At an event for retailers yesterday, Blood Hunt writer and event architect Jed MacKay and Marvel Comics VP Executive Editor Tom Brevoort laid out the full scope of the comic book saga, teased its biggest mysteries, hyped up the lasting impact it will have on the Marvel Universe, and answered some big questions.
Today, Marvel Comics has shared preview pages from the event teasing the blood and gore awaiting Earth's Mightiest Heroes when a horde of vampires is unleashed.
The event kicks off when various vampire factions, united for the first time in millennia, engineer a global attack using Darkforce energy to block out the sun. Having lurked in the shadows of the Marvel Universe since its very beginning, they're freed to feed on humanity as heroes and villains alike fall prey to their overwhelming bloodlust.
"As we’ve seen in Moon Knight, I keep chucking vampires in!" MacKay told retailers. "And [Blood Hunt] is a logical extension of that. I started gathering ideas and figuring out what we want to do from there, and a lot is keyed in from the work we’re doing on Moon Knight, and Doctor Strange is a natural vector into that. If there’s an Earth-shaking event, the Avengers will be the first on the scene.”
Brevoort added, "This just seemed like a natural rise of all of these vampire threads that we could pull together and weave into an interesting tapestry. This would cover the full spectrum of the Marvel Universe in a justifiable event that doesn’t come out of nowhere."
As for planned "Red Band" editions of the comic which up the violence, MacKay said, "[The Red Band scenes] aren't just happening to background characters. We're also seeing our heroes being impacted in a much more violent way."
"The best page for the Red Band edition in issue #1 is the last page of the book," Brevoort noted. "We can't reveal it since it gives away too much of the plot, but you'll know it when you get there."
Check out a lettered preview of Blood Hunt #1 below and stay tuned for more on this one as we have it. With vampires slowly starting to make their presence felt in the MCU, we can't help but wonder whether this could inspire a future movie or TV show...
BLOOD HUNT #1
Written by JED MACKAY
Art and Cover by PEPE LARRAZ
Colors by MARTE GRACIA
Letters by VC’s CORY PETIT
On Sale 5/1