135-487: Blade ( birth name : Eric Cross Brooks ; legal name : Frank Blade ) is a fictional character and antihero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Created by writer Marv Wolfman and penciller Gene Colan , his first appearance was in the comic book The Tomb of Dracula #10 (July 1973) as a supporting character , but he later went on to star in his own storylines. Devoting his life to ridding
270-408: A dhampir . Blade possesses superhuman strength, stamina, speed, agility, heightened senses, and a rapid healing factor that attacks any alien substances (chemicals/viruses) in his body. The healing factor also eliminates any chance of him being rendered helpless or maimed from the inside. Blade is unaffected by daylight and most other traditional vampire weaknesses. He also ages very slowly (although he
405-577: A man's surname at birth that has subsequently been replaced or changed. The diacritic mark (the acute accent ) over the e is considered significant to its spelling, and ultimately its meaning, but is sometimes omitted. According to Oxford University 's Dictionary of Modern English Usage , the terms are typically placed after the current surname (e.g., " Margaret Thatcher , née Roberts" or " Bill Clinton , né Blythe"). Since they are terms adopted into English (from French), they do not have to be italicized , but they often are. In Polish tradition ,
540-613: A private detective whom Deacon Frost had turned into a vampire. While initially distrusting King, Blade teamed up with him to hunt Frost. Blade and King fought together against Blade's evil doppelgänger who absorbed the real Blade into his form. King enlisted the help of Daimon Hellstrom, the Son of Satan , who exorcised Blade from the doppelgänger and killed it with King's help. Blade and King eventually caught up with Frost, who had created an army of vampiric doppelgängers, one for each of his victims. Together, they shut down Frost for good, destroying
675-692: A supervillain in the Marvel Universe . The character, created by Chris Claremont and Salvador Larroca , first appeared in X-Treme X-Men #1 in 2001. Within the context of the stories, Vargas comes into conflict with the X-Men while searching for the diaries of Destiny and even managed to kill Psylocke . He's not a mutant , since he lacks the X-Gene in his DNA, but is not fully human either, much like Captain America
810-481: A time travel adventure for the supervillain Doctor Doom , Blade received from Doom an elixir that would purportedly cure a vampire of thirst for human blood, but would also remove the bloodlust vampire hunters get for killing the undead. At the end of the series, Blade gave Hannibal King the elixir. During this time travel mission, Blade fulfilled another part of the prophecy by freeing his imprisoned father. During
945-607: A 22-page story by writers Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray and penciller Amanda Conner , based on New Line Cinema 's Blade films, and bundled with the Blade: Trinity Deluxe Edition DVD . Additionally, the second Blade movie was adapted as the Marvel comic Blade 2: Bloodhunt — The Official Comic Adaptation (April 2002) by writers Steve Gerber and David S. Goyer and penciller-inker Alberto Ponticelli. Blade joined
1080-670: A Counter Initiative of underground registered heroes. MVP, as a part of Counter Force , would go on to appear in New Warriors vol. 4 #14–15; in the character's first appearance outside of an Avengers: The Initiative title. Three more clones, developed the same time as the first but with added genetic material from Baron Von Blitzschlage, were programmed via input from Taskmaster with MVP's skills and abilities along with those of Spider-Man . The three clones, Michael, Van and Patrick (sometimes referred to as "Pat"), were suited up in redesigned Iron Spider suits that Spider-Man had worn during
1215-399: A Latverian with genuine love for the country. She eventually became the leader of a rebel force opposing Latveria's tyrant president for life. She infiltrated Castle Doom to confirm the rumors of Doctor Doom's return and to seek his help. Zora's words swayed Doom from exile, and inspired him to reclaim Latveria's throne. In return for her actions, Doom bestowed Zora with
1350-604: A confrontation with Bishop and finally getting her hands on the baby, she joins the others in the final fight between the X-Men and X-Factor and the Marauders and the Acolytes, only to be killed and eaten by Predator X , who was teleported in by the mutant Pixie . A Vertigo clone appears in X-Force #9. Vertigo is an artificially enhanced mutate possessing the ability to project waves of psionic energy into her environment which affect
1485-728: A cure, but it renders her powerless. She then returns to regular high school, using her training to defend herself from bullies. Velocidad ( Gabriel Cohuelo ) is a mutant in the Marvel Universe . The character, created by Matt Fraction and Kieron Gillen , first appeared in The Uncanny X-Men #527 in 2010. Gabriel is a 16-year-old mutant from Mexico City. He is unable to control his mutant powers until assisted by Hope Summers . Gabriel follows Hope on her mission to find other young mutants, and they ally with Oya and Primal . He and his friends relocate to Utopia , where they are trained by more experienced X-Men. Gabriel and Hope begin
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#17328546716941620-404: A degree the vampire language, and he has a great deal of knowledge about hunting vampires. It is seen in the television series that, while he is only half-vampire, Blade's saliva still produces the enzyme that turns humans into vampires. According to his earliest appearances in the original The Tomb of Dracula comics, Blade relied on teakwood daggers which he used to impale opponents, and
1755-457: A few blocks of you, because that's the way it works, I went to school in Manhattan, called High school of Art and Design , and it took people of all of New York, you saw people of all kinds there, so it didn't sound strange to me, to use a Black character, and I just never understood why they didn't, so [when] I came up with Blade it came to me literally in a second. I'm not joking, I had just gotten
1890-430: A formidable hand-to-hand combatant; his skill with knives and daggers was such that it earned him the nickname "Blade" among both his fellow hunters and the vampires they opposed, who began to fear him. After the death of Hannibal King and Frank Drake, he once used the alias "Frank Blade" with his landlady, which he claimed was short for "Hannibal Francis Blade". In Earth-1610, Blade also received additional training from
2025-625: A group of superhuman black-ops agents funded secretly by the U.S. government, called the Vanguard , of which even the President is unaware. During his time with this squad, Blade receives a cybernetic replacement hand. The squad disbands after their cover is compromised, and Blade returns home to the United Kingdom to join MI-13 in its fight against supernatural evil. He soon afterwards stakes his new teammate,
2160-466: A healing factor that allows him to heal completely from wounds overnight, although in the first and second films he was forced to drink blood to accelerate his usual healing abilities when faced with an immediate threat and too badly injured to confront it on his own. It is also mentioned in the first film that he ages like a human, while vampires age much slower. He is a master of martial arts , practices meditation , and can speak Czech , Russian , and to
