Despite the many trials and tribulations of bringing a character that has worked in theaters at least twice and is partially responsible for kicking off the superhero boom we live in today, Blade remains one of the most troubled productions at Marvel Studios Since the film was removed from the schedule last month after many delays[...]
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Blade has been a troubled production, and that is being generous It's somehow the movie that Marvel is having the hardest time wrapping its head around despite it being a known property that worked two and a half times [yes, the third movie was bad, but it was still greenlit and got made, so it[...]
Today, we turn our omniscient gaze to Blade: Red Band #1, hitting stores on Wednesday, October 9th Observe the synopsis:
A NEW DAWN FOR THE DAYWALKER! For years, BLADE has been the deadliest vampire hunter in the Marvel Universe! With an arsenal of wooden stakes, silver bullets and razor bats at his command, few have known[...]
Did anyone see that coming? But all the rest of Spider-Man, X-Men, Blade, Deadpool, Wolverine, Fantastic Four, Avengers and the lot…,
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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #61
JOE KELLY (W) • ED McGUINNESS (A/C) • VARIANT COVER BY GLEB[...]
Which is what they can now all do, unimpeded.
Even if his own loyal vampires get a bit of sun time as well now.
How long until that new Blade series?
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(W) Ryan North (A) Carlos E Gomez (CA) Alex Ross
The world is recovering from Blood Hunt, and Johnny and Sue take Jo and Nicki[...]
Marvel Comics' solicits and solicitations for October 2024 have dropped, with issue one launches for Storm, Moon Knight, Iron Man, Ewoks, Venom War: Fantastic Four, Blade, Mystique, Sentinels, Conquest 2099, Crypt Of Shadows, Ghost Rider: Robbie Reyes, Alien: Romulus and Star Wars: Battle Of Jakku.
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Well, it seems that Kevin Feige finally said the quiet part out loud regarding Blade The movie was first announced in 2019 on the Hall H stage at San Diego Comic-Con and has been on a whirlwind of delays and rewrites ever since Some of that can be linked to the pandemic and the strikes, but[...]
So a certain revelation about just why Blade is doing what he's been doing…
Blood Hunt #4 by Jed MacKay and Pepe Larraz
Makes a tad more sense if you have been reading the Black Panther Blood Hunt spinoff looking at the history of Wakandan vampires.
Black Panther Blood Hunt #2
And now brought smack bang into the present.
Blood[...]
Villa are creators of a new Blade series spinning out of Blood Hunt and keeping the bagged "red band" aspect from the current Blood Hunt series promising added gore Or sometimes just shots of Johannesburg.
"A new dawn breaks for the Daywalker! After being at the center of the world's greatest threat in Marvel's bloodiest event[...]
Oh, Blade Back in the day, the joke was that Deadpool was the Marvel movie that no one thought would ever get made, and no one thought was real until the credits finally rolled Well, it appears we have another superhero movie that is well into its development hell era, and it might be one[...]
Somehow, Blade continues to be the Marvel property, having the hardest time making it to the big screen, even though we already know it works as a movie property This isn't like Iron Man, Thor, or Captain America, where we're unsure if audiences would be interested in this concept; we know they are They were interested[...]
Black Panther was turned into a vampire by Blade in the first issue of Blood Hunt He's not alone in this, Miles Morales Spider-Man, British Bulldog and Doctor Strange have also been bitten and turned But unlike Strange, however, Black Panther has kept his mind, mostly.
Even as we learn that the fallen Thor has become[...]
But how does that play out? Blood Hunt #1 ended depending on the standard or Red Band version, with Doctor Strange being pierced from behind by Blade or ripped in two.
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Well, Doctor Strange, written[...]
it gets worse.
And then returns to the Avengers jumping out of there.
And then of course the final scene on the last page, revealing Blade as the power behind the new vampire throne…
Gets even more un-survivable in the Red Band version.
Well, the concept seems to have worked for Marvel It topped the Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller[...]
The world has had the sun snuffed out by hacked Darkforce users, courtesy of the vampire pyramid scheme cult known as The Structure, which demands vampire members make more and more members from the human population.
The world is dark, the Avengers have been defeated and Blade is making a run for Doctor Strange, as he[...]
