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American Vampire, Vol. 3 (American Vampire #3; issues 12-18 & mini)
by
Scott Snyder (Goodreads Author),
Sean Murphy , Rafael Albuquerque , Danijel Žeželj
Two epic World War II tales in one massive volume! This gorgeous hardcover includes AMERICAN VAMPIRE #12-18 plus the acclaimed 5-issue miniseries SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST!
In the Pacific, Pearl's husband Henry joins a clandestine group on a secret mission to Japan to hunt a new breed of bloodsucker. Meanwhile, Skinner Sweet has plans of his own...
And in Europe, vampire hunt...more
In the Pacific, Pearl's husband Henry joins a clandestine group on a secret mission to Japan to hunt a new breed of bloodsucker. Meanwhile, Skinner Sweet has plans of his own...
And in Europe, vampire hunt...more
Hardcover, 288 pages
Published
February 7th 2012
by Vertigo
(first published April 2011)
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In the third American Vampire volume, the vampires enter World War II as Henry goes to Taipan and encounters a Japanese breed of vampire and Cash and Book go to Germany to find a cure for vampirism and instead encounter a brigade of Nazi vampires.
American Vampire 3 is more of the same greatness that I've come to expect from the American Vampire series. In the first story, Henry and company go to a Japanese island and go up against a breed of Japanese vampire with Skinner Sweet in their midst and...more
American Vampire 3 is more of the same greatness that I've come to expect from the American Vampire series. In the first story, Henry and company go to a Japanese island and go up against a breed of Japanese vampire with Skinner Sweet in their midst and...more
What could make World War 2 even bloodier? Vampires!
There’s essentially two stories told in this volume. The secret group of vampire hunters called Vassels of the Morning Star recruit aging human Henry to leave his vampire wife Pearl to try and root out a nest of bloodsuckers on the island of Taipan as the US tries to take it from the Japanese. Skinner Sweet shows up with his own agenda and as always the brutal vampire creates chaos and bloodshed wherever he goes.
In the second story, the Vassels...more
There’s essentially two stories told in this volume. The secret group of vampire hunters called Vassels of the Morning Star recruit aging human Henry to leave his vampire wife Pearl to try and root out a nest of bloodsuckers on the island of Taipan as the US tries to take it from the Japanese. Skinner Sweet shows up with his own agenda and as always the brutal vampire creates chaos and bloodshed wherever he goes.
In the second story, the Vassels...more
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I can distill my review of why volume 3 of American Vampire is my favorite in the series down to two words: Nazi vampires.
Seriously, does anything else need to be said? Probably not, but just try to shut up my enthusiasm for Snyder's series.
In volume 3, we follow our American vampires and those who love to try and stake 'em into World War II. In the first storyline, Pearl's husband, Henry, is enlisted by the Vassals of the Morning Star (a society of vampire hunters who have made an uneasy pact...more
Seriously, does anything else need to be said? Probably not, but just try to shut up my enthusiasm for Snyder's series.
In volume 3, we follow our American vampires and those who love to try and stake 'em into World War II. In the first storyline, Pearl's husband, Henry, is enlisted by the Vassals of the Morning Star (a society of vampire hunters who have made an uneasy pact...more
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Two story arcs in the prize of one!