2295-457: A large number of the underground mutants. While the Marauders were accomplishing this, they also clashed with the X-Men, X-Factor , Thor , and Power Pack . With the Marauders, she also attempted to kill Madelyne Pryor . Sinister later sent Vertigo along with the other Marauders to fight the X-Men in New York City just before the extra-dimensional incursion known as the " Inferno ". She
2430-562: A perfect human specimen, down to the cellular level. This perfection is displayed in his physical abilities. He reaches the highest possible standard for a human being without becoming an enhanced super-soldier. Yellowjacket (actually the Skrull agent Criti Noll ), one of the chief administrators at Camp Hammond, ironically referred to MVP as "Captain America, Jr." in the first issue of Avengers: The Initiative . However, unlike Captain America's enhanced condition, MVP's abilities were revealed in
2565-579: A plan to deal with the vampire invasion. While stating to the Avengers that he has a plan while driving in his truck, he wants them to bring his truck to Impossible City. When it arrives, out comes the Bloodcoven who states that Blade can't be here as the Avengers are defeated by them as they also compromise Impossible City. Blade later visits Doctor Strange and Clea at the Sanctum Sanctorum to mention that
2700-595: A portion of the Power Cosmic so that she could become Latveria's new champion, a symbol of inspiration named Victorious. Victorius ( Victor Conrad ) is a character appearing in American comic books related to Marvel Comics. The character, created by Mike Friedrich and Dan Atkins , first appeared in Astonishing Tales #18 (June 1973). He succeeded in duplicating the Super-Soldier Serum for himself and
2835-458: A redesign of Tony Stark 's Iron Spider armor (previously used by Spider-Man), are supported by systems similar to that of Stark's classic Iron Man design. In the Scarlet Spider's first appearance, Avengers: The Initiative #3, the suit features several devices, including four mechanical spider-arms or " waldoes " on each suit, one more than on the original, along with cloaking devices and
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#17328546716942970-403: A replacement appendage made from duct tape and a pointed stick. He would replace this with a new machine gun -esque firearm used in place of his missing hand, which responds to different muscle twitches as an indication of reloading and firing, among other functions (including a grappling hook, which Blade describes as his "favorite feature"). It also uses three different kinds of ammo. This weapon
3105-405: A romantic relationship, but it ends when Hope discovers him kissing Pixie . Because Velocidad's powers work by accelerating him through time, the use of his powers causes rapid aging. A four-hour mission can last several days from his perspective, and he is capable of burning through several days of his life in a matter of minutes. Gabriel briefly appears during Age of X . Octavia Vermis
3240-456: A short-range GPS microwave communication system. In Avengers: The Initiative #7, the suits display mechanical web-shooters while retaining the ability to change appearance to other versions of the Spider-Man costume or street clothes. In New Warriors vol. 4 #15 (Oct. 2008), it was revealed the suits have had their StarkTech removed, which prevented the suits being affected when all StarkTech
3375-406: A sincere effort in that direction, although the findings were incomplete and misleading. Ultimately, he kept what little he knew hidden from Arachne until soon before his death. Vertigo is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Vertigo is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character
3510-405: A story written by Steve Gerber and penciled by P. Craig Russell . Blade's first solo story came in Marvel's black-and-white horror -comics magazine Vampire Tales #8 (Dec. 1974), in an 11-page story by Wolfman and penciller-inker Tony DeZuniga . This feature continued in issue #9 (Feb. 1975), with Wolfman and Chris Claremont co-scripting. This story was concluded in a 56-page solo story in
3645-483: A strained but steady relationship with the group, allying himself with them on several occasions but always parting ways with them in the end. Later, after an unsuccessful battle with Dracula, Blade realized he was immune to the vampire's curse that had felled many other hunters. Armed with this knowledge, he parted company with Harker and went after Deacon Frost alone. Blade later battled Dracula in London, as well as Morbius
3780-624: A vampire again, Varnae fled, claiming that he finally had a reason to live again: a worthy foe. Varra is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character, created by Al Ewing and Gerardo Sandoval , first appeared in New Avengers vol. 4 #4 (December 2015). She is a Skrull / Kree hybrid. Veil , also known as Madeline Berry , was created by Christos Gage and Mike McKone . She first appeared in Avengers Academy #1 (August 2010). She has
3915-482: A vampire while giving birth to him, Blade is immune to the bites of typical, supernatural vampires. In certain instances, he also appeared immune to vampire hypnosis as well. He lacked superhuman physical attributes, however, and relied solely on his considerable skill and determination until Morbius, the Living Vampire , an atypical, scientifically created vampire, bit him and Blade was turned into something resembling
4050-496: A variety of mahogany stakes . He was an excellent hand-to-hand combatant and knife-fighter. Later comics upgraded his arsenal significantly over the years, including a variety of different bladed weapons ranging from long swords to katanas, as well as guns, flamethrowers, and UV and silver-based weapons. He relies mainly on a double-edged sword he carries on his back. He has also had some success with improvised weapons, such as stakes made from snapped brooms and, after losing his hand,
4185-702: Is a Corporation agent in the Marvel Universe . The character, created by Roy Thomas , Don Glut , and John Buscema , first appeared in Captain America #217 in January 1978. Within the context of the stories, Vamp has an evil alter-ego called Animus and infiltrates S.H.I.E.L.D. She is killed by the Scourge of the Underworld . Years later, Arnim Zola created a Vamp/Animus proto-husk creature, which would encounter Deadpool on two separate occasions. Rachel Van Helsing
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4320-543: Is a vampire in the Marvel Universe . The character, created by Steve Perry and Steve Bissette , first appeared in Bizarre Adventures #33 (December 1982). Within the context of the stories, Varnae is the first vampire and is the one who created Dracula . At various times in his life, he is an enemy of King Kull , Frank Drake , and John Blaze . He eventually tired of his eternal life and committed suicide by walking into sunlight and disintegrating into dust, but he
4455-539: Is a vampire hunter , created by Archie Goodwin and Gene Colan , who first appeared in Tomb of Dracula #3 (July 1972). She is the granddaughter of Abraham Van Helsing , and trained a vampire hunter since childhood by Quincy Harker after Dracula killed her parents. On one of her missions, Rachel was held hostage by two of Dracula's brides who phoned Quincy Harker, who was on the verge of killing Dracula, and told him to leave Dracula alone or Rachel would die. Harker agreed to
4590-478: Is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Octavia Vermis is the daughter of Otto Vermis . Count Otto Vermis is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. His only appearance (in main Marvel continuity) was in Marvel Spotlight #32 (February 1977), the book that featured the first appearance of Spider-Woman . Otto Vermis
