Blade : The Daywalker Featurette

Blade : The Daywalker Featurette

"It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood." --William Shakespeare
Its been years since we have Blade on the big screen, its time to spark interest again on the character. But first let us refresh our memories on who Blade is.

Feature Opinion
By PollMaster - Apr 04, 2011 04:04 PM EST
Filed Under: Other
Source: DCMU




Who is Blade?
Blade is Eric Brooks, his mother was bitten by a vampire while she was in labor with him. Gifted or cursed with special abilities, he used this abilities to become a Vampire Hunter. Later he became a Daywalker, a creature with all of the vampire's strengths but none of their weaknesses.

Blade (Eric Brooks) is a superhero vampire hunter created by writer Marv Wolfman and penciller Gene Colan, his first appearance was in the comic book The Tomb of Dracula #10 (July 1973).

What are his powers and abilities?
Note: Due to the nature of comicbooks being an on-going tale, the character's powers along with his appearance, is in a constant state of flux.

Blade was born with an immunity to the effects of vampire bites.

Has the ability to "smell" supernatural creatures.

A greatly prolonged lifespan.

After being bitten by Michael Morbius, The Living Vampire, Blade gained various superhuman physical capabilities similar to those of vampires.

Superhumanly Acute Senses: Blade's sense of sight and hearing are heightend to levels comparable to those possessed by true vampires. He is capable of seeing objects with perfect clarity at much greater distances than an ordinary human. He retains this same level of clarity even in near-total darkness. Blade's hearing is similarly enhanced, allowing him to detect sounds that an ordinary human can't and to be able to hear sounds an ordinary human can, but at greater distances.

Superhuman Strength: Blade is supernaturally strong and is capable of lifting about 1 ton.

Superhuman Speed: Blade is capable of running and moving at speeds greater than even the finest human athlete.

Superhuman Agility: Blade's agility, balance and bodily coordination are enhanced to levels that are beyond the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete.

Superhuman Stamina: Blade's musculature generates less fatigue toxins during physical activity than the musculature of an ordinary human. He can exert himself at peak capacity for several hours before fatigue begins to impair him.

Regenerative Healing Factor: Blade possesses an accelerated healing ability that allows him to heal mild to moderate injuries with much greater speed and efficiency than an ordinary human. Blade is capable of healing from severe slashes and puncture wounds within a matter of hours.

Immunity To Vampire Vulnerabilities

Abilities
Blade is a master martial artist proficient in practically every form of weaponry known to man. His particular specialty is the use of edged weapons, be they teakwood daggers or swords. Blade is a master in the use of small bladed weapons and can hurl knives with great accuracy. Blade also shows great skill with firearms, including both automatic and semi-automatic, which he often modifies to fire hollow-point, garlic-filled silver bullets. He is also a skilled jazz trumpeter.



What are the changes he underwent?

1. First Appearance
Blade was introduced in Marvel Comics' The Tomb of Dracula #10 (July 1973). He was designed to be very heroic looking. with bandoleer of blades, leather jacket and so on". His features were based on "a composite of black actors" including NFL football star-turned-actor Jim Brown.


2. Midnight Son
Blade is unrelentless in hunting Vampires until the 90s, until he banded with like minded inviduals who are dedicated in preserving the boundaries between our world and the dark realms, The Midnight Sons.


3. Nightstalker
Blade and few other "special" individuals formed Borderline Investigations Inc. an investigative agency that battle supernatural beings, But they briefly disbanded. When they reassembled again they rename their group, Nightstalkers. Nightstalkers started operating November of 1992.


4. Switchblade
It is in the 10th issue of Nightstalker that we Blade transformed into Switchblade. It started with Blade's strong hate for the occult. He would find a page in the dreaded Darkhold that will eliminate all things occult. As soon as Blade got the page, he turned into Switchblade. He began killing off indescriminately, including his teammates. Later on another page on the Darkhold undone the changes in Blade as well as the things he has done.


5. Daywalker
With the popularity of the Snipes's Blade Movie. They need to change the comic book character to resemble the powers he had on the movie. Enter Morbius, the Living Vampire, He bit Blade and transformed him to what he is in the movie a "Daywalker" -all the Vampire strengths and none of their weaknesses. Though Blade would deny that the changes in him came from that bite. This event happened in the pages of Peter Parker: Spiderman #8 (August 1999).


6. Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Blade also had a run-in with SHIELD's covert branch called Silvereye, who were retrieving his blood to create vampire operative. With the help of other vampire hunters, they were able to stop them.


