Blade

Marvel’s 1997 Blade series, a single-issue revival by writer Marv Wolfman and artist Gene Colan, returns to the original comic-book roots of the vampire hunter before his film fame. This one-shot captures the gritty, supernatural noir of the character’s early adventures, with Wolfman and Colan—the team that co-created Blade in the 1970s—reuniting for a focused, self-contained story. It matters as a direct link to the character’s classic Marvel horror lineage, offering a pure, unadorned take from the creators who defined him.