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* PrivateEyeMonologue: Whenever Jonathan Lord transforms into one of his film characters, he acquires the tropes that go along with that character as well. When he becomes Sam Slade, P.I. in order to infiltrate a crime scene, the comic suddenly acquires a private eye monologue.
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* DramaticDrop: In #4, Milestone is carrying Jonathan's breakfast tray upstairs when he is confronted by Brain Vane's ghost for the time. Milestone screams and drops the tray, which goes bouncing down the stairs.
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* MagicalNativeAmerican: Blackfeather. When he first appears, he is a wizened old Indian who works as a medium conducting seances. Later he is rejuvenated into a youthful form with the [[VoluntaryShapeShifting ability to transform into Native American totemic animals]].
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* FountainOfYouth: As part of their bargain, the falcon restores Jonathan Lord to being physically 30, the age he was when he made ''The Silver Blade''.
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* DestroyTheEvidence: The falcon torches the Fotomat kiosk where Belinda drops off the roll of cine-film to be developed to destroy the footage of Jonathan changing forms.
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* ServileSnarker: Former child star Bobby Milestone is the major domo for Jonathan Lord: the only servant looking after the aging movie star's massive estate. Milestone has a line in snark that would do [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Alfred Pennyworth]], and gets away with it, possibly because he knows that he is the only one who will put up with Lord's crap. Every time he threatens to quit, Lord gives him a rise.
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* DestinationDefenestration: In #2, Emmett gets hit by his own ricocheting buckshot and knocked backwards through Belinda's window where he plummets into San Fernando Valley (with the effect possibly being given a magical push by the falcon).
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* SerialKillingsSpecificTarget: Emmett attempts to invoke this when he plans to murder Belinda. He dresses as the killer from the SlasherMovie ''Quack Killers'' and plans to leave behind the mask and shotgun so the police will think it is a crazed fan rather than someone with a specific grudge against Belinda.
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* AssimilationBackfire: When the Executioner possesses the Winged Avenger costume, it gains all of the superpowers the Avenger has possesses on the TV show. However, it also gains the Avenger's vulnerability to silver.
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* MuggingTheMonster: In #2, two muggers decide they want Silverblade's cape and pull knives and force him into an alley. They immediately regret this as Jonathan transforms first into a mummy and then a prize fighter to deal with them. The cop he leaves them with remarks that one of them has had his jaw broken.
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* ThatWasNoDream: After being rescued from Vermillion's CarnivalOfKillers by Jonathan as Silverblade, Milestone wakes up in his own bed and assumes it was all a dream. Then he opens his eyes and sees Silverblade and the giant falcon sitting on the end of his bed waiting to talk.
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* ThatWasNoDream: ThatWasNotADream: After being rescued from Vermillion's CarnivalOfKillers by Jonathan as Silverblade, Milestone wakes up in his own bed and assumes it was all a dream. Then he opens his eyes and sees Silverblade and the giant falcon sitting on the end of his bed waiting to talk.
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* ThatWasNoDream: After being rescued from Vermillion's CarnivalOfKillers by Jonathan as Silverblade, Milestone wakes up in his own bed and assumes it was all a dream. Then he opens his eyes and sees Silverblade and the giant falcon sitting on the end of his bed waiting to talk.
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* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Jonathan Lord is granted the ability to transform into any character he ever portrayed on the silver screen, gaining their powers and skills. Blackfeather can shapeshift into animals (possibly only animals native to North America, but this is not made explicit).
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* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Jonathan Lord is granted the ability to transform into any character he ever portrayed on the silver screen, gaining their powers and skills. Blackfeather can shapeshift into animals (possibly only animals native to North America, but this is not made explicit).Native American manitou animals.
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* CareerEndingInjury: In 1939, Vincent Vermillion was a 10 year old child extra on the set of ''The Silver Blade'' who dreamed of being the next Fred Astaire. He agreed to stunt double for child star Bobby Milestone to earn extra money for dance lessons. However, the safety net snapped and he plunged 40 ft int a 2 ft deep moat: shattering his pelvis and breaking both his legs. As a result, he could never dance again.
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* CarnivalOfKillers: Vermillion hires a trio of assassins to hunt and kill Milestone for his SnuffFilm. He even holds auditions, and disposes of the one who [[YouHaveFailedMeForTheLastTime doesn't make the cut]]. The three selected use a [[EnergyWeapon laser]], and [[EnhancedArchaicWeapon electrified sword]], and a [[FireBreathingWeapon flamethrower]].
