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Blade (Vampire Hunter) Reading Order

August 1, 2018 by Dave Leave a Comment

For my money, Blade has one of the most fascinating modern comics profiles of any Marvel hero.  The vampire hunter and Midnight Son didn’t truly ascend to cult favorite status until the Wesley Snipes led Blade hit theaters in 1998. 

Even with the nostalgic praise this early comic book movie trilogy elicits, Blade has still rarely found long-lasting presence in Marvel Comics. Although a seemingly perfect fit for the Marvel MAX line, Blade’s Max series is an underlooked rarity, and he’s bounced around the likes of comics such as Captain Britain, X-Men, and Mighty Avengers throughout the 2000’s.

Below you’ll find a guide to Blade comic books, from his rise in Tomb of Dracula to his return to a Midnight Sons lineup during Marvel Legacy.

Blade Comic Book Reading Order

Blade the Vampire Slayer Introduced!

Tomb Of Dracula: The Complete Collection Vol. 1

Collects: Tomb Of Dracula (1972) 1-15, Dracula Lives! 1-4

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Blade’s first appearance is in Tomb of Dracula #10, where the Daywalker, Eric Brooks, would become a regular supporting character hunting Dracula himself.

Tomb Of Dracula: The Complete Collection Vol. 2

Collects: Tomb Of Dracula (1972) 16-25, Werewolf By Night (1972) 15, Giant-Size Spider-Man 1, Giant-Size Chillers 1, Giant-Size Dracula 2, Frankenstein 7-9, Dracula Lives 5-7

This is the extent of the collected Tomb of Dracula books at time of publication, but Blade diehards will want to continue with the remainder of the series (through issue #70).

Blade: Undead By Daylight 

Collects: Tomb Of Dracula (1972) #10, 24, 58; Blade: Crescent City Blues #1

Marvel Horror: The Magazine Collection

Collects: Marvel Preview 3; Material From Marvel Preview 7-8, 12; Haunt Of Horror (1974) 1-2; Monsters Unleashed (1973) 3-9; Bizarre Adventures 25, 33

Blade: Black & White TPB

Collects: Vampire Tales #8-9, Marvel Preview #3 And #6, Blade: Crescent City Blues #1, And Marvel Shadows And Light #1

Blade and the Midnight Sons

Blade fights alongside the Midnight Sons in 90's Marvel Comics

Spirits of Vengeance: Rise of the Midnight Sons

Collects: Ghost Rider (1990) #28, 31; Ghost Rider/Blaze: Spirits Of Vengeance #1-6; Morbius: The Living Vampire (1992) #1; Darkhold: Pages From The Book Of Sins #1; Nightstalkers #1; Web Of Spider-Man (1985) #95-96 And Material From Midnight Sons Unlimited #1

As you might expect, Nightstalkers is the most Blade focused book in the Midnight Sons lineup!

Nightstalkers

Collects: Nightstalkers #1 To #18

The tagline of Nightstalkers is one tasty riff: “Blade joins Doctor Strange and Ghost Rider to combat growing vampiric evils.” The core Nightstalkers hunters are Blade, Frank Drake, and Hannibal King, you know, the private eye who focuses on vampires.

Blade ’94

Collects: Blade (1994-1995) #1 To #10

Strange Tales: Blade

Collects: Blade (1998) #1 To #3

Blade: The Vampire Hunter (’99)

Collects: Blade (1999) #1 To #6

Blade In The 2000’s

Blade stops Vampire Spidey from attacking

Blade Max

Collects: Blade #1 To #6

Tomb of Dracula (2004-2005)

Collects: Tomb Of Dracula (2004) #1 To #4

Blade Vol. 1: Undead Again 

Collects: Blade (2006) #1-6

Blade Vol. 2: Sins of the Father 

Collects: Blade (2006) #7-12

Captain Britain and MI13 – Vol. 2: Hell Comes to Birmingham

Collects: Captain Britain And Mi13 #5-9

Captain Britain and MI13 – Vol. 3: Vampire State

Collects: Captain Britain And Mi13 #10-15

Captain Britain and MI13 is an underrated Secret Invasion era gem, that I recommend all the way through, but this is the most Blade and Vampire focused part of the run.

Blade In The 2010’s

Blade in the X-Men story Curse of the Mutants

X-Men: Curse of the Mutants

Collects: X-Men (2010) #1-6

X-Men: Curse of the Mutants- Mutants vs. Vampires

Collects: X-Men: Curse Of The Mutants – Storm & Gambit, X-Men: Curse Of The Mutants – Smoke & Blood, X-Men: Curse Of The Mutants – Blade, X-Men Vs. Vampires #1-2 And Uncanny X-Men #159

Ultimate Comics Avengers: Blade vs. The Avengers 

Collects: Ultimate Avengers 3 #1-6

Mighty Avengers Volume 1: No Single Hero

Collects: Mighty Avengers 1-3, 4.Inh-5.Inh

Mighty Avengers Volume 2: Family Bonding

Collects: Mighty Avengers (2013) #6-10

Mighty Avengers Vol. 3: Original Sin – Not Your Father’s Avengers

Collects: Mighty Avengers (2013) #11-14

Secret Empire: Brave New World

Collects: Secret Empire: Brave New World #1 To #5

There’s a Blade story in issue #5

Spirits of Vengeance: War at the Gates of Hell

Collects: Spirits Of Vengeance 1-5

Damnation

Collects: Doctor Strange: Damnation #1-4, Damnation: Johnny Blaze — Ghost Rider #1, Doctor Strange (2015) #386-389, Iron Fist (2017) #78-80 And Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider #15-17

Blade the M*^$%#&* Avenger

Avengers by Jason Aaron Vol. 3: War Of The Vampires

Collects: Avengers (2018) #13-17

Featuring special guest Avenger: Blade! Plus a story of Iron Fist 1 Million BC!

Blade and the Avengers in War of the Realms!

Avengers By Jason Aaron Vol. 4

Collects: Avengers #21 to #25

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