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American Vampire #1

DC · Series began 2010 · May 2010

Dates

Cover date
May 2010
On sale
March 17, 2010
Pages
44

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Creators

pencils: Rafael Albuquerque, Chris Samneeinks: Rafael Albuquerque, Chris Samneecolors: Rafael Albuquerque, Dave McCaigscript: Scott Snyder, Stephen King, Christos Gageletters: Steve Wands

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.

Reprinted in

American Vampire (2010), American Vampire (2011), American Vampire Omnibus (2018), American Vampire: DC Compact Comics Edition (2024), American Vampire (2024), Vertigo Essentials: American Vampire (2014)

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