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* CarnivalOfKillers: Vermillion hires a trio of assassins to hunt and kill Milestone for his SnuffFilm. He even holds auditions, and disposes of the one who [[YouHaveFailedMeForTheLastTime [[YouHaveFailedMe doesn't make the cut]]. The three selected use a [[EnergyWeapon laser]], and [[EnhancedArchaicWeapon electrified sword]], and a [[FireBreathingWeapon flamethrower]].
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* CarnivalOfKillers: Vermillion hires a trio of assassins to hunt and kill Milestone for his SnuffFilm. He even holds auditions, and disposes of the one who [[YouHaveFailedMrForTheLastTime doesn't make the cut]].
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* CarnivalOfKillers: Vermillion hires a trio of assassins to hunt and kill Milestone for his SnuffFilm. He even holds auditions, and disposes of the one who [[YouHaveFailedMrForTheLastTime [[YouHaveFailedMeForTheLastTime doesn't make the cut]].cut]]. The three selected use a [[EnergyWeapon laser]], and [[EnhancedArchaicWeapon electrified sword]], and a [[FireBreathingWeapon flamethrower]].
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* EvilCripple: Hollywood producer Vincent Vermillion. Vermillion was another child on the set of the original ''The Silver Blade'' movie who served as Milestone's stunt double near the climax. The gargoyle threw Vermillion off the top of a castle, but the safety net broke and Vermillion suffered broken bones. Vermillion had been an excellent dancer and planned to become the next Fred Astaire in film, but instead is [[CarerrEndingInjury confined to crutches and blames the two for his ruined dream]]. Vermillion kidnaps Milestone and hires assassins to kill him.
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* EvilCripple: Hollywood producer Vincent Vermillion. Vermillion was another child on the set of the original ''The Silver Blade'' movie who served as Milestone's stunt double near the climax. The gargoyle threw Vermillion off the top of a castle, but the safety net broke and Vermillion suffered broken bones. Vermillion had been an excellent dancer and planned to become the next Fred Astaire in film, but instead is [[CarerrEndingInjury [[CareerEndingInjury confined to crutches and blames the two for his ruined dream]]. Vermillion kidnaps Milestone and hires assassins to kill him.
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* CarnivalOfKillers: Vermillion hires a trio of assassins to hunt and kill Milestone for his SnuffFilm. He even holds auditions, and disposes of the one who [[YouHaveFailedMrForTheLastTime doesn't make the cut]].
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* DangerTakesABackseat: In #1, Milestone is kidnapped when one of Vermillion's minions hides in the backseat of the Cord and gtabs him and injects a sedative into his neck when he attempts to drive off.
* EvilCripple: Hollywood producer Vincent Vermillion. Vermillion was another child on the set of the original ''The Silver Blade'' movie who served as Milestone's stunt double near the climax. The gargoyle threw Vermillion off the top of a castle, but the safety net broke and Vermillion suffered broken bones. Vermillion had been an excellent dancer and planned to become the next Fred Astaire in film, but instead is confined to crutches and blames the two for his ruined dream. Vermillion kidnaps Milestone and hires assassins to kill him.
* EvilCripple: Hollywood producer Vincent Vermillion. Vermillion was another child on the set of the original ''The Silver Blade'' movie who served as Milestone's stunt double near the climax. The gargoyle threw Vermillion off the top of a castle, but the safety net broke and Vermillion suffered broken bones. Vermillion had been an excellent dancer and planned to become the next Fred Astaire in film, but instead is confined to crutches and blames the two for his ruined dream. Vermillion kidnaps Milestone and hires assassins to kill him.
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* DangerTakesABackseat: In #1, Milestone is kidnapped when one of Vermillion's minions hides in the backseat of the Cord and gtabs grabs him and injects a sedative into his neck when he attempts to drive off.
* EvilCripple: Hollywood producer Vincent Vermillion. Vermillion was another child on the set of the original ''The Silver Blade'' movie who served as Milestone's stunt double near the climax. The gargoyle threw Vermillion off the top of a castle, but the safety net broke and Vermillion suffered broken bones. Vermillion had been an excellent dancer and planned to become the next Fred Astaire in film, but instead is [[CarerrEndingInjury confined to crutches and blames the two for his ruineddream.dream]]. Vermillion kidnaps Milestone and hires assassins to kill him.
