Blades New Comics Prove MCU Directors Criticisms Right

Blade’s New Comics Prove MCU Director’s Criticisms Right

Blade MCU director Bassam Tariq has said that a true comic book canon for the character doesn’t exist. Judging by Blade’s recent comics, he’s right.

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Blades New Comics Prove MCU Directors Criticisms Right

Warning: contains spoilers for Death of Doctor Strange: Blade #1 and The Darkhold: Blade #1!

Likely thanks to a new MCU adaptation on the horizon, Blade has been experiencing something of a renaissance in Marvel comics. The vampiric superhero’s impending return to the big screen has paved the way for some pretty cool new entries into the Blade comics canon, such as his membership on the Avengers, The Darkhold: Blade and most recently, Death of Doctor Strange: Blade #1. Of course, that canon needs every new addition it can get, since as these latest comics prove, Blade is defined far more by the 1998 movie than Eric Brooks’ comic history.

Created in Tomb of Dracula #10, Blade is the Daywalker – a pseudo-vampire committed to killing his undead kin. But while the character has a definite pop culture presence, Marvel has spent most of its comic history ignoring Blade, leaving him as one of few comic heroes with such a sparse history, to the extent that his modern comics keep going to the Wesley Snipes adaptation for inspiration.

The comic book canon of Blade, or lack thereof, has drawn criticism from Bassam Tariq, the director of Marvel’s upcoming Blade movie. During an interview with The Playlist Podcast (via Gizmodo), Tariq expressed how fans shouldn’t expect his movie to have heavy ties to the comic books because “the reality is there is no Blade canon … unfortunately, the runs never lasted that long.” For a character who has existed in the comic book world for nearly 50 years at this point, Blade should be able to claim a few notable epics to his name. Sadly, even the comics reference Blade’s movie presence more than his graphic novels.

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Blades New Comics Prove MCU Directors Criticisms Right

The Darkhold: Blade #1 – from Daniel Kibblesmith & Federico Sabbatini – may be a fun comic, but it’s also a love letter to 1998’s Blade, with visual elements and plot details reinterpreted in new ways. Meanwhile, Death of Doctor Strange: Blade #1 by Danny Lore and Dylan Burnett opens with a recreation of the famous, bloody opening party rave scene from the movie. While this comic does dig into the history of Marvel’s vampires, it’s actually a Doctor Strange comic (where Blade teamed-up with the Sorcerer Supreme) that steers the plot. Even Blade’s powers as a pseudo-vampire were imported into the comics after they proved popular in other media.

It’s not that any of these stories are bad – they’re not, and Blade fans will certainly appreciate the references – but they do speak to Tariq’s point about how Blade’s comics have failed to give the hero the same background other superheroes enjoy in abundance. Blade has enjoyed lore-heavy adventures, but they’ve never lasted long enough to find a mass readership and influence how Blade is seen in pop culture. Hopefully, Blade’s current renaissance can grant him enough standout moments to build stronger foundations of comic lore, so that future Blade comics will be able to reference iconic comic moments rather than remixing the movies.

Link Source : https://screenrant.com/blade-movie-criticisms-comics-lore-bassam-tariq-darkhold/

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