Well, here's an idea. Blade's British. So set it in Britain. Try to appeal to a different market, and go beyond the Blaxploitation roots.
Mix up the story a little, make it a bit lighthearted - or, rather, the people he hangs around with are more lighthearted and rub off on him. Make Blade part of a government occult task force - but one which is very British, that is, bogged down in paperwork, not flashy, and very workmanlike about it. Give Blade superiors to answer to - make his costume less Wesley Snipes, and more like an actual uniform.
By fitting him in the confines of a lazy bureaucracy, in a country with a zero-tolerance for guns and the death penalty, you have a situation where his villains really could keep coming back. And, by setting him in a workplace, you fight against that tired old "monosyllabic badass" persona. I see Blade as a professional, rather tired and impersonal, but a guy who has made it his 9-to-5 to dismember every Vampire he sees.
Turn that into an unprofessional quirk, something he has to actively fight against to keep his position. Give him barriers, obstacles, relateable problems readers can identify with.
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