Blade (birth name: Eric Cross Brooks;) 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 the world of all vampires, Blade utilizes his unique physiology to become the perfect vampire hunter. A mixed race (White-Black) British man, he is proficient in weaponry ranging from firearms to swords, and a master of martial arts. 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 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 (1998), Blade II (2002), Blade: Trinity (2004), and the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), and by Sticky Fingaz in the television series Blade: The Series (2006). Mahershala Ali has been cast as 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.
Read more...The October 24, 1929 was a Thursday under the star sign of ♏. It was the 296 day of the year. President of the United States was Herbert Hoover.
If you were born on this day, you are 95 years old. Your last birthday was on the Thursday, October 24, 2024, 326 days ago. Your next birthday is on Friday, October 24, 2025, in 38 days. You have lived for 35,025 days, or about 840,614 hours, or about 50,436,852 minutes, or about 3,026,211,120 seconds.
Date: 25 October 1929
Date: 25 October 1929
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Date: 25 October 1929
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Date: 25 October 1929
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Date: 25 October 1929
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Date: 25 October 1929
Aron pledges city reforms
Date: 25 October 1929
Date: 25 October 1929
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Attempts to assassinate Crown Prince Humbert of Italy in Brussels
Date: 25 October 1929
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Riot inquiry to be held secretly; first session of comm; 2 Arabs sentenced to die, 12 get life terms, 3 others penalized