The pairing of Scott Snyder with Rafael Albuquerque and Sean Murphy probably one of my favorite creative teams in current comicbooks. The simple and the feeling of "what comes next?" in Snyder's storytelling makes this book one of the best in current Vertigo lineup. I really like how the uniqueness he puts in the story. The only problem I had was the setting of Taipan and the Tagalog speaking child, I don't think Taipan is in the Philippines, unless I was mista...more
The pairing of Scott Snyder with Rafael Albuquerque and Sean Murphy probably one of my favorite creative teams in current comicbooks. The simple and the feeling of "what comes next?" in Snyder's storytelling makes this book one of the best in current Vertigo lineup. I really like how the uniqueness he puts in the story. The only problem I had was the setting of Taipan and the Tagalog speaking child, I don't think Taipan is in the Philippines, unless I was mista...more
Wow talk about a great volume! This one could be the best one out of the three that I have of American Vampire. The first story was interesting because you get to see a softer side of Skinner Sweet at the end of it that you've haven't see yet before. The second story called Ghost Wars has one of the main characters, Henry Preston go on a mission in Taipan for the VMS to help stop an infestation. The type of vampires they find there are a vicious breed and horrible looking. This was a good one be...more
Dec 30, 2012
Ronyell
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Brief Introduction:
I am definitely on the roll with Scott Snyder’s fantastic series, “American Vampire” and the third volume of this series does not disappoint me! “American Vampire: Volume Three” is probably the most intense out of the entire “American Vampire” series as Scott Snyder’s dramatic writing and Rafael Albuquerque, Danijel Zezelj, and Sean Murphy’s artwork contribute greatly to this volume!
What is the story?
In this volume, there are two stories being told regarding Pearl and Felic...more
Lets see, a WWII horror story with vampires that actually can make you feel for the human characters involved? Scott Snyder continues to evolve into perhaps my new favorite comic author (with Warren Ellis no longer writing comics).
This TPB collects issues from both the ongoing monthly series and the mini-Series American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest. In the first story Henry Preston and Pearl Jones return again. Preston has enlisted in the Army, but his age prevents from obtaining his desire...more
This TPB collects issues from both the ongoing monthly series and the mini-Series American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest. In the first story Henry Preston and Pearl Jones return again. Preston has enlisted in the Army, but his age prevents from obtaining his desire...more
Scott Snyder's unique American vampire returns in this thrid installment. After busting up a Western-themed show that pastiches his origins, Skinner Sweet enlists himself in the military to take out Pearl's husband. As Henry Preston and Sweet get acquainted with their marine unit of vampire hunters, they get ambushed by a mob of new vampires. Relocated to a Nazi lab on the Japanese atoll, the unit discovers that these new creatures are genetically enhanced - and can even take out Skinner Sweet....more
This series just keeps getting better and better. Can I say that? I'll be honest here. I started reading American Vampire monthly when it first came out and I just didn't feel it. I don't know why it didn't hook me then. But I got the first collected volume on the cheap and loved the hell out of it so I kept going with it in hardcover format because it seriously started developing an interesting mythos that kept me wanting more. This is one of the richest vampire fiction universes on the market...more
With this volume, "American Vampire" has hit its full stride... and that stride is fun, gory, and creepy. The first story, a one-off 1919 end of the Wild West tale illustrated by Danijel Zezelj, is the weakest. "Ghost War" has Pearl Jones, Henry Preston, and Skinner Sweet investigating a nest of vampires in Taipan as American marines near the Japanese islands. "Survival of the Fittest" combines Nazis, the occult, and vampires in a breathlessly-paced investigation by Felicia Book and Cash McCogan...more
In professional wrestling, there's this term for a specific kind of character called a "tweener". A tweener is basically a guy who's generally in it for himself. He's not exactly a heel (bad guy) or babyface (good guy), he's more so inbetween. A prime example would be Stone Cold Steve Austin, a guy who exhibits traits of a rule breaker but is beloved by the fans.
If we took the American Vampire universe and labeled the characters in relation to their actions, Skinner Sweet would be the definition...more
If we took the American Vampire universe and labeled the characters in relation to their actions, Skinner Sweet would be the definition...more
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Volume 3 is back on song! The main story line about Pearl and Skinner is great. Admittedly I am "enjoying" WWII comics and stories at the moment so am a bit biased.