Oh, joy, just when you thought comic books couldn't recycle old plots fast enough, here comes Blade #10, hitting your local comic sanctuary this Wednesday Another round with the Adana, because why mess with an original storyline when you can just dip back into the same well? Before I let you dive into this titanic[...]
Well, it looks like Blade's gotten tired of being a simple vampiric pest control specialist and decided to spice things up a notch by becoming the undead answer to a motivational speaker in Blade #9, hitting shelves this Wednesday If you ever wondered what would happen if Blade hosted an episode of "Pimp My Ride"[...]
Blade seems to have hit another roadblock, and it's impressive that it happened twice in one week At the beginning of the week, it was announced that Beau DeMayo had been fired from Marvel Studios, and no reason was given as to why DeMayo was most recently involved with X-Men '97 but also did some[...]
Marvel is dropping Blade #8, and our favorite Daywalker is diving headfirst into some serious underworld tourism Here's what Marvel has to say about this jaunt into the abyss:
BLADE JOURNEYS TO THE LAND OF THE DEAD! With the power he has mastered with help from Dracula and Hulk, Blade must now gather knowledge about the[...]
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John Wick Filmmaker On His Love for Blade, And Kevin Feige
During an appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, John Wick franchise director Chad Stahelski shared his thoughts on the leader behind the MCU, admitting, "Look, I've worked for Marvel, a bunch, and they've been very, very good to me[...]
Yep, this Wednesday, January 31st, we get to witness a monstrous mash-up that nobody asked for in Blade #7 And if you think your therapy bills are high, just wait till you see the damage these two can rack up.
BLADE TEAMS UP WITH THE HULK TO TAME THE ANGER WITHIN! In preparation to face the[...]
And with this cover, suggesting that Marvel Comics will be killing off one of the following…
Blade, Doctor Strange, Thor, Scarlet Witch, Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel, Captain America, Hunter's Moon, Tigra… who do you reckon will bite the dust? And after Krakoa's fall, resurrection isn't so easy to come by…
Well, Marvel is promising a new Doctor[...]
And we see much of what will take place…
Another Moon Knight in battle, a Hank Pym/Iron Man/Ultron creature with a Serpent Society, Nova with Apocalypse and more…
Fantastic Four buries its future, Green Goblin returns, Dagger reads the Marvel Comics he has bought to gain power over the gods, and Blade fights Hulk,
The spirit of[...]
Bleeding Cool has been running a few Timeless teases with this handy dandy Timeless tag, which may have also just seen futures for Doctor Strange, the X-Men, Terror Inc, the Punisher, Doctor Doom, Iron Man, Captain America and others. But it seems to be a year for the vampire-hunting demi-vampire, Blade Well, he was meant to[...]
If you've been waiting with bated breath for more vampire-on-vampire mentorship drama, then mark your calendars, fang fans! Blade #6 is set to hit your local comic shop faster than you can say "Holy water!" on Wednesday, December 13th.
ENTER…DRACULA! Until Blade became Sheriff of Vampire Nation, Dracula was his sworn enemy Now Dracula is the[...]
Bethesda Softworks had a major surprise for The Game Awards this evening as they are working with developer Arkane Lyon to make Marvel's Blade The game will take you to a quarantined section of Paris in the middle of a supernatural emergency, and as you might suspect, Vampires are at the center of it all[...]
Blade, which might be the film that has had the hardest time figuring itself out for some reason that is still baffling, is one of the latter It had a release date of next year, but the film was delayed to late 2025, so now there is plenty of time for this troubled production to[...]
Well, well, well, what do we have here? Marvel's giving us another dose of our favorite daywalker in Blade #5, coming to your local comic shop this Wednesday, November 15th And as the trend of vague yet promising synopses goes, this one reads like a clichéd fight ticket Let's take a peek, shall we?
BLADE VS[...]
That move has forced Blade, which has become the Marvel Studios project that is hanging out in development hell these days, to shift from February 14, 2025, all the way to November 7, 2025 That move might be the only one that makes any sense because the vampire movie should come out in the fall[...]
This Wednesday, we're getting a new twist in What If? Dark Tomb of Dracula #1, which promises to flip your whole sense of reality, assuming your reality revolves around knowing the exact vampiric state of Blade, the vampire slayer.
Legend MARV WOLFMAN returns to TOMB OF DRACULA and the character he co-created! WHAT IF…the legendary Dracula[...]