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While rival DC focused on building a media empire around the popularity of two of its signature entities, Superman and Batman, Marvel’s first dedicated foray into film production was a surprising choice. Stephen Norrington’s Blade (1998) was based on an obscure, supporting character, who first appeared in 1973 in the tenth issue of the horror comic book, The Tomb of Dracula. Since then, The Marvel Cinematic Universe has exploded with a plethora of stand-alone and “team up” films, such as Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), X-Men: First Class (2011), The Avengers (2012), Guardians of The Galaxy (2014) and many other films in a seemingly endless series of films with no end in sight.
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Ebert, Roger.2004, December 7. Review: Blade: Trinity. RogerEbert.com,. Web.
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Dixon, W.W., Graham, R. (2017). The Marvel Universe. In: A Brief History of Comic Book Movies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47184-6_3
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