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The rooter ofBlademay still be await for a moving-picture show or tv set reboot , but in the world of Marvel Comics … the vampire hunting watch made noted by Wesley Snipes has officially joinedThe Avengers .
It ’s a new epoch for the Avengers of Marvel ’s Universe , if the enlisting of the most famous half - vampiric Daywalker was n’t enough of a hint . But withBlack Panther reconstruct S.H.I.E.L.D.as a young organization based out of Wakanda , and not the United States , he ’s inscribe a team as varied and knowledgeable as potential . That means it is n’t just superheroes he ’s pulling in , but necromancer , cavemen , demigod , and even vampires . But only Blade has make a full - blown rank as an Avenger .
Not a moment too before long , either , since Marvel ’s variant of Earth is now being plunged intoall - out lamia war .
The Avengers Rescue Blade (Just in Time)
The role being play by Blade has been building for calendar month , as Jason Aaron ’s plan for his mainAvengersseries has taken build with aid from several artists , and just as many disparate storylines . InAvengers#10 , the issue ended with a kick , jumping to ( founding Avenger ) The Wasp as she buzzed her style into Transylvania on a mysterious rescue delegacy .
Without a hint of what was about to be revealed , Wasp hedge a pursuing U. S. Army of lamia guards as she penetrate Dracula ’s Castle ( yes , that Dracula ) . With seconds to spare , the final page confirm that the " target " was in vision . What readers did n’t expect was for Wasp to find Blade , beaten and chained in Dracula ’s dungeons … and for her whirl of duty tour into the Avengers to be accept without a moment ’s hesitation .
Meet Blade, The New Avenger
Technically , Blade ’s response to Wasp -“Get me my swords”- still go away his decision a scrap undecipherable . Until a few issues after inAvengers#13 when the residue of the core Avengers began to marvel just how Black Panther ’s intelligence information of global matter was being updated by the hour . As King T’Challa explain , he was relying on informants and spies throughout not only countries , but magical realms , foreigner conceal out on Earth … even rumblings of a vampire Civil War brewing in their subspecies ’s Eastern European homelands .
And as a firm believer in discover the right tool ( or operative ) for the job , Black Panther stress to tiptoe his longtime Avengers into accepting their newest recruit . An attempt erase by Blade , who announced his Avenger condition by promising that the violent death of vampire - century , perhaps even thousands of them - was about to become the Avengers ' newest mission . In the late issue ofAvengers#14 , that prophecy comes lawful .
The Avengers are on the front lines of the vampire World War that has erupted across Marvel Comics . And if fan have only dreamed of seeing Blade fighting alongside Captain Marvel , Thor , Captain America , and the rest of Marvel ’s hard slugger , then those dream have finally add up true . And from his chemical reaction , this is the fight Blade ’s been expect for , too .
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Blade Leads The Avengers Into Vampire War
There really is no better Marvel Comics Hero of Alexandria to extend this mission , so as shameful ( and incredible ) as Aaron ’s determination to add Blade to his Avengers batting order may be , it ca-ca perfect sentience . While there are certain to be many Marvel reviewer who were n’t actually around forthe Wesley Snipes - ledBlademovie trilogy , there will be just as many fans unaware of his comical book account .
Because as it turns out , this is n’t the first time that Blade has crossed his sword in fighting with MCU champion on his side . His amusing roots may have come from black - and - blanched horror titles , but over the years , the ingathering of a half - vampire driven to drive back the undead horde was impossible to ignore . Whether it was teaming up with Doctor Strange ’s own Occult strike power , or game up Spider - Man when faced withMorbius the Living Vampire , the Avengers have sure enough known Blade by reputation , at least . He even operate as a Mighty Avenger while mask asRonin , the identicalness Hawkeye will soon adoptin Avengers : Endgame .
But this is no ordinary partnership to take down a in particular troublesome descendant of Dracula . Every sect of lamia across the globe have all of a sudden blow up into violence as if their lives depended on it . No better time to be resistant to a lamia ’s bite , or be swinging a ash grey steel , nunchucks , and tongue .
Blade May Be Earth’s Only Hope
The possibility pages ofAvengers#14 skip over any more of the setup to get to the good hooey . In other words : Blade taking on an intact passenger airliner filled with vampires as Captain Marvel wrestles behind the controls to seek to save them all ( after the pilots were drain of their blood ) . As they char the sky on their way to Transylvania , the center of the outbreak of vampire state of war to examine to get some answers , the rest of the Avengers pay battles of their own . But they roll in the hay , as the referee does , that this problem only stands a chance of being figure out by Blade , personally .
We wo n’t spoil the issue ’s close twist found the newest threat from within the Avengers rank and file , or how the true villain of this Vampire Civil War story makes himself known . But the good news is that it does n’t seem Blade is work anywhere . Themuch anticipated War of the Realms eventis fast approaching , promising to plunge all of Marvel ’s Universe into cosmic , supernatural warfare ( andmake Daredevil the novel Heimdall , for one ) . And in the art released this far , Blade is fighting right alongside the ease of the Avengers .
What does it mean for this civic war ? And is it possible that Blade himself could ascend to stop vampire war around the world ? We ’re as eager to see those questions answered as the fan - and just as proud of to see Blade regaining to Marvel ’s brightest spotlight .
The Avengers#14is uncommitted now from your local comic leger shop class , and digitally fromMarvel Comics .
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