American Vampire Book Two

Illustrated by Rafael Albuquerque
Paperback
$39.99 US
On sale Oct 14, 2025 | 392 Pages | 9781799502913

Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque’s Eisner Award-winning chronicle of their uniquely original vampire history continues in this second massive collection of their DC Vertigo series!

American Vampire debuted in 2010, as then-budding superstars Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque teamed up to introduce readers to a new breed of vampire, telling their story over multiple decades of American history.

This second, nearly 400-page volume collecting the acclaimed series stars Pearl and her husband Henry as he is recruited by a mysterious group of vampire hunters to World War II Japan to find a new breed of blood sucker. But what does the notorious vampire Skinner Sweet have to do with it?

Later, the action moves to the early 1800s, as Snyder is joined by legendary artist Jordi Bernet for a story detailing Skinner Sweet’s origins.

Plus, Snyder teams with Sean Murphy of the bestselling Batman: White Knight for companion series American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest a companion series featuring secret organization Vassals of the Morningstar, also included in this collection.

This volume collects American Vampire #13-25 and American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest #1-5.
Scott Snyder is a #1 New York Times best-selling writer and one of the most critically acclaimed scribes in all of comics. His works include Batman, All-Star Batman, Batman: Eternal, Superman Unchained, American Vampire, and Swamp Thing. He has also been published in Zoetrope, Tin House, One Story, Epoch, Small Spiral Notebook, and other journals, and has a short story collection, Voodoo Heart, which was published by Dial Press. He teaches at Columbia University and Sarah Lawrence University and lives in New York with his wife, Jeanie, and his son, Jack Presley. View titles by Scott Snyder

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Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque’s Eisner Award-winning chronicle of their uniquely original vampire history continues in this second massive collection of their DC Vertigo series!

American Vampire debuted in 2010, as then-budding superstars Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque teamed up to introduce readers to a new breed of vampire, telling their story over multiple decades of American history.

This second, nearly 400-page volume collecting the acclaimed series stars Pearl and her husband Henry as he is recruited by a mysterious group of vampire hunters to World War II Japan to find a new breed of blood sucker. But what does the notorious vampire Skinner Sweet have to do with it?

Later, the action moves to the early 1800s, as Snyder is joined by legendary artist Jordi Bernet for a story detailing Skinner Sweet’s origins.

Plus, Snyder teams with Sean Murphy of the bestselling Batman: White Knight for companion series American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest a companion series featuring secret organization Vassals of the Morningstar, also included in this collection.

This volume collects American Vampire #13-25 and American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest #1-5.

Author

Scott Snyder is a #1 New York Times best-selling writer and one of the most critically acclaimed scribes in all of comics. His works include Batman, All-Star Batman, Batman: Eternal, Superman Unchained, American Vampire, and Swamp Thing. He has also been published in Zoetrope, Tin House, One Story, Epoch, Small Spiral Notebook, and other journals, and has a short story collection, Voodoo Heart, which was published by Dial Press. He teaches at Columbia University and Sarah Lawrence University and lives in New York with his wife, Jeanie, and his son, Jack Presley. View titles by Scott Snyder

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