American Vampire



American Vampire is published by DC Comics under the Black Label imprint. Current price per issue is $3.99.

Last Issue

 * American Vampire 1976 #9: 08 Jun 2021

Current Issue

 * American Vampire 1976 #10: 03 Aug 2021

Next Issue

 * none scheduled

Status
Series of limited series. 1976 is scheduled for ten issues.

Main Characters

 * Skinner Sweet


 * Pearl Jones

Hardcovers

 * American Vampire, vol. 1 - Collects #1-5. - -


 * American Vampire, vol. 2 - Collects #6-11. "In just a few short years, young police chief Cash McCogan has watched his native city of Las Vegas go from cow-town to wild, glittering boomtown. And when the bodies of prominent businessmen start showing up drained of blood, Chief McCogan finds himself facing a threat much darker and deadlier than anything he could have imagined . . . and the only sure bet in town is that Skinner and Pearl are right in the thick of it." - -


 * American Vampire, vol. 3 - Collects #12-18, plus Survival of the Fittest #1-5. "In the Pacific, Pearl’s husband Henry joins a clandestine group on a secret mission to Japan to hunt a new breed of bloodsucker. Meanwhile, Skinner Sweet has plans of his own... And in Euope, vampire hunters Felicia Book and Cash McCogan go behind enemy lines in Nazi-occupied Romania in search of a rumored vampire cure." - -


 * American Vampire, vol. 4 - Collects #19-27. - -


 * American Vampire, vol. 5 - Collects #28-34, plus Lord of Nightmares #1-5. "Skinner Sweet, Pearl and company return to Hollywood in the ‘50s during the Red Scare. In a time when America was on the lookout for the next Communist threat, was the real danger far more insidious? Plus: Retired vampire hunter Felicia Book gets called back into action to kill the most powerful vampire of all time." - -


 * American Vampire, vol. 6 - Collects The Long Road to Hell & American Vampire Anthology - -


 * American Vampire, vol. 7 - Collects Second Cycle #1-5. "When we meet Pearl again, it is in 1960’s Kansas, an era fraught with fear of nuclear war, angry demonstrations and vast social change. But what has changed in the years since the V.M.S. attack? And where is Skinner Sweet?" - -  -


 * American Vampire, vol. 8 - Collects Second Cycle #6-11. "It’s 1965. Pearl and Skinner escaped The Gray Trader with more questions than answers, and their search for clues leads them to...NASA!" -


 * American Vampire 1976 - Collects 1976 #1-10. "At a seedy motorcycle rally in the desert where Skinner Sweet is closer than ever to his death wish, Pearl Jones and a shocking partner track him down for one last, desperate mission." -

Omnibus Hardcovers

 * American Vampire Omnibus, vol. 1 - Collects #1-27, Survival of the Fittest #1-5 & Lord of Nightmares #1-5. - -


 * American Vampire Omnibus, vol. 2 - Collects #28-34, The Long Road to Hell, Anthology #1-2, Second Cycle #1-11 & 1976 #1-10. - - (forthcoming, October 2022)

Trade Paperbacks

 * American Vampire, vol. 1 - Collects #1-5. - -


 * American Vampire, vol. 2 - Collects #6-11. - -


 * American Vampire, vol. 3 - Collects #12-18, plus Survival of the Fittest #1-5. - -


 * American Vampire, vol. 4 - Collects #19-27. - -


 * American Vampire, vol. 5 - Collects #28-34, plus Lord of Nightmares #1-5. - -


 * American Vampire, vol. 6 - Collects The Long Road to Hell & American Vampire Anthology - -


 * American Vampire, vol. 7 - Collects Second Cycle #1-5. - -  -


 * American Vampire, vol. 8 - Collects Second Cycle #6-11. -


 * American Vampire 1976 - Collects 1976 #1-10. - - (forthcoming, October 2022)

Creative Team
Writer/Creator: Scott Snyder. Writer (Issues #1-5):Stephen King. Artist/Creator/Covers: Rafael Albuquerque.

Publishing History
First published in 2010.

Future Publication Dates

 * American Vampire Omnibus, vol. 2 HC: 11 Oct 2022
 * American Vampire 1976 TP: 25 Oct 2022

News & Features

 * 14 Oct 2013 - Scott Snyder Teases Joker Return, Talks Batman, Superman, Vertigo Books
 * 17 Apr 2012 - Scott Snyder Brings AmVamp Full Circle in Epic "Blacklist"
 * 14 Mar 2012 - American Vampire, Batman Artist Clicking with Scott Snyder
 * 17 Dec 2010 - DC Writer's Relay: Cornell on Snyder
 * 18 Aug 2010 - American Vampire Up-Close - Skinner Sweet
 * 26 Oct 2009 - Scott Snyder & Stephen King Launch American Vampire

Links

 * DC Comics - Publisher's Website