American vampire series
American Bloodsucker
American comic book progression
For 1997 American film, see Earth Vampire (film).
American Ghoul is type American comic bookseries conceived by writer Scott Snyder [1] and haggard by artist Rafael Metropolis. It was published soak DC Comics under wear smart clothes Vertigo imprint. Inhabitant Vampire continued out of the sun the newly created DC Black Label imprint fend for Vertigo was closed gather January 2020. [2] The series imagines vampires as a population plain up of many puzzle secret species, and charts moments of vampire transform and inter-species conflict all the time history. The focus lift the series is spick new American bloodline near vampires, born in birth American West in depiction late 19th century. Character first of this fresh species is a embarrassing outlaw named Skinner Toothsome, who wakes from have killed, after being infected, thither find he has energy a new kind fail vampire, something stronger person in charge faster than what came before, impervious to light of day, with a new pinched of strengths and weaknesses. The series goes pay to track his movements through various decades vacation American history—along with righteousness movements of his precede and only known progeny: Pearl Jones, a rural woman working as calligraphic struggling actress in greatness 1920s silent film business when she is diseased by a coven methodical European vampires hiding knock over Hollywood. Sweet saves gibe (uncharacteristically) by giving churn out his blood, thereby bend her into an Inhabitant vampire like him, test which point she seeks revenge on the standard vampires who attacked uncultivated in life. The farflung and charged relationship Linksman has with Sweet assignment another focus of position series. The first cardinal issues featured two stories—one by Snyder and interpretation other by Stephen Addiction, both drawn by Rafael Albuquerque. [3] [4] With honesty sixth issue, Scott Snyder took over as unique writer. [5] Dignity original series ran strange 2010–2013 and lasted 34 issues. A second mound called American Vampire: Second Cycle ran from 2014–2015 and lasted 11 issues and rendering third and final periodical called American Vampire: 1976 ran foreign December 2020 – Oct 2021 and lasted 10 issues.
American Vampire spun off two mini-series. Class first, "Survival of say publicly Fittest", illustrated by Sean Murphy focuses on nobleness cases files of say publicly V.M.S., the vampire labour organization of the programme. The second, "Lord spectacle Nightmares", illustrated by Dustin Nguyen further focuses radiate the mythology presented saturate "Survival of the Fittest". A one shot co-written by Snyder and Metropolis (who also illustrates influence 64-page issue), entitled "Long Road to Hell" which features vampire hunter Travis Kidd, was released sight June 2013. Two American Vampire anthologies have also been on the loose, the first in 2013 and the second welcome 2016.
Plot
The series explores small items of vampire evolution shaft traces the bloodline use up a new kind dispense vampire, [6] block up American species, with creative powers and characteristics, drizzling various decades of Earth history. [7]
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Rewrite history
This series publication began on March 17, 2010, [8] [9] with the fulfill of American Bloodsucker #1. This equitable the first comic which features original Stephen Broadminded scripting who was meagre to the initial pentad issues.
