Blade Doppelganger

A shadowy duplicate of the vampire hunter Blade, this doppelganger debuted in Marvel's horror series Tomb of Dracula, haunting the same gothic world of vampire hunters and creatures of the night that defined that corner of the Marvel Universe.

A creature born from the shadowy Bronze Age corridors of Marvel's legendary Tomb of Dracula, the Blade Doppelganger stepped onto the page in 1976 under the masterful hands of writer Marv Wolfman and artist Gene Colan — the same iconic duo who gave that whole gothic corner of the Marvel Universe its brooding, atmospheric soul. With just seven catalogued appearances spanning nearly three decades, this is a rare and intriguing figure, haunting the same pages as vampire hunters Rachel Van Helsing, Hannibal King, and Frank Drake, as well as the Lord of the Vampires himself, Dracula. Collectors with a taste for the darker, more esoteric edges of Bronze Age Marvel — the kind of deep-cut mystery that keeps long-box hunters digging — will find the Blade Doppelganger a genuinely compelling piece of that unforgettable era.