
Blade is a movie novelization written by Mel Odom in 1998 and based on the movie of the same name, directed by Stephen Norrington in 1998. The movie features Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, N’Bushe Wright, Donal Logue, Udo Kier, and others.
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Comic Book by Marv Wolfman, Gene Colan
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Storyline
In 1967, a pregnant woman is attacked by a vampire, causing her to go into premature labor. Thirty years later, in 1997, the child has become the vampire hunter, Blade. Police take one of the vampires to the hospital, where he kills Dr. Curtis Webb and feeds on hematologist Karen Jenson and escapes.
Movie vs Book

Year
1998
Minutes
120
Movie Rate
7.10
Source: IMDb

Year
1998
Pages
352
Book Rate
6.96
S: Goodreads
Book
Blade
Author: Mel Odom
Country: USA
First published in: 1998
Length: 352 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Blade Series
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