The seoncdary story / mini series "survival of the fittest" is okay, but the secondary characters (Cash from Volume 2 and Book's daughter) are not nearly as interesting. The additionnal lore introduced in this story is its saving grace - part Anne Rice, part Tom Baker Dr Who, part Bloodlines - The Masquearde. Distilled more than deriv...more
The seoncdary story / mini series "survival of the fittest" is okay, but the secondary characters (Cash from Volume 2 and Book's daughter) are not nearly as interesting. The additionnal lore introduced in this story is its saving grace - part Anne Rice, part Tom Baker Dr Who, part Bloodlines - The Masquearde. Distilled more than deriv...more
American Vampire Vol. 3 picks up nearly ten years after the events of Vol. 2, following an older Henry and (still young) Pearl as they cope with Henry's decision to join a secret mission in the heart of WWII, a mission that brings a new species of vampires to light. Then, in Survival Of The Fittest we see Cash McCogan and Felicia Book, two of the protagonists from the previous adventures in 1930's Las Vegas, in an ambitious Indiana Jones-style adventure. That is, if Indiana Jones fought blood-cr...more
I liked the idea of there being more than one strain of vampires. That makes sense and can account for the varying mythologies duking it out for top dog in the literary world (if it can be called that). It's hard to believe how someone as pretty and sweet as Pearl Jones can turn monster bitch in an instant. (If you've lived with a woman past a certain amount of time, you'll understand what I mean, only by a factor of a hundred). Pearl's love struggles with something integral to marriage and rela...more
It took one of these brilliant graphic novels to shake me out of my recent non-reading funk (although, now I'm almost immobilized by the fact that there's nothing out there like them, and I have to wait impatiently for the next volume!) These novels are fabulous - everything I love: action & adventure, snarky dialogue, romance/sexual tension, creative plots & original characters, and vampires! vampires! vampires! The only problem is that the stories are too short. I just want them to go...more
While I more or less read the first two volumes in the store (and enjoyed them quite a bit), this is the first volume I bought. The main reason why I decided to outright purchase this one over the other two is because it included Sean Murphy's Survival of the Fittest miniseries in the collection.
The first collected story takes place towards the end of World War II in Hawaii and mostly on the island of Taipan where there is a nest of particularly nasty vampires and a sinister Japanese military pr...more
The first collected story takes place towards the end of World War II in Hawaii and mostly on the island of Taipan where there is a nest of particularly nasty vampires and a sinister Japanese military pr...more
This series continues to be great. This is definitely what you want to be reading if you dislike sparkling vampires. This volume collects two story series, both taking place during World War II; it also includes a small sort of preface story taking place during the late 19th century that looks at the Wild West shows that briefly flourished at that time. I really liked that tale that blended a bit of poking fun at those shows with a small poignant moment for Skinner Sweet. The art in that short t...more
It took me a bit to figure out what was going on, because I haven’t read the first two volumes of this series.
As you can probably guess from the name of the cover, there are vampires involved. The book opens with Skinner Sweet in the Midwest, going on some sort of murderous, vengeful rampage. (Or he’s just nuts, bloodthirsty, and killing everyone is a hobby of his, whether or not they’ve done him any wrong. Again, I’m lacking prior references, but I’m leaning towards this explanation.)
For a few...more
As you can probably guess from the name of the cover, there are vampires involved. The book opens with Skinner Sweet in the Midwest, going on some sort of murderous, vengeful rampage. (Or he’s just nuts, bloodthirsty, and killing everyone is a hobby of his, whether or not they’ve done him any wrong. Again, I’m lacking prior references, but I’m leaning towards this explanation.)
For a few...more
Apr 08, 2013
Sara
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Amazing!!
The first half of this volume revolved around Henry Preston and his battle in WWII. He has become restless in his life with Pearl and is longing for something to make him feel alive. Unfortunately, Skinner becomes involved and all hell breaks loose! At first I didn't think I would enjoy this story but it was stunning!
