Author: Various
Artist: Various
Release date: 2024 (tpb)
Contains spoilers
The Blurb: Collects Blood Hunters (2024) #1-4 and Hallows' Eve: The Big Night.
Your favorite Marvel heroes vs. vampires! Discover how the shattering events of BLOOD HUNT cover the breadth of the Marvel Universe! Hawkeye is on the run, but does he have enough trick arrows in his quiver to avoid both the long arm of the law and vampires out for his blood?! And the same question applies to Kate Bishop! Man-Wolf and J. Jonah Jameson do a little father-son bonding - while also fighting for their lives against a horde of bloodsuckers! But what happens when a group of vamps get a taste of the Hulk's gamma-irradiated plasma? Plus: The vengeance of Doctor Doom! The cosmic power of the Silver Surfer! The fury of Hellcow! And with Cloak missing in action, Dagger strikes out in search of new and surprising allies. Witness the genesis of Marvel's wildest team yet: the Blood Hunters!
The review: The third of the Blood Hunt crossover event that I have read, this was the most diverse. Starting with a Hawkeye story – hunted by law enforcement, disguising himself by growing a moustache, he is caught just as sundeath occurs and then he, and the cops, have more important things to deal with. However the graphic novel jumps in and out of stories and there is a wide variety of content and Marvel characters including Man-Wolf, Elsa Bloodstone, Dagger, Hulk and Dr Doom. A standout moment was the blessing of a rooftop water tower and then exploding the contents down onto the vampire filled street below.
However, for me the reason to get this volume (beyond the whole event) is because Marvel bring back Hellcow… indeed not just Hellcow, but her calf too. The concept of a vampire cow might seem silly, but I love it and they manage to give this strip a gravitas despite the subject. Again, the multitude of characters might be confusing for casual Marvel readers, but the book contains many separate tales, which work in that self-contained way amongst the larger event and are, for the most part, street level. 7 out of 10.
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