4725-497: Is a multi-dimensional alien device that, once attached to a body, is able to shift into an infinite number of weapons and tools with a built-in safety designed to only enable the wearer to wield the specific weapons/tools needed to get the job at hand done. The IGN reviewer considered MVP to be one of the "instantly likable characters" in the first issue, while a Comics Bulletin reviewer expanded on this by saying MVP especially "could help carry this title". However, MVP's death at
4860-603: Is a relatively perfect human physical specimen. He is genetically perfect and claims to be " homo superior superior ", humanity's "natural response" to the emergence of mutants, and possesses super-strength and speed in addition to highly advanced combat skills and an increased immune system that protected him from any disease or toxin and an elevated healing factor. After obtaining one volume of Destiny's journals he discovered that he would be killed by Rogue. Resolving to deny this destiny, Vargas faced her in Madripoor. Initially Vargas had
4995-433: Is also a skilled swordsman, marksman, and street-fighter. He is adept in the usage of throwing knives. He is highly knowledgeable about vampire lore as well as the supernatural. In "Dracula's Gauntlet", Blade and Deadpool are surrounded by monsters and Blade threatens to turn into a bat and leave Deadpool there to die. He may have all vampire powers, but feels conflicted about using the ones that make him seem less human. In
5130-402: Is called back when Gwenpool discovers that the mayor/necromancer is actually draining the life-force from children to keep his undead citizens alive. During the " Secret Empire " storyline, Blade was shown to have been trapped in Manhattan when it was isolated by a Darkforce dome. Due to the vampire attacks at the time, Blade takes advantage of this by killing every attacking vampire to protect
5265-634: Is depicted as a native of the Savage Land who obtained superhuman powers at a young age by genetic engineering . Her powers enable her to render a person severely dizzy and even unconscious . Vertigo first appeared in Marvel Fanfare #1 (March 1982 ), created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Michael Golden . In her first appearance, she was depicted as a member of the Savage Land Mutates , empowered by Magneto , with whom she first battled
5400-530: Is distinguished by his whited out eyes, is said to have had Armory's moves programmed into him in preparation to use the Omega-Level weapon that killed the original MVP. The Tactigon interfaces with this clone's mind activating latent memories of the real MVP's death. Hacking into the Initiative's computer, the clone learns of his "death" and gains a list of all those present at the time. The disturbed clone demolishes
5535-475: Is known about the original character has been revealed in that series, with Van Patrick's (and the first sets of clones) origins being shown in the 2007 Avengers: The Initiative Annual. However, the Scarlet Spiders (Michael and Patrick) became the first clones to appear outside The Initiative when they appeared in New Warriors vol. 4 #14 (Sept. 2008). The first MVP clone appeared in the following issue of
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5670-590: Is later sent to the Vault , a prison for superpowered individuals. Alongside the Griffin , he attempts to escape, encountering the Falcon and Nomad . Victorious is the name of different characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Zora Vukovic was the daughter of two Symkarian spies who had infiltrated their neighboring country, Latveria. Not knowing her Symkarian origin, Zora grew up as
5805-483: Is not immortal) and can preternaturally sense supernatural activity. When he was raised and trained by Jamal Afari , Blade learned everything about vampire lore, from their strengths to their weaknesses, and how he could use his powers and skills to hunt down vampires so he could fight and kill them. Blade is a master martial artist, mastering styles like boxing , capoeira , escrima , jeet kune do , hapkido , jujutsu , Shotokan karate , kung fu , and ninjutsu . He
5940-416: Is the feminine past participle of naître , which means "to be born". Né is the masculine form. The term née , having feminine grammatical gender , can be used to denote a woman's surname at birth that has been replaced or changed. In most English-speaking cultures, it is specifically applied to a woman's maiden name after her surname has changed due to marriage. The term né can be used to denote
6075-662: The Civil War storyline, in which the superheroes of the Marvel Universe were split over the Superhuman Registration Act , Blade registers and begins cooperating with S.H.I.E.L.D. This alliance allowed Blade access to S.H.I.E.L.D. tech, gaining himself a "gun hand" to replace his missing one. Blade completes a prophecy he believes would give all extant vampires back their souls, but which instead returns to existence every vampire that had ever been killed. Blade next leads
6210-655: The Killed In Action storyline, it is revealed that the clone has an imbedded tracking device and that the Van Patrick family had moved to Bulls Gap, Tennessee . In this storyline's conclusion, the clone then helps The Initiative stop KIA and begins to further MVP's romantic interest in Cloud 9. In Avengers: The Initiative #12, the MVP clone, along with the surviving Scarlet Spiders and MVP's father, join with Justice's New Warriors as
6345-768: The Ronin identity from a "big box of Clint Barton 's old stuff" during the Inhumanity storyline; his true identity was eventually revealed. To prepare for his next TV program, Mojo paired Blade up with Doctor Strange, the Ghost Rider, the Manphibian , the Man-Thing , and Satana the Devil's Daughter , where he formed the Avengers of the Supernatural. He mind-controlled them and had them fight
6480-570: The Avengers Unity Division . Both groups managed to break free from the mind-control and returned to their world after preventing the Ghost Rider from using his Penance Stare on the inhabitants of Mojoworld. Blade later appears in a small town hunting down a necromancer and ends up confronting Gwenpool , who was unknowingly hired to kill him. After Gwenpool explains that the dead residents are living peacefully, Blade leaves after he gives her his cellphone number, dubbing her "Pink Slayer", but
6615-523: The Avengers: The Initiative Annual to have come as a result of the "revolutionary" diet and an "ultimate" isometric exercise regime he completed, rather than Dr. Erskine's super-soldier serum. The first clone has those same abilities, with the Scarlet Spiders additionally having the skills, reflexes/reactions and moves of Spider-Man programmed into them to the limit of regular human ability. Michael, Van and Patrick's Scarlet Spider suits,
6750-617: The Darkholders and assisted in the casting of the Montesi Formula which, for a time, destroyed all vampires on Earth. Blade, King, and Drake then formed the private detective agency Borderline Investigations, Inc. to combat supernatural threats. Alongside Doctor Strange, the three detectives battled the Darkholders again. Blade also rescued his close friend Safron Caulder from the Darkholders. The agency discontinued after Drake left and Blade
6885-658: The Midnight Sons imprint that included issues of Darkhold: Pages from the Book of Sins , Ghost Rider , Ghost Rider/ Blaze : Spirits of Vengeance , Midnight Sons Unlimited , Morbius , and Nightstalkers . Blade co-starred in the 18-issue series Nightstalkers , and appeared with that team in a story in the anthology issue Midnight Sons Unlimited #1 (April 1993). He appeared in two solo stories, in Midnight Sons Unlimited #2 and 7 (July 1993 and Oct. 1994). Following
