Sheriff Blade and Boss Dracula work together in Marvel's Vampire Nation

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Marvel Comics brings back Blade to play spy games for Dracula in Vampire Nation

Blade: Vampire Nation #1 art
Blade: Vampire Nation #1 art (Image credit: Marvel Comics)

Blade vs. Dracula sounds like a fight made in heaven (or maybe hell…) especially since Blade first appeared in the '70s Tomb of Dracula title. 

But in Marvel's Blade: Vampire Nation one-shot from writer Mark Russell and artist Dave Wachter, on sale in November, Blade will work for Dracula to root out a secret assassination plot in the literal Vampire nation of which he is 'Sheriff'.

Blade: Vampire Nation #1 cover (Image credit: Marvel Comics)

The world's most famous vampire calls on Sheriff Blade after a member of the fledgling Vampire Nation's government is assassinated and Eric must uncover a plot that could destroy the country in its infancy.

Blade is the so-called 'Sheriff' of Dracula's Vampire Nation, where it is eternally night. The Marvel Universe's vampire population was relegated to their own country in a treaty with the Avengers when Dracula tried to conquer the rest of the world.

Blade remained in the Vampire Nation, vowing to police its population - including Dracula himself.

Here's a first look at pages from the one-shot: 

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Blade: Vampire Nation #1
(Image credit: Marvel Comics)

Blade: Vampire Nation goes on sale November 16 with a cover from Valerio Giangiordano, seen above.

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George Marston
George Marston
Entertainment Writer

I've been Newsarama's resident Marvel Comics expert and general comic book historian since 2011, and now I'm the Entertainment Writer at GamesRadar+. I've also been the on-site reporter at most major comic conventions such as Comic-Con International: San Diego, New York Comic Con, and C2E2. Outside of comic journalism, I am the artist of many weird pictures, and the guitarist of many heavy riffs. (They/Them)