Summary

Marvel’snext bad event , Blood Hunt , is on the purview , and the publisher has promise its ultra - violent “ Red Band ” editions will also target A - lean heroes . This event , masterminded by Jed MacKay and Pepe Larraz , will pit the bomber against Earth ’s vampires , who have smother the world in darkness . Marvel will alsoship special “ Red Band ” editions with more panel and violence , and it will bear on its biggest image as well .

Marvel shared a first look atBlood HuntwithAIPT , including a aspect at preview pages which are shared below . Speaking toAIPT , writer MacKay and editor Tom Brevoort , revealed that the action in the Red Band edition will not simply be contained to background characters , saying that the vehemence will touch even the Avengers , who factor prominently into the preview .

MacKay and Brevoort did not exposit , but Brevoort enigmatically said the last page of the first Red Band edition was the “ best ” and would offer a great deal of penetration into the plot .

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Blood HuntHas Been Building in the Marvel Universe For Nearly 50 Years

Blood HuntWill Elevate Vampires in the Marvel Universe

While the specifics ofBlood Huntremain shrouded in secret , Marvel did discover the seminal fluid for the event have been sown “ for decades . ” lamia have been a part of the Marvel Universe for over 50 years now , arrive with the debut of DraculainTomb of Dracula . Since then , they have become a military unit to be calculate with in the Marvel Universe , and in recent years have take step to assert their king further . Dracula demonstrate the Vampire Nation , a safe harbor for the undead . While preaching peace to the world , the Vampire Nation is rotten to the substance .

The skilful Sir Frederick Handley Page for the Red Band edition in issue # 1 is the last Thomas Nelson Page of the Good Book . We ca n’t reveal it since it apply away too much of the plot , but you ’ll know it when you get there.-Tom Brevoort

Although Doctor Strange destroyed every vampire on Earth , he unexpectedly brought them back just a few years later in a bid to revive his comrade .

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Marvel’s “Red Band” Editions ofBlood HuntCould be Game Changers

And Not Even The Avengers Will Be Spared

American mainstream comics have never attempted “ Red Band ” variation in the past , and thusBlood Hunthas the opportunity to do something new and unprecedented . Marvel has experimented with bloody and trigger-happy books in the past , but they have been largely confined to out - of - universe take , such as the recentMoon Knight : Black , White and Red . Blood Huntwill bring these same sensibilities to the mainstream . The sheer violence and carnage inBlood Huntwill distribute across theMarvelUniverse afterward this year , and not even the publisher ’s A - listers will be spare .

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Blood Hunt #1 cover, featuring the Avengers and Blade as the sun sets on the Earth.