Mark's Epic Blog of Randomness

 By Mark Rodriguez All the vampires in the Marvel Universes decided to team up as they forced all Dark Force users to cover up the sun, plunging the world in eternal darkness. As the Avengers fight with a group of powerful vampires called the Bloodcoven, Thor, Black Panther and Scarlet Witch are gravely injured. Elsewhere it's revealed that Blade is the one behind this as he betrays and fatally injures Doctor Strange!!! What will happen now?   The story opens in the Impossible City as Thor is being restrained (with a spike impaled in his skull) and Scarlet Witch is suffering a mental attack. Blade oversees this and says they are safe in the Impossible City, a place for monsters to call home. He asks the Black Panther how he feels, as we see that he's been turned into a vampire. Blade approaches him, telling him to try to fight him, but T'Challa can only kneel with loyalty. Blade sends T'Challa and the Bloodcoven out to their next mission. Blade says his palace is secure...

 By Mark Rodriguez Marvel has always had vampires running around, which is why we have characters like Blade to keep them in check. Even Jubilee was a vampire for a while. Blood Hunt is the story where all of Marvel's vampires decide to team up to the point where even Dracula is asking for help. This is a five-part mini-series event, with several ties ins with other comics. There was also a Red Band version with bloodier and gorier art than the original. A character might get bitten or slashed in the original but completely disemboweled in the Red Band version. I only purchased the regular version and skipped the tie-ins, so let's see where this goes. The story opens with a countdown to 'Sundeath' as several super powered individuals are being attacked or are succumbing to dark energy. Someone narrates that this is how the world will end. This has always been their work and after so very long, they will complete it. We go to Sundeath 00:15:26 in New York where Iron Man ...