BLADE LEADS HIS DEAD ARMY! After expanding his dark powers with Dracula and the Hulk, and then traveling into the depths of the underworld to learn more about the Adana, Blade is finally prepared to lead a charge against her. Now, as a Master of Darkness himself, Blade builds an army of undead monsters from the underworld to rise against the Adana's own supernatural armies... ...by luring them into a trap, with Blade himself as the bait!
Rated T+
Pinti delivers some great art in the issue. The visuals deliver great action and adventure that drew me in. Read Full Review
Blade #9 does exactly what a penultimate issue should do – establish the stakes and set the stage for an impossible-to-win battle. Hill's latest issue gives the arc badly-needed purpose and direction, and the art is solid. Read Full Review
The road from hell is less about intentions and more meaningful character work. Read Full Review
It's a frustrating rush to a conclusion that still features some solid action sequences and the promise of Blade at its best next month in the finale. Here's hoping. Read Full Review
This is the Blade comic that I want. It should not have taken us 9 issues to get here! The background characters of Tulip and what's her name are pretty flat; them having some personality would go a long way.
I'm glad this book as been able to maintain this level of quality. I enjoyed the first three issues, especially #3, but then things took a hard turn at #4 & #5. Though, it's all been good reading. Here, Hill and Pinti do a good job in their respective roles. I'm not sure how I feel about this series doing a bit more comedy (at least from what I've noticed), but it's entertaining. I just hope the next issue sticks the landing, especially with the battle between Blade and the Adana being built since the beginning.
Fun issue with some classic Blade action. Set up for the final battle of this arc
So I did chuckle at a couple of points like "What about Tanaka" " I believe he has gone insane'. How was that suppose to be written to get a chuckle out of me? I dont think so, but I try to laugh where I can in this series as it is such a miss. The art really brings it down. At least there were some other genuinely funny moments in this one.
The set up is nice and I do look forward to the final fight. Better than many of the previous issues which were so weak.
Overall, story is a big step up, art is still a mess.
This story has just overstayed its welcome. This should have wrapped up in issue 6. Instead, we are now on issue 9 and the battle between the Blade and Adana is finally coming to a head. The beginning with the werewolf was fun and the infiltration of the library. This was definitely a better issue that last few. This run started out strong, dipped to weak, and I hope it ends strongly. If they had cut out the train and the Dracula issue, we could have gotten to this more quickly.
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