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#17328546716947020-526: The New Avengers in the Savage Land. Vertigo used her powers to render them all unconscious and they were all taken captive briefly, until S.H.I.E.L.D. comes to the rescue. Vertigo is a member of Mister Sinister's Marauders as well as living in the Savage Land. As a Marauder, she has been killed and cloned various times. It is unclear whether the Vertigo that appears in the Savage Land is another clone or indeed
7155-771: The Scarlet Spiders , as part of the Black Ops group within The Initiative . They were revealed to be clones in Avengers: The Initiative #7. He was cloned once more, in the Killed in Action story arc when some of the vacant positions in the Initiative teams were filled with MVP clones. The original's only appearance outside the pages of Avengers: The Initiative was a brief cameo in an alternate reality What If comic. All that
7290-507: The Western world is often that the name from birth (or perhaps from baptism or brit milah ) will persist to adulthood in the normal course of affairs—either throughout life or until marriage. Some reasons for changes of a person's name include middle names , diminutive forms, changes relating to parental status (due to one's parents' divorce or adoption by different parents), and gender transition . The French and English-adopted née
7425-550: The X-Men and Spider-Man . Later, although not a mutant, she joined the Marauders , a group of mutants working as assassins for the enigmatic geneticist known as Mister Sinister . Sinister wanted his assassins to destroy a large community of mutants, known as the Morlocks , who lived under New York City , as he had deemed them genetically useless. The Marauders did succeed in annihilating
7560-476: The 2006–2007 Marvel Comics crossover Civil War required all United States superpowered individuals to register with the American government, with at least some of these individuals being sent to The Initiative's training camp Camp Hammond . Given Michael's descent from the creator of the super soldier serum, many people came to suspect his athletic abilities to be superpower-related. He lost his university scholarship when media revealed that his great-grandfather
7695-748: The Accursed and his army. He also joins the group sent to destroy the Black Bifrost. He also appears attacking Roxxon's secret base in Antarctica , fighting the Berserkers along with the Gorilla-Man and Ka-Zar . Later in the series, Blade becomes the sheriff of "Vampire Nation", a safe haven for vampires overseen by Dracula. During the " Blood Hunt " storyline, Blade visits Miles Morales in Brooklyn stating that he has
7830-492: The Dracula assignment, and I wasn't thinking about anything, suddenly, the character came full blown, I knew exactly who he was and what he looked like, and I knew everything about him. Wolfman recalled in 2009, I knew if I let him, Blade would eclipse the other characters so I pulled him back and let original supporting characters Rachel , Frank and Quincy shine. I also wasn't happy with my Blade dialogue, so I pulled him out of
7965-495: The Father #1 (Oct. 1998), by writer Marc Andreyko and penciller Bart Sears. Marvel next announced a six-issue miniseries , Blade (storyline: "Blade: Blood Allies") by the writer Don McGregor and penciller Brian Hagen, but only issues #1–3 (Nov. 1998–Jan. 1999) were published. Marvel published a different six-issue miniseries later that year, Blade: Vampire Hunter (storyline: "Chaos (A)"; Dec. 1999 – May 2000), written and, except
8100-529: The Fifty-State Initiative with further clones. In the Avengers: The Initiative first multi-part story; Killed in Action (starting issue #8), a new clone is fitted with the Tactigon, Armory's former alien weapon and sets forth on a murderous rampage through Camp Hammond in an attempt to seek revenge for MVP's death. In the second part First Casualties , set before the events of the first, the clone, who
8235-579: The Ghost Rider, Blaze, Morbius, Doctor Strange, and the Darkhold Redeemers to battle Lilith and her Lilin. The Nightstalkers also battled other threats, such as HYDRA 's DOA. Upon the eventual weakening of the Montesi Formula and the return of vampires, Blade encountered and staked a former ally, the now-vampiric Taj Nital, and survived a battle with the first Lord of Vampires, Varnae , in which Drake and King appeared to have been killed. A solo vampire-hunter once again, Blade briefly joined forces with
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#17328546716948370-484: The Initiative program because of his lack of powers. The clone, who is coming to realize that his memories are not his own and that he will never be the real Michael Van Patrick, elects to stay with "his" family. He is warned however to never tell them that he is not their real son. However, the clone's first appearance was a couple of months prior in a few panels of Avengers: The Initiative #4, where Justice and Cloud 9, not knowing that clones had replaced Michael, flew to
8505-507: The Living Vampire , and the Legion of the Damned, who unsuccessfully framed him for murder. Blade also destroyed a band of vampire children without hesitation. Blade's hunt for his mother's killer led him to Boston , Massachusetts , where he allied with Dracula against Doctor Sun . Following this battle, Dracula vanished and Blade again set out on his own. He eventually encountered Hannibal King ,
8640-629: The Marvel comics involving him, "This is essentially what would have happened if nothing particularly exciting happened to [Captain America]". Vanguard ( Nikolai Krylenko ) is a mutant in the Marvel Universe . Created by Bill Mantlo and Carmine Infantino , the character first appeared in Iron Man #109 in April 1978. Within the context of the stories, Vanguard is one of the Soviet Super-Soldiers and
8775-437: The New Warriors series. Michael Van Patrick's origins trace back to scientist "Dr. Josef Reinstein" later retroactively changed to a code name for the scientist Abraham Erskine , the developer of the Super-Soldier serum that changed the frail Steve Rogers into Timely Comics 's (Marvel Comics' 1940s predecessor's) Captain America . On his death, Dr. Erskine left papers, which covered years of research and findings that
8910-445: The S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier Pericles V . Unbeknownst to Blade, his wealthy father, Lucas Cross, had been responsible for Dracula's most recent resurrection. Cross later kidnapped Blade and attempted to force Blade to feed on a virgin girl in an attempt to fulfill a prophecy. Blade escaped after biting through his own hand. Later, Blade would feed on a virgin after biting an evil vampire priest , Draconis. In exchange for undertaking
9045-423: The Spiders into confronting the angry Peter Parker. Their appearance in a battle against and alongside Parker raised public doubts over whether Parker is the original or only Spider-Man, despite his having publicly revealing his dual identity in the early events of the Civil War. Now public, the Scarlet Spiders join with the other initiative trainees in the next issue. An incident involving Dragon Man leads one of
9180-442: The Spiders to save Cloud 9 in much the same fashion as the original MVP did at the time of his death. In Avengers: The Initiative #10, the Scarlet Spiders unmask themselves in an attempt to calm the enraged clone KIA only to have him behead one of their number. The surviving (and still unmasked) Scarlet Spiders, Michael and Patrick, are later seen by the majority of the trainees, including Cloud 9. In Avengers: The Initiative #11,
