Written by SCOTT SNYDER & STEPHEN KING
Art and cover by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
1:25 variant cover by PAUL POPE
It all comes down to this: revenge. It’s payback time, as fledgling vampire Pearl Jones finally confronts the vicious Hollywood coven that left her for dead, and Will Bunting reveals the final, shocking chapter in the saga of James Book and his deadliest adversary, American vampire Skinner Sweet. Be there for the unforgettable, double conclusion to the first arc of AMERICAN VAMPIRE.
Date Available: 07/28/2010
BONUS REVIEW by KIRK JACKSON
This book does with a Stephen King story what Hollywood could never do:
bring out the humanity inherent in any good monster book. Hero Vampires,
if nothing else, are plagued by a dual nature. They strive to keep hold
of their humanity while dealing with their hyper-natural predatory need
for blood. This book frames that struggle simply by containing two
dueling stories. By spreading out both writers’ arcs over the 5 issues,
one can see the dual nature of the central “American Vampire”,
Skinner Sweet, in each issue. King’s story presents Sweet in his first
primal days as a blood sucker, when survival sprinkled with a little bit
of revenge dominated his unlife. Snyder’s story however, presents him
as older, more patient, and bit more sympathetic all around. But it is
King who wraps up this 5 issue arc most poetically, relating how not all
Vampires are created evil, and some can even be true heroes. Snyder is
the creator who set this book up, but King knocked it down.
