News Summary

• The MCU has a 1998 hit to thank for its success.
• The movie, which starred Wesley Snipes as Marvel Comics’ titular half-vampire vampire hunter, cleanly split the American superhero genre into pre- Blade and post- Blade eras.
• The genre shifted back to the big screen once more when 1978’s Superman swept into theaters after George Lucas’ 1977 sci-fi megahit Star Wars.
• However, in spite of Superman ’s success, the superhero genre outside of the Reeve franchise was still pretty much in the gutter.