In China, Blade joined Ogun Strong's vampire hunters, including Azu, Orji, and Musenda. Blade slew the vampire Afari and followed Dracula back to Europe.īlade tracked Dracula throughout Europe and Asia Minor, then into the far east, staking him many times, but never entirely destroying him. Afari later fell prey to an attack of the vampire Dracula, the first occurrence in an ongoing battle between him and Blade. This loss caused Blade to accept his destiny as an enemy of the undead and to swear to it forever. Blade barely defeated Lamia, and, in doing so, lost his girlfriend Glory. Major Story Arcs Bloodshadowsīlade soon joined a street gang, 'the Bloodshadows,' headed by a much older and more-powerful vampire than any Blade had met before: Lamia. Creationīlade was created by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan and first appeared in Tomb of Dracula #10 (1973).
However, Blade's victories made him cocky. Blade was soon able to defeat many of the weak, younger vampires that he and Afari found in abundance. Afari moved into Madame Vanity's brothel and trained the young Blade in both music and combat. He learned that the old man was Jamal Afari, a jazz trumpeter and vampire hunter. Blade fought off the hoodlums, who turned out to be vampires, and rescued the old man. Walking home from school, Blade saw an older man being attacked by three bandits. Most notably, he became an expert with edged weapons, especially knives and daggers. Though Blade lacked superhuman physical prowess, he trained himself to become an Olympic-level athlete and formidable hand-to-hand combatant. They raised him until he was nine years old. Frost was driven off by Blade's mother's coworkers before he could kill the infant as well. This also caused Blade's sensitivity to bright light. This resulted in Blade's superhuman abilities, such as immunity to being turned, the ability to "smell" supernatural creatures, and a significantly prolonged lifespan.
This process turned Blade into a Dhampir: one who has been touched, but not converted, by a vampire. Frost feasted on Blade's mother during Blade's birth, killing her, and accidentally passing along certain enzymes in his own blood to the infant. The "doctor's" name was Deacon Frost, in reality a bloodthirsty vampire. Blade's mother, Tara Brooks, a prostitute at Madame Vanity's Brothel, experienced severe labor complications, and a doctor was summoned. Blade said he is 72 years old, but his vampire powers make him look much younger. Blade himself has revealed that the exact date of his birth was Octo(also known as Black Thursday), as it was the day the stock market crash began. The man called Blade was born in a Soho Brothel, in Great Britain.
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