History ComicBook / Silverblade

* {{Dracula}}: Jonathan played Dracula in three movies, although Milestone notes that he hated the role. Miss Hothgard and the Execution trick him into assuming the form (a ClassicalMovieVampire) so they can kill him [[AssimilationBackfire using Dracula's weaknesses]].

* 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.

* 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 Native American manitou animals. The falcon can become any kind of winged creature that flies, including a pterodactyl (after it has seen one in a movie).

* SlitThroat: Jealous of his father's power Adruu slit his throat to take the power for himself.

* 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.

* FrankensteinMonster: Jonathan played the Frankenstein Monster on screen, and assumes its form during his ShapeShifterShowdown with Blackfeather: using its strength to break the grip of Blackfeather's alligator form, before being driven by flames when Blackfeather transforms into a firebird.

* FrankensteinMonster: Jonathan played the Frankenstein Monster on screen, and assumes its form during his ShapeshifterDuel with Blackfeather: using its strength to break the grip of Blackfeather's alligator form, before being driven by flames when Blackfeather transforms into a firebird.

* DeadpanSnarker: Much of the cast indulge in snark from time to time, including Jonathan Lord (particularly when he is a GrumpyOldMan) and Brian Vane (whose wry observations have the unique perspective of being a ghost). However, the two standouts are Bobby Milestone, Jonathan's [[ServileSnarker major domo]] and possibly only friend, and Jonathan's ex-wife Sandra Stanyon, neither of whom put up with Jonathan's crap. Special mention Sandra's reaction on discovering that Jonathan has an adult son (actually a case of MyGrandfatherMyself) who would have to have been born when they were married:

* NotMyDriver: In #6, the ghost of Brian Vane scares off Sandra's chauffeur and takes his place. Unfortunately for him, he cannot hold the physically illusion together as long as he would like and he is forced to drop it halfway through the drive. His purpose was not to kidnap her, but to have with her the conversation Jonathan was refusing to have.

* RevengeBeforeReason: Producer Vincent Vermillion, who has waited forty years to take revenge on Milestone and Lord for his CareerEndingInjury, is willing to jeopardise his latest multi-million production by using as part of his plane to snare the pair; especially as, if his plan works, he will never be able to finish the film.

* BlandNameProduct: Belinda drop the reel of film showing Jonathan shifting forms in his sleep off at a Photomax kiosk to be developed.

* 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.

** During their fight in the desert, [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoyeAndTheRoadRunner the falcon transforms into a roadrunner to escape, and Blackfeather transforms into a coyote to catch it]].

* ShoutOut: Included in the end matter is Jonathan Lord's full filmography. The films listed include the titles of several old Creator/DCComics books, such as ''The Brave and the Bold'' and ''The Sea Devils''.

* 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 Native American manitou animals. The falcon can become any kind of bird (and, apparently, anything that might be considered a bird, as it becomes a pterodactyl at one point).

* 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.

* AlliterativeAppeal: One of the major antagonists is '''V'''incent '''V'''ermillion.

* 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 Native American manitou animals.