- "Sorry, whacked-out kids ain't my game."
- ―Blade
| "Huskie" | |
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| Blade | |
| Title: | "Huskie" |
| Volume: | 5 |
| Number: | 6 |
| Cover price: | $2.99 |
| Cover date: | October, 2002 |
| Publisher: | Marvel Comics MAX |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Joe Quesada |
| Writers: | Christopher Hinz |
| Pencilers: | Homs |
| Inkers: | Homs |
| Cover artists: | Tim Bradstreet |
| Cover inker: | Tim Bradstreet |
| Cover colorist: | Tim Bradstreet |
| Colorists: | Atomic Paintbrush |
| Letterers: | Richard Starkings; Comicraft |
| Associates: | Kelly Lamy |
| Editors: | Bronwyn Taggart |
| Group editor: | Nanci Dakesian |
| Navigation | |
| Previous: | Blade #5 |
| Next: | — |
"The Huskie" is the title to the sixth and final issue of the fifth Blade comic book series published by Marvel Comics. This volume was produced under Marvel's mature readers "MAX" imprint. The story was written by Christopher Hinz with artwork and inks by Gregory Homs. It was colored by Atomic Paintbrush and lettered by Richard Starkings of Comicraft. The story was edited by Bronwyn Taggart with Kelly Lamy as associate managing editor and Nanci Dakesian as managing editor. This issue shipped with an October, 2002 cover date and carries a cover price of $2.99 per copy (US).
"The Huskie"[]
Featured characters
Supporting characters
Villains
Minor characters
Organizations
Races & Animals
Locations
Items
Vehicles
Powers
Miscellaneous
- Cemetery
- Dead animals
- Flashbacks
- Hospital
- Passive racism
- Profanity
- Stabbings
- Vampire deaths by impalement
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Blade was created by writer Marv Wolfman and artists Gene Colan and Jack Abel. He first appeared in the "His Name Is... Blade!" story from Tomb of Dracula #10 in July, 1973.
- This is the final issue of the series.
- This issue is UPC barcode number 759606051953 00611.
- This issue includes explicit content. Parental advisory. Reader discretion advised.
- Nanci Dakesian is credited as managing editor in this issue.
- Kelly Lamy is credited as associate managing editor in this issue.
- Artist Gregory Homs is credited as just Homs in this issue. This is the only issue of the series that he works on.
- This issue is a stand-alone tale which has no connection to the story presented in the previous five issues other than starring the titular Blade.
- This issue introduces the concept of the Huskies, which is a subspecies of vampire, characterized by their mindless, feral nature.
- Aside from Blade, Rosa Belinski is the only other character to appear in both this story and the "V3s" storyline.
Body Count[]
- "Bad Monster" vampire - Killed by Blade prior to the events of this issue.
- Elliot Flanders - Stabbed through the chest by Blade with a knife.