9315-498: The Structure is behind this and the Avengers have been defeated by the Bloodcoven who he describes as ultra-vampires who drink superhuman blood. When Doctor Strange asks if Dracula is leading the Structure since Moon Knight killed its original leader Tutor, Blade states that he is the leader of the Structure as he prepares to bite Doctor Strange. It is later revealed that Blade is actually possessed by Varnae . Due to an enzyme in his bloodstream resultant from his mother's being bitten by
9450-437: The Van Patrick farm to inform MVP's parents of his death. On arriving, they are greeted at the door by the clone but are called off to deal with the events of World War Hulk before they can inquire further. In a later issue, Justice returns with Cloud 9 to the Van Patrick home, wishing to find out what information Gyrich and Yellowjacket were keeping from him. On arriving, they find the house boarded up and abandoned. During
9585-407: The Winter Guard was reunited. Krylenko is the brother of Laynia Petrovna . He is a mutant, capable of generating a body-wide force field that repels electromagnetic and kinetic energy. He typically focuses this field through a medium, such as the vibranium shield supplied to him by Executive Security Committee or through a sickle and hammer that he usually carries. He also directs this force against
9720-497: The X-Men in capturing a vampire specimen for the X-Club. He confirms Dracula's death and reveals that his son Xarus is the new Lord of Vampires, having united all of the vampire sects under a single flag. He immediately objects to Cyclops' plan to resurrect Dracula, stating "You don't dig up Hitler to get rid of Saddam Hussein ". The conflict concluded with Dracula being resurrected anyway, despite Blade's objections. Blade attempts to kill
9855-405: The ability to change into a gaseous form, which enables her to sneak around without being detected and renders her immune to most forms of attack. Berry learns that her powers are causing her molecules to drift apart, so that she will eventually die or fade from existence, and decides to enjoy the limited time she has left, quitting the academy and joining Jeremy Briggs' corporation. She soon finds
9990-662: The battle's aftermath, the last surviving Scarlet Spider Patrick publicly unmasks himself, revealing to the media that the Initiative had secretly cloned MVP. He continues to defy Osborn with the Avengers Resistance, and even participates in the attack on Camp HAMMER during the siege of Asgard . He is seen again with the New Warriors during the Fear Itself crossover. The results of the previous clonings impressed Initiative administrators enough to attempt to fill places within
10125-509: The black-and-white showcase magazine Marvel Preview #3 (Sept. 1975), written by Claremont, with two chapters each drawn by DeZuniga and by Rico Rival (this story was announced for Vampire Tales #12, but was published here after that magazine was cancelled). A six-page backup story by Wolfman and Colan followed in Marvel Preview #8 (Fall 1976). Blade next came into prominence in the 1990s, beginning with Ghost Rider #28 (Aug. 1992), in
10260-469: The book for a while — I think almost a year — and when I brought him back I played him a bit straighter. The early Blade dialogue was cliche 'Marvel Black' dialogue. Later on, I tried to make him more real. But it took growing up as a writer. Outside The Tomb of Dracula , he fought the scientifically-created vampire Morbius the Living Vampire in the latter's series in Adventure into Fear #24 (Oct. 1974), in
10395-572: The brides' demands, much to Rachel's frustration. The brides then let Rachel go. She later fought alongside hunters Quincy, Taj Nital, Frank Drake, and Blade, during which time she developed an uneasy romantic relationship with Drake. Dracula turns her into a vampire . Overcoming his control, she asks Wolverine to kill her, which he does. Frank Drake later avenges her death by aiding Doctor Strange in destroying all vampires on Earth. Rachel Van Helsing appears in Tomb of Dracula , voiced by Mami Koyama in
10530-638: The cancellation of Nightstalkers , Blade debuted in his first color-comics series, Blade the Vampire Hunter #1–10 (July 1994 – April 1995), written by Ian Edginton (with the last two issues by Terry Kavanagh ) and penciled by Doug Wheatley . Blade next appeared in a 12-page inventory story in issue #1 (Feb. 1997) of the short-lived black-and-white anthology series Marvel: Shadows and Light . He then starred again in two solo one-shots: Blade: Crescent City Blues #1 (March 1998), by writer Christopher Golden and penciller and co-creator Colan; and Blade: Sins of
10665-572: The cast of Captain Britain and MI: 13 beginning with issue #5 (Nov. 2008). In 2015, it was announced that Tim Seeley and Logan Faerber would be launching a new Blade series, starting in October 2015, as part of Marvel's post- Secret Wars relaunch, focusing on his and daughter Fallon Grey . However, this title has since been abandoned, in favor of Bloodline: Daughter of Blade , following his and Safron Caulder's daughter Brielle "Bri". Eric Cross Brooks
10800-593: The character in the MCU media franchise, debuting with an uncredited vocal cameo in the film Eternals (2021) ahead of the character's upcoming standalone film . Blade was introduced as a supporting character in Marvel Comics' The Tomb of Dracula #10 (July 1973), written by Marv Wolfman and penciled by Gene Colan . The artist recalled in 2003, "Marv told me Blade was a black man, and we talked about how he should dress, and how he should look – very heroic looking. That
10935-465: The character is introduced in the pages of Avengers: The Initiative #1 as the great-grandson of Dr. Abraham Erskine , the inventor of the super soldier serum within Marvel Comics ' shared universe the Marvel Universe . The first clone was sent back to Van Patrick's parent's home to prevent them from discovering his death. The next three clones, named Michael, Van and Patrick, originally worked as
11070-454: The character's inception during an interview: When I was at DC I was working with a partner and we were working on the Teen Titans , a different version of it than I later did and came up with a Black superhero and we wrote it, and it was drawn and everything and for one reason or another the story was never published, there were all sorts of explanation but I was never there, all I know is
11205-468: The clone's creation and development. As the clone was grown to its original's age, all of his original's skills and abilities were programmed into him with the help of a special suit with telemetry circuits, a video of MVP's training session, and the photographic reflexes of Taskmaster . The first clone is sent to his family's organic vegetable farm in Liberty, Kentucky , with a false story that he had failed
11340-431: The cloning lab, attacking Blitzschlag and Yellowjacket while repeating "Killed in Action" over and over again and carving the initials "KIA" into his chest. The clone continues its rampage through Camp Hammond, striking those whose names are on his list and attacking anyone else who gets in the way. At the end of the third part, the clone attempts to find the comatose Gauntlet , the drill instructor who had sent MVP to
11475-467: The comics into various forms of media, including films, television series, video games, and his own animated series . Blade was portrayed by Wesley Snipes in the films Blade , Blade II , Blade: Trinity , and the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Deadpool & Wolverine , and by Sticky Fingaz in the television series Blade: The Series . Mahershala Ali has been cast as
