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The Darkhold #2
The Darkhold: Blade #1
THE KING OF DEATH! Are you fanged, or are you food? The world is divided into humans and vampires – and Blade, the one who walks between them both…and kills with equal impunity. After reading from the cursed Darkhold, Blade and a cadre of other heroes were meant to enter Chthon’s dimension and stop the ancient god from destroying the Multiverse. But reading the book has changed all their lives and histories…and for Blade, the consequences are far-reaching. Vampires rule the world, and he rules over them all. But there are some heroes left—and Blade is not as omniscient as he thinks.
24 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 27, 2021
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About the author
Daniel Kibblesmith
142 books134 followersDaniel Kibblesmith is an Emmy-nominated TV writer and author from Oak Park, Illinois.
He was most recently a Co-Executive Producer for Netflix Animation’s Strip Law (2026) — as well as writing for shows like Inside Job (Netflix, 2021), Clone High (Max, 2023), The Nevers (HBO, 2021) and The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS, 2015 - 2020). He was also the writer of the televised live event Celebrating Marvel’s Stan Lee (ABC, 2019) and a writer for the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards (2017).
His next book is So You’ve Been Bitten By A Radioactive Spider: How To Survive The Marvel Universe, with illustrator Kyle Hilton from Chronicle Books and Marvel. With illustrator, Ashley Quach, he is the author of the picture books Princess Dinosaur (LBYR, 2021) and Santa’s Husband (Harper Design, 2017). He is also the author of We Wish You a Harley Christmas: DC Holiday Carols (Chronicle Books, 2020) and the co-author of the humor book, How to Win at Everything (Chronicle Books, 2013).
In comics, he’s written for characters like Spider-Man, Loki, Black Panther, Deadpool, Harley Quinn, Darkwing Duck, Rick and Morty and others for Marvel, D.C. Comics, Dynamite, Oni, Valiant Comics, Vault, Archie, Boom! Studios and possibly others. With co-writer Eliot Rahal, and artist Kendall Goode, he is co-creator of the creator-owned comic, The Doorman.
He was also a founding editor of ClickHole (2014), and has written humor for outlets like The New Yorker, McSweeneys, and The Onion News Network.
He is a frequent podcast and live comedy guest, and is married to his favorite author, Jennifer Wright. Together they have one child, a daughter who is funnier than he is.
Follow him on social media @daniel.kibblesmith.
TV & Film Representation: Underground; Verve
He was most recently a Co-Executive Producer for Netflix Animation’s Strip Law (2026) — as well as writing for shows like Inside Job (Netflix, 2021), Clone High (Max, 2023), The Nevers (HBO, 2021) and The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS, 2015 - 2020). He was also the writer of the televised live event Celebrating Marvel’s Stan Lee (ABC, 2019) and a writer for the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards (2017).
His next book is So You’ve Been Bitten By A Radioactive Spider: How To Survive The Marvel Universe, with illustrator Kyle Hilton from Chronicle Books and Marvel. With illustrator, Ashley Quach, he is the author of the picture books Princess Dinosaur (LBYR, 2021) and Santa’s Husband (Harper Design, 2017). He is also the author of We Wish You a Harley Christmas: DC Holiday Carols (Chronicle Books, 2020) and the co-author of the humor book, How to Win at Everything (Chronicle Books, 2013).
In comics, he’s written for characters like Spider-Man, Loki, Black Panther, Deadpool, Harley Quinn, Darkwing Duck, Rick and Morty and others for Marvel, D.C. Comics, Dynamite, Oni, Valiant Comics, Vault, Archie, Boom! Studios and possibly others. With co-writer Eliot Rahal, and artist Kendall Goode, he is co-creator of the creator-owned comic, The Doorman.
He was also a founding editor of ClickHole (2014), and has written humor for outlets like The New Yorker, McSweeneys, and The Onion News Network.
He is a frequent podcast and live comedy guest, and is married to his favorite author, Jennifer Wright. Together they have one child, a daughter who is funnier than he is.
Follow him on social media @daniel.kibblesmith.
TV & Film Representation: Underground; Verve
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October 28, 2021
I didn't like the Iron Man one but it had a better horror theme than this one. There was no drama whatsoever. Blade was just a dick.
May 24, 2023
First one in the dark hold series that I’m reading, and I honestly did it like it at all. It felt really rushed and honestly the writing felt bad. The premise of the story was interesting on its own but it was executed poorly, and I wish it was written better. The art style felt really kid friendly to me too, very color blocking when it was supposed to be a horror type of comic.
Honestly I don’t know anything about Blade on his own, and this was introduction for me basically for him, and I got to say I didn’t like it. Wish there was more to him and to the story.
It honestly felt stupid
Honestly I don’t know anything about Blade on his own, and this was introduction for me basically for him, and I got to say I didn’t like it. Wish there was more to him and to the story.
It honestly felt stupid
February 6, 2022
This portion of the Darkhold Event was disappointing. Coming off strong with an incredible Iron Man tale, Blade fell short by a mile. The story was hollow and lacked substance, depth, horror, or anything that would circle back to the Darkhold's intended epic sinisterness.
April 15, 2022
This was bad. Wasn't good at all.
July 31, 2022
we love u blade🫶🏾
May 10, 2024
It was cool to see blade just out for the kill, but it was a weak story for me.
January 29, 2025
It wasn't as soul crashing as Darkhold Spiderman, but the art is nice.
June 10, 2025
It was good but it was lacking something. Like I had no excitement or any emotion really it was just heh or ok the entire time
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