

He was going to be killed for his crimes, but an accident led him to be turned into a vampire, the first one to be made in America. It’s about Skinner Sweet, a violent outlaw who lived in the Wild West. The first series lasted 34 issues, from 2010 to 2013 the second series was called “ American Vampire: Second Cycle,” and lasted 11 issues, from 2014–2015 and the third series, called “ American Vampire: 1976“, lasted 10 issues, from 2020 to 2021.īut what is American Vampire about? Vampire in America, of course! In a way, it’s about the story of America. That said, we didn’t get a decade’s worth of American Vampire stories as it was divided into three cycles published non-continuously. King only put his name on the first 5 issues (backstories only), the story went on for a few years after that. A title that gained a lot of attention at first with Stephen King writing a storyline. In 2010, before becoming very well-known by working on the Batman series at DC Comics, Scott Snyder teamed up with artist Rafael Albuquerque to launch the ongoing series American Vampire at Vertigo.