11610-504: The device with KIA's memories from the battlefield for himself, which reads " ready to transmit brain patterns to new host body " leaving KIA's eventual fate open-ended. Many trainees and staff members were injured during KIA's rampage, but only Dragon Lord , Trauma , Van (one of the Scarlet Spiders ) and 8 S.H.I.E.L.D. agents were killed. But in Avengers: The Initiative #12, Trauma came back to life. In Avengers: The Initiative #2, Von Blitzschlag refers to MVP as an " Übermensch ",
11745-418: The diaries could trap you into doing what it stated, or into committing great atrocities to avoid the "prophecies", had in fact left Vargas alive to discredit the diaries, but since he had possessed one of Destiny's diaries and therefore had knowledge of future events, he was targeted by the Marauders, under Mr. Sinister's orders, and eliminated after being stabbed by one of Harpoon's eponymous weapons. Varnae
11880-408: The early stages of the superhero Civil War. During their first appearance, they identify themselves as the "Red Team" and take down supervillains Shocker , Boomerang and Hydro-Man . Though War Machine identifies them by their official name Scarlet Spiders when contacting them, they identify themselves as Red Team One (Michael), Red Team Two (Van), and Red Team Three ("Pat" Patrick) in
12015-399: The earth itself to obtain flight. Krylenko wears a more advanced suit than previous Red Guardians, which is lined with circuitry that works in conjunction with the compact computer on his shield, not only enabling the guided flight and return of what he's using to focus his mutant energy through their digital connection, but the amplification of the effects of his own energy field. Vargas is
12150-489: The end of the issue was met with concern "while shocking, [MVP's death] undermines the advancement of the rest of the issue". Despite concerns that writer Dan Slott had cavalierly killed MVP, IGN reviewer stated that "having seen the emotional fallout of that incident, I can see why it was so important to do that. Clearly the death in the first issue added immeasurable weight to the situation". MVP also received criticism from TheGamer reviewer, Charlie Green, stating that MVP hurt
12285-518: The field. They are later revealed to be part of the Shadow Initiative black ops group under the command of Gyrich with Constrictor , Mutant Zero , Bengal , and Trauma . The Scarlet Spiders were forced to expose themselves to the public in Avengers: The Initiative #7 after an attack on Blitzschlage. The subsequent pursuit of three criminals wearing the Vulturions flying exosuits would lead
12420-406: The films and television series, Blade originated from Detroit, Michigan . Blade is depicted as having all of a vampire's strengths and none of the weaknesses, except for the bloodlust. Blade attempts to suppress the thirst with a serum, but during the first film, his body develops a resistance to it. At the beginning of the second film, it is stated that Dr. Karen Jenson, from the first film, improved
12555-482: The first occurrence in an ongoing feud between the vampire lord and Blade. Blade mercy-killed his mentor after Afari rose as a vampire, and tracked Dracula back to Europe , Asia , and Asia Minor , staking him many times, but never completely destroying him. While in China , Blade joined Ogun Strong's vampire hunters, which included Azu, Orji, and Musenda. Together, they staked Dracula again. Dracula survived, and killed all of
12690-413: The government had not seen fit to classify to his grandson Brian Van Patrick. Brian studied his grandfather's work, particularly his work on growing, preparing and serving the most wholesome and nutritional foods and a challenging experimental program of isometric exercises . Brian used the research during the early life and development of his son Michael, helping him achieve his potential. The events of
12825-492: The group encountered a much older and more powerful vampire than any Blade had met before, named Lamia. Blade barely defeated Lamia, who slaughtered the other Bloodshadows and bit Glory, turning her into a vampire. Although Glory subsequently refused to kill Blade, she warned him never to look for her or she would kill him. The tragedy of the experience changed Blade considerably, as he became much more focused and determined in his hunting. Afari himself later fell prey to Dracula ,
12960-690: The humans. Blade was later captured by an army of vampires and imprisoned until he was freed by Wasp. He took up the Black Panther 's offer to join the Avengers. Blade, along with the Avengers, faces a civil war among the vampire community orchestrated by the Shadow Coronel and the Legion of the Unliving . During the " War of the Realms " storyline, Blade appears with the Avengers and the other heroes fighting Malekith
13095-742: The hunters except Blade and Musenda, who eventually retired from vampire hunting. Orji had created a lasting impression on Blade with his use of wooden daggers to combat vampires, leading to Blade adopting that weapon as his preferred arms. Consumed by grief for his fallen comrades, Blade resumed his quest alone. Blade eventually located Dracula in Paris, where he first encountered the vampire hunter Quincy Harker , son of Jonathan Harker , who he knew by reputation, and Harker's fellow vampire hunters: Rachel van Helsing , great-granddaughter of Abraham Van Helsing ; Taj Nital; and Frank Drake , last mortal descendant of Dracula. Because of his mercurial temperament, Blade had
13230-524: The ill-fated combat training session. However, Gauntlet's weapon, which was taken from an alien who faced off against the alien who controlled the Tactigon in Gauntlet and Armory's origin stories , seemingly takes control of Gauntlet's body forcing him to acquire the sword element of the alien's armor that he recovered when he originally bonded with the alien glove device. The two later battle and KIA stabs Gauntlet to bring him out of his coma, in an effort to face
13365-619: The last two issues, pencilled by Bart Sears. The next ongoing series, Blade vol. 2 by writer Christopher Hinz and artist Steve Pugh , ran six issues, published by Marvel MAX in 2002. Blade vol. 3 by the writer Marc Guggenheim and penciller-inker Howard Chaykin , ran 12 issues (Sept. 2006–Aug. 2007). The final two pages of the last issue were drawn by co-creator Colan. Blade also starred in two promotional comic books: Blade # 1 ⁄ 2 (1999) by writer-artist Sears and inker Bill Sienkiewicz , bundled with issues of Wizard: The Comic Magazine #2000; and Blade: Nightstalking (2005),
13500-470: The legendary Stick . Blade's easy victories made him cocky. He joined a gang of young hunters, the Bloodshadows, headed by Cyrus Cutter, later killed by Blade in a knife fight caused by Blade's disapproval of Cutter's actions as leader. Glory Anah, Cutter's girlfriend, became Blade's first lover. Having gone to London, where for months the group hunted vampires, demons, and warlocks under Blade's leadership,
13635-498: The location, KIA is met by the collective Initiative force of the Mighty Avengers , the remaining Scarlet Spiders, a rogue New Warriors group and the trainees. In the battle's climax, the first clone uses the device to download KIA's memories leaving his body brain-dead. After the battle, it is revealed that the Avengers have stored both the body and the Tactigon away in an undisclosed location, before which Slapstick secretly took
