BLOOD HUNT

[Midnighter]

I am starting a topic regarding Blood Hunt because there is one detail in Blood Hunters 1 that struck me:
in the first few pages Clint Barton states that he is on the run after being accused of assassinating the Russian ambassador and that he is headed to Madripoor, with a note pointing to the Black Widow & Hawkeye miniseries.
BW&HAWK 1 offers a very precise timeline of events: Clint is in Madripoor "32 hours ago," "36 hours ago" Black Widow meets in a New York club with Mockingbird who entrusts her with the mission of finding Clint, "48 hours ago" Russian Ambassador Larionov is apparently killed by Hawkeye.
Which suggests that Blood Hunt should take place in the 12-hour time frame between Larionov's assassination and Natasha and Bobbi's meeting in a New York City with no signs of vampiric invasion...
But in ASM 49 Spider-Man says that the sun should have risen 4 hours earlier, which means that almost a full day has already passed between the Sun's dimming (which occurred during the daytime, around lunchtime) and the beginning of his adventure, which makes it very difficult for the events of BW&HAWK to fit together as I mentioned earlier. Unless at the end of the miniseries Hawkeye remains a suspect and is shuttling between New York and Madripoor for other reasons (and the note in Blood Hunters 1 would have to be ignored).

There are time indications in numerous series (Blood Hunt, Dracula, etc.), so it should be possible to draw up a timeline of events and figure out how to fit it all together; I will work on this in the next few days.

[Somebody]

There's also the question of the canonicity of the "Red Band" versions and their extra pages. Because in the normal version of Blood Hunt #1, Dr Strange is stabbed; while in the "Red Band" version he's cut in half. And Doctor Strange #15 goes with "stabbed" - https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marveld ... -spoilers/

So do we just ignore the extra pages?

[Midnighter]

There's also the question of the canonicity of the "Red Band" versions and their extra pages. Because in the normal version of Blood Hunt #1, Dr Strange is stabbed; while in the "Red Band" version he's cut in half. And Doctor Strange #15 goes with "stabbed" - https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marveld ... -spoilers/

So do we just ignore the extra pages?

Hmmm, we could imagine that Strange first gets stabbed, then cut in half, but the moment he is vampirized the "regenerating" powers come into play whereby the two halves heal together while in Clea's arms...
It would be a very laborious job of finding the right succession of panels.... I would wait to see how Blood Hunt 2 opens before making a decision.

[Midnighter]

I am compiling a chronology of Blood Hunt events, so here is the first tentative list. I am waiting to see how BLACK WIDOW AND HAWKEYE will conclude before I see whether or not I should include the events of the mini in this timeline.

Events just prior to Blood Hunt
STRANGE ACADEMY:BLOOD HUNT 1/3: Pia saves Tito Peping from a vampire but is vampirized. She is rescued by Doctor Voodoo, Titus Peeping fuses with her to protect her from the sun, and Voodoo offers her to join Strange Academy.
MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN 20: A day when there is no school in New York City: Spider-Man (Miles Morales), Shift and Ms Marvel spend the day guarding Billie Morales, and clash with Black Obsidian.
STRANGE ACADEMY: BLOOD HUNT 1/2: The child Darkhold escapes from the custody of Agatha Harkness on a train in Italy, casts a spell on a fisherman, and is transported to Madripoor.
VENGEANCE OF THE MOON KNIGHT 4: Hunter's Moon and Tigra track down the new Moon Knight and confront him, revealing him to be Shroud.

3 minutes 33 before Sundeath (morning in Atlanta, school day).
DRACULA: BLOOD HUNT 1: Dracula teleports to Atlanta as Brielle Brooks discovers at school that her powers are returning.

