Blade #10 Review

Written by: Bryan Hill
Art by: Elena Casagrande
Colors by: KJ Diaz
Letters by: VC’s Cory Petit
Cover art by: Elena Casagrande
Cover price: $3.99
Release date: April 24, 2024

Blade #10 ends the arc and the series with a final, fateful battle on a cliff.

Is Blade #10 Good?

Did you ever get the feeling a writer was told to “Wrap it up fast”? Yeah. Bryan Hill probably got that word passed down from on high because for all the build-up of the Adana as an ultra-powerful threat that makes even Dr. Strange and Satana Hellstrom say “No, thank you,” this ending is as generic as it gets.

When last we left Blade, he visited Satan Hellstrom for advice on how to draw the Adana out and face him in a (third?) round of fighting. The advice? Disrupt an ancient library of dark magic and books that the Adana is contractually sworn to protect. Blade takes that advice to the extreme by slaughtering the librarians and burning the library down.

Now, hold onto your leather overcoats. Blade fights a pile of vampires on top of a skyscraper as a first wave. Satana transports him to a cliffside where Adana is waiting. Fighting ensues. Blade uses vampire trickery to get the Morningstar sword away from Adana. Draven stabs Adana with said sword. The end.

Where was all that ultra-powerful magic that Adana used to easily best Blade at the beginning of the series? Probably struck through on a Marvel editor’s desk somewhere that says “Too powerful. Blood Hunt is coming. End this now.”

What’s great about Blade #10? It’s over. Now Bryan Hill can move on to bigger, better things. In fairness, the good guys won, so that’s something.

What’s not so great about Blade #10? This ending is so generic and lackluster that I can see how somebody would accuse Marvel of using A.I. to manufacture a script just to get to the finish line as quickly as possible. There are no surprises, depth, or nuance.

About The Reviewer: Gabriel Hernandez is the Publisher & EIC of ComicalOpinions.com, a comics review site dedicated to indie, small, and mid-sized publishers.

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Bits and Pieces

Blade #10 ends the Adana, the arc, and Bryan Hill’s tenure on the series with the most generic, underwhelming finale possible. Casagrande’s art is solid, and in fairness, the ending is complete, but the ending only works if you accept the uber-strong threat of the Adana has suddenly become a basic demon that can be struck down with a sword.