7. Modern
Blade is now running all over Marvel Universe Officially joins S.H.I.E.L.D., became a member of Captain Britain's MI:13 and has been helping out the X-Men when they had some vampire infestation among their ranks. Blade now pretty much looks like his character in the movie.




Blade in Live Media
1. Wesley Snipes
In 1998, the New Line Cinema film Blade starred Wesley Snipes in the title role. The film diverges almost entirely from prior comic representations of Blade, completely revamping the character's demeanor, powers and weaknesses. Traditionally, Blade was often presented as loquacious and boastful, yet in the film he is stoic and nearly silent. Rather than a normal human with immunity to vampirism and vampire hypnosis solely reliant on skill and ruthlessness, he is a superhuman with vampiric powers but none of the inherent weaknesses, with the exception of their thirst. The movie Blade is portrayed as an African American born in Detroit, Michigan, whereas the comic-books placed his birth in England.

In 2002 a sequel was made entitled Blade II. The story has Blade joining forces with vampire overlord Eli Damaskinos to defeat a powerful new breed of vampire called Reapers, revealed over the course of the film to have been the result of Damaskinos attempting to create his own 'Daywalkers'.

The 2004 film Blade: Trinity, introduced heavily modified versions of the Nightstalkers. Blade reluctantly joined forces with this group of vampire hunters, to destroy the first vampire, Dracula, who goes by the name "Drake", simultaneously using him to disperse a vampire "cure" that apparently destroys every vampire in the local area









2. Kirk Jones
A live-action television series based on the films aired on Spike TV and starred rapper/actor Kirk Jones as Blade. The series dealt with Blade fighting an evil vampire named Marcus Van Sciver in Detroit. As seen in the movies, Blade's birth name is Eric Brooks and his mother was named Vanessa. It is revealed that Blade's father is named Robert Brooks, and that he raised Blade until he was twelve and elements of his vampiric nature such as his "thirst" for human blood became more apparent.







sources : http://www.comicvine.com/blade/29-7570/ : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_(comics) : http://marvel.wikia.com/Eric_Brooks_(Earth-616) : http://comicbooks.about.com/od/blade/p/bladebio.htm : http://comicbookrealm.com/report/character/1685/switchblade-eric-brooks




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SageMode
SageMode - 4/4/2011, 4:52 PM
"There's always some Mothaf****a trying to ice skate uphill" My boy Blade. Badass. oh yeah, first
MARVELous
MARVELous - 4/4/2011, 4:57 PM
i love the character of Blade and Wesley Snipes was freaking awesome in the role.
Hannibal_King
Hannibal_King - 4/4/2011, 4:58 PM
Love this character, and I support any medium he appears in. Great article.
LMFA0
LMFA0 - 4/4/2011, 4:58 PM
No offence dude, but can you stop doing these? Please?
I mean, I guess if you wan to keep waisting your time then go ahead but most of the people on this site either know this or can go to Wikipedia to get this info....
Just saying.
Batman1811
Batman1811 - 4/4/2011, 5:01 PM
Blade truly revitalized the CBM market. After this Xmen hit and its all history. Badass movie
ngu13
ngu13 - 4/4/2011, 5:02 PM
their is a diffrent ending with .what looks like morbius standing on top of a building in blade..look you tube ..its been on here before aswell
Dumegg
Dumegg - 4/4/2011, 5:07 PM
chicks dig Jazz Trumpeters.
MARVELous
MARVELous - 4/4/2011, 5:07 PM
hey PollMaster, keep it up because, in my opinion, i actually like these kinds of articles.

yes, i can read all of this stuff at the Marvel Comics Database (marvel.wikia.com) but it's cool seeing a visual progression of certain characters.
ngu13
ngu13 - 4/4/2011, 5:11 PM
keep snipes as blade ...just forget blade3 lol .....
ngu13
ngu13 - 4/4/2011, 5:19 PM
blade kin rules ...but it could be darker ...just hate blade 3 ..an the reboot their going on abt....as for cap its not out yet m8 ....lol ....
Apharmd
Apharmd - 4/4/2011, 5:19 PM
@LMFAO why would you ask someone to not write a certain type of article? gtfo you don't need to read it, plenty of others will want to.
DarkTalbot13
DarkTalbot13 - 4/4/2011, 5:31 PM
Blade, and Blade II were just awesome. Blade:Trinity had it's moments (Ryan Renolds owned). The TV show on the other hand, I cant vouch for.
NeoBaggins
NeoBaggins - 4/4/2011, 5:34 PM
Blade 2 was sick and Blade 1 is a classic.
SkaarJones
SkaarJones - 4/4/2011, 5:37 PM
@LMFAO -WTH dude? People are enjoying these threads. Most have been specifically requested. Relax. Just don't read them if you don't like them. There are other stories.
soundwave129
soundwave129 - 4/4/2011, 5:39 PM
Cyclops... Please?
ngu13
ngu13 - 4/4/2011, 5:41 PM
snipes blade ..Michael Jai White mobius

