Deacon Frost was allegedly a scientist looking for the key to immortality. For one of his experiments, he kidnapped a young woman in order to inject his victim with the blood of a recently killed vampire. The girl's fiancé broke into the lab, and (in the resulting scuffle) Frost was accidentally injected with the blood himself. The result was that Frost became a vampire, with the ability to create vampiric clones of anyone he bites. Frost intended to use this ability to contend for the position of Lord of Vampires, a position that was presently held by
Dracula. Frost is the vampire responsible for the death of
Blade's mother; Blade's initial mission is to exact revenge against her killer. It was also Frost who turned
Hannibal King into a vampire. Blade and King (while initially distrusting each other) eventually teamed up to fight Frost's army of doppelgangers of Blade and King. The two of them managed to defeat and apparently destroy Frost in his underground hideout, stabbing him twice and leaving his body to be consumed as his hideout exploded. Many years later, Blade encountered a vampire that called itself Deacon Frost. This vampire had a different appearance and personality to the original, and was later identified as being a doppelgänger. The doppelgänger attempted to summon a powerful demon, only to be devoured by said creature. In a later one-shot story set in
New Orleans, Frost was encountered yet again, but he appeared as he did in
The Tomb of Dracula. He also confirmed that the previous encounter was indeed an imposter (as Blade suspected) who was created using science and magic. Blade and King, with the help of
Brother Voodoo, foiled Frost's attempt to gain control of Garwood Industries through Donna Garth (daughter of
Simon Garth the Living
Zombie). Frost escaped this encounter vowing revenge. Frost appeared at the summons of Dracula to defend the Lord of Vampires as he underwent a magical ritual, only to be staked by Blade. == Powers and abilities ==