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4. American Vampire

(Vertigo)

Shocked this one didn't make my list last time. It's a pretty solid pick.

Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque's American Vampire is fun and blood-soaked and scary as all get out. I talked about Severed and Wytches in the previous list, and this completes that trifecta. It’s less outright spooky than the other two, but that's mostly because the monster is the protagonist in most of the stories.

In the series, the Old West saw the vampires of Europe spread their curse to American soil, siring the first of the American Vampires, who had different powers and fewer weaknesses. The first, Skinner Sweet, becomes a recurring character in the series, usually as an antagonist. Another recurring main character is Pearl Jones, a woman Sweet turned, who eventually became his greatest foe.

The book skips through time, showing its cast as immortal warriors fighting against each other, with normal humans strung along as collateral damage.