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Abraham Whistler (Earth-26320)
Abraham Whistler is a vampire hunter and mentor to Blade. Abraham Whistler was once a happily married man with two daughters and a beautiful wife. He lived a normal life and his family lived comfortably. But all of that changed one night when a drifter came, seeking dinner and place to rest for a while before continuing on his way. Whistler let the man in - only to regret that decision for the rest of his life. The drifter was a vampire, and a sadistic one at that. After torturing the family - mainly Whistler - for a while, he then tried to force Whistler to decide which order his family would die in. But Whistler refused, struggling to stop the vampire from killing his wife and daughters. He was unable to, and a few hours before dawn, the vampire left him with a damaged leg and some other injuries, and the corpses of his family, drained dry.
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Abraham Whistler was created for the film, based on Blade's comic book mentor Jamal Afari and named and visually modelled after Abraham van Helsing. Although Whistler did appear in the Spider-Man: The Animated Series before his film appearance, depicted as young and clean-shaven, David S. Goyer claims that Whistler was taken directly from him, right under his nose, by John Semper, while Semper has claimed the opposite.[4]
Whistler's character has been criticized as an example of "whitewashing", due to his comic book counterpart Jamal Afari being black and Whistler being depicted as white.
Unnamed wife (deceased);
two unnamed daughters (deceased);
Abigail Whistler (daughter);
Abigail's mother (former lover)