474: Blade
Geek History Lesson
Jason Inman
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🗓️ 19 September 2023
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| 0:00.0 | Now Blade, the vampire hunter has been a part of the Marvel Universe since the early 1970s. |
| 0:20.4 | But actually I have to ask you, why, oh why, do we have so many vampire characters? |
| 0:27.4 | In comic book, superhero universes, why do you think we have all these vampires and |
| 0:34.5 | even Frankenstein's and werewolves in a superhero universe? |
| 0:39.4 | That's a really interesting question and I think it's because vampires have become |
| 0:43.1 | an enlarger pop culture kind of a shorthand for a villain. |
| 0:48.7 | We already know the basic rules and mythology, so if you're trying to build a character from |
| 0:53.2 | the ground up, a lot of that heavy lifting has actually been done for you. |
| 0:57.3 | Also, and you and I love to talk about this, particularly with Marvel comics, when science |
| 1:01.9 | and magic collide, comic books, comic books just love to play in that world and a vampire |
| 1:06.4 | is exactly that. |
| 1:07.4 | It's the intersection of that gothic literature idea of science and magic. |
| 1:11.4 | Well, there also is a part that vampires are part, they are magic, right? |
| 1:15.9 | And magic does give you the ultimate story handway that anything can happen because it's |
| 1:21.3 | magic. |
| 1:22.3 | Yeah, exactly. |
| 1:23.3 | And you can use it to weaken or strengthen anything from your superhero that you want |
| 1:29.0 | to. |
| 1:30.0 | Well, speaking of weakening and strengthening, that is a great way to strengthen this podcast |
| 1:34.1 | by starting our lesson. |
| 1:35.6 | Hello and welcome everybody to Geek History lesson. |
| 1:38.3 | I'm Jason Blackleather, Jacket Inman. |
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