CATALOG RECORD
American Vampire: DC Compact Comics Edition #1
Dates
- Cover date
- [December] 2024
- On sale
- October 1, 2024
- Pages
- 324
Editions and covers
Creators
Stories
- Big Break · 16 pages
Hard working Pearl Jones gets a chance to read with movie star Chase Hamilton while on the set as an extras in 1925 Hollywood. He invites her to an exclusive party hosted by the film's producer -- an influential man with an appetite.
- Bad Blood · 16 pages
Will Bunting's book chronicles the strange affair of Skinner Sweet. His tale opens on a train departing Sidewinder, Colorado in 1880. Pinkerton agent James Book is a celebrated hero for capturing the infamous outlaw and is joined by writers, bankers and lawmen as he escorts his notorious prisoner to the hangman's gallows.
- Morning Star · 16 pages
Pearl Jones was viciously attacked and left for dead in the desert. Her friends find her barely alive, but they are too late to save her. Pearl later awakens confused and very thirsty. She learns from Skinner Sweet that she is now one of the new breed of vampires.
- Deep Water · 16 pages
Will Bunting continues his strange tale of Skinner Sweet. Celebrated Pinkerton agent James Book is heartbroken after the death of his beloved at the hands of the notorious outlaw. He rides across the American West for the next 29 years on several adventures while newly turned vampire Skinner Sweet waits trapped in his grave.
- Rough Cut · 16 pages
Pearl Jones sets out to exact her revenge on the vampire that killed her and dumped her body in the desert.
- Blood Vengeance · 16 pages
Will Bunting continues his strange tale of Skinner Sweet. The notorious outlaw turned vampire begins his revenge in Lakeview, Colorado before challenging his old enemy, James Book, to a showdown at the Bakersfield Mines. Meanwhile, Bram Percy is threatened by the new breed of vampire and hires Skinner Sweet's old gang to eliminate their former leader.
- Double Exposure · 16 pages
In order to save her best friend, Pearl Jones faces the vampire that killed her and left her for dead in the desert.
- One Drop of Blood · 16 pages
Will Bunting continues his strange tale of Skinner Sweet. James Book and his posse reach the Bakersfield Mines to bring the undead outlaw to justice. They find Skinner Sweet's old gang laying in wait for the victor of the showdown, but they are unaware that Bram Percy and the European vampires are watching the entire event unfold.
- Curtain Call · 15 pages
Henry Preston joins Pearl Jones in a final confrontation with BD Bloch and the European vampires that killed her and left her for dead.
- If Thy Right Hand Offend Thee, Cut It Off · 17 pages
Will Bunting concludes his strange tale. It has been three years since the showdown with Skinner Sweet, and James Book continues to struggle with the vampirism given to him by his long-time nemesis. Abilena reluctantly agrees to her beloved's request to end his misery, but she asks for a deeply personal favor in return. Meanwhile, Skinner Sweet escapes his Earthen prison and turns his attention to the vampire behind the whole affair.
- Devil in the Sand, Part One · 22 pages
Federal Agents Jack Straw and Felicia Camillo join Chief of Police Cash McCogan on an investigation of a bloodless corpse discovered at the Peabody Hotel in 1936 Las Vegas.
- Devil in the Sand, Part Two · 22 pages
Jack Straw, Felicia Camillo and Cash McCogan continue their investigation of the death and desanguination of a prominent businessman. They visit a Las Vegas brothel owned by Jim Smoke (Skinner Sweet) to question a local working girl who was last to see the murdered man alive. Their second stop is at the Boulder Dam construction site where the victim was a member of the Consortium of Four partnership.
- Devil in the Sand, Part Three · 22 pages
Vassals of the Morning Star reveal themselves as an old and very powerful vampire-killing organization. Members Felicia Camillo and Jack Straw work with Chief Cash McCogan to hunt down an ancient breed of vampire killing members of the Consortium of Four, the Boulder Dam business partnership. Meanwhile, Vassal members Abilena Camillo and Linden Hobbes confront Pearl Jones to ask a single question: how can they kill an American vampire?
- Devil in the Sand, Conclusion · 22 pages
Vassals of the Morning Star members Felicia Camillo and Jack Straw join Chief Cash McCogan in an unlikely alliance with an ancient vampire and Skinner Sweet to battle the vampires responsible for bringing vileness into Las Vegas.
- The Way Out, Part One of Two · 22 pages
Hattie Hargrove is alive and a prisoner since her near-death battle with Pearl Jones. Her captor is a vampire that has been experimenting on her to find the weakness of the new American vampire species. Meanwhile, Pearl joins Henry as he plays his music again for an audience.
- The Way Out, Part Two of Two · 22 pages
Pearl and Henry Jones stumble onto a vampire conspiracy and must fight their way out. Meanwhile, Hattie Hargrove starts her hunt for revenge on her old friend.