the fights would be out standing ..and scott adkins as a hunter of them both
ngu13
ngu13 - 4/4/2011, 5:44 PM
Darkmatter -thanks i was trying to upload the video of it .....
SageMode
SageMode - 4/4/2011, 5:46 PM
@Darkmatter: I wish they wouldve. Luke Goss wouldve been excellent as Morbius as well as he was Jared Nomak
ngu13
ngu13 - 4/4/2011, 5:48 PM
can some 1 upload the diffrent ending to blade 1 with morbius please i cant ..
jonedc
jonedc - 4/4/2011, 5:48 PM
You know the blade television series with kirk jones wasn't all that bad....No I'm serious!!
hewilldefytheirgravity
hewilldefytheirgravity - 4/4/2011, 5:50 PM
cant get enough of blade!
ngu13
ngu13 - 4/4/2011, 5:55 PM
Darkmatter -thanks m8 ..... they should of kept a thing with morbius threw blade 2 into blade 3 ...and .Michael Jai White mobius...........wtf was drak dic dak div .....and ..hhh....we all have to forget ironman 2 ...we can also do same with blade 3 it wont ever be in my blu rays
manymade1
manymade1 - 4/4/2011, 5:57 PM
Y'know I never saw Blade: Trinity, becauswe of the reviews, but that trailer makes me want to see it now.
ngu13
ngu13 - 4/4/2011, 6:01 PM
@any1 my x destroyed all my graphic novels and marvel collection abt a year ago .....from civil war ....i have just spent shxx loads getting them back .......icon figs thor iron man can surfer tourch ..yellow dardevil....just need to no what order to reads them in .....plz
marvel72
marvel72 - 4/4/2011, 6:03 PM
@ pollmaster

love your articles mate.

didn't relize blade was an agent of shield.

the opening scene of blade in the night club is one of the greatest comic book moments ever.
Ryden
Ryden - 4/4/2011, 6:05 PM
I love the first Blade movie, it's a masterpeice. It's honestly awesome. The soundtrack and everything about it is just "cool as shit".
BarKelly
BarKelly - 4/4/2011, 6:06 PM
Blade 1 & 2 are on my top five list of favorite/best comic book movies.
ngu13
ngu13 - 4/4/2011, 6:08 PM
manymade1 dont watch ....blade 3 befor ....if you havent already seen the others ...its not good
InStere0
InStere0 - 4/4/2011, 6:09 PM
You should do Magneto or Professor X.
InStere0
InStere0 - 4/4/2011, 6:13 PM
You should do Magneto or Professor X.
Jer3miah
Jer3miah - 4/4/2011, 6:13 PM
At least SOMEONE here knows about Blade's true origins.
SkaarJones
SkaarJones - 4/4/2011, 6:13 PM
@Barkelly- AGREED!!!
NeoBaggins
NeoBaggins - 4/4/2011, 7:42 PM
@Barkelly- AGREED!!! I don't even know if it's on my top 5, but I'm agreeing out of awesomeness.

The rave ass-kicking scene is ridiculous. Blade be [frick]in Vampires up!
JohnTom88
JohnTom88 - 4/4/2011, 8:30 PM
Hey Pollmaster, good job dude.

Please start putting in some DC characters so DC twits like LMFA0 won't complain again.




cfho83
cfho83 - 4/4/2011, 10:37 PM
@LMFAO, dude i said the same thing. but [frick] them, these guys are lazy and content with half of the info of the character they requested. i feel like if u are a fan, then u should learn all that u can about the character u like, not half of it. but these guys are content. but u can get the exact same thing, including pics, plus more on the database. what this guy/girl is doing is adding a quote at the beginning of the post, and then its cut and paste from there on including pics, but like i said these are young cats that don't mind being spoon feed. let it go.
MARVELous
MARVELous - 4/4/2011, 11:27 PM
@cfho83

i don't really understand why you're calling people who enjoy this article lazy or not a fan because you, yourself, question the material in this article.

believe me, i know exactly where to go for information on a character. there's databases online, encyclopedias at bookstores, and let's not forget the source material itself, comic books.

anyways, there's no need to bash PollMaster because he's lived up to what his articles are, which are "Featurettes". it's a brief overview of a larger subject matter.

it is not my intention to rant but i do take it personally when someone questions my loyalty or passion for anything comic book related.
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