13770-554: The man rather than the gauntlet weapon. In the concluding part of the Worst Case Scenario storyline, KIA battles his way through the Initiative to follow trainees Cloud 9, Komodo and Hardball to MVP's first clone in Bulls Gap, where they are attempting to convince the clone to download its memories into a device (and most likely leave himself brain-dead ) which could then upload them into KIA to reset his mind. After arriving at
13905-400: The man, Jamal Afari , distract his attackers so that he could kill them with a silver sword. Afari, posing as a jazz musician, soon became a father figure to Eric, teaching him music and training him in the ways of fighting vampires. Eric was soon able to defeat many of the weak, younger vampires that he and Afari found in abundance. Over time, the young man became an Olympic-level athlete and
14040-506: The members of New Warriors take possession of Michael's body to return him home. Though Yellowjacket disapproved the idea of cloning MVP, Secretary of the Superhuman Armed Forces Henry Peter Gyrich had ordered that MVP's death remain secret and sanctioned the cloning. As Van Patrick was a non-altered human, Yellowjacket considered the cloning to be comparatively easy. Avengers: The Initiative Annual #1 reveals
14175-621: The mystic Bible John Carik , and encountered a vampire impersonating Deacon Frost and a once-again resurrected Dracula. Later, in New Orleans , Louisiana , Blade discovered that Hannibal King had survived, and the two joined forces to defeat a genuinely resurrected Frost. Blade remained active in New Orleans, defeating the vampire Ulysses Sojourner and his own former ally, Morbius, who was under Sojourner's mental thrall. Blade followed Morbius to New York, where, while teamed with Spider-Man , Blade
14310-403: The nervous systems of other living beings, distorting their physical perceptions and sense of balance. This power induces effects ranging from mild disorientation and vertigo to unconsciousness. Vertigo can focus her power on one or more individuals, or project it outward from herself in all directions, affecting everyone within her range of influence. Vertigo is not immune to her own powers, as she
14445-529: The now-vampire Jubilee , but is forced to withdraw after a stand-off with Wolverine, who refuses to allow her to be staked, even as Blade warns the X-Men that they will eventually have to kill her. Blade was later revealed to have been the character (whose identity is kept from the reader) on the Mighty Avengers team who dons the Halloween-type Spider Hero alias during the Infinity storyline, and
14580-535: The original Japanese and by Melanie McQueen in the English dub. Michael Ian Van Patrick is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character was created by Dan Slott and Stefano Caselli. Although the character died in his debut appearance, he was cloned after his death and his clones continued to play roles within the ongoing Avengers: The Initiative series. Described by Slott as an archetypal " all-American boy",
14715-479: The original Vertigo, though it appears that the original Vertigo never left the Savage Land and does not have any ties with the Marauders. Vertigo later reappears as a member of the reformed Marauders. During Messiah Complex , she aids the Marauders in search of the new mutant baby. During the Marauders' and the Acolytes' first battle with the X-Men in Alaska, she and Scrambler are taken out by Storm. After coming into
14850-537: The other recruits. MVP saved fellow recruit Cloud 9 . While saving Cloud 9, MVP is shot in the head, killing him instantly. Initiative scientist (and former Nazi and supervillain ) Dr. Baron Von Blitzschlag performed the autopsy on Michael's body. The autopsy revealed that MVP's extraordinary physical abilities were unconnected to the super-soldier serum and were instead achieved by natural means. Von Blitzschlag advocated cloning MMV to chief administrator Yellowjacket 's disapproval. In Avengers: The Initiative #22,
14985-416: The other team of New Warriors. Reappearing within the pages of Avengers: The Initiative #21, with Norman Osborn taking control of the 50-State Initiative, Counter Force were made wanted criminals. The team shows up at Camp Hammond, having retaken the name New Warriors to battle the rampaging Ragnarok . In Avengers: The Initiative #22, Scarlet Spider Michael is killed by Ragnarok. During the next issue, in
15120-552: The remaining Scarlet Spiders make their way to Bulls Gap, Tennessee to aid in the capture of KIA. In Avengers: The Initiative #12, after the defeat of KIA, the surviving Scarlet Spiders, along with the MVP clone and the real MVP's father, join with Justice's New Warriors as a Counter Initiative/Counter Force of underground registered heroes who go on to appear in New Warriors Secret Invasion tie-in story "Secrets and Skrulls " where Counter Force would team up with
15255-638: The serum, presumably in the time between the two films. Although he does not want to drink blood, he has been shown to be capable of it; prior to the development of the serum, Abraham Whistler noted that he found Blade as a teenager when Blade was feeding on the homeless, with Blade ingesting blood during the first and second films when in a position where he was badly injured and needed to be back at full strength as soon as possible. Blade's half-vampire physiology results in him being completely immune to silver, garlic, and sunlight. Blade has superhuman strength, speed, stamina, agility, reflexes, and senses. He also has
15390-569: The son of Sergei Krylov . He is trained as a soldier and comes into conflict with Iron Man , Jack of Hearts , and other Avengers. After dying and being resurrected by his father during the Dire Wraith invasion of Russia, Vanguard becomes the new Red Guardian and leads the Winter Guard. As the new Red Guardian, he battles Weapon X, King Hyperion, and the Intelligencia. He was later present when
15525-409: The story was never published, and one of the promises I made to myself was that the next character is created, would be a Black character like the character for Teen Titans, because I didn't think Black characters were represented at all in comics to any great degree. I felt coming from New York City , going to a school, and everybody who attends that high school is pretty much everybody who lives within
15660-481: The term z domu (literally meaning "of the house", de domo in Latin ) may be used, with rare exceptions, meaning the same as née . Rachel van Helsing Vagabond ( Priscilla Lyons ) is the former partner and girlfriend of Nomad (Jack Monroe) . She prevented Black Racer's assassination attempt on Sidewinder . She thwarted and captured Dr. Karl Malus during his attempt to take over Power Broker, Inc. She
15795-501: The upper hand, but Rogue gradually absorbed his abilities each time he struck her until she was his equal, his superior considering her other powers. Poised to slay Vargas, she is seen preparing to stab him with his own sword when the video camera that was the sole witness to the event lost power at the critical moment, so the people that viewed the footage of the live invasion were under the belief that Rogue did in fact, kill him. However some time later its revealed that Rogue realizing that
15930-538: The vampire hero Spitfire . Blade and Spitfire clashed again with each other in a fierce battle, but the two were forced to work together and seemed to have formed an unlikely friendship. Upon completing their first mission together, Blade attempts to apologize to Spitfire for trying to kill her, but before he could finish, she kisses him. During the " Curse of the Mutants " storyline, Blade appears in San Francisco to assist
