Blade is one of the coolest superheroes ever created, but his coolness is not shallow. The shades, the sword, the leather, the swagger, the martial arts, the vampire-slaying confidence — all of that is unforgettable. But underneath the style is a deeper truth: Blade is a man born into darkness who refused to belong to it. He carries the blood of the thing he fights, but he does not let that blood define his soul.