SUNDEATH (lunchtime in New York City): Darkforce users “explode.”
FCBD 2024: BLOOD HUNT/X-MEN 1: Spider-Man faces Doctor Dark.
BLOOD HUNT 1: Blackout, Dusk, Shroud (while fighting with Hunter's Moon), Darkstar, Nightfall, Cloak (along with Dagger), Doctor Dark, Norio, Silhouette are seen exploding.
VENGEANCE OF MOON KNIGHT 5-FB: Tigra and Moon's Hunter have just confronted Shroud when he “explodes.”
AVENGERS 13: The Avengers are having a barbecue when they see from space the explosions of Darkforce
DOCTOR STRANGE 14: Strange has just locked Mordo in the Crypt of Shadows and given Cobolorum to General Strange and is about to relax with Clea when he notices Darkforce's explosions
BLOOD HUNTERS 1, 1/2: The Jamesons are on their way to lunch together. Hawkeye (Barton) is on the run, suspected of killing Russian Ambassador Larionov, is recognized by policemen at a diner.

15 minutes later:
BLOOD HUNT 1: Scarlet Witch in New York runs into what remains of Blackout, Iron Man witnesses the darkening of the sky.
FCBD 2024: BLOOD HUNT/X-MEN 1: Reed and Sue Richards investigate the dimensional breach in Arizona.

25 minutes later:
BLOOD HUNTERS 1/2: Vampires on the attack everywhere. Avengers in action in New York City.
The Jamesons confront vampires. John Jameson turns into Man-Wolf, Jonah tries to contact Spider-Man (Peter Parker) who calls him back after a while.
MIMOSM 20: Hightail brought groceries to his mother and intervenes when vampires attack.
STRANGE ACADEMY: BLOOD HUNT 1: Some Strange Academy students (Shaylee Moonpeddle, German Aguilar, Zoe Laveau, Thoth, Guslaug, and Doyle Dormammu) are touring New Orleans with newcomer Pia when the sun goes dark and vampires attack.
FCBD 2024: BLOOD HUNT/X-MEN 1: Daredevil takes action against the Vampires in New York City. In Atlanta, Brielle Brooks returning home fights vampires and runs into Dracula.

1 hour later:
BLOOD HUNT 1: Blade meets Spider-Man (Miles Morales). The Avengers continue to fight in New York but Blade asks him to meet them in the Impossible City and has him in a truck teleport there.
Out of the truck comes the Bloodcoven (but Blade is nowhere to be seen) that attacks the Avengers: Thor and Black Panther are incapacitated, Scarlet Witch is a prisoner, Captain America (Wilson), Vision, Iron Man and Captain Marvel teleport away.

1 hr. 23 later:
BLOOD HUNT 1, DOCTOR STRANGE 15: Blade visits Strange and Clea in the Sanctum Sanctorum, and treacherously stabs and vampirizes Strange. Clea fights Blade but then makes him run away because he must face vampire Strange.
DRACULA: BLOOD HUNT 1: Bloodline allies with Dracula and the two teleport to New York, where they are “seen” by Daredevil.
BLOOD HUNT 2: Blade arrives at Impossible City, sends Bloodcoven in search of Bloodline and vampirized Black panther on another mission in Wakanda. Bloodline and Dracula battle vampires in New York City. Tigra and Hunter's Moon are joined by Spider-Man (Miles Morales) on their way to the Sanctum Sanctorum.
DOCTOR STRANGE 15: Clea separates Strange's astral form from his physical body. Shortly afterwards Tigra, Hunter's Moon and Spider-Man (Miles Morales) arrive at the Sanctum Sanctorum.
BLOOD HUNT 2: Dracula and Bloodline collide with the Bloodcoven, and are rescued by the remaining Avengers: Captain Marvel, Iron Man, Captain America (Wilson) and Vision. Vision exposes Megrim to the sun, the rest of Bloodcoven escapes, and the heroes head for the Sanctum Sanctorum.
STRANGE ACADEMY: BLOOD HUNT 1: Strange Academy students return to the school. Doctor Voodoo calls Pia for an audience, but they are interrupted by the astral form of Doctor Strange who asks Voodoo to retrieve the Darkhold to recreate the Montesi formula.
Doyle, Shaylee, Zoe, German and Pia teleport to Madripoor in search of the Darkhold.
They find it in its child form, fighting the students. He strikes and causes the unconsciousness of Titus Peping, Pia's familio, so she regresses to a vampire and bites Darkhold.
BLOOD HUNT 2: Bloodline, Dracula and the Avengers arrive at the Sanctum Sanctorum, where Spider-Man (Miles Morales) is revealed to be a vampire.
MIDNIGHT SONS:BLOOD HUNT 1: Blade lures several vampire hunters into a trap and kills them at Diner 50's. In Arizona Tulip contacts Danny Ketch to find Blade. Ketch transforms into Ghost Rider and uses the look of penance on her.
When Tulip wakes up, Johnny Blaze has also arrived. Tulip helps Ketch and Blaze in an ambush against vampires carrying a Dark Dimension demon.
In Iraq Victoria Montesi summons Lilith to perform an exorcism.
Victoria Montesi and Johnny Blaze meet in Iraq and agree to track down and eventually kill Blaze.
BLACK PANTHER: BLOOD HUNT 1: T'Challa tries to rid himself of the vampiric influence through heart shaped herb and communion with Djalia, but he does not quite succeed. He tries to protect the Wakandans from the Adze along with Shuri in Birnin Zama.

