Respect Blade: the Vampire Hunter

Originally posted by StiltmanFTW
That doesn't sound that bad... and we could see it coming.

It's the way Blade's been used, they bring in "marvels baddest slayer" yet what does he do? against the vampire army he is completely absent. His only panel time he runs away from vampire forces in his one shot and mid arc. Then Gischler finally gives him panel time only to have him back stabbed by Cyclops (an optic blast to the back ko's him? really?) Then he gets stopped by Wolverine and he leaves? Not only that Blade trying to stake Jubilee neglects everything Cornell did for the character, Blade was chilling in a vampire bar with Spitfire and he didn't overreact. My main grievance though is that Marvel doesn't get how to sell this character, I honestly can't recall a story in the past year where he wasn't taken out in some abstract fashion for PIS purposes. Just needed to vent that...

He needs his own series. X-Men title wouldn't be good for him anyway.

Originally posted by StiltmanFTW
He needs his own series. X-Men title wouldn't be good for him anyway.

Apparently, Marvel doesn't know how to treat the character, Blade.

Restricting the Daywalker to only dealing with vampires is the company's biggest mistake. Just because the individual is known as a "Vampire Slayer", doesn't mean you can't think outside the genre and have Blade dealing with other villainy.

Compare Blade for a minute to one of the Belmont characters from the videogame, Castlevania. In the latest work, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, did Gabriel Belmont face just vampires, or numerous amounts of "supernatural" creatures; ghouls, Lycans and phantoms?

There's an idea. Why not have Blade broaden horizons and fight more supernatural-related entities? Villains from the Marvel Universe could even be incorporated into the scenario, such as, Mephisto.

Furthermore, a possibility that could happen is Blade being composed by a writer that's not famous. In other words, a Fan-Fic writer [Fictional]. Writers such as Frank Millar, Grant Morrison, Marv Wolfman. They all started somewhere, right?

Weird thing is, where im from Blade is easilly in top 10 of most recognizable comicbook characters. Easilly on Hulk's level. Then again, people dont read books here so its thanks to the movies mostly.

He def needs his own series.

To be honest most people don't read comics. We are a dying breed because most people know the characters from movies and cartoons.

Hey Tracks do you have scans of Blade and Logan's fight?

Originally posted by juggernaut74
To be honest most people don't read comics. We are a dying breed because most people know the characters from movies and cartoons.

Hey Tracks do you have scans of Blade and Logan's fight?

Originally posted by SamZED
Weird thing is, where im from Blade is easilly in top 10 of most recognizable comicbook characters. Easilly on Hulk's level. Then again, people dont read books here so its thanks to the movies mostly.

He def needs his own series.

Originally posted by SamZED
Weird thing is, where im from Blade is easilly in top 10 of most recognizable comicbook characters. Easilly on Hulk's level. Then again, people dont read books here so its thanks to the movies mostly.

He def needs his own series.

However being in the X-Men and and Ultimate Avengers arc are definitely going to help.

Originally posted by Iceman717

There's an idea. Why not have Blade broaden horizons and fight more supernatural-related entities? Villains from the Marvel Universe could even be incorporated into the scenario, such as, Mephisto.

They did that with Nightstalkers.

Originally posted by Trackz
Spoilers for X-men #6

Blade got short changed again in a storyline, I'm beginning not to like 616 Blade, the way writers treat him is annoying. In X-men after doing absolutely nothing the entire storyline he gets to be KO'd by an optic blast by cyclops and then kicked out of utopia after Wolverine stops him from trying to stake Jubilee...I swear

That stinks, thats really annoying. Way to give Blade some facetime. ****heads. 👇

Originally posted by Trackz
Spoilers for X-men #6

Blade got short changed again in a storyline, I'm beginning not to like 616 Blade, the way writers treat him is annoying. In X-men after doing absolutely nothing the entire storyline he gets to be KO'd by an optic blast by cyclops and then kicked out of utopia after Wolverine stops him from trying to stake Jubilee...I swear

Originally posted by juggernaut74
Just read it and don't see what the problem is. He was kayoed by being shot in the spine while he was fighting Dracula. And he wasn't kicked off of Utopia either. Him and Logan had a cool scene at the end though. I wouldn't be surprised if Blade turned up in the Jubilee/Wolverine mini.

Marvel is trying to promote Dracula and Blade. Dracula is featured in the next event but as for Blade? Wht did he really do in this arc? Gischler said he came under fire for really centering on Cyclops and Wolverine (who always get panel time) instead of the other x-men and Blade. Basically you can't expect a character to sell if he doesn't really do much.

He probably won't, the book has Wolverine in it, no one steals Wolverines spotlight haha.

Originally posted by Trackz
Marvel is trying to promote Dracula and Blade. Dracula is featured in the next event but as for Blade? Wht did he really do in this arc? Gischler said he came under fire for really centering on Cyclops and Wolverine (who always get panel time) instead of the other x-men and Blade. Basically you can't expect a character to sell if he doesn't really do much.

He probably won't, the book has Wolverine in it, no one steals Wolverines spotlight haha.

Originally posted by juggernaut74
Hey, did it make sense to you that Blade wanted to kill Jubilee but when he was with MI:13 he was hanging out with Spitfire and even hanging out in vamp clubs but didn't wan't to kill the vampires?

Originally posted by Trackz
It wasn't a real fight, he like stopped Blade from staking Jubilee, they didn't really fight though. I don't have the scans though.

http://img842.imageshack.us/i/xmen60021.jpg
http://img135.imageshack.us/i/xmen60022.jpg

Originally posted by Creshosk
http://img842.imageshack.us/i/xmen60021.jpg
http://img135.imageshack.us/i/xmen60022.jpg

Originally posted by Trackz
thanks, It shows that, t the very least, Blade isn't intimidated by Wolverine, but it's dumb how no one listens to him except Emma.

Originally posted by Trackz
thanks, It shows that, t the very least, Blade isn't intimidated by Wolverine, but it's dumb how no one listens to him except Emma.

Jubilee is a former student of hers, and she once got suicidally depressed over the loss of her students, the Hellions.

It was this loss and deprtession that allowed the X-Men to recruit her to the good side. Then after nearly ten years worth of comics she seems to totally forgotten the over 20 years of her character and just willingly tosses a former student under the bus?

Originally posted by juggernaut74
That was funny. Wolverine was like "I dare you" then without hesitation Blade turns around and goes toward her, then they wrestle for a bit then basically Blade says f*ck it she's your problem now.

Originally posted by Creshosk
now it didn't bother me that someone agreed with Blade. Nor that it was a person in a position of power. What bothered me is that Emma specifically is the one who agreed without hesitation.

Jubilee is a former student of hers, and she once got suicidally depressed over the loss of her students, the Hellions.

It was this loss and deprtession that allowed the X-Men to recruit her to the good side. Then after nearly ten years worth of comics she seems to totally forgotten the over 20 years of her character and just willingly tosses a former student under the bus?