American Vampire #17

(September 2011)

Ghost War Part 5 (Table of Contents: 1)

American Vampire / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Scott Snyder

Pencils

Rafael Albuquerque

Inks

Rafael Albuquerque

Colors

Dave McCaig

Letters

Pat Brosseau

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Pearl Jones; Henry Preston; Skinner Sweet

Synopsis

Henry Preston and the special military team formed by the Vassals of the Morning Star attempt to escape the Imperial Japanese Army prison on Taipan. Led by the Skinner Sweet, the shrinking squad must find a way off the island infested with a savage and feral breed of vampire.

Reprints

• in American Vampire (ECC Ediciones, 2012 series) #3 (Febrero 2012)
• in American Vampire (DC, 2010 series) #3 ([April] 2012)
• in American Vampire (DC, 2011 series) #3 ([November] 2012)
• in American Vampire (Urban Comics, 2013 series) #3 - Le Fléau du Pacifique (juin 2013)

99 Days (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 5 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

American Vampire / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Mark Doyle

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Usually things are pretty somber here in the dark halls of Vertigo,

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Three letters from fans and the Vertigo Hotlist for July 2011.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

On the Ledge / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Gary Phillips

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Crime is contagious.

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Gary Phillips discusses his graphic novel Cowboys.

Indexer Notes

The title is the first sentence of a quote from Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis: "Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy."