Review: American Vampire Vol. 4

Author: Scott Snyder
Artist: Rafael Albuquerque, Jordie Bernett
Publisher: Vertigo
Released: October 2, 2012
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Summary:

It’s time to head back into time, as another tale revolving around Skinner Sweet unfolds. This time, it’s about his involvement during the Indian Wars. Well, Skinner and another vampire or two.

Meanwhile, in 1950, a vampire hunter is tearing through his targets left and right, but his real goal is to get his hands on the infamous Skinner Sweet. Will he succeed, or is his mission going to be forever unfulfilled? 

Review:

American Vampire Vol. 4 is pretty drastically different from the previous three volumes, but I don’t hate that. Once again, this series is full of surprises! This is the last volume I read during my binge session, so I’ll have to line up the next few soon.

As always, American Vampire Vol. 4 is split into two distinct stories. The first revolves around Skinner, because duh. What is surprising is that the story goes back in time, rather than continuing the slow progress forward with time. Still, it was interesting to see more of Skinner’s early time as the infamous American Vampire.

The other half of the story revolves around Travis Kidd, a vampire hunter. I actually really liked his story. It starts out with the Fonze vibes, but quickly evolves into something much darker. There’s a lot of potential with this story, so I can’t wait to see where it leads. 

I found Travis’ story to be a refreshing take on the whole vampire-hunting thing. I won’t say that he reinvented the wheel or anything like that, but his story is fun, and that’s almost all that matters.

I’m looking forward to seeing where the rest of this series ends up taking me, because it has been a whirlwind experience thus far.

Highlights:

• Historical Fiction
• Paranormal Horror
• Vampires

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