The rest of this volume revolved around Cash McCogan and Felicia Book. Again, this is during WWII and there is a rumor that there is a cure for vampirism. This rumor leads...more
The first half of this volume revolved around Henry Preston and his battle in WWII. He has become restless in his life with Pearl and is longing for something to make him feel alive. Unfortunately, Skinner becomes involved and all hell breaks loose! At first I didn't think I would enjoy this story but it was stunning!
The rest of this volume revolved around Cash McCogan and Felicia Book. Again, this is during WWII and there is a rumor that there is a cure for vampirism. This rumor leads...more
Dec 08, 2012
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Is there anything dark and evil out there that the Nazi's have not been associated with in the fantasy/horror sub genres of fiction? Zombies, werewolves, necromancers, and of course: vampires.
Such is the subject of the third installment of American Vampire. Its the time of the Second World War, and American Vampire Pearl Jones is sitting at home like any good little housewife while her husband Henry fights for their country against ze Germans.
Interestingly enough Skinner Sweet does not play a la...more
Such is the subject of the third installment of American Vampire. Its the time of the Second World War, and American Vampire Pearl Jones is sitting at home like any good little housewife while her husband Henry fights for their country against ze Germans.
Interestingly enough Skinner Sweet does not play a la...more
Although I never had the chance to read the first two volumes, jumping into the third volume with a limited background did nothing to stop the progress of the story, nor did it limit my understanding of the character and the content. I must point out that since I did start with the third volume, I found it hard to understand what the characters meant to each other but this did not stop my from enjoying it.
Scott Snyder is scurrently writing another comic series for DC (Batman), and the similarit...more
Scott Snyder is scurrently writing another comic series for DC (Batman), and the similarit...more
Volume 3 of American Vampire finds vampires Skinner Sweet and Pearl Jones in the Pacific during WWII. Pearl's Husband, Henry Preston, a human, is recruited by the secret organization "Vassals of the Morning Star" to join a mission seeking a nest of vampires on the island of Taipan. Skinner Sweet, bitter over Pearl's rejection of him, joins the team with the intent of killing Henry. But those plans go astray when the mission uncovers something totally unexpected. It's a good enough story, further...more
This volume has three stories in it: Strange Frontier, Ghost War and Survival of the Fittest.
Strange Frontier is a shorty, in which we see Skinner Sweet seeing a Wild, West West show and sort of taking some people to task for betraying that lost world. I really liked this little vignette.
Both of the other two stories are set in the 40s, during WWII, and both introduce us to new type of vampires.
The first follows Skinner, Pearl and Henry going to a small island, Taipan, near Japan, with a nest of...more
Strange Frontier is a shorty, in which we see Skinner Sweet seeing a Wild, West West show and sort of taking some people to task for betraying that lost world. I really liked this little vignette.
Both of the other two stories are set in the 40s, during WWII, and both introduce us to new type of vampires.
The first follows Skinner, Pearl and Henry going to a small island, Taipan, near Japan, with a nest of...more
In the first story, Skinner, Pearl, and Henry find themselves in WWII Taipan on a mission for the Vassals of the Morning Star. A new vampire species is discovered. Explosions and soul-searching ensue. This was the better of the two story arcs.
The second one finds Felicia and Cash posing as Nazi sympathizers to infiltrate the Reich's vampire soldier division and extract a scientist who may or may not have discovered a cure. Explosions and soul-searching ensue, as do a fair number of trite one-lin...more
The second one finds Felicia and Cash posing as Nazi sympathizers to infiltrate the Reich's vampire soldier division and extract a scientist who may or may not have discovered a cure. Explosions and soul-searching ensue, as do a fair number of trite one-lin...more
This series has grown on me. While I've enjoyed the first two volumes, it's never really "hooked" me like some of the other graphic novels/serial comics out there. This one maintained that same feeling.
