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hold back Spoilers for Avengers ( 2023 ) # 15!As vampires swarm the Marvel Universe in the publisher’sBlood Huntevent , Captain Americahas made some upgrades , turning his shield into the ultimate arm against a villain he ’s been fighting since the 1940s . There are few affair more hearty than find a Nazi get their comeuppance , but see a Nazi vampire burn might just take the patty .
In apreview shared by AIPTfor the upcomingAvengers#15 , Captain America ’s Modern silver gray - draw shell proves to be an effective balk against Baron Blood , his vampiric scourge , who burns at its touch .
As seen inAvengers#14,Cap has upgraded his shieldto scrap the lamia swarming the earth in the eventBlood Hunt . With the main Avengers roster part disenable and multiple heroes turn into vampires themselves , Cap has take the lead of a young sheet - tag Avengers team , sporting upgraded anti - vampire weaponry . Now , Baron Blood ca n’t evenholdCap ’s shield without burning .
Blood Hunt prim Blade as Marvel ’s novel top villain , but his journeying toward evil began with author Bryan Hill ’s belated miniseries on the Daywalker .
Captain America’s Upgraded Shield Helps Him Take Down Baron Blood
Blood Hunt#1– Written By Jed Mackay; Art By Pepe Larraz; Color by Marte Gracia; Lettering by Cory Petit
What will be fun about Captain America ’s part inBlood Huntwill be line up out how Cap help rally the Marvel Universe ’s ohmic resistance against the vampire .
Interestingly , stock Huntis only the later in Cap ’s farseeing chronicle of fight back the supernatural , a surprising trend throughout thecharacter ’s nearly century - long history . The original Baron Blood , John Falsworth , was introduce in 1976’sInvaders ( Vol . 1)#7 in a flashback story establishing him as a British aristocrat who bend himself into a lamia before joining the German military and eventually becoming a Nazi supersoldier . Like so many vampires , Falsworth has died and been resurrected multiple clock time , and he ’s also had multiple successors . That sound out , his dialogue inAvengers#15 proves that this is the original .
Now he has joined the world vampire coup that’sostensibly under the control of Blade , who appears to have turn evil . What will be fun about Captain America ’s character inBlood Huntwill be observe out how Cap helps muster the Marvel Universe ’s resistance against the lamia . Jed Mackay , writer of both Avengers and the mainBlood Hunttitle , has emphasized Cap as a symbolization of promise , with Black Panther specifically sacrifice himself to relieve Sam Wilson ’s Cap inBlood Hunt#1 because of the symbolic importance of him being the one to jib tyranny .
Captain America Is No Stronger To The Horror Side Of The Marvel Universe
Invaders (Vol. 1)#7 – Written By Roy Thomas; Art By Frank Robbins; Ink By Vince Colletta; Color By Phil Rachelson; Lettering By John Costanza.
A large part of Captain America ’s familiarity with the supernatural stem from his 1940s origin ; it makes mother wit that during his early twelvemonth , he would have been relate with other pulpy custom of the time , include classic horror villains like vampires .
For a character with a very sci - fi and military descent , Captain America has had a astonishingly foresighted chronicle with the supernatural . Even besides Baron Blood , Hydra itself has sometimes leaned into the occult , with a strain of Lovecraftian horror inherent in their organisation . Then there was ‘ Capwolf , ’ from " Man and Wolf , " the famous story whereCaptain America was turned into a werewolfand teamed up with other Lupine - themed heroes . Even Cap ’s current series , J Michael Straczynski’sCaptain America , has featured Cap dealing with actual , metaphysical demons .
The"Man and Wolf"storyline hap inCaptain America ( Vol . 1)#402 - 408 , write by Mark Greunwald , pencil by Rik Levins , inked by Danny Bulanadi , Don Hudson , Ray Kryssing , and Steve Alexandrov , gloss by Gina Going & George Roussos , and letter by Joe Rosas .
A bombastic part of Captain America ’s closeness with the supernatural stems from his 1940s origin ; it make mother wit that during his other year , he would have been associate with other pulpy traditions of the time , let in classical horror villain like vampires . It is actually surprising that " Captain America vs Nazi vampire " was n’t an innovation of the 1940s , or even the ‘ 70s , which find a vampire rebirth , withTomb of Draculaintroducing character like Blade and Marvel ’s Dracula . As this upcoming gravy boat against Baron Blood prove , Captain Americais more than well-to-do against repugnance monsters , specially with his fresh shield equipped .
author : Marvel Comics , AIPT
avenger # 15 ( 2024 )
Release Date :
June 12 , 2024
Writers :
Jed Mackay
Artists :
C.F. Villa
Cover Artist :
Joshua Cassara
rakehell HUNT TIE - IN : A BLOODY BRAWL ON A VAMPIRE - INFESTED HELICARRIER ! Captain America ’s advertizement hoc team of Avengers old and raw must face a opposition command an army of vampires … … IN THE SKY ! With a group of in spades pedestrian heroes ! Do n’t miss this action - compact , bloody narration of heroism and hemoglobin !
ab initio debuting in 1940 , Captain America is the patriotically themed superhero who has shared the title with only a few individuals . Beginning with Steve Rogers , Captain America ’s birth result from a frail man take part in an observational U.S. Army crack - soldier tribulation , which hue him with tops - human ability . The case is often depicted wielding a nigh unbreakable and aerodynamic shell made of vibranium that they habituate to maintain and attack their foeman .
