Blade

A creature of the mid-1980s independent comics scene, this Blade emerged in 1986 from the pages of AC Comics' The Vic Bridges Fazers Sketchbook and Fact File — a publication that doubled as both showcase and behind-the-scenes document for creator Vic Bridges and Bill Black's imaginative universe. With only a handful of catalog appearances spread across Venture and the Sketchbook itself, this is very much a rare find, the kind of character that rewards dedicated diggers into Copper Age independents. Sharing those pages with figures like Halftron, Photon, and Cherry White, Blade inhabits a colorful corner of AC's distinctive publishing world — and for collectors who love the scrappy, creator-driven spirit of '80s indie comics, that's more than enough reason to seek these issues out.