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A review by otherwyrld
American Vampire, Vol. 4 by Scott Snyder
4.0
Three different stories set in different eras. The first shows the childhoods of Skinner Sweet and James Book as they grew up together, then follows them into the Indian Wars and (nearly) an encounter with a very familiar monster. It turns out that Sweet is not the first American Vampire after all! The story shows just how early Sweet's psychopathic nature manifested itself, and how deep the connection with Book actually ran.
The second story is set in the 1950s and introduces us to a new character called Travis Kidd. He is a self-taught vampire hunter who is set for revenge against the vampires who killed his parents when he was a child. Here, he encounters none only than Skinner Sweet, and pair engage in a fight to see is the most bad-ass of the two. Travis is an interesting character, seemingly the epitome of the rebellious American teenager, and we are certain to be seeing him again as he is now on the radar of the Vassals of the Morning Star. It also seems that the Vassals now have Sweet under some kind of control, which doesn't make him any less dangerous.
The final story follows our latest American Vampire Calvin Poole, as he investigates a possible new breed of vampire and encounters racism in 1950s deep south America. Calvin is another good addition to the growing cast of characters.
Finally, he have an all too brief (and devastating) glimpse of what has happened to Henry and Pearl.
Good stories, good artwork (with one caveat - Agent Hobbes never seems to look any older despite showing up for 30 years. Maybe he's a vampire too, or is it just the limitations of the artwork?)
4 stars
The second story is set in the 1950s and introduces us to a new character called Travis Kidd. He is a self-taught vampire hunter who is set for revenge against the vampires who killed his parents when he was a child. Here, he encounters none only than Skinner Sweet, and pair engage in a fight to see is the most bad-ass of the two. Travis is an interesting character, seemingly the epitome of the rebellious American teenager, and we are certain to be seeing him again as he is now on the radar of the Vassals of the Morning Star. It also seems that the Vassals now have Sweet under some kind of control, which doesn't make him any less dangerous.
The final story follows our latest American Vampire Calvin Poole, as he investigates a possible new breed of vampire and encounters racism in 1950s deep south America. Calvin is another good addition to the growing cast of characters.
Finally, he have an all too brief (and devastating) glimpse of what has happened to Henry and Pearl.
Good stories, good artwork (with one caveat - Agent Hobbes never seems to look any older despite showing up for 30 years. Maybe he's a vampire too, or is it just the limitations of the artwork?)
4 stars