Marvel Comics is giving mature readers the opportunity to get even more out of its upcoming vampire-centric event series Blood Hunt.
On its official website, Marvel announced that each issue of the main Blood Hunt series by Jed MacKay and Pepe Larraz will be getting a “Red Band Edition.” “Labeled with a Parental Advisory and polybagged to keep those weak of heart from experiencing its intensity, the RED BAND EDITIONS will contain additional pages and more graphic art too explicit for the regular edition,” the publisher explains. “BLOOD HUNT will mark the first time that a different edition of the same Marvel comic book is produced for more mature readers, fitting for this blood-soaked saga where vampires will viciously sink their teeth into your favorite heroes!”
Check out Pepe Larraz’s cover art for Blood Hunt #1 (of 5) – Red Band Edition below:
“The most appealing part of drawing BLOOD HUNT, apart from the chance to work with Jed for the first time (who I kept hearing the best of things from all my colleagues and fans), was the chance to go full TERROR mode in a vampire story,” Larraz said. “The Red Band pages are really interesting to me. They allow me to convey the dark, violent, bloody tone of this particular story, and flex new muscles that I don’t usually get to use in a super hero comic. And, I’m not going to lie, they’re so fun!”
What is Marvel’s Blood Hunt about?
The Blood Hunt event will see a vampire scourge descend upon the Marvel Universe. This gory tale will be told in a five-issue limited series written by MacKay, illustrated by Larraz, and colored by Marte Gracia. Marvel also promises a number of tie-in issues and spin-off limited series — which the publisher will announce at a later time.
A synopsis for Blood Hunt reads as follows: “The skies have gone dark, and the sun is hiding its face from the carnage to come. The children of the night, the vampires, have risen from the dark and hidden places of the world as one to drown the Marvel Universe in blood. Earth’s final night has fallen — can even the heroes of this doomed world stem the tide of blood that is to come? Join the Avengers, Blade, Bloodline, Spider-Man, Hunter’s Moon, Tigra, Doctor Strange, and Clea as the dance of death begins.”
MacKay and Larraz’s main Blood Hunt series launches on May Day. Just three days later — on Saturday, May 4 — Marvel will spotlight the event in a Free Comic Book Day one-shot that will also preview the future of the X-Men.
Blood Hunt #1 goes on sale Wednesday, May 1 from Marvel Comics.