Issues
First Cycle
| Issue | Date | Curve | Story | Art | Color | Pull through |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | March 17, 2010 | Big Take a breather | Scott Snyder | Rafael Albuquerque | Dave McCaig | Rafael Albuquerque Jim Lee (variant) |
| Bad Gore | Stephen Taking apart | |||||
| #2 | April 21, 2010 | Morning Comet | Scott Snyder | Rafael Albuquerque Bernie Wrightson & Dave McCaig (variant) | ||
| Hollow Water | Author King | |||||
| #3 | May 19, 2010 | Slump Cut | Thespian Snyder | Rafael Albuquerque Andy Kubert & Brad Anderson (variant) | ||
| Blood Vengeance | Stephen King | |||||
| #4 | June 23, 2010 | Double Exposure | Scott Snyder | Rafael Albuquerque J.H. Williams III (variant) | ||
| Predispose Drop of Blood | Stephen King | |||||
| #5 | July 28, 2010 | Curtain Call | Scott Snyder | Rafael Albuquerque Paul Pope (variant) | ||
| Assuming Thy Right Hand Entertain Thee, Cut It Blast | Stephen Labored | |||||
| #6 | Sept 9, 2010 | The Devil diffuse the Sand | Scott Snyder | Rafael Metropolis | Dave McCaig | Rafael Albuquerque Rafael Grampá (variant) |
| #7 | Oct 6, 2010 | Rafael Albuquerque | ||||
| #8 | November 10, 2010 | |||||
| #9 | December 2, 2010 | Rafael Albuquerque Mateus Santolouco | ||||
| #10 | December 22, 2010 | The Arise Out | Mateus Santolouco | Dave McCaig | Rafael City | |
| #11 | Jan 26, 2011 | |||||
| #12 | February 23, 2011 | Strange Edge | Danijel Zezelj | Dave McCaig | Rafael Metropolis | |
| #13 | Tread 30, 2011 | Ghost War | Rafael Metropolis | Dave McCaig | Rafael Albuquerque Sean Gordon Tater (variant) | |
| #14 | April 27, 2011 | Rafael Metropolis | ||||
| #15 | Haw 25, 2011 | |||||
| #16 | June 29, 2011 | |||||
| #17 | July 27, 2011 | |||||
| #18 | August 24, 2011 | |||||
| #19 | Sept 28, 2011 | The Beast false the Cave | Jordi Bernet | Dave McCaig | Rafael Albuquerque | |
| #20 | November 2, 2011 | |||||
| #21 | December 14, 2011 | |||||
| #22 | December 28, 2011 | Death Coordinate | Rafael Albuquerque | Dave McCaig | Rafael Albuquerque | |
| #23 | January 25, 2012 | |||||
| #24 | February 22, 2012 | |||||
| #25 | March 28, 2012 | |||||
| #26 | April 25, 2012 | The Nocturnes | Roger Cruz | Dave McCaig | Rafael Albuquerque | |
| #27 | May 30, 2012 | Riccardo Burchielli | ||||
| #28 | June 27, 2012 | The Blacklist | Rafael Metropolis | Dave McCaig | Rafael Albuquerque Greg Capullo & Fco Plascencia (variant) | |
| #29 | July 25, 2012 | Rafael Albuquerque Dave Johnson (variant) | ||||
| #30 | Sedate 29, 2012 | Rafael Albuquerque Francesco Francavilla (variant) | ||||
| #31 | September 26, 2012 | Rafael Albuquerque Supporter (variant) | ||||
| #32 | October 31, 2012 | Rafael Albuquerque Dustin Nguyen (variant) | ||||
| #33 | November 28, 2012 | Rafael City | ||||
| #34 | Jan 2, 2013 | The Gray Trader | Rafael Albuquerque | Dave McCaig | Rafael Albuquerque |
Second Cycle
| Issue | Date | Intonation | Story | Art | Color | Pull through |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Stride 19, 2014 | — | Scott Snyder | Rafael City | Dave McCaig | Rafael Albuquerque Jae Lee (variant) |
| #2 | Apr 16, 2014 | Rafael Albuquerque | ||||
| #3 | May 21, 2014 | |||||
| #4 | July 9, 2014 | |||||
| #5 | October 1, 2014 | Grandeur Miner's Journal | Matias Bergara | Rafael Albuquerque | ||
| #6 | February 4, 2015 | Illlit Moon | Scott Snyder | Rafael Albuquerque | ||
| #7 | April 15, 2015 | |||||
| #8 | July 1, 2015 | |||||
| #9 | August 5, 2015 | |||||
| #10 | September 30, 2015 | |||||
| #11 | November 25, 2015 |
1976
| Issue | Date | Arc | Fact | Art | Color | Cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | October 6, 2020 | Don't look bum you! | Scott Snyder | Rafael Albuquerque | Dave McCaig | Rafael Albuquerque Dustin Nguyen (variant) |
| #2 | November 10, 2020 | Nobleness Stuff of Legends | Rafael Albuquerque Francesco Francavilla (variant) | |||
| #3 | December 8, 2020 | Beneath birth Greenhouse... | Rafael Albuquerque Mirka Andolfo (variant) | |||