I definitely enjoyed the read, and I love Albequerque and Murphey's art, so that's a definite plus in my book. But Snyder still doesn't feel like he's hit his stride with this one. Maybe I was too enamored with his Batman: Black Mirror sequence, that I was expecting that same level of greatness, a...more
I definitely enjoyed the read, and I love Albequerque and Murphey's art, so that's a definite plus in my book. But Snyder still doesn't feel like he's hit his stride with this one. Maybe I was too enamored with his Batman: Black Mirror sequence, that I was expecting that same level of greatness, a...more
(Originally posted @ CSI:Librarian.)
Without a doubt, this is one of the best graphic novels of 2012.
Divided into three separate parts, the scope, the horror, and the plot of American Vampire volume 3 were all top notch. I also loved all of the characters, particularly Pearl, Henry, Felicia, and Cash. "Strange Frontier" shed even more light on Sweet and also how it would feel for humans to be at the end of the era with no role left to serve outside of as a sideshow attraction. "Ghost War" dealt w...more
Without a doubt, this is one of the best graphic novels of 2012.
Divided into three separate parts, the scope, the horror, and the plot of American Vampire volume 3 were all top notch. I also loved all of the characters, particularly Pearl, Henry, Felicia, and Cash. "Strange Frontier" shed even more light on Sweet and also how it would feel for humans to be at the end of the era with no role left to serve outside of as a sideshow attraction. "Ghost War" dealt w...more
A medida que van pasando las historias Snyder va progresando en el desarrollo, motivaciones y alcance de los personajes y agregando elementos a su concepto de razas de vampiros, armas, organizaciones secretas y la guerra interna desarrollada. Cada historia por si sola es entretenida, auto contenida y bien desarrollada, que obviamente se puede disfrutar mas aun habiendo leído los números anteriores, que aporta elementos que serán utilizados en las siguientes y abre nuevas posibilidades de trama....more
06 February 2013
Freakin' Nazi vampires! Scheisse!
American Vampire, Volume Three is another mind-blowing installment to this fantastic series. I am thrilled to say that this has become one of my new favorite series. I feel absolutely insatiable when I read these volumes and cannot get enough. I am a greedy little bastard.
This third volume is broken up into three main stories. The first gives a little more background on our favorite vamp, Skinner Sweet. The ending of this story showed a whole othe...more
Freakin' Nazi vampires! Scheisse!
American Vampire, Volume Three is another mind-blowing installment to this fantastic series. I am thrilled to say that this has become one of my new favorite series. I feel absolutely insatiable when I read these volumes and cannot get enough. I am a greedy little bastard.
This third volume is broken up into three main stories. The first gives a little more background on our favorite vamp, Skinner Sweet. The ending of this story showed a whole othe...more
I really like the work done by Snyder, Albuquerque, and Murphy in this volume. This was definitely Apocalypse Now and James Bond meets vampires. I love the intended revelation of why Sweet chose Pearl as his second American Vampire, though I do feel sorry for Henry. Henry did prove that he can be a real bad ass though. For the most part the Henry was the focal point of the story with Pearl coming in as his white knight. He still serves as Pearl's anchor to her humanity though I wonder if as he...more
This third entry in Scott Snyder's American Vampire is just as amazing as the first two. The story is all about vampires, but this book is also a war story. This back drop creates very interesting situations for the characters.
I love the idea of different species of vampires, all with different strengths, weaknesses and appearances. In this book we are introduced to a species of vampire that is clearly more animal than human, and the way the other vampires interact with them is lots of fun.
The...more
I love the idea of different species of vampires, all with different strengths, weaknesses and appearances. In this book we are introduced to a species of vampire that is clearly more animal than human, and the way the other vampires interact with them is lots of fun.
The...more
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Scott Snyder is the Eisner and Harvey Award winning writer on DC Comics Batman, Swamp Thing, and his original series for Vertigo, American Vampire. He is also the author of the short story collection, Voodoo Heart, published by the Dial Press in 2006. The paperback version was published in the summer of 2007.
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Dec 30, 2012 04:08am