Warning: contains spoilers for Blade: Vampire Nation #1!The new Vampire Nation, led by similar to the X-Men’s Krakoa. But unlike Krakoa, there is a dark side to the Vampire Nation. It is still hunting and preying on humans, only they are now luring them to the Nation with empty promises. As seen in Blade: Vampire Nation #1 it has morphed into a commentary on modern immigration. The issue is on sale now in print and digital.
The seeds of the Vampire Nation were sewn throughout Jason Aaron's run on The Avengers. After the team helped diffuse a civil war among vampires, Dracula began consolidating his power once again; the adventure also saw Blade the Avengers. Eventually, Dracula was able to gain access to land near the ruins of Chernobyl, in Russia and there he founded the Vampire Nation. They sought official status from the United Nations, and they were granted it, with one condition–Blade acts as its official sheriff, working to keep the Nation in line. Now, with a land in one hand and a UN charter in the other, the Vampire Nation has begun trying to position itself as a serious actor on the world stage–but one lingering question remains: where will they get the blood they need to live? The issue provides a horrifying answer.
A prominent member of Dracula’s Inner Circle has been killed, and Blade maintains his composure, even as the mayor attempts to convince him this system is better than anything in the human world. The issue is written by Mark Russell, illustrated by Dave Wachter, colored by Dee Cunniffe and lettered by Cory Petit.
Dracula's Vampire Nation is Horrifying.
The plight of humans in the Vampire Nation can be viewed as a horrifying metaphor for the status of immigrants worldwide. Vampire Nation is the most horrible. These poor souls are brought in, given everything they could want in life–only to be hunted by the Nation’s elite. This is the most insidious of them all.
So far, the rest of the world is oblivious to what is happening in the Vampire Nation, but now that Blade knows, it is only a matter of time before the Nation will have to reckon with how they treat humans–which almost certainly will lead to war. Dracula’s Vampire Nation is a horrifying metaphor for immigration, and the Marvel Universe must do something about it.
Blade: Vampire Nation #1 is on sale now from Marvel Comics!
