Marvel Heroes Brings 52nd Character - Blade

Along with the Halloween and Mystic Mayhem events currently running, Marvel Heroes 2016 have brought out a suitable new character.

Blade, the daywalking half-vampire vampire hunter.

Check out the trailer and gallery above!

Originally appearing in Tomb of Dracula #10 (looking very different than the one designed based on art by Marko Djurdjevic for Blade’s 2006 series, we might add), he has been slicing and dicing vampires since 1973. The British-born Eric Brooks was in the middle of being born when his mother was bitten by the vampire Deacon Frost. He grew up to hate, and eventually hunt, the monsters that killed his mother...

“On the surface Blade shares many qualities of other Marvel Heroes characters, but what makes him special are his flare and his vampiric powers. To really capture both of these, we looked to all pop-culture perceptions of Blade, taking note of what our fans were asking for and seeing how those worked into this storied Marvel character.

- Anthony Gallegos, Character designer, Gazillion

He's available now in Marvel Heroes 2015, and is likely the final character to be released before the changeover to Marvel Heroes 2016.