American Vampire Vol 2
Overview: Las Vegas, Nevada, 1936. Its days of glitz and glamour are still far off in the future. But with gambling, whoring, and violent crime its chief-economic activities, this rough and tumble town is already earning its “Sin City” moniker. And Cash McCogan, Vegas tough as nails police chief, is out to lean it up – even if it means taking on the filthy rich consortium that’s building the astonishing Hoover Dam just miles away.
There’s just one problem: The Colorado River isn’t the only thing near Vegas that’s been “damned.”
First and deadliest of his breed, American vampire Skinner Sweet has set up shop in Sin City. It’s his kind of town, a place where any thirst can be quenched for a price. But he’s not the only vampire who wants to sink his teeth into Vegas. An all-out war is about to break out between some of the oldest and deadliest vamps in the world – along with a shadowy society dedicated to taking them all down for good.
When the dust settles, who will be left alive (or undead) to take their claim?
Pages: 160
Writers: Scott Snyder
Artist: Rafael Alburquerque, Mateus Santolouco
Colors: Dave McCaig
Letters: Steve Wands
Recommendations: 30 Days of Night
This felt like the story moved in a much better direction. The setting of Vegas before it is the Vegas we now know it as is a great place to host a Vampire story. The great dam is being built and those that are damned are moving in. Can the sheriff keep hell from taking over his small place on earth or will be be consumed by it.
Overall I enjoyed this volume more than the first one. It still has a ways to go before it becomes great but it is at a level that makes me want to keep reading it.