Blade Vol. 2: Sins of the Father (Marvel Comics) [Paperback]

Marc Guggenheim (Author), Howard Chaykin (Illustrator)

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Marvel (October 17, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785123652
• ISBN-13: 978-0785123651
• Product Dimensions: 1 x 1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #223,933 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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A native of Long Island, New York, Marc practiced law at one of Boston's most prestigious firms for over four years before leaving to pursue his dream of writing professionally. That legal experience led to a staff position on David E. Kelley's Emmy-winning show about Boston attorneys, "The Practice." That same year, he sold his screenplay, "Musical Chairs," to Sid Sheinberg's The Bubble Factory.

These opportunities led to an invitation to join the writing staff of "Law & Order," where he wrote for three seasons before moving on to the critically-acclaimed series "Jack & Bobby," and later, the ratings juggernaut "CSI: Miami." It was "Jack & Bobby" that introduced Marc to Greg Berlanti and the two resolved to create a show together, a pact which led to the development of Eli Stone, for which they received a Writers Guild Award nomination for Best Drama Teleplay.

That year, Marc added comic books and videogames to his growing body of work. His first published comic book was a two-issue story for DC's "Aquaman," which he parlayed into two critically-acclaimed runs on Marvel Comics' premier super-hero, Wolverine. In November 2007, Marc launched his first creator-owned series with Oni Press, entitled Resurrection, which has been optioned as a feature film by Universal Pictures.

Marc's other comic book credits include Amazing Spider-Man, Young X-Men, Supreme Power, Superman/Batman, The Flash, Blade, Super Zombies and Galactica 1980.

His videogame work includes: "Call of Duty 3," "Perfect Dark Zero," and "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," which was nominated for a WGA Award for Best Writing.

But Marc hasn't left television. While writing and producing the Eli pilot, Greg pulled Marc in to help him produce the first season of "Brothers & Sisters," which has become a Top-20 hit for ABC, where he now has a development deal.

Marc continues to collaborate with Greg as a co-writer on the feature film version of "Green Lantern" to be directed by Martin Campbell for Warner Bros.

Marc currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife Tara (a fellow TV writer and WGA nominee, who is co-creator of the CW dramedy Reaper), their daughters, and their cat Rocky.

Marc's personal website is www.legalscribe.net.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The final issues to a SOLID RUN! Hard to do with Blade..., February 6, 2010

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This review is from: Blade Vol. 2: Sins of the Father (Marvel Comics) (Paperback)

A solid final 6 issues to this 12 issue BLADE series by Marc Guggenheim. The end ties in very well with TOMB OF DRACULA and taps into Blade's past. Very entertaining and just as good as the first volume. This series is cool because it attempts and succeeds in making Blade more than a stock character for the Marvel Universe.

***SPOILERS***
Blade's past catches up with him as he finds Lucas Cross and discovers that he really is his father and that his mother was a native of LATVERIA. Hannibal King helps Blade find an old friend and all of this culminates in meeting DRACULA himself. OH AND BEFORE ANY OF THIS HAPPENS, BLADE ACTUALLY DIES!

Great book! It's a shame BLADE is so underrated.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Dead again, October 20, 2007

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This review is from: Blade Vol. 2: Sins of the Father (Marvel Comics) (Paperback)

Marc Guggenheim's (Wolverine) launch of a new Blade series comes to an end with his second storyarc, Sins of the Father. In these issues, the vampire hunter attempts to learn the truth in regards to whether or not the man claiming to be his father really is, and in the meantime, comes across an uber-vamp priest that actually, gasp!, ends up killing Blade. Well, not really, but that is how the back cover of this TPB sells itself. Later on, Tomb of Dracula favorite vamp/private detective Hannibal King pops up out of nowhere as he and Blade team up, and then Guggenheim surprisingly wraps things up well as the series comes to a close. Sins of the Father provides decent amounts of action, but once again, the character of Blade doesn't work out so well in comic form as opposed to the world of film. This is the one abnormality in the comic book world that no single writer who has ever tackled Blade (besides his creator Marv Wolfman) has been able to change, and it looks as if it never will either. Howard Chaykin's artwork is once again an acquired taste, but what is a real treat is the concluding pages of the TPB are drawn by industry legend and Blade and Tomb of Dracula co-creator Gene Colan as Guggenheim brings everything to a close. All in all, Sins of the Father is worth a look at the very least, but like Undead Again before it, whether or not you like it is entirely up to the reader.