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Marvel’s Darkhold just unlocked a dark corner of the Marvel Multiverse where Blade became more of a monster than the vampires he hunts.
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Darkhold: Blade #1, available now from Marvel.
There have been some truly horrifying iterations of the Marvel Universe, but few have been as twisted as the worlds introduced in Marvel’s current Darkhold event. This ancient, evil tome has been the cause of plenty of trouble for the Avengers over the years, and a select few of them have been transformed by its wicked power. These heroes have been living out their worst nightmares, with Marvel’s foremost vampire hunter, Blade, stuck in a world torn apart by the creatures of the night.
However, the bloodthirsty, genocidal Blade might just be the biggest monster left on the world introduced in Darkhold: Blade #1 by Daniel Kibblesmith, Federico Sabbatini, Rico Renzi, and VC’s Clayton Cowles
After Doctor Doom unearthed the Darkhold from its ancient resting place, Wanda Maximoff was forced to call upon her fellow heroes to try to fix the mess he had made. One of those brought together to read from the Darkhold in a bid to prepare themselves to banish it once more was Blade. Like his fellow heroes, the Daywalker was transformed by reading a portion of the Darkhold. As this issue reveals, Blade’s worst timeline still sees him joyfully slaying vampires. However, it’s still a living Hell for everyone else living in it, due in no small part to Blade himself.
In this timeline, the vampire Deacon Frost succeeded in unleashing a wave of vampirism across the globe through the power of the blood of La Magra, instantly transforming billions of people and taking away the powers of superhumans, mutants, Inhumans and Eternals. The chaos that ensued left massive power vacuums to be filled, and Wilson Fisk was quick to do just that where he could. While one of Fisk’s gangs chases down a recently defected “good” vampire Amadeus Cho, they are caught in action by Blade. The Daywalker wastes no time dispatching the attacking vampires, but things take a dark turn once he discovers one of the gang members is merely a human familiar. When confronted with this, Blade produces an uncharacteristically sadistic grin before gleefully cutting down the goon. After seeing this, Amadeus Cho goes running to the Last Avengers.
Together, Kurt Wagner’s Citizen V, Silver Sable and the Prowler are interested in Cho’s knowledge that the Kingpin has a cure for vampirism and his theory that Blade may now be the host of La Magra. Although they act on this and successfully infiltrate Fisk’s facility, Blade is not far behind them. Like a slasher from a horror movie, Blade slices his way through the Kingpin’s soldiers and the Last Avengers alike, with the former Nightcrawler’s pleas for mercy going unheralded.
As far as Blade is concerned, there is no such thing as a good vampire, and he certainly isn’t interested in helping any of them find a cure that might not even exist. It’s a devastating turn for such a major fan-favorite character to take, especially when Blade has always had such a steadfastly heroic head on his shoulders. T
Blade might say he doesn’t know what anyone is talking about when he is accused of playing host to La Magra, his desire to reign over “every last drop of blood” in the world at the end of the issue would imply otherwise. At any rate, the cold, calculating killer that Blade has become is still terrifying. For the sake of the Marvel Universe, this will hopefully all stay just a story within the pages of the Darkhold rather than foreshadowing what Chthon has in store for his impending arrival.
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