There’s a new vampire slayer in the Marvel Universe, and she’s about to uncover one hell of a family secret in Bloodline: Daughter of Blade #1.

As you could probably tell from the title, Bloodline: Daughter of Blade marks the official debut of Brielle Brooks, daughter of Eric (the Daywalker himself) and soon-to-be-hero in her own right. Although the character first appeared in last year’s Avengers/X-Men FCBD special, the idea of Blade’s progeny inheriting his legacy as a slayer has actually been kicking around for quite some time. A new volume of Blade with a similar protagonist was planned to debut in 2015, but series writer Tim Seeley eventually dropped the project over his concerns that he would not be able to authentically represent a black teen girl as an older white man. It’s hard to say how much his take on the concept would’ve differed from what Marvel eventually settled on here, but the idea clearly proved too intriguing for them to pass up for good.

After close to a decade of development hell, we’re finally at the launch of Bloodline: Daughter of Blade, with writer Danny Lore (recently of Champions) at the helm. Picking up shortly after the events of her FCBD introduction, Brielle Brooks is an insightful, if slightly maladjusted, goth teen whose world is rocked after the revelation that vampires actually exist. Making matters worse? It seems she’s developing certain powers that she does not yet know the extent of, but whatever they are, they seem awfully shady. And if that weren’t enough, she may also be in for a long overdue family reunion with her estranged father, or may or may not be a certain bloodsucking Avenger…

As for whether or not this premise was worth the long wait, it’s obviously too soon to tell, but Lore and artist Karen S. Darboe are setting up a classic coming-of-age narrative for Brielle that feels equal parts Blade and Buffy in this first issue. A big asset working in Bloodline #1’s favor is that it doesn’t require an encyclopedic knowledge of Blade to be understood; she knows slightly less about her origins than the reader does, and we’re both discovering the extent of her nature in real time with one another. I’m not especially familiar with Blade stories myself, but I know his whole deal as a general character; that’s more than enough. Blade fans might be disappointed about his lack of presence in this issue, but he’ll almost certainly be a major part of this first arc as it continues. (And even if he wasn’t, well, he’s not the main character anyway!) But if you’re a sucker for teenage angst mixed with a little bit of the supernatural, Bloodline: Daughter of Blade is probably exactly what you want.