TY - BOOK AU - Snyder,Scott AU - King,Stephen AU - Albuquerque,Rafael AU - McCaig,Dave AU - Wands,Steve TI - American vampire SN - 9781401229740 (pbk.) : AV - PN6727.S555 A43 2010 PY - 2010///-2012] CY - New York PB - DC Comics KW - Vampires KW - Comic books, strips, etc KW - Death KW - Caricatures and cartoons. KW - Nineteen twenties KW - Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) KW - Graphic novels N1 - "Suggested for mature readers"--dust jacket; "American vampire created by Scott Synder"--T.p; "1"--dust jacket spine; "Originally published in single magazine form as American vampire 1-5."--Verso t.p; Big break; Scott Snyder --; Bad blood; Stephen King N2 - "A new vampire for a new century. Cunning, ruthless, and rattlesnake mean, Skinner Sweet has a reputation for cussedness as long as he is ornery. As the first vampire conceived on American soil, however, he's not your usual creature of the night. Stronger, fiercer and powered by the sun, Sweet is the first of a new breed of bloodsucker: the American Vampire. Forty-five years after rising from his grave, Sweet finds himself in 1920s Los Angeles, where the young and beautiful are drawn like moths to the burning lights of Hollywood. Something beyond simple human greed is at work here, however, as struggling young actress Pearl Jones is about to discover. When her movie-star dreams are transformed into a bloody nightmare, Sweet provides her only chance for survival as well as the power to take revenge" -- dust jacket back ER -