in a mildly successful trilogy of movies. Attempts to reproduce that success for Blade in the comics failed but the movies did leave a permanent impression on the character and all his future uses since.

* MonsterProgenitor: Varne.

** The original 70s version still had superhumanly acute night vision, [[BlessedWithSuck sensitivity to light]] (hence the goggles being part of his standard attire) and extremely retarded aging rate (his backstory mentioned him being born in the late 19th century). The 90s version got upgraded with an intuitive ability to DetectEvil. This troper prefers to view this as adaption induced LevelGrinding.
* PhysicalGod:The demogorge was the elder god responsible for killing off or chasing away all the others because they had become corrupt. Blade starts to become a second demogorge when he takes a page out of the Dark Hold and set out to kill everything related to magic in the Marvel Universe. The Midnight Sons are eventually able to reverse this and they had too since the Ghost Rider, the spirit of vengeance, would have been his first victim. He was ''that'' powerful.

* SummonBiggerFish: The Reaper was a legendary creature summoned by vampires to deal with Blade's new superpowers but proved difficult to control. If Blade hadn't defeated it, it could have easily displaced him as their problem.

* AGodAmI: Deacon Frost (or rather a clone), uses magic to become something he claims to be greater than a vampire but his new powers weren't anything Blade couldn't handle and he's only saved by the fact that Blade is more concerned with Bible John's safety at the moment. Frost's later [[FoodChainOfEvil eaten by the real thing]] in his second attempt for more power.

* AGodAmI: A similar case happens in the comics where Deacon Frost (or rather a clone), uses magic to become something he claims to be greater than a vampire but his new powers weren't anything Blade couldn't handle and he's only saved by the fact that Blade is more concerned with Bible John's safety at the moment. Frost's later [[FoodChainOfEvil eaten by the real thing]] in his second attempt for more power.

Comic Book: * AGodAmI: A similar case happens in the comics where Deacon Frost (or rather a clone), uses magic to become something he claims to be greater than a vampire but his new powers weren't anything Blade couldn't handle and he's only saved by the fact that Blade is more concerned with Bible John's safety at the moment. Frost's later [[FoodChainOfEvil eaten by the real thing]] in his second attempt for more power.

OurVampiresAreDifferent:
* Blade was human who was immune to vampire bites. However, he was bitten by Morbius (a scientifically-created vampire) and [[RetCanon got turned into a vampire similar to his movie counterpart]]. He was mostly involved with the {{Dracula}}-descended type of vampire so it's not too outlandish for his immunity not to cover [[FantasyKitchenSink every other vampire type in Marvel.]]

* ScaryBlackMan: In the comic, Blade's Mentor, Jamal, was a Jazz musician from Harlem (a far cry from Whistler), which is why someone from Britain like Blade would use American slang.