Screen Rant n4g4x Blade - Character Screen Rant debuted in 2003 and has grown into the largest source of breaking entertainment news & original features for movies, TV, comics, + more! Tue, 06 May 2025 17:22:25 GMT en-US hourly 60 <![CDATA[Marvel Introduces a New Vampire Hunter 4432w Expanding Blade's Lore With the Perfect Sidekick]]>/marvel-blade-new-vampire-hunter-nightdrifter/<![CDATA[Austin Dudas-Larmondin]]><![CDATA[Marvel Comics]]><![CDATA[Blade]]><![CDATA[Blade]]><![CDATA[ While Blade’s MCU project is stalled, Marvel Comics is expanding the iconic character’s lore by giving him a sidekick to the New Champions. ]]><![CDATA[

Warning: Contains Potential Spoilers for New Champions #7! 1s634e

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Tue, 06 May 2025 17:22:25 GMT/marvel-blade-new-vampire-hunter-nightdrifter/
<![CDATA[ It's True 4n5p1o An MCU Hero Is Replacing Blade as Marvel's Top Vampire Hunter]]>/spider-man-mary-jane-redesign-vampire-hunter-op-ed/<![CDATA[Austin Dudas-Larmondin]]><![CDATA[Comics]]><![CDATA[Spider-Man]]><![CDATA[Blade]]><![CDATA[Marvel]]><![CDATA[ Marvel introduces another new vampire slayer. ]]><![CDATA[

Warning: Contains spoilers for Web of Spider-Verse: New Blood #1!The Marvel Comics multiverse has just welcomed a new vampire slayer to rival Blade and the publisher’s other monster hunters, as a ing Spider-Man character evolves into a horror-style hero. With the Spider-Verse gearing up for a war against the Venom-Verse, a new Marvel comic introduces an alternate world where Peter Parker is essentially Count Dracula—while his iconic love interest steps into the role of the universe’s Van Helsing.

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Sun, 09 Mar 2025 14:40:13 GMT/spider-man-mary-jane-redesign-vampire-hunter-op-ed/
<![CDATA[Anyone Else Think It's Weird Superman and Blade Have the Same Specific Weakness?]] 2w6r49 /superman-blade-shared-weakness-red-sunlight-factoid/<![CDATA[Dashiel Reaves]]><![CDATA[Comics]]><![CDATA[Superman]]><![CDATA[Superman]]><![CDATA[Blade]]><![CDATA[Blade]]><![CDATA[ Superman is an alien who is literally empowered by yellow sunlight, which is why it's so surprising he shares a weakness with Marvel's half-vampire. ]]><![CDATA[

Superman has always been nearly the exact opposite of vampires - but he shares one surprising weakness with Marvel's Blade. Superman is directly empowered by the sun to the point that even biting Superman is deadly for a vampire. That's why it's so surprising that Superman and Marvel's iconic half-vampire, Blade, share the exact same specific weakness to red sunlight.

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Mon, 17 Feb 2025 15:00:17 GMT/superman-blade-shared-weakness-red-sunlight-factoid/
<![CDATA[Blade Is Great 122ae But Marvel Know Another Vampire Hunter Who Wants the Job]]>/marvel-blade-vampire-hunter-moon-knight-theory/<![CDATA[Dashiel Reaves]]><![CDATA[Comics]]><![CDATA[Blade]]><![CDATA[Blade]]><![CDATA[ It's usually up to Blade to deal with the threat of vampires in the Marvel Universe - but one Marvel hero is an even better vampire hunter. ]]><![CDATA[

Usually, the vampire hunter Blade keeps the vampire threat under control in the Marvel Universe more than any other hero in the Marvel roster. But it turns out that Moon Knight is more than capable of taking over as Marvel's number one vampire hunter.

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Sat, 08 Feb 2025 20:56:25 GMT/marvel-blade-vampire-hunter-moon-knight-theory/
<![CDATA[Move Over 2c1w3y Blade. Marvel's New Nightstalkers Are the Most Terrifying Vampire Hunters Out There]]>/avengers-new-nightstalker-vampire-hunter-comic/<![CDATA[Ashley Fields]]><![CDATA[Comics]]><![CDATA[The Avengers]]><![CDATA[Blade]]><![CDATA[ Vampires may walk freely in the sun after Blood Hunt, but not if the Nightstalkers have a say in it - and that's bad news for the Avengers. ]]><![CDATA[

Warning: Contains spoilers for Avengers Assemble #3!!

