Elsa Bloodstone first appeared in Marvel's 2001 Bloodstone mini-series written
by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. She is the daughter of the
previously established Marvel Universe character Ulysses
Bloodstone (first appearance in Marvel Presents #1; Oct.1975). She currently lives
in Bloodstone Manor with her mother and her ally the Frankenstein Monster. She
has also befriended Charles Barnabus, a pureblood vampire lawyer and the executor
of the Bloodstone estate.
Elsa has been utilized in various Marvel publishing efforts
such as Nextwave, the Initiative, The Fearless Defenders and Marvel Now; but she
has seemingly returned to her monster-hunting adventures vowing solemnly to
never have children on her own, since she feels the responsibility of being a
Bloodstone too heavy to be forced upon another living being.
Elsa has exhibited superhuman strength, speed, durability
and endurance and a regenerative ability. She appears to possess all of the
abilities that her father previously had. In addition she has demonstrated
immunity to vampire bites (her blood will actually kill a vampire if consumed
and the original Bloodgem fragment itself is anathema to vampires).
In the Bloodstone mini-series, Elsa claimed that
she had inherited at least some of this power genetically, but it has been
shown that her powers of strength and invulnerability were bestowed upon her by
the Bloodgem fragment she wears on a choker. She has also been portrayed as an
expert marksman. Among a number of artifacts gathered by her father she
has used a lamp which contains a genie whom Ulysses had enslaved years
ago. This device serves as an early warning system, lighting up during times of
supernatural crisis, and transporting her to said event.
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