Postmortem is a fictional cyborg supervillain in the Marvel Universe

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. He was an ally of Dracula

Dracula (Marvel Comics)

Dracula is a fictional character, a comic book supervillain appearing in books published by Marvel Comics. He is based on the vampire Count Dracula from the novel of the same name by author Bram Stoker, and is also influenced by Universal Studios' version of the character.-Publication history:A...

, and an enemy of Blade

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Blade is a fictional character, a superhero/vampire hunter in the Marvel Comics universe. 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.The character went on to alternatively star and co-star...

. He first appeared in Blade the Vampire Hunter #9 (March 1995).

Fictional character biography

Postmortem was a scientist who for decades had maintained a secret laboratory in the 13th floor of the Chrysler Building

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 in Manhattan

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, largely paid for with funding by Dracula

Dracula (Marvel Comics)

Dracula is a fictional character, a comic book supervillain appearing in books published by Marvel Comics. He is based on the vampire Count Dracula from the novel of the same name by author Bram Stoker, and is also influenced by Universal Studios' version of the character.-Publication history:A...

. He developed a kind of nanite

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 that could rewrite a subject's genetic code, ostensibly to create a "next generation" of vampire

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. The scientist tested the nanites out on himself and was transformed into Postmortem.

Postmortem was confronted in his laboratory by the vampire hunter Blade

Blade (comics)

Blade is a fictional character, a superhero/vampire hunter in the Marvel Comics universe. 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.The character went on to alternatively star and co-star...

, and mistook him for an agent of Dracula

Dracula (Marvel Comics)

Dracula is a fictional character, a comic book supervillain appearing in books published by Marvel Comics. He is based on the vampire Count Dracula from the novel of the same name by author Bram Stoker, and is also influenced by Universal Studios' version of the character.-Publication history:A...

, coming to cancel the project's funding. They fought, and Blade succeeded in killing Postmortem.