Blade is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Marv Wolfman and penciller Gene Colan, his first appearance was in the comic book The Tomb of Dracula #10 as a supporting character.
Mantra is an American comic book series written by Mike Barr, mainly penciled by Terry Dodson and published by Malibu Comics in the mid-1990s, until it was purchased by Marvel Comics, leading to the cancellation of the title after 24 issues. Adam Hughes is credited for the character designs.
Malibu Comics Entertainment, Inc. was an American comic book publisher active in the late 1980s and early 1990s, best known for its Ultraverse line of superhero titles. Notable titles under the Malibu label included The Men in Black, Ultraforce, Night Man and Exiles.
The concept of the Vampire has been depicted to varying degrees of significance in Marvel Comics. Bearing strong resemblance to their literary counterparts, Marvel vampires are undead beings which sustain their immortality and paranormal power by drinking the blood of the living. Unlike most other depictions of the creature, these vampires have their roots in both the supernatural as well as biology. Victims are converted to vampirism via enzymes carried in the vampire's saliva which causes reanimation once introduced into the bloodstream during feedings.
Halflife is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. These characters have two distinct origins, and are detailed separately below.
Morbius the Living Vampire, a.k.a. Dr. Michael Morbius, Ph.D., M.D., is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Roy Thomas and originally designed by penciler Gil Kane, the character first appeared as an antagonist in The Amazing Spider-Man #101.
Night Man is a fictional superhero character created by Steve Englehart and Darick Robertson, who appears in Malibu Comics' Ultraverse line.
Prime is a superhero created by Bob Jacob, Gerard Jones, Len Strazewski, and Norm Breyfogle. He debuted in Prime #1 under Malibu Comics' Ultraverse imprint, and was one of its flagship characters along with Mantra and Hardcase. The character design was credited to Bret Blevins. The character also appeared in the superhero group Ultraforce.
The Ultraverse was a comic book imprint published by the American company Malibu Comics which is owned by Marvel Comics. The Ultraverse was a shared universe in which a variety of characters—known within the comics as "Ultras"—acquired super-human abilities.
Deacon Frost is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He appears in The Tomb of Dracula, and is an enemy of Blade. In the comics, Deacon Frost was depicted as a tall, white-haired, late middle-aged gentleman with red eyes, and wearing 1860s Germany period clothing. His doppelgänger sported an accent and attire that suggested a Southern preacher.
Set is the chief deity, a serpent-god or "arch-demon", of the Stygian people in Robert E. Howard's stories of Conan the Barbarian in the Hyborian Age. Set is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
I...Vampire is a comic book series from DC Comics created by writer J. M. DeMatteis and artist Tom Sutton about a fictional character named Andrew Bennett. The character and storyline originally started as a backup story in House of Mystery between 1981 and 1983, but was popular enough to become the main feature. The I...Vampire finale was almost book length.
Hardcase is a comic book series written by James Hudnall for Malibu Comics’ Ultraverse imprint, which lasted 26 issues. The series was about Tom Hawke, who became one of the first publicly known Ultras.
Brother Voodoo is a fictional character, a supernatural superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in Strange Tales #169. The character was created by publisher Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Len Wein, and artist John Romita Sr. Since replacing Doctor Strange as Sorcerer Supreme in The New Avengers #53, the character is referred to as Doctor Voodoo.
Primevil is a comic book villain that first appeared in the Malibu Comics Ultraverse book The Godwheel.
Satana Hellstrom is a fictional character, a half-demon appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is the sister of Daimon Hellstrom and the daughter of Marduk Kurios.
Exiles is the name of two American comic book series, both of which were published by Malibu Comics.
Freex is a short-lived comic book series from Malibu Comics. Created By Gerard Jones and Ben Herrera, it concerned a team of teenage superheroes in the Ultraverse.
Rex Mundi is a fictional immortal character from Malibu Comics' Ultraverse imprint. He has played important behind-the-scenes roles in most of the Ultraverse's major events, beginning with the downfall of the Fire People. Rex Mundi was revealed in Phoenix Resurrection: Revelations to contain part of the Entity, a vastly powerful alien device that was scattered across Earth, the Moon, and the Sun four billion years ago, and were ultimately responsible for the existence of not only Mundi, but most of the other Ultras in that universe. His fate after which had been unrevealed, mainly due to the subsequent folding of the Ultraverse line, but it was revealed that he has a daughter, Glorianna Mundi.
