Blade's true identity is revealed as Varnae, the first vampire, possessing the Daywalker's body and manipulating events. Varnae's name references the 1845 penny dreadful Varney the Vampire ...
In 1897, Bram Stoker's Dracula actually redefined the vampire genre, which was previously dominated by Varney the Vampire in 1847, and 1819 by John William Polidori's The Vampyre. But, for the ...