* EvilCripple: Hollywood producer Vincent Vermillion. Vermillion was another child on the set of the original ''The Silver Blade'' movie who served as Milestone's stunt double near the climax. The gargoyle threw Vermillion off the top of a castle, but the safety net broke and Vermillion suffered broken bones. Vermillion had been an excellent dancer and planned to become the next Fred Astaire in film, but instead is [[CarerrEndingInjury confined to crutches and blames the two for his ruined
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* FriendlyGhost: The ghost of Brian Vane joins the group to assist them in unravelling the supernatural events that are happening. An old friend to most of the group before he died, he continues to act that way towards them. At the end of the story, he works with Bobby Milestone on writing a book about their accumulated knowledge on the supernatural and metaphysics.
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* FriendlyGhost: The ghost of Brian Vane joins the group to assist them in unravelling unraveling the supernatural events that are happening. An old friend to most of the group before he died, he continues to act that way towards them. At the end of the story, he works with Bobby Milestone on writing a book about their accumulated knowledge on the supernatural and metaphysics.
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* DangerTakesABackseat: In #1, Milestone is kidnapped when one of Vermillion's minions hides in the backseat of the Cord and gtabs him and injects a sedative into his neck when he attempts to drive off.
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* ApplianceDefenestration: In #1, Jonathan discovers Milestone watching a videotaped plea for money from his third exwife and rips the VCR off the top of the television and hurls it through the closed window.
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* ApplianceDefenestration: In #1, Jonathan discovers Milestone watching a videotaped plea for money from his third exwife and rips the VCR off the top of the television and hurls it through the closed window.
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* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Jonathan Lord is granted the ability to transform into any character he ever portrayed on the silver screen, gaining their powers and skills. Blackfeather can shapeshift into animals (possibly only animals native to North America, but this is not made explicit).
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* BecomingTheCostume: The longer Jonathan remains in the form of one of his movie characters, the more he starts to believe he is that character. While in the form of Franchise/{{Dracula}}, he gets staked through the heart and 'dies' (because that would have killed Dracula in the film). When Milestone finds his skeleton and removes the stake, that 'revives' Dracula (again because it would have in the film). However, because of the the time he has spent 'dead', Jonathan now believes he truly is Dracula.
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* [[FilmWithinAFilm Film Within a Comic Book]]: While bits and pieces of Jonathan's filmography are seen throughout the series, ''The Silver Blade'' gets the most attention, with multiple scenes being shown on the pages. Brian Vane's superhero TV shoe ''The Winged Avenger'' also gets a fair amount of attention.
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* [[FilmWithinAFilm Film Within a Comic Book]]: While bits and pieces of Jonathan's filmography are seen throughout the series, ''The Silver Blade'' gets the most attention, with multiple scenes being shown on the pages. Brian Vane's superhero TV shoe show ''The Winged Avenger'' also gets a fair amount of attention.attention. Becomes a major plot because Jonathan is granted the power to become any character he ever portrayed on film, and he most commonly assumes the role of Silverblade. The Executioner possesses Brian's Winged Avenger costume and gains the powers of the Winged Avenger.
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* [[FilmWithinAFilm Film Within a Comic Book]]: While bits and pieces of Jonathan's filmography are seen throughout the series, ''The Silver Blade'' gets the most attention, with multiple scenes being shown on the pages. Brian Vane's superhero TV shoe ''The Winged Avenger'' also gets a fair amount of attention.
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* SilverHasMysticPowers: Within the [[FilmWithinAFilm film within a comic book]] ''The Silver Blade'', the hero Silverblade carries a silver bladed sword that has magical properties. Whenever Jonathan Lord transforms himself into that character, he has the sword. When the Executioner assumed the form of the Winged Avenger, Jonathan is able to exploit the Avenger's vulnerability to silver by stabbing it with the silver blade.
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* FriendlyGhost: The ghost of Brian Vane joins the group to assist them in unravelling the supernatural events that are happening. An old friend to most of the group before he died, he continues to act that way towards them. At the end of the story, he works with Bobby Milestone on writing a book about their accumulated knowledge on the supernatural and metaphysics.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: A séance is held in a haunted home led by a mysterious Native-American, Blackfeather. The ghost haunting the residence is the spirit of actor Brian Vane, who played a television super hero in the 1950s called the Winged Avenger. Vane suffered through career and personal problems before dying under mysterious circumstances, making the character a thinly-veiled stand-in for the story of ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperman'' actor Creator/GeorgeReeves.
