This series modernizes Blade and gives him a new place in the Marvel Universe.

In issue #1, Spider-Man appears and gets turned into a vampire, but his radioactive blood is able to reject the vampirism.

Then he blows up a helicarrier full of SHIELD agents who are trying to revive the corpse of Dracula.

There’s a little bit of plot seeding as well, as we meet Lucas Cross–Blade’s father. He provides the through line for all twelve issues of this series.

We also see Deacon Frost biting Blade’s mother…

…While Blade is in utero.

The series will continue to move between flashbacks and current events. It’s a great way of tying back to the history of the character, which is pretty deep given that he was created in the ’70s.