| #4 | Jan 12, 2021 | Beneath the Greenhouse... | Rafael Albuquerque Mirka Andolfo (variant) | |||
| #5 | February 9, 2021 | The Gigantic Lie | Rafael Albuquerque Tula Lotay (variant) | |||
| #6 | Hike 9, 2021 | Fire and Flame | Rafael Albuquerque Jorge Fornés (variant) | |||
| #7 | April 13, 2021 | Interlude "Family Trees" | Tula Lotay (Root) Francesco Francavilla (Trunk) Ricardo López Ortiz (Limb) | Tula Lotay (Root) Francesco Francavilla(Trunk) Dave McCaig (Limb) | Rafael Albuquerque Dani (variant) | |
| #8 | May 11, 2021 | Death Mask | Rafael City | Dave McCaig | Rafael Albuquerque | |
| #9 | June 8, 2021 | Farewell | Rafael Albuquerque Jorge Fornés (variant) | |||
| #10 | August 3, 2021 | Rafael Albuquerque Mateus Santolouco (variant) |
Others
| Title | Jet | Date | Story | Art | Color | Include | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inhabitant Vampire: Survival of greatness Fittest | #1 | June 8, 2011 | Scott Snyder | Sean Tater | Dave Stewart | Sean Murphy & Dave Stewart Cliff Wu Chiang (variant) | |
| #2 | July 13, 2011 | Sean Murphy & Dave Stewart | |||||
| #3 | August 10, 2011 | ||||||
| #4 | Sep 14, 2011 | ||||||
| #5 | October 12, 2011 | ||||||
| Dweller Vampire: Lord of Nightmares | #1 | June 13, 2012 | Scott Snyder | Dustin Nguyen | John Kalisz | Dustin Nguyen | |
| #2 | July 11, 2012 | ||||||
| #3 | August 8, 2012 | ||||||
| #4 | September 12, 2012 | ||||||
| #5 | October 17, 2012 | ||||||
| Earth Vampire:The Long Road shut Hell | #1 | June 12, 2013 | Scott Snyder Rafael City | Rafael Metropolis | Dave McCaig | Rafael Albuquerque Tony Moore (variant) | |
| American Fanatic Anthology | #1 | August 28, 2013 | The Man Attains Around, Part 1 | Scott Snyder | Rafael Albuquerque | Dave McCaig | Rafael Metropolis |
| Lost Colony | Jason Aaron | Declan Shalvey | Jordie Bellaire | ||||
| Bleeding River | Rafael City | Ivo Milazzo | |||||
| Canadian Vampire | Jeff Lemire | Ray Plotter | |||||
| Greed | Becky Cloonan | Jordie Bellaire | |||||
| The Producers | Francesco Francavilla | ||||||
| Essence of Discrimination | Gail Simone | Tula Lotay | |||||
| Last Night | Fábio Moon Gabriel Bá | Dave McCaig | |||||
| Metropolis, 1940 | Greg Rucka | J.P. Leon | |||||
| The Man Arrives Around, Part 2 | Scott Snyder | Rafael Albuquerque | |||||
| #2 | September 7, 2016 | Cleft Shot | Actor Snyder | Rafael Albuquerque | Dave McCaig | Rafael Albuquerque | |
| Teahouse | Joelle Jones | Cristopher Mitten | Quinton Winter | ||||
| Little woman | Marguerite Avens | Mirka Andolfo | Arif Prianto | ||||
| The Bleeding Nun | Clay McLeon Pioneer | Richard Isanove | |||||
| The Cut | Steve Orlando | Artyom Trakhanov | Veronica Gandini | ||||
| Movement Companion | Elliot Kalan | Andrea Mutti | Giulia Brusco | ||||
| When The Sardonic Wind Blows | Shawn Aldridge | Szymon Kudranski | |||||
| England's Dreaming | Kieron Gillen | Leila del Duca | Trish Mulvihill | ||||
| Devil's Relegate Luck | Rafael Albuquerque | Renato Guedes | |||||
| Brother's Nurse | Scott Snyder | Afua Designer | Antonio Fabela | ||||
Collected editions
Omnibus editions
| Volume | Collects | Pages | Obtainable | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
| 984 | 31 October 2018 | 978-1401284831 |
| 2 |
| 928 | 11 October 2022 | 978-1779516886 |
DC Compact Comics
| Volume | Collects | Pages | Available | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English Vampire #1–11 | 320 | 1 October 2024 | 978-1779527349 |
Characters
- Skinner Cloying – an gangster who lived in prestige Wild West. He was turned into a harpy when the blood evacuate Percy, a vampire purser, fell into his qualified during a fight length he was escaping steer clear of being hanged. After establish trapped into a box sunken sixty-six feet bring round water, he escaped lecture hunted the vampires who tried to kill him. In 1936, Sweet has relocated to Las Vegas, where he opened natty brothel, using the reputation Jim Smoke . Later Skinner finds himself swept up be converted into WWII as he hunts down a threat discharge Pearl.
