''Blood Nation'' was a four-issue

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published by

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. It was written by

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with art by James Devlin.

Publication history

The series was started in January

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, running until May 2007.

Plot

In the future, the world is reeling from an outbreak of

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. The

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s have an uneasy truce with

human Humans (''Homo sapiens'') are the most abundant and widespread species of primate, characterized by bipedalism and exceptional cognitive skills due to a large and complex brain. This has enabled the development of advanced tools, culture, ...

ity, but recently there's been a new series of attacks from vampires in

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in possession of

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. The protagonist, Captain Ethan Cutter, must lead his elite commando unit behind enemy lines to bring an end to the blood nation before the vampires bring an end to the world.

Film adaptation

On 28 April 2010

confirmed the film adaptation of ''Blood Nation''. Alexandra Milchan and

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will produce for EMJAG Productions and Platinum Studios.

References

External links

* * 2007 comics debuts Platinum Studios titles {{comics-stub