8 hours and 14 minutes later:
BLACK PANTHER: BLOOD HUNT 1: Black Panther fights vampires along with the Hatut Zeraze.

11 hours 7 minutes later:
BLACK PANTHER: BLOOD HUNT 1: Black Panther fights vampires together with the Dora Milaje

15 hours 39 later:
BLACK PANTHER: BLOOD HUNT 1: Black Panther continues to fight vampires

4 hours after the predicted sunrise (9-10 a.m.):
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 49: Spider-Man (Peter Parker) fights vampires when he receives a message from Kareem. He reaches him and helps him free White Rabbit (and Kareem himself) from vampirism. Soon after, he is surprised by Lizard.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN:BLOOD HUNT 1: Spidey and Lizard fight but are interrupted by Misty Knight who explains that they are all on the same side. They go looking for Morbius and Colleen Wing, who have been kidnapped by vampires, and end up in a Beyond laboratory under a deconsecrated church.
They escape and continue to investigate, taking refuge in Father Matthews' church.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: BLOOD HUNT 1/2: Morbius and Colleen break free but discover they have been kidnapped by vampires in the service of Theocritus, head of Hemogoblin Inc. (aka TJ, former Beyond employee). Colleen is vampirized.

24 hours later:
BLACK PANTHER: BLOOD HUNT 1: T'Challa succumbs to Blade's demands, leaves Birnin Zama and enters the Msitu Wa Dhabihu reservation.

Time later:
VENGEANCE OF MOON KNIGHT 5: 8-Ball is in conversation with Andrea Sterman and then exits the Midnight Mission to fight vampires along with Reese and Soldier.
BLOOD HUNTERS 1/3: Dagger fights vampires in the theater district and is helped by Elsa Bloodstone.
VENOM 33: Two vampires drop a coffin containing The Captive (Threkker) on New York City.
The hostless Venom symbiote feels the need to travel to the grave of Lee Price. At the site he finds a “zombiote” attacking him, while Captive, who reveals himself to be the last of a species of natural predators of the Klyntars, arrives.
Dylan Brok and Toxin (Bren Waters) seek refuge, but Bren leaves to find his father, so a vampire priest (the same one seen in Venom 150) surprises Dylan.
UNION JACK THE RIPPER: BLOOD HUNT 1: In Manchester, UK, Agent Mara Syal tries to get civilians to safety when she runs into Union Jack who is hunting vampires. They fall back to his safe house, where they discover he is holding a vampiric Bulldog captive, and then they are besieged by vampires.
AVENGERS 14: In New York Captain America (Steve Rogers) assembles a team of Avengers consisting of him, Hercules, Hawkeye (Kate Bishop), Quicksilver, and Hazmat. They fight Nazi vampires who possess a helicarrier led by Baron Blood.
BLOOD HUNTERS 1: Hawkeye (Barton) has gathered several people, including a priest, on the rooftop of the Rialto in SoHo.
BLOOD HUNTERS 1: Hawkeye (Barton) leaves SoHo relatively safe while the invasion is still going on, with TV reporting on the vampire attacks.