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Comic Zombie Podcast #36: The Blade Trilogy

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Issue 36: The Blade Trilogy

“There are worse things out tonight than vampires…” – Blade

On today’s episode, Chris and Erik talk all things Blade – the vampire slayer! We breakdown the original Blade trilogy (starring Wesley Snipes), talk about the character’s Marvel comics origins (first appearing in 1973’s “Tomb of Dracula” #10), and discuss what we hope to see in the MCU with Oscar-winning actor, Mahershala Ali as the iconic ‘day walker’!

Movies / Shows Discussed:

  • Blade (1998)
  • Blade II (2002)
  • Blade: Trinity (2004)
  • Blade: The Series (2006, Spike TV)
  • Blade: The Anime Mini-Series (2011)

(Episode edited by Chris Carroll)

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Comic Zombie Podcast #34: “HELLBOY” (Comics vs Movies)

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Issue 34: “HELLBOY” (Comics vs Movies)

“Behind this door, a dark entity. Evil, ancient, and hungry…” – Abe Sapien

 “Oh, well. Let me go in and say hi.” – HellBoy

Erik and Chris get together to talk some “HellBoy”! Mike Mignola’s comics from Dark Horse, the Guillermo del Toro duology starring Ron Perlman (and Doug Jones), the 2019 movie with David Harbour, the animated movies, the latest video game, the spin-off comics, and the upcoming reboot based on Mike Mignola’s “The Crooked Man”!

Movies Discussed:

  • HellBoy (2004)
  • HellBoy II: The Golden Army (2008)
  • HellBoy (2019)
  • The HellBoy Animated Movies: “Sword of Storms” and “Blood and Iron”

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(Episode edited by Chris Carroll)

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