In Theaters 28 Years Ago, Wesley Snipes Made Blade a Hit, And Marvel Still Can’t Bring Him Back

Image courtesy of New Line Cinema On August 21, 1998, Wesley Snipes walked into theaters as half-vampire hunter Eric Brooks and gave Marvel its first genuine box office hit ever. Directed by Stephen Norrington from a script by David S. Goyer, Blade pitted the titular hero against Deacon Frost (Stephen Dorff), a power-hungry vampire scheming to summon an ancient blood god. […]