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American Vampire #4 (2000)

by Scott Snyder(Favorite Author)

4.09 of 5 Votes: 3

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English

genre

Horror

publisher

Vertigo

series

American Vampire

review 1: In this issue of American Vampire Scott Snyder takes a step back from all that silly vampire nonsense to take a look at a few important issues such as restoring the lands of the native American peoples, the dangers of teenage rebellion, the rise in vampire home invasions, and of course lycanthropy racism.Volume four of American Vampire takes us to the 50's (an era I was excited about!) but doesn't follow it's normal cast of characters. Volume five features three stories: A Skinner Sweet pre-vampire origin story, new comer Travis Kidd the teenage vampire slayer and Agent Poole uncovering werewolves in the South.The first story is another Skinner Sweet origin story although this one predates his transformation to a vampire. James Book and Sweet serve in the army together as ... morethey make one final push on the indian tribe they're trying to move out. The push the Indian leader Hole in the Sky too far and in his desperation he awakens a terrible creature that lives in a cave. This story was okay I guess. Pointless, adding unneeded layers to Skinner's history in which I learned nothing new about why he might be the way he is today. The artwork was almost insulting in this one but It was mildly entertaining and not very long.The second story was one of the most bad ass plot lines Snyder has kicked out to date. We're introduced to a newcomer to the American Vampire series, Travis Kidd. Kidd is a greaser and a self proclaimed rebel, also the best solo vampire hunter out there. Travis is a really creative vampire killer, using a set of wooden teeth to bite the vampires back during their fights was just so cool, you can really feel his hate for the dirty blood suckers. The car chase scene was so much fun as well as the final confrontation with the vampire that killed his family. He's sure as hell come a lot closer to killing it than anyone else who's gone up against this monster! I can only hope there's more Travis to come. Someone needs to fill the spot that Cash left.The final story was about Agent Poole traveling to the South in search of "something new" whether that is vampires or racial tolerance I'm not totally sure. This story was fun, and it added a lot to the vampire mythology by including the werewolves in the mix. Snyder has a lot of big ideas for cool monsters that got turned into tools who are obsessed with the least interesting girl in the world. Anyway, I'm not sure how I feel about Poole yet. I only vaguely remember him from volume three. He seems cool but doesn't seem to have much personality to carry his own story for more than 25 pages but it this volume it was enough. Maybe he'll grow on me in the future!Pearl and Henry make a very very short appearance although it might be the most important 2 pages in the book. I can't spoil anything but It's certainly going to be a very important topic in the next volume! I liked volume four a lot but I thought the first story was pretty damn weak and the last was decent. It's the Travis Kidd plot line that made this issue excel! The lack of Pearl and Henry was pretty disappointing especially because there was no Cash, or Book either. Kidd picked up the slack pretty well though so it's hard to complain! This series continues to impress and entertain! Snyder keeps American Vampire at the top of my graphic novels to read list. A solid 4 out of 5!!!
review 2: Encore un excellent tome qui sort un peu de l'ordinaire car il met les projecteurs sur d'autres persos que les habituels, on découvre par exemple l'enfance de Skinner Sweet et de James Book et aussi le fait que le fameux vampire américain n'était pas le premier de son espèce. Autre personnage très intéressant qui va créer une impatience non dissimulée pour les lectures à venir, Travis Kidd, tueur de vampire autodidacte, à la "cool attitude". Bref je recommande comme d'habitude ! less

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