16065-428: The vampire, and forging a lasting friendship. Blade, Rachel van Helsing, and Harold H. Harold later confronted Dracula. Later, Blade returned to China and honored the memory of his former allies by saving Musenda's wife from being turned into a vampire. In later years, Blade, along with King and Drake, became a frequent ally of the sorcerer Doctor Strange , and the three assisted Strange in battles with Dracula and
16200-399: The vampire-hunting twins Mosha and Mikado shut down the project. Blade later joined Noah van Helsing, actually Noah Tremayne, Rachel van Helsing's adopted cousin, and several vampire hunters worldwide to stop Dracula from becoming a genuinely god-like vampire lord. Blade then returned to New Orleans. Blade re-encountered Dracula, and appeared to fully destroy the vampire lord once again aboard
16335-550: The world of all vampires , Blade utilizes his unique physiology to become the perfect vampire hunter . While originally depicted as a human immune to vampire bites, Blade was retroactively established to be a dhampir following his adaptation as such in Spider-Man: The Animated Series and the Blade film series . He is the father of Brielle "Bri" Brooks (Bloodline). The character has been substantially adapted from
16470-469: Was Dr. Abraham Erskine . He joined the program under the codename MVP , along with old and new characters to make up the cast of the Avengers: The Initiative . During the first day of training at Camp Hammond, MVP demonstrated extraordinary speed and agility as he broke the camp's obstacle course record for users without superspeed on his first attempt. During a combat simulator exercise, Initiative trainee Armory ended up panicking and fired blindly on
16605-607: Was a physically perfect human being. He first takes over as the A.I.M. 's Scientist Supreme , but he's defeated by Ka-Zar and Bobbi Morse . Victorius later makes himself the death-worshiping Cult of Entropy's leader who stole the Cosmic Cube to use to create Jude the Entropic Man as a means of spreading destruction. Victorius was defeated by Captain America and the Thing before he and his rebellious creation were transformed into
16740-545: Was apparently killed in battle with the X-Men. Her alliance with Sinister was short-lived at that time, as she soon rejoined her Savage Land Mutate allies. Said allies join with the more peaceful of the Land's inhabitants to resist a territorial grab by humanoid saurians. Her powers are central in defeating the enemy army. Various X-Men broker a peace agreement leaving the Mutates to their own devices again. Vertigo and Sauron encountered
16875-566: Was bitten by Morbius. Blade's blood enzymes reacted unexpectedly with Morbius's unique form of vampirism to grant Blade many vampire strengths, while eliminating weaknesses inherent to a true vampire, most notably the vulnerability to sunlight. It was at this time that Blade assumed the unofficial title of "the Daywalker" among his prey. The United Nations -sanctioned espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D. sought to use Blade's blood for Project: Silvereye, an attempt at cloning vampire operatives. Blade and
17010-578: Was born in a brothel in the Soho neighborhood of London , England , on October 24, 1929. His mother was Tara Vanessa Cross-Brooks , an heiress seeking sanctuary with Madame Vanity, an agent of the Order of Tyrana. When Tara experienced severe labor complications, a doctor was called; in actuality, the doctor was the vampire Deacon Frost , who killed Tara by drinking all of her blood. However, this inadvertently passed along certain vampire enzymes to her baby son as he
17145-571: Was born. Eric thus became part-vampire, preventing him from being turned by a vampire's bite. Blade has also speculated that it gave him a hatred of vampires, though this may simply be hyperbole on his part. The brothel's sex workers drove off Frost once they realized what he had done. Due to his father Lucas Cross being falsely imprisoned in his native Latveria , Eric was raised in the brothel, believing his mother to have been an employee there, and at age 9, returning home from school one day, he saw an old man being attacked by three vampires. Eric helped
17280-637: Was committed to a psychiatric hospital following a battle with a temporarily resurrected Dracula . Doctor Strange later arranged the release of Blade so that he could join Drake and King in reforming Borderline Investigations, Inc. as the Nightstalkers . Blade, King, and Drake were hired by Lilith the Mother of All Demons to kill the second Ghost Rider and the non-infernally powered John Blaze . The three Nightstalkers battled Meatmarket. The Nightstalkers then teamed with
17415-434: Was created by S.H.I.E.L.D. Blade also had an arsenal of EMP grenades. Birth name A birth name is the name given to a person upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname , the given name , or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth register may by that fact alone become the person's legal name . The assumption in
17550-572: Was made inoperable by Skrull invaders. However, this is seemingly retconned in a line spoken by one of the Spiders: "should be StarkTech like ours, but it's so alien", in Avengers: The Initiative #22, when the Spiders interface with other technology. Attached to the "KIA" Michael Van Patrick is Armory 's former weapon, known as the Tactigon , which was detached when she was expelled from the Initiative program. It
17685-436: Was my input. [...] The bandolier of blades – that was Marv's idea. But, I dressed him up. I put the leather jacket on him and so on". Colan based the character's features on "a composite of black actors" including NFL football star-turned-actor Jim Brown . He initially sported 1970s-style Afro hair and wielded teak -bladed knives. Blade appeared in issues #10–21, with frequent appearances until #61 in 1977. Wolfman spoke on
17820-559: Was recruited and trained by the Scourge organization; during her training she had a change of heart and decided to help the U.S. Agent shut down the Scourge organization. Later she was being considered as a potential recruit for the Initiative program, according to Civil War: Battle Damage Report . Vagabond (real name Pat Murphy ) is a superhero, a police officer who dressed as a homeless man, who appeared in U.S.A. Comics #2–4. Vamp
17955-588: Was resurrected years later by the voodoo priestess Marie Laveau. He was then confronted by Doctor Strange . The Sorcerer Supreme and the Lord of the Vampires battled, Varnae changing shape and revealing he had formerly sought to be the Sorcerer Supreme before he turned into a vampire. Doctor Strange cast an "incantation of oblivion" on Varnae, making the undead mage relive his oblivion of 500 years. Embracing his existence as
18090-423: Was the leader of HYDRA 's European branch and the father of Octavia Vermis . Vermis recruited Jessica Drew (whom by that time went by the name "Arachne") into HYDRA at a time when she was suffering from amnesia and had no clue about her own past. He then manipulated her into falling in love with fellow agent Jared and attempting to kill Nick Fury . Vermis promised to find out the truth about Arachne's past and did
18225-592: Was thrown off balance when Thor reflected her psychic waves back at her with Mjolnir . Vibro , also known as Alton Vibereaux, was created by Denny O'Neil and Luke McDonnell and first appeared in Iron Man #186 (September 1984). Working as a seismologist and engineer, he fell into the San Andreas Fault during the testing of an experimental nuclear-powered apparatus, giving him superpowers and leaving him mentally unstable. He battles James Rhodes as Iron Man. He
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