Blade
Eric Brooks

Religion: not determined yet

Name: Blade

Alter Ego: Eric Brooks

Other Names: Daywalker; Switchblade; Frank Blade; Bill; Crossbow

Classification:  hero  

Publisher(s):

First Appearance: The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #10 (July 1973): "His Name Is... Blade!"

Creators: Marv Wolfman, Gene Colan, Jack Abel

Super? (Has Super Powers/Special Abilities/Technology): Yes

Number of Appearances: 228

   Comic Book Appearances: 203

   TV, Film Appearances: 19

   Video Game, Computer Game Appearances: 6

Teams/Affiliations: Bloodshadows; Midnight Sons; The Nightstalkers; vampire hunters

Race: black

Gender: male

This character is in the following 67 stories which have been indexed by this website:
Black Panther

Black Panther (vol. 4) #12 (Mar. 2006): "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos"
Black Panther (vol. 4) #13 (Apr. 2006): "White Light, Black Heat"

Blade

Blade (vol. 2) #1 (Nov. 1998): "Crescent City Blues"
Blade (vol. 3) #1 (Nov. 1998): "Blood Allies, Book 1" (lead character)
Blade (vol. 3) #2 (Dec. 1998): "Blood Allies, Book 2" (lead character)
Blade (vol. 3) #3 (Jan. 1999): "Blood Allies, Book 3" (lead character)
Blade (vol. 4) #1/2 (Apr. 1999): "Bane of the White Worm" (lead character)
Blade (vol. 4) #1 (Dec. 1999): "Chaos, Part One: The Dead Walk" (lead character)
Blade (vol. 4) #2 (Jan. 2000): "Weirder and Weirder" (lead character)
Blade (vol. 4) #3 (Feb. 2000): "The Hunger" (lead character)
Blade (vol. 4) #4 (Mar. 2000): "Frosty Memories" (lead character)
Blade (vol. 4) #5 (Apr. 2000): "Reaper" (lead character)
Blade (vol. 4) #6 (May 2000): "Duel at Dawn" (lead character)
Blade (vol. 5) #1 (May 2002): "V3s: Part 1" (lead character)
Blade (vol. 5) #2 (June 2002): "V3s: Part 2" (lead character)
Blade (vol. 5) #3 (July 2002): "V3s: Part 3" (lead character)
Blade (vol. 5) #4 (Aug. 2002): "V3s: Part 4" (lead character)
Blade (vol. 5) #5 (Sep. 2002): "V3s: Part 5" (lead character)
Blade (vol. 5) #6 (Oct. 2002): "The Huskie" (lead character)
Blade (vol. 6) #1 (Nov. 2006): "Splinter Group" (lead character)
Blade (vol. 6) #2 (Dec. 2006): "Bargains in Time" (lead character)
Blade (vol. 6) #3 (Jan. 2007): "The Accused" (lead character)
Blade (vol. 6) #4 (Feb. 2007): "Morton's Fork" (lead character)
Blade (vol. 6) #5 (Mar. 2007): "Vendetta's Echo" (lead character)
Blade (vol. 6) #6 (Apr. 2007): "Two Chambers" (lead character)
Blade (vol. 6) #7 (May 2007): "The Mithridates Process" (lead character)
Blade (vol. 6) #8 (June 2007): "Unintended Consequences" (lead character)
Blade (vol. 6) #9 (July 2007): "The Big Fight" (lead character)
Blade (vol. 6) #10 (Aug. 2007): "Web" (lead character)
Blade (vol. 6) #11 (Sep. 2007): "A Night For Destiny" (lead character)
Blade (vol. 6) #12 (Oct. 2007): "A Stake Through the Heart" (lead character)

Blade II (2002) (lead character)
Blade II: Movie Adaptation (May 2002) (lead character)
Blade: Nightstalking (2005): "Nightstalking" (lead character)
Blade: Sins of the Father (Oct. 1998): "Sins of the Father" (lead character)
Blade: The Vampire Hunter

Blade: The Vampire Hunter (vol. 1) #1 (July 1994): "Dark Visions" (lead character)
Blade: The Vampire Hunter (vol. 1) #2 (Aug. 1994): "Red Prophet" (lead character)
Blade: The Vampire Hunter (vol. 1) #3 (Sep. 1994): "Black Reign" (lead character)
Blade: The Vampire Hunter (vol. 1) #4 (Oct. 1994): "The Drawing of the Three" (lead character)
Blade: The Vampire Hunter (vol. 1) #5 (Nov. 1994): "Soul Survivors" (lead character)
Blade: The Vampire Hunter (vol. 1) #6 (Dec. 1994): "Cities of the Red Night" (lead character)
Blade: The Vampire Hunter (vol. 1) #7 (Jan. 1995): "Bad to the Bone" (lead character)
Blade: The Vampire Hunter (vol. 1) #8 (Feb. 1995): "Rites & Passages" (lead character)
Blade: The Vampire Hunter (vol. 1) #9 (Mar. 1995): "Dead on Arrival" (lead character)
Blade: The Vampire Hunter (vol. 1) #10 (Apr. 1995): "Post-Mortem" (lead character)

Civil War: Battle Damage Report #1 (Mar. 2007)
Marvel Comics Presents (vol. 1) #64 (Early Dec. 1990): "Vampires" (lead character)
Marvel Knights: Millennial Visions #1 (Feb. 2002): "Humanity's Last Hope" (lead character)
Marvel Preview

Marvel Preview #3 (Sep. 1975): "Blade the Vampire-Slayer" (lead character)
Marvel Preview #8 (Fall 1976): "Into the House of Terror!" (lead character)

Marvel Team-Up

Marvel Team-Up (vol. 2) #7 (Mar. 1998): "Sun-Walkers!" (lead character)
Marvel Team-Up (vol. 3) #8 (July 2005): "Master of the Ring: Part 2" (lead character)

Marvel Universe: Millennial Visions #1 (Feb. 2002): "United We Stand"
Marvel: Shadows and Light #1 (Feb. 1997): "Into the Tomb" (lead character)
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (24 Oct. 2006)
Midnight Sons Unlimited #4 (Jan. 1994): "Moral Courage"
Nightstalkers #7 (May 1993): "Ghosts in the Machine"
Punisher (vol. 8) #1 (Mar. 2009): "The Punisher Saga"
The Tomb of Dracula

The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #10 (July 1973): "His Name Is... Blade!" (lead character)
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #13 (Oct. 1973): "To Kill a Vampire!"
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #14 (Nov. 1973): "Dracula Is Dead!"
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #46 (July 1976): "Let Us Be Wed in Unholy Matrimony"
The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #48 (Sep. 1976): "Doppelganger!!" (lead character)

Vampire Tales

Vampire Tales #8 (Dec. 1974): "Beware the Legions" (lead character)
Vampire Tales #9 (Feb. 1975): "Bloodmoon" (lead character)

X-Men (vol. 3) #6 (Feb. 2011): "Curse of the Mutants: Conclusion"
X-Men: Curse of the Mutants - Blade #1 (Oct. 2010): "The Light at the End" (lead character)

Suggested links for further research about this character:
  - http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/Blade.html
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix3/bloodshadowsblade.htm
  - http://comicbookdb.com/character.php?ID=1753
  - http://www.comicvine.com/blade/29-7570/
  - http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0003476/
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/blackwblaz.htm
  - http://darkmark6.tripod.com/howard_the_duck_index.html
  - http://www.comicboards.com/marvelguide/b2.html
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/crjcrt.htm
  - https://www.comics.org/issue/26456/
  - http://marvel.wikia.com/Tomb_of_Dracula_Vol_1_10
  - http://comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=22530