Blade's greatest hope rests with the last person he wants to ask - a hostile ex! Blade travels to Japan to meet with a high-end supernatural arms dealer who may be the key to defeating the Adana, the deadly threat Blade has inadvertently unleashed upon the world! But first he'll have to protect the arms dealer from the underground that wants her head.
Rated T+
Blade #2 gives the vampire hunter much more to hunt. Beautifully balanced when it comes to its structure, the comic takes its time delivering the story. Read Full Review
Casagrande delivers fantastic art throughout the issue. The visuals are perfect for this story and character and the action is phenomenal. Read Full Review
This book slays. Read Full Review
Blade remains a sleek and sexy action thriller that builds upon what Blade is best known for killing supernatural baddies and looking damn good while doing it. Read Full Review
Blade #2 slows down the pace on the hunt for Adana to fulfill a side quest to rescue a mystical arms dealer who just may have the weapon Blade is looking for. Bryan Hill's mood, atmosphere, and personality for Blade are on-point, and the art looks great, but the urgency to find Adana takes a noticeable dip. Read Full Review
Blade #2 immediately takes us on a detour for a side mission that is possibly more interesting that the main story introduced in the first issue. While that is not a good thing for the main story it does show how well Bryan Hill builds chemistry as Blade and Tulip worked well off one another. Adding in the amazing artwork by Elena Casagrande makes Blade a comic book that continues to be a hit. Read Full Review
This is leaps and bounds better than the first issue. Hill is still on fire story wise (and I will get to that in a second), but the art and colourist are much better. Especially the colourist. Like I dont know if they rushed the first one or did it while impaired but it feels way better.
Now as for the story. It is AWESOME! This is the best Blade issue I think I have read in... over a decade? This feels like an action movie. Blade get hooking up with an old flame who hates him but has got the weapons. An amazing action scene where he wipes out a helicopter by jumping out of a condo and then back into the condo before the helicopter goes down. Epic fight scenes, and he has emotions. Like action hero style emotions. Not stoic and more
A strong entry with some great character moments and intriguing plot intros.
This series keeps rolling with its icy-cool cinematic style. The dialogue is lethally sharp, exciting action happens all over the place, and it's illustrated with incredibly stylish, inventive art.
In my opinion, what holds it shy of greatness is that there's still no space for deep examination of the characters or ideas. This may be a Catch-22; if it were more insightful, it might have to be less stylish.
I think the ideas would stand up to increased scrutiny, though. I hunger to know more about Rotha and her cult and I think the author could say a lot more on the subject.
I wanna give Elena a big, fat kiss on the lips for her work. *muah*
I liked that the pace of this slowed down a bit here, as the first issue went by pretty fast. The story here is good, but at times it felt a little run of the mill. However, I still enjoyed a good amount, given my 8/10 rating. Plus, Casagrande's art is absolutely outstanding and definitely one of the strongest parts of this book, if not THE strongest. She's just on a different level with her art and I will always look forward to a book featuring her work.
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