
About this work
This original interior page from Nightstalkers #7 (1993) presents a towering, full‑figure image of Blade, framed by kinetic side panels that emphasize his speed and ferocity as a vampire hunter. Drawn on Marvel’s standard bleed‑page art board and marked “Issue 7, Pg. 28” at the top, the page functions as story page 20 and was auctioned with a note highlighting the “huge image of Blade” as its key visual feature. Pencilled by Ron Garney and inked by Tom Palmer, the art showcases early‑1990s Marvel storytelling: heavy blacks, dramatic foreshortening, and bold silhouettes, especially in the lower tier where Blade’s allies and silhouetted figures clash in tight, high‑contrast panels. Production paste‑up word balloons (some missing, as noted in the listing) underline the board’s status as working editorial material, bridging the gap between the original drawing and its printed comic‑book form. Within The Askia Jones Collection, this page anchors your Black Mural / superhero narrative by placing one of Marvel’s most important Black heroes directly into your original‑art holdings, connecting Blade’s 1970s origins and later cinematic impact to the gritty, horror‑inflected comics storytelling of the early 1990s.