Blake is a banker of the Bruemberg Group, as well as a follower of Vandal Savage. In 1975 he was in charge of Savage's bank account, and a cover for Savage's true operations in Leipzig, leading a cult of immortality. He was confronted by Rip Hunter's team, who managed to infiltrate Savage's cult gathering after kidnapping Blake. Blake received his share of Carter Hall's blood during Savage's ritual, supposedly granting him immortality.