"... [this book is] set in a future where a genetic cure for death has been found. Years after the discovery, one man starts to question everything, leading him on a mind-bending journey that will bring him face-to-face with his past and his own mortality"--Amazon.com.
In 1916, twelve-year-old Jack Garron runs away from the home he has with his adopted mother to find the wayward minstrel father who abandoned him as a baby. But life on the road is hard and Jack soon encounters horrors he could never have imagined.
Bruce Wayne goes missing in Gotham city, only to resurface as a masked vigilante who battles to keep the streets safe from a variety of ruthless villains.
One year after the very skin from his face was ripped off, Joker has returned to Gotham, and is after not Batman, but Batman's "family," his allies: Commissioner Gordon, Robin, Alfred, Nightwing, Red Hood, Batgirl, and Red Robin.
Dick Gordon, now wearing the Batman mantle, faces an underworld auctioneer who is tied to the Dark Knight's most personal cases and a beautiful woman with a link to his own most painful memory. Then, Commissioner Gordon tries to protect his daughters when his son returns to Gotham.
"You are cordially invited to a party--to die for! This volume of American Vampire collects eight amazing stories set in the world of American Vampire, with "lost tales," new characters and old favorites. Don't miss these stories brought to you by series creators Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque, as well as other awesome comics talent like Becky Cloonan (BATMAN), Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon (DAYTRIPPER), Jeff Lemire (SWEET TOOTH), Greg Rucka (The Punisher, BATWOMAN), Gail Simone (BATGIRL) and many more! Also collected here is the stand alone tale of Fan-favorite character Travis Kidd--the vampire hunter who likes to "bite them back" in AMERICAN VAMPIRE: THE LONG ROAD TO HELL"--.
Following his groundbreaking, critically acclaimed run on Detective Comics, Snyder begins a new era of The Dark Knight alongside artist Capullo when a series of brutal murders rocks Gotham City and Batman to the core.
During World War II, Skinner Sweet works with an underground army of his deadliest enemies to defeat an alliance between the undead and the Axis powers as a master race of vampires begins gathering strength.
