Blade #2

In a letter to readers published in #1, write Marc Guggenheim promised that he'd give readers two Blade stories per issue.  "Bargains in Time" is mostly one self-contained flashback story (via time travel), but there are many threads that lead from the main story to a large Blade epic.  Though not as manic as the first issue, #2 doesn't disappoint and certainly left me asking for more.

The art team of penciler/inker Howard Chaykin and colorist Edgar Delgado have given this book its own vibe, and that's a good thing.  It has a catchy visual rhythm like a cranked up videogame that knows it has an audience won't be ignored.  This issue also contains of a four-page ad insert for the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter comic book coming from Dabel Brothers Productions and Marvel.  If only that vampire comic book was as good as our Blade.

7/10