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* {{Atlantis}}: In the final issue, the movie set on Catalina Island is revealed to be actually Atlantis, returned to existence by the Executioner and falcon's magic. Adruu learns the history of Atlantis and the true nature of the spirits: Atlantis' Queen Veega tried to perfect herself and her society by discarding all negative aspects of her soul. This doomed Atlantis, however, and resulted in the falcon spirit and Executioner warring with one another, not realizing they were yin and yang, two halves to the same soul.
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* ShoutOut: Included in the end matter is a Jonathan Lord's full filmography. The films listed included the titles of several old Creator/DCComics books, such as ''The Brave and the Bold'' and ''The Sea Devils''.
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* ShapeShifterShowdown: #5 features an epic shape-shifting duel between Blackfeather and Jonathan Lord. Blackfeather keeps changing animal forms in an effort to kill Lord, and Lord keeps turning into different film characters to counter him.
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''Silverblade'' is a supernatural fantasy comic book limited series, published by Creator/DCComics in 1987. The maxi-series ran for twelve issues. The book was written by Cary Bates with art by Gene Colan; it was edited by Dennis O'Neil.
''Silverblade'' tells the story of retired and washed up actor Jonathan Lord, who had originally been known for his roles in swashbuckling movies, and later for his roles in horror films. Events lead up to his acquisition of a bird statue which he finds gives him the ability to transform into the characters he had played in his old movies, including ''The Silver Blade''.
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* EvilCripple: Hollywood producer Vincent Vermillion. Vermillion was another child on the set of the original ''The Silver Blade'' movie who served as Milestone's stunt double near the climax. The gargoyle threw Vermillion off the top of a castle, but the safety net broke and Vermillion suffered broken bones. Vermillion had been an excellent dancer and planned to become the next Fred Astaire in film, but instead is confined to crutches and blames the two for his ruined dream. Vermillion kidnaps Milestone and hires assassins to kill him.
* MetafictionalTitle: ''Silverblade'' takes its title from the InUniverse movie ''The Silver Blade'': Jonathan Lord's most famous film, in which her plays a character called 'Silverblade'.
* MyGrandsonMyself: Aging reclusive actor Jonathan Lord gains the power to become any character he has portrayed on the silver screen. He uses this ability to appear as he did in his early twenties when he was portraying his most famous role of Silverblade, and makes a grand return to Hollywood as Jonathan Lord, Jr.
* ShoutOut: Included in the end matter is a Jonathan Lord's full filmography. The films listed included the titles of several old Creator/DCComics books, such as ''The Brave and the Bold'' and ''The Sea Devils''.
* TheyCallHimSword: Silverblade was the name of the character Lord played in his most famous film ''The Silver Blade''. When the rejuvenated Lord appears in costume, he is sometimes referred to as 'Silverblade'.
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''Silverblade'' tells the story of retired and washed up actor Jonathan Lord, who had originally been known for his roles in swashbuckling movies, and later for his roles in horror films. Events lead up to his acquisition of a bird statue which he finds gives him the ability to transform into the characters he had played in his old movies, including ''The Silver Blade''.
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* EvilCripple: Hollywood producer Vincent Vermillion. Vermillion was another child on the set of the original ''The Silver Blade'' movie who served as Milestone's stunt double near the climax. The gargoyle threw Vermillion off the top of a castle, but the safety net broke and Vermillion suffered broken bones. Vermillion had been an excellent dancer and planned to become the next Fred Astaire in film, but instead is confined to crutches and blames the two for his ruined dream. Vermillion kidnaps Milestone and hires assassins to kill him.
* MetafictionalTitle: ''Silverblade'' takes its title from the InUniverse movie ''The Silver Blade'': Jonathan Lord's most famous film, in which her plays a character called 'Silverblade'.
* MyGrandsonMyself: Aging reclusive actor Jonathan Lord gains the power to become any character he has portrayed on the silver screen. He uses this ability to appear as he did in his early twenties when he was portraying his most famous role of Silverblade, and makes a grand return to Hollywood as Jonathan Lord, Jr.
* ShoutOut: Included in the end matter is a Jonathan Lord's full filmography. The films listed included the titles of several old Creator/DCComics books, such as ''The Brave and the Bold'' and ''The Sea Devils''.
* TheyCallHimSword: Silverblade was the name of the character Lord played in his most famous film ''The Silver Blade''. When the rejuvenated Lord appears in costume, he is sometimes referred to as 'Silverblade'.
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