Blade: The Early Years Omnibus (Hardcover)
Collects Tomb of Dracula (1972) #10, 12-14, 24, 30, 41-43, 45, 51, 53, 58; Marvel Preview (1975) #3; Fear (1970) #24; Doctor Strange (1974) #61-62, 67; Tomb of Dracula (1991) #1-4; material from Tomb of Dracula (1972) #17-19, 21, 44, 46-50, 52; Vampire Tales (1973) #8-9; Marvel Preview (1975) #8; Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #64. Blade hit the comics scene in the 1970s - a time when horror movies were all the rage and Black cinema was introducing bold new action heroes who defied authority. Blade immediately changed the stakes of Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan's TOMB OF DRACULA, bringing a sense of unstoppable determination as he pursued Deacon Frost, the vampire who killed his mother. And if a few other vampires died along the way, all the better! This Omnibus collects, for the first time, Blade's complete early adventures: from his influential role in TOMB OF DRACULA to his 1970s solo stories and his climactic battle against Dracula alongside Doctor Strange!
Published: 11/15/2023
- Jack Abel, inker
- Tony Dezuniga, inker
- Steve Leialoha, inker
- Rick Magyar, inker
- Tom Palmer, inker
- Rico Rival, inker
- Chris Claremont, writer
- Steve Gerber, writer
- Marcus Mclaurin, writer
- Paty Cockrum, colorist
- Petra Goldberg, colorist
- Lovern Kindzierski, colorist
- Gene Colan, penciler
- Malcolm Davis, penciler
- Dan Green, penciler
- John Costanza, letterer
- Vc Chris Eliopoulos, letterer
- Jim Novak, letterer
- Rick Parker, letterer
- Michael Kelleher, colorist (cover)