The
Blade films are based on the
fictional Marvel Comics character of the same name, portrayed by
Wesley Snipes which begins in 1998, continued in 2002 and 2004. They were written by
David S. Goyer,
Marv Wolfman, and
Gene Colan, directed by
Stephen Norrington,
Guillermo del Toro and
David S. Goyer, respectively and distributed by
New Line Cinema.
The character was created in 1973 for Marvel Comics by writer
Marv Wolfman and artist
Gene Colan and was a supporting character in the 1970s comic
Tomb of Dracula. In the comic, Blade's mother was bitten by a vampire while she was in labor with Blade. Thus, Blade was born as a
dhampir, a human with vampire genes.
