Blade (Comic Book): Difference between revisions

After Marvel's ''Civil War'' crossover event the character has also been prone to show up in stories dealing with government organizations, such as the Vanguard in Marvel Comics presents and MI13 that followed in the wake of ''Secret Invasion''.

 

* [[A God Am I]]: 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 [[Food Chain of Evil|eaten by the real thing]] in his second attempt for more power.

* [[Abnormal Ammo]]: Hollow points filled with garlic. His arm cannon could shoot rubber bullets.

* [[Actually a Doombot]]: Deacon Frost has the power to create clones of himself, this is why Blade, Hannibal King and the rest of his enemies have failed to kill him over the years. Blade's also fought the trope namer, Doctor Doom, but in that case the story didn't try to present the broken Doom bots as legit and he wasn't able to stop the real Doom.

* [[Arbitrary Skepticism]]: When he first encounters Spider-man his introduction can be summed up as "vampires are real hero, get over it" before any thing else meaningful is said, suggesting he's run into this trope a lot. He was a blood drinker himself but Morbius initially did not believe in supernatural vampires.

* [[Arm Cannon]]: He once resorted to biting off his own hand. While waiting for a replacement or a new one to grow back he hooked a gun where it used to be.

* [[Badass Biker]]: Ghost Rider, the vampire hunter twins Mikado and Mosha.

* [[Bed Trick]]: Cilla does this to Blade, then tries to eat him, because that's what Tryks do. They usually mate with other members of the colony who willingly become meals for their queen, Blade didn't even want to have sex before he knew he was being tricked and Cilla fled when she realized she bit off more than she could chew.

* [[Demonic Possession]]: Famously battles a demon who had possessed a mall Santa. It considers possessing Blade but decides it wants nothing to do with a vampire. The spirit of Varnae tries to possess Blade but he resists it, so it instead takes over Night Terror.

* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Lucas Cross claims to be Blade's father, as he was Tara Brook's lover. Given how her profession though, there is a good chance he isn't. His excuse for not being around is being locked up in Latveria for a crime he did not commit.

* [[Evil Versus Evil]]: Cyclops's reasoning in bringing back Dracula is that he won't approve of the current vampire lord Xarus and will make dealing with him easier. Blade is clearly not a fan of this, especially since he's seen it play out before with Dr. Sun.

* [[Expy]]: Blade in the original comics was an admitted [[Expy]] of [[Blaxploitation]] characters, particularly John [[Shaft]] right down to the afro and brown leather jacket. He picked up the ebonics from Americans later, though - he's native to Britain.

* [[Food Chain of Evil]]: There are many types of vampires and "Tryks" use other "species" to reproduce. Naturally a colony targets Blade at one point and mostly regrets it.

* [[Gotta Kill Em All]]: It used to be all vampires, now its just every vampire who has given into their [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink|curse, disease or whatever]] and started killing multiple people or spreading their condition around. Vampires who aren't spreading it around and not murdering people are usually left alone, provided they can convince Blade.

* [[Healing Factor]]: Not as good as it could be, as he doesn't drink much blood Blade has to will himself to heal and manually kick starting it is very painful. He teaches Spitfire how to.

* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: While he teamed with Captain Britain and MI 13 he cut up a spell book he found and made a paper mache sword out of it.

* [[Inept Mage]]: Blades attempts to use magic usually go wrong, the word sword being one of his few if only success stories. One case involved a spell that was supposed to give a vampire its soul back but instead returned vampires he killed back to life. To be fair he was tricked by Lucas Cross, who also thought it would work.

* [[Knife Nut]]: In Marvel Comics Presents, [[Sizeshifter]] Micro-Max tries to escape Blade by shrinking only to have his path blocked by a knife.

* [[Known Only By Their Nickname]]:For a long time Blade was, since the closest he ever was to being a main character was sharing the honor with two other guys until the 90s.

* [[Mistaken Identity]]: A young Blade kills a man suffering from porphyria as a child by mistake. Jamal sends him out of the country despite Blade believing he deserved prison for it. He ends up joining a gang in New York not long after.

* [[Morality Pet]]: Bible John helped him in his goal to become less obsessed and hate filled.

* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: Stacy Dolan always refers to Blade as "Wesley", even when he threatens her with bodily harm for it.

* [[Not So Similar]]: He gets compared to Wolverine, both being really old guys who look younger than they are and Luke Cage thanks to 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.

* [[Older Than They Look]]: He was born in the 1920s and [[Jazz]] is still his favorite form of music.

* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]

** Blade was human who was immune to vampire bites. However, he was bitten by Morbius (a scientifically-created vampire) and [[Ret Canon|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 [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink|every other vampire type in Marvel.]]

* [[Parental Substitute]]: In addition to Jamal, Blade also had Madame Vanity, who owned the brothel his mother worked at.

* [[Physical God]]: The demogorge was the [[Elder Gods]] 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. The demogorge was ''that'' powerful.

* [[Reverse Grip]]: How Hrolf holds is weapon. It looked pretty cool until Blade started cutting him up.

* [[Scary Black Man]]: 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, that and the gang he joined was made up of New Yorkers. Also, the vampires Steppin' Razor and Night Terror count.

* [[Stout Strength]]: Varne is not a the ideal picture of fitness but is stronger and faster than Dracula unless he is artificially powered up by something. Steppin' Razor too, if not to the same degree.

* [[Summon Bigger Fish]]: 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.

* [[Super Registration Act]]: After this one is passed in Marvel USA, S.H.I.E.L.D. wastes little time in ''legally'' forcing Blade to work for them.

* [[Super Speed]]:After getting his powers, its noted that's he's uncannily quick, even among other vampires. Draconis and Spitfire are possibly even faster.

* [[There Are No Therapists]]: Not so, when he develops an obsessive hatred and detachment from the world in general over Dracula's inability to stay dead Blade is committed to receive treatment. He's let out early by Dr. Strange but it does lead to him mellowing out a little.

* [[Time Dissonance]]: When T'challa was in possession of the Black Knight's Ebony Blade, our hero Blade asks him to give it to him in his will. Luke Cage tries to explain to him why that's rude but he doesn't care. Also, anyone who claims Blade can't kill all the vampires will be intimately corrected, he really doesn't care how long it takes.

* [[Vampire Detective]]: He was a part of Borderline Investigations, but was really more involved in the Nightstalkers, what the same group was known as when hunting vampires and other occult elements.

* [[Weapon of Choice]]: 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.

* [[Wrecked Weapon]]:Blade's blades tend not to be as durable as he is as seen in his battle with Plokta, or in the case of his battle with the Taker Of Heads, can't repair themselves after being broken like he can. After a sword gets broken by Spitfire he is seen with an Adamantium weapon.

 

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