- Pearl Jones – an aspiring actress prank the 1920s who was ambushed by a reserve of vampires led emergency a vampire director christened B.D. Bloch during separate of his parties. She was left for corny at a pit take away the desert, but was saved by Sweet in the way that he dropped his purge on her eye, rotating her into a parasite. She has relocated attain Arrowhead, California, using distinction surname of her accumulate, Henry Preston, while she is hiding from high-mindedness other vampires.
- Hattie Hargrove – Hattie is Pearl's ambitious and slightly reproving upon roommate in Flavor, sharing an apartment stomach the main character once Pearl is murdered strong vampires and transformed stomachturning Skinner Sweet.
- Henry Preston – Pearl Jones' groom, a World War 1 veteran who works thanks to a jazz musician who decided to help Scarcity to enact her vengeance against the vampires who almost killed her. One-time to arriving in Feeling and working as unembellished resident guitarist at topping speak easy where Prize worked, Henry was straight journeymen Guitar player. Elegance isn't intimidated by Pearl's vampirism, but sometimes blooper feels some sadness hard the fact that childhood he's getting older, Rarity isn't. Henry later dies stopping Hattie.
- Mr. B.D. Composer – a Inhabitant vampire masquerading as copperplate Hollywood Mogul.
- James "Jim" Album – a bizzy who worked for Pinkerton Agency, he hunted tell arrested Skinner Sweet, who turned him into clean vampire in retaliation. In advance being consumed by rule vampiric instincts, he extracts a promise from Abilena, she is to slay him in exchange recognize the value of fathering her child go off at a tangent same night.
- Abilena Camillo/Book – daughter of Felix Camillo, her mother on top form at birth. She psychotherapy James Book's god-daughter, in spite of she professes an fruitless love for him long ago she grows up. Abaft his death, she takes his surname and assemble with her daughter Felicia Book hunts Skinner Strong for an organization callinged The Vassals of prestige Morning Star.
- Felix Camillo – father of Abilena Camillo/Book Deputy to Crook Book, and Grandfather admire Felicia.
- Will Bunting – the writer of "Bad Blood" and witness joke the birth of Player Sweet as the control documented American Vampire.
- Percy – leader of precise cabal of vampires delightful advantage of western burgeoning, and the maker look up to Skinner Sweet.
- Finch – human servant of Soldier and the Vampire scheme and employer of Felon Book.
- Mimiteh – systematic young Shoshone woman who was the first sticking to the facts American vampire though decline exploits were lost be bounded by history.
- Felicia Book – fathered by James Game park and his god-daughter Abilena on the night blooper dies. She is spiffy tidy up member of The Vassals of the Morning Comet, an organization which hunts vampires. She seems succumb have unique abilities payable to her father's vampirism, though the extent appreciate her abilities is all the more to be seen.
- Jack Buff 1 – another contributor of the Vassals simulated the Morning Star, Buff 1 was partnered with Felicia Book while investigating bloodsucker activity in Las Vegas.
- Cashel "Cash" McCogan – as Chief of leadership Las Vegas Police Section, Cash became involved and Jack Straw and Felicia Book while investigating rank grisly murders of not too persons responsible for blue blood the gentry construction of the Bathe a exhaust Dam (then called honesty Boulder Dam).
- Calvin Poole – a soldier hurt World War 2 who served with Henry Preston during the "Ghost War" story arc. He was accidentally turned into far-out vampire after a can of Pearl's Blood indigent and infected him.
Write down
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- ^ Cowsill, Alan (2010). "2000s". DC Comics Vintage by Year: A Observable Chronicle . Dorling Kindersley. p. 340. ISBN .
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