Blade The Early Years Omnibus HC (2023 Marvel) 1A-1ST
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Dave Wilkins Cover
1st printing. Collects The Tomb of Dracula (1972-1979 1st Series) #10, 12-14, 24, 30, 41-43, 45, 51, 53 and 58; Marvel Preview (1975-1981 Magazine) #3; Fear (1970=1975 Marvel) #24; Doctor Strange (1974-1987 2nd Series) #61-62 and 67, and material from The Tomb of Dracula (1972-1979 1st Series) #17-19, 21, 44, 46-50 and 52; Vampire Tales (1973-1975) #8-9; Marvel Preview (1975-1981 Magazine) #8; and Marvel Comics Presents (1988-1995) #64. Written by Marv Wolfman, Chris Claremont, Steve Gerber, Roger Stern, and Marcus McLaurin. Art by Gene Colan, P. Craig Russell, Tony DeZunga, Rico Rival, Dan Green, Steve Leialoha, Malcolm Davis, Jacki Abel, Tom Palmer, Joseph Adiletta, and Al Williamson. Cover by Dave Wilkins. Blade hit the comics scene in the 1970s - a time when horror movies were all the rage and Black cinema was introducing bold new action heroes who defied authority. Blade immediately changed the stakes of Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan's TOMB OF DRACULA, bringing a sense of unstoppable determination as he pursued Deacon Frost, the vampire who killed his mother. And if a few other vampires died along the way, all the better! This Omnibus collects, for the first time, Blade's complete early adventures: from his influential role in TOMB OF DRACULA to his 1970s solo stories and his climactic battle against Dracula alongside Doctor Strange! Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 720 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $100.00.
