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 | COMIC/CARTOON | MOVIE VERSION |
| Title | Blade (originally a supporting character in Tomb of Dracula) | Blade (1998) Blade 2 (2002) Blade Trinity (2005) |
| Date of Release | First appeared in July 1973. | August 21, 1998 |
| Creators | Marv Wolfman | Stephen Norrington, Guillermo Del Toro, David Goyer. |
| Genre | Horror | Action Horror |
| Story | After his mother was fed upon by a vampire just prior to his birth, Blade received a greatly prolonged lifespan, the ability to sense supernatural creatures, and an immunity to complete vampirism. Filled with anger about the circumstances of his life, he dedicated himself to the elimination of the undead. | After his mother was fed upon by a vampire just prior to his birth, Blade received the strength, speed, and longevity of a vampire without any weakness to garlic or daylight. Filled with hatred toward the creatures that killed his mother and tormented by the thirst for blood of the undead, he dedicates his every waking moment to the decimation of the vampire race. |
| Characters | Blade, Deacon Frost, Dracula, Hannibal King | Blade, Deacon Frost, Dracula, Whistler, Hannibal King |
| Stars | | Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Stephen Dorff, Jessica Biel, Ryan Reynolds, Dominic Purcell, Posey Paker, N'bushe Wright, Norman Reedus, Ron Pearlman |
| Dialogue | Pleh. Corn does not do this stuff justice. | Dark, gruff, profanity-laced gold. |
| Aesthetic | | |
| Ambiance | | Gritty urban darkness, with the dope-fiends and muggers replaced by blood-sucking punks. |
| Audience | Teens, mainly guys. | 18-34 year old males with dispensable income. |
| Cool Factor | Kinda cool, especially in the later nineties and the 2000's. | 100% cool factor |
| Cheese Factor | Ridiculously high, especially in his early days ('fro plus clear yellow sunglasses plus brown leather jacket equals WTF?). | 0% |
| Adaptation Accuracy | | Oh, so far away from the character's roots, but once the films caught on, they shifted the comic version's aesthetic to match the movies. Now you'd almost swear it was a faithful adaptation. |
| Better or Bastardization? | | Better, by far. |
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