Marvel Confirms Blade Can Only Be Killed by 1 Marvel Character (& It's Not Dracula) (2024)

Warning: Spoilers for Blood Hunt #3!Not even Dracula can stop Blade's reign of terror, but one hero can. It was a massive shock when Blade was revealed as the leader of Marvel's vampire uprising, even catching Dracula himself off guard. As a result, the iconic vampire reluctantly allied with the Avengers, but even their combined forces won't be enough. It seems that only Blade's daughter will have what it takes to end the "Blood Hunt."

Blood Hunt #3 – by Jed MacKay, with art by Pepe Larraz – made it clear that the only hero capable of putting a permanent end to Blade is his daughter, Brielle Brooks (a.k.a. Bloodline.) Dracula first recruits Bloodline in Blood Hunt #3, but even when she joins the Avengers in the midst of this war, Brielle is none the wiser as to who is the mastermind of it all.

Dracula sharpens her up in this issue, and while she's overwhelmed by the news, she can't run from her destiny as the new generation's Daywalker.

Only Blade's Daughter BLOODLINE Can Defeat Him To End Marvel's "Blood Hunt"

Blood Hunt #3 – Written By Jed MacKay; Art By Pepe Larraz, Marte Gracia, & VC's Cory Petit

Blade's daughter is one of Marvel's newest superheroes, having debuted in Free Comic Book Day 2022: Avengers / X-Men: Judgment Day #1. Shortly after, her origins and character were expanded in the Bloodline: Daughter of Blade miniseries, revealing that the teenager had lived a normal life with her mother – under the protection of a spell offered to his best friend when she was a baby – before inheriting her father's vampiric-based powers. In the series, she learned who her father was, met him for the first time, and Blade decided to train her.

Blade's training of his daughter pays off during the "Blood Hunt" story arc, which plunges the Marvel world into darkness, for hordes of vampires to feed off of, all with Blade being the culprit. As Brielle tried to adjust to working with Dracula, a monster her father always warned her about, she was initially left in the dark about who caused the state the world had been thrown into. When the truth comes to light, Dracula outright tells her that she is Blade's weakness, and he can only die by her hand.

Bloodline Is Destined To Be Marvel's Next Daywalker

She Must Defeat Her Father First

Understandably, Bloodline is overwhelmed to hear all of this at once. In fact, it's easy to see how this whole ordeal is overwhelming for Bloodline. This is the first major Marvel event she's been a pivotal part of, and in a world where the sun is blotted out, her powers are surging through her body like never before. At the same time, she's still learning how to maintain and control those powers. Now, this new mission asserts Bloodline at the center of "Blood Hunt," promising she is the only hero capable of defeating Blade.

Even more than the fact that Marvel has set up Bloodline to potentially kill her father, the stage is set for Bloodline to replace Blade in the role of Daywalker, and Marvel's premiere horror hero. Whether the time is now at the end of this arc is up for debate, but when the day comes that Blade is no longer with us, this practically sets Brielle up as the next Daywalker. The Daywalker is more than just a moniker, as Blade's daughter is destined to eventually become Marvel's go-to hero needed for everything that goes bump in the night.

Blood Hunt #3(2024)
	Writer: Jed MacKay Artist: Pepe Larraz Colorist: Marte Gracia Letterer: Cory Petir Cover Artist: Pepe Larraz