Blade is Eric Brooks.When his mother was pregnant, a vampire bit her. This caused him to be born as a dhampir: a person with all of a vampire's powers and none of their weaknesses.He was living in the streets until he was picked up by Abe Whistler. Whistler raised him and trained him to hunt vampires. Now, he is the greatest vampire hunter in the Marvel Universe.He has super-strength, immortality, invulnerability, the ability to fly, the ability to hypnotize others, the ability to turn into a kist and into a bat as well as super-smelling. He has a katana sword, a gun that shoots silver stakes, a water gun that sprays garlic juice, garlic bombs and flashlights that flash sunlight.He is the leader of the Nightstalkers, a group of vampire hunters.