Blade Epic Collection: Nightstalkers

Blade the vampire hunter is one of Marvel’s biggest cult favorite characters, and this volume containts some of his most exciting adventures from the 1990s!

Rise of the Midnight Sons! Dracula returns to the realm of the unliving -- but Blade, along with fellow vampire-hunter Frank Drake, are determined to make sure his revival is short-lived! Then, as a new era of horror dawns in the Marvel Universe, Blade joins Ghost Rider and Johnny Blaze in a looming war with the ancient demon, Lilith! But the Daywalker won’t fight alone -- he has a new crew! Blade, Drake and former vampire Hannibal King form the Nightstalkers -- and the hours of darkness are no longer safe for the forces of evil! And that includes Baron Strucker’s Hydra and cult leader Shiv! But will the Punisher stand with or against the Nightstalkers?

COLLECTING: Tomb of Dracula (1991) 1-4, Nightstalkers (1992) 1-6, Ghost Rider (1990) 31, material from Midnight Sons Unlimited (1993) 1

An award-winning writer since 1973, Marv Wolfman succeeded mentor Roy Thomas as Marvel’s editor in chief. Well-remembered for his Tomb of Dracula scripts, he also enjoyed runs on Dr. Strange, Fantastic Four and Nova, among other titles. New Teen Titans, his 1980s collaboration with George Pérez, became DC Comics’ biggest hit in years. Wolfman and Pérez literally rewrote DC history with Crisis on Infinite Earths. He subsequently penned episodes for such animated TV series as G.I. Joe, Transformers and others.

D.G. Chichester is an American comic book writer. Beginning in 1987, Chichester started writing comics for Marvel. His credits include Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. in 1990-1992, and Nightstalkers in 1992-1993. He had a long run on Daredevil from 1991 to 1995, where he scripted the ＂Fall of the Kingpin＂ and ＂Fall From Grace＂ story arcs.

Howard Mackie got his start at Marvel during the late 1980s as an editor and then a writer. One of his first series as full-time scribe was 1990’s massively popular Ghost Rider, which introduced the alter ego Danny Ketch to the mythos of the Spirit of Vengeance. He also wrote prolifically in the Spider-Man and X-Men titles of the ’90s.

The unique, shadowy style of Gene Colan (1926-2011) most memorably appeared in long stints on Captain America and Daredevil, and all 70 issues of Tomb of Dracula -- among the dozens of other Marvel titles he has drawn. His DC work on Detective Comics and Night Force is equally well remembered. During the Golden Age, he drew multiple war stories for Marvel and DC alike. Colan has earned several Eagle Awards and had professional art showings in New York City. His work on Ed Brubaker’s Captain America at the age of 82 drew well-deserved raves.

Having begun his career on G.I. Joe, Eisner Award-nominated artist Ron Garney is known for well-received runs on Captain America and Amazing Spider-Man. He has teamed with writer Jason Aaron on Wolverine, Wolverine Weapon X and Ultimate Captain America. Garney has also contributed design work to such films as Will Smith’s I Am Legend and Nicolas Cage’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. His later Marvel work includes Uncanny X-Force and a collaboration with Charles Soule on Daredevil. Garney reunited with Aaron on Thor: God of Thunder and then the creator-owned Men of Wrath for Marvel’s Icon imprint.

After an artistic apprenticeship under famed father Joe Kubert, Andy Kubert got his start on DC’s space-opera variations Adam Strange and Warlord, as well as the best-selling crossover Batman vs. Predator in collaboration with brother Adam. Kubert’s Marvel career began with a six-year stint on X-Men -- continuing into Thor, Ka-Zar, Ghost Rider and others. He collaborated with Orson Scott Card on Ultimate Iron Man, Neil Gaiman on Marvel 1602 and Paul Jenkins on Wolverine: Origin.