Sep 6, 2026 · 1 hr 13 min · 28 segments
Before the MCU took over Hollywood, Blade walked so superheroes could run. In this episode of Post Credits Lounge, André Joseph and Marcos Cosme revisit the Blade trilogy starring Wesley Snipes…
Andre JosephHost
Marcos CosmeHost
In fact, I'll even go back a little bit further because being that I was somebody who read Marvel Comics and collected the trading cards as a kid, My introduction to Blade didn't actually happen until the Fox Kids Spider-Man cartoon, where it was in the second season, I believe, as Spider-Man was dealing with his...
You know, obviously his powers were starting to evolve into something very treacherous.
And, of course, any of the characters that they bring in that are part of the Marvel Universe are usually tied into the storylines.
and blade was one of them i could be wrong on this but i know he was involved in one of these major storylines in the early episodes and so knowing okay there's this guy in the mcu who's black and he hunts vampires that's pretty cool to see and I had heard that a Blade movie was happening for Wizard Comics, not Wizard Comics, Wizard Magazine, where they were talking about a number of different projects that were in the works, particularly superhero movies with black leads.
The other movie they mentioned was Steel with Shaquille O'Neal, but we're not going to talk about that today.
Well, I spoke to the director on Unfinished Business Television, which you can check out, and he had a lot of insightful things to talk about with that production.
Mark Wolfman and Gene Colan were the creators, and he was introduced in the Tomb of Dracula comic book.
And so the Daywalker thing didn't come about until much later, because originally he was just a human that was immune to being turned into a vampire.
Later on, obviously they start to expand on the character through the Night Stalkers comic books in the 90s, which I don't think lasted very long.
But essentially the lore of Blade started in the 70s and then it was very sporadic up until the movie came out.
In fact, I'll even go back a little bit further because being that I was somebody who read Marvel Comics and collected the trading cards as a kid, My introduction to Blade didn't actually happen until the Fox Kids Spider-Man cartoon, where it was in the second season, I believe, as Spider-Man was dealing with his...
You know, obviously his powers were starting to evolve into something very treacherous.
And, of course, any of the characters that they bring in that are part of the Marvel Universe are usually tied into the storylines.
and blade was one of them i could be wrong on this but i know he was involved in one of these major storylines in the early episodes and so knowing okay there's this guy in the mcu who's black and he hunts vampires that's pretty cool to see and I had heard that a Blade movie was happening for Wizard Comics, not Wizard Comics, Wizard Magazine, where they were talking about a number of different projects that were in the works, particularly superhero movies with black leads.
The other movie they mentioned was Steel with Shaquille O'Neal, but we're not going to talk about that today.
Well, I spoke to the director on Unfinished Business Television, which you can check out, and he had a lot of insightful things to talk about with that production.
Mark Wolfman and Gene Colan were the creators, and he was introduced in the Tomb of Dracula comic book.
And so the Daywalker thing didn't come about until much later, because originally he was just a human that was immune to being turned into a vampire.
Later on, obviously they start to expand on the character through the Night Stalkers comic books in the 90s, which I don't think lasted very long.
But essentially the lore of Blade started in the 70s and then it was very sporadic up until the movie came out.
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