Blade: The Vampire-Hunter
Marvel · 1994–1995 · 10 issues
About the series
In the mid-90s, Marvel gave the half-vampire Daywalker his first ongoing series, Blade: The Vampire-Hunter, a gritty 10-issue run that leaned into the character’s street-level horror and action. Writers Ian Edginton and Terry Kavanagh, alongside artists Douglas H. Wheatley, Douglas Wheatley, and Nick Napolitano, crafted a moody, visceral saga that deepened Blade’s war on the undead before his leap to the big screen. This series matters as an early, focused expansion of a then-niche cult figure into a solo headliner, setting the tone for his modern legacy.