'Blood Hunt,' Marvel Comics' Next Crossover Event, Revealed

[Huntsman Spider]

Free Comic Book Day Blood Hunt Preview SPOILERS!

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/free...head-spoilers/

Spidey was this close to winning a fight!

Story of his life, it seems these days, though I do like Tracks' theory on just who the actual villain of Blood Hunt is.

[Mantis-Ray]

So reading this, pretty straightforward. Vampires attacks, lots of action, the Bloodcoven show up to hype how cool they are.

Which is all I could want from this. As long as its hopefully an entertaining enough action blockbuster it will serve as a decent read.

Larraz's art is great as always, so pretty and it moves so fine. Some pretty great action scenes with the Bloodcoven, makes me wish this is a weekly battle manga so we can get detailed fight scenes between the Avengers and Bloodcoven.

[Tracks]

So, the vampires' plan is to conceal the sun and start an endless night?



Let's say they defeat all superheroes and military forces. And then what? Without the sun, plants can not do photosysthesis and die. If the plants die, all the food chain die in short order... and what will vampires eat?

Eh I don't think this is all that compelling a critique. The dark force clearly isn't blotting out all sunlight as people can still see, it's just night time. There are plenty of plants that live in near darkness. You'd probably see that plant life grow. Don't forget the oldest vampires in Marvel are from Atlantis, and have lived for millenia submerged in complete darkness.

[Tracks]

This sounds really cool!

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Isn't Dracula going to be teaming-up with Blade' daughter?

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Yes, which is also interesting given that she has been shown to be anymore skilled (probably less so) than some of the vampires we've seen under dracula's command

[Huntsman Spider]

So reading this, pretty straightforward. Vampires attacks, lots of action, the Bloodcoven show up to hype how cool they are.

Which is all I could want from this. As long as its hopefully an entertaining enough action blockbuster it will serve as a decent read.

Larraz's art is great as always, so pretty and it moves so fine. Some pretty great action scenes with the Bloodcoven, makes me wish this is a weekly battle manga so we can get detailed fight scenes between the Avengers and Bloodcoven.

Speaking of manga-quality fight scenes . . . I'm looking forward to Federico Vincentini's Miles Morales: Spider-Man tying into this, because that artist has been seriously on fire with fight scenes there.

[LAWtoyoto 432]

Here is the different between Normal rate and the red band version:
Blood_Hunt_Vol_1_1_Page_10_Red_Band_Comparison.jpg

[Thundershot]

Doesn’t Darkhawk use Darkforce powers? I was hoping to see him…

[Galerion]

Here is the different between Normal rate and the red band version:
Blood_Hunt_Vol_1_1_Page_10_Red_Band_Comparison.jpg

Minor details but I did saw the last page being very different. I hope somebody uploads more of this stuff. There is no digital version of it which means basically anybody outside the US is screwed at ever seeing the Red Band version. Somebody said there is even some additional dialogue which doesn't appear in the regular version and that some scenes are extended which give more context therefore. I mean details are fine but hiding "story" content behind a version not everybody can get is really bad.


I also got a question. I haven't kept up with things but is Blade a true full vampire nowadays? Because if he is then I found his conversation with Strange really awkward. Blade brings up the correct point that if you would nuke all vampires then also the good ones would be effected but Strange gives only a generic for the greater good response. I took Blades question as him obviously talking about himself too and Strange doesn't acknowledge that at all.

[Lonewolf36]

Doesn’t Darkhawk use Darkforce powers? I was hoping to see him…

i think that has changed now but i'm not sure.

[Pav]

Question for those who've read the issue: is it worth picking up if I'm only interested in Dusk? Does she even cameo, or is she just mentioned?

Doesn’t Darkhawk use Darkforce powers? I was hoping to see him…

i think that has changed now but i'm not sure.

I'm pretty sure that's correct. At some point it was retconned, but "Darkforce" wasn't really replaced with anything specific, I don't think. Just "force blasts" or something.

-Pav, who wishes Marvel would remember that Dusk is connected to the Negative Zone and not the Darkforce Dimension...

[Digifiend]

Only mentioned.

Far right I think might be Silhouette?

She's mentioned too - which means the current Night Thrasher series must be set before this event.

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2. The command of Bloodstorm. Bloodstorm is the only one of these new villains that existed prior to this event. A hydra clone of Dracula who was a follower of Varnae.

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There's another Bloodstorm? I only knew about an alternate universe vampire version of Ororo.

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This sounds really cool!

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Isn't Dracula going to be teaming-up with Blade' daughter?

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Yeah, Bloodline's in Dracula's tie-in. Obviously she's gone to him because she knows they have a mutual enemy?

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[kevlon]

Doesn’t Darkhawk use Darkforce powers? I was hoping to see him…

He definitely used to. Darkhawk was previously involved in another dark force story which featured way back in New Warriors.

That was when just one dark force user was able to open a portal the size of New York to the dark force dimension.

I don't believe he darkhawk uses dark force blasts any longer. Especially after his cosmic upgrade.

[Lonewolf36]

He definitely used to. Darkhawk was previously involved in another dark force story which featured way back in New Warriors.

That was when just one dark force user was able to open a portal the size of New York to the dark force dimension.

I don't believe he darkhawk uses dark force blasts any longer. Especially after his cosmic upgrade.

i guess all the Raptors amulets are tied to the Darkforce Dimension loosely through the Tree of Shadows. https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Tree_of_Shadows

[Tracks]

Only mentioned.


She's mentioned too - which means the current Night Thrasher series must be set before this event.

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There's another Bloodstorm? I only knew about an alternate universe vampire version of Ororo.

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Yeah, Bloodline's in Dracula's tie-in. Obviously she's gone to him because she knows they have a mutual enemy?

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He's a deep cut! https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Blood...ne_(Earth-616)

[The Cool Thatguy]

He definitely used to. Darkhawk was previously involved in another dark force story which featured way back in New Warriors.

That was when just one dark force user was able to open a portal the size of New York to the dark force dimension.

I don't believe he darkhawk uses dark force blasts any longer. Especially after his cosmic upgrade.

During that Dark Force storyline, there was no indication that Darkhawk's chest blast had any connection to the dark force itself, though. He just had a cool name for his chest blast and went with it.