Blade Should Be The MCU's First Horror Movie
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has pulled off a number of impressive feats of storytelling, but the massive multimedia franchise hasn't made many delves into different genres. The comics represent a greater variety of stories, tones and characters, but as they join the on-screen adaptation, they should enrich the larger project.
Blade, the half-vampire vampire hunter, has been the star of some of Marvel's bloodier and more visceral comics over the years. He has been adapted to the screen in his own trilogy, to extremely mixed results, but his addition to the MCU could create an unrecognizable new corner of the franchise.
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Blade was introduced to the Marvel Comics Universe in 1973 by iconic Marvel horror scribe Marv Wolfman. Alongside artist Gene Colan, Wolfman took over and popularized The Tomb of Dracula, which remains one of the best-received Marvel horror comics of the company's lifespan. The series began as a result of the infamous Comics Code Authority relaxing their restrictions on horror characters in 1971. The narrative follows a group of vampire hunters who seek to destroy Dracula, among other classic Universal monsters.
The series was an obvious step for Marvel Comics, thanks to a copyright quirk that landed most of Bram Stoker's work in the public domain. Dracula went on to become a supervillain throughout the Marvel Universe who faced off against a variety of heroes. The Tomb of Dracula originated the company's take on the classic vampire, along with Werewolf by Night and Blade.
Blade grew from his start as one of several armed vampire hunters and became the most popular of the bunch. He's much better known for showing up in other heroes'
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