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Warning : Spoilers for origin Hunt # 4 ahead!The enigma ofMarvel’sBlood Huntis ultimately position bare as the miniseries ' 4th issue reveals the source behind the plot of ground to darken the sun forever : the lamia lord Varnae . But Varnae ’s chronicle run deeper than most see , extend not just back to Marvel ’s former days , but even before the ill-famed character of Dracula was ever created .
Blood Hunt#4 by Jed MacKay , Pepe Larraz , and Marte Gracia , opens with dire pass indeed : New York ’s darken skyline is blot out by an accursed Atlantean synagogue ; Doctor Strange and Clea are forced to turn to Doom for aid ; and Black Panther remains at Blade ’s twisted beck and call . With his program at the leaflet of fruition , " Blade " drop the artifice and reveals his true identicalness to a aghast T’Challa .
" [ I am ] the first lamia , my nomad spirit drape in my doomed vessel , the Daywalker ’s skin . I am Varnae,“Blade ’s trunk gloats , unwrap thatBlade ’s age - old scourge has been possess him the whole time .
In a preview for X - Men : Blood Hunt : Jubilee # 1 , the former vampire makes a stunning confession about lamia that makes them more sympathetic .
“Varnae” Is Literally The World’s First Modern Vampire
Varnae is a major part of Blade ’s ongoing loreas the lord of all vampire . He ’s the mastermind beind many of Blade ’s early dangerous undertaking , and even first attempted to own the Daywalker inBlade : The Vampire Hunter ( 1994)#5 . But Varnae ’s history in the Marvel universe extend even further than this : the case first appear in Steve Perry and Steve Bissette ’s " Tomb of Dracula : The roue Bequest " from the horror anthologyBizarre Adventures ( 1981)#33 , where he manipulate Dracula into becoming his eventual replacement . Much of Varnae ’s modern Marvel loreis continue from these former issues , including the nature of his coffin and his Atlantean roots .
Blade : The lamia Hunter#5 is by Ian Edgington , Doug Wheatley , Steve Moncuse , and Tom Ziuko .
But the name " Varnae " is itself a reference to an even older tarradiddle : the 1845 centime dreadfulVarney the Vampire , which codify many of the tropes that today make up the forward-looking concept of the vampire . Not only didVarney the Vampireheavily influence Bram Stoker ’s authorship ofDracula(making the passing of the torch inBizarre Adventures#33 all the more appropriate ) , the name " Varney " continues to show up in vampire stories as an Easter ball reference a particularly ancient vampire , such as in the third time of year of Netflix’sCastlevania(2017 ) .
Varnae Is The Result Of Marvel’s Deliberate Literary Influence
Varnae ’s relevancy extend beyond the current implications of theBlood Huntevent . Rather , the character ’s name and very existence as Marvel ’s proto - Vampire shows howearly Marvel writer were inspired by older stories , seeding notion and references to them into their funnies . It ’s a riveting reflexion on how stories influence stories and how various tropes and ingredient - like the name " Varney " - are codified and passed down over time . Marvel’sVarnaemay currently be poise to find over an Earth of total Nox , but he - and almost all vampire media - owe it to a niche story nearly two hundred onetime .
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Blood Hunt#4 ( 2024 )