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Sun, 17 Nov 2024 21:25:42 GMT/avengers-new-nightstalker-vampire-hunter-comic/
<![CDATA[Blade Knows The One Way To Take Doctor Strange Out of A Fight (And You Will Never 392l26 Ever See It in The MCU)]]>/how-to-beat-doctor-strange-blade-cut-out-tongue/<![CDATA[Joe Anthony Myrick]]><![CDATA[Comics]]><![CDATA[Blade]]><![CDATA[Doctor Strange]]><![CDATA[ The friendship between Blade and Doctor Strange has been on the outs, but if they ever do come to blows, Blade knows exactly how to defeat his BFF. ]]><![CDATA[

Warning: Spoilers for Blade: Red Band #1If they were to fight, Blade knows the perfect means for defeating Doctor Strange. Blade and Doctor Strange have been best friends for decades, proving to be one of Marvel's most underrated dynamic duos. However, 2023 and 2024 has seen their friendship slowly reaching a downfall, with a possessed Blade killing Strange potentially being the final nail in the coffin for their friendship.

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Thu, 31 Oct 2024 03:17:11 GMT/how-to-beat-doctor-strange-blade-cut-out-tongue/
<![CDATA[ Blade Returns With a New Samurai Aesthetic 2k4p37 a New Sword, and a New Purpose]]>/blade-ronin-new-sword-purpose-marvel-comics/<![CDATA[Chris Miller]]><![CDATA[Comics]]><![CDATA[Blade]]><![CDATA[ Facing the devastating consequences of Marvel's "Blood Hunt," Blade must reforge himself into a new hero for a new era in order to seek redemption. ]]><![CDATA[

Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Blade: Red Band #1

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Sat, 26 Oct 2024 20:00:14 GMT/blade-ronin-new-sword-purpose-marvel-comics/
<![CDATA[Blade's R 1e253s Rated New Era Begins as He Forges His Bloodiest Weapon of All Time]]>/blade-r-rated-new-era-bloody-weapon/<![CDATA[Shaun Corley]]><![CDATA[Comics]]><![CDATA[Blade]]><![CDATA[ Blade, Marvel's premiere vampire hunter, is on a quest to find himself in a preview for his new book, but not before forging his bloodiest weapon yet. ]]><![CDATA[

Warning: may contain spoilers for Blade #1!

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Sat, 05 Oct 2024 22:04:13 GMT/blade-r-rated-new-era-bloody-weapon/
<![CDATA[Blade Names the 1 Avengers Hero He Hates]] 692g36 /blade-varnae-vampire-god-thor-most-hated-avenger/<![CDATA[Chris Miller]]><![CDATA[Comics]]><![CDATA[Thor]]><![CDATA[Blade]]><![CDATA[ Within Blade's vampiric blood boils an ancient hatred for one Avenger more than any other hero; the beast within Blade is ready to fight. ]]><![CDATA[

Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Blood Hunt #5As Marvel’s Blood Hunt event concludes, Earth has been saved from the global vampiric threat, but in the final fight of the summer-long series, Blade its the one hero he truly despises - Thor. However, Thor’s thousand-year feud isn’t technically with the Daywalker, but rather the eldritch father of all vampires that’s possessed him, Varnae. In fact, Thor’s real-world history with Varnae dates back over 30 years of comic publications.

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Sat, 17 Aug 2024 14:30:11 GMT/blade-varnae-vampire-god-thor-most-hated-avenger/
<![CDATA[Wesley Snipes' MCU Blade Movie Gets The Perfect Pitch From X 6t5c1e Men '97 Creator]]>/mcu-blade-wesley-snipes-movie-xmen-97-creator-pitch/<![CDATA[Ollie Bradley]]><![CDATA[Superheroes]]><![CDATA[Blade]]><![CDATA[Marvel Cinematic Universe]]><![CDATA[ Following X-Men 97's success, Beau De Mayo sets his sights on a fourth Wesley Snipes Blade movie with a perfect pitch on how to continue the series. ]]><![CDATA[

The creator of the celebrated animated series X-Men '97 has just pitched a story for a possible Blade movie in the MCU starring Wesley Snipes. While the MCU drags its feet on releasing its new live-action take on Blade starring Mahershala Ali, Wesley Snipes' cameo in Deadpool & Wolverine has sparked excitement over a possible fourth installment in Snipes' Blade franchise. Ryan Reynolds has championed this return, raising the potential for a "Logan-like" spinoff movie to retire the character properly.

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Mon, 12 Aug 2024 11:01:38 GMT/mcu-blade-wesley-snipes-movie-xmen-97-creator-pitch/