American Vampire 1976 (2020) #9 VF/NM Rafael Albuquerque Black Label

American Vampire 1976 (2020) #9 VF/NM Rafael Albuquerque Black Label

• Skinner Sweet – An outlaw who lived in the Wild West. He was turned into a vampire when the blood from Percy, a vampire banker, fell into his eye during a fight while he was escaping from being hanged. After being trapped into a coffin sunken sixty-six feet under water, he escaped and hunted the vampires who tried to kill him. In 1936, Sweet has relocated to Las Vegas, where he opened a brothel, using the name Jim Smoke. Later Skinner finds himself swept up into WWII as he hunts down a threat to his possible (?) with Pearl.
• Pearl Jones – An aspiring actress in the 1920s who was ambushed by a group of vampires led by a vampire director named B.D. Bloch during one of his parties. She was left for dead at a pit in the desert, but was saved by Sweet when he dropped his blood on her eye, turning her into a vampire. She has relocated to Arrowhead, California, using the surname of her husband, Henry Preston, while she is hiding from the other vampires.
• Hattie Hargrove – Hattie is Pearl's ambitious and slightly put upon roommate in Hollywood, sharing an apartment with the main character before Pearl is murdered by vampires and transformed by Skinner Sweet.
• Henry Preston – Pearl Jones' husband, a World War 1 veteran who works as a jazz musician who decided to help Pearl to enact her revenge against the vampires who almost killed her. Prior to arriving in Hollywood and working as a resident guitarist at a speak easy where Pearl worked, Henry was a journeymen Guitar player. He isn't intimidated by Pearl's vampirism, but sometimes he feels some sadness by the fact that while he's getting older, Pearl isn't. Henry later dies stopping Hattie.
• Mr. B.D. Bloch – A European vampire masquerading as a Hollywood Mogul.
• James "Jim" Book – A detective who worked for Pinkerton Agency, he hunted and arrested Skinner Sweet, who turned him into a vampire in retaliation. Before being consumed by his vampiric instincts, he extracts a promise from Abilena, she is to kill him in exchange for fathering her child that same night.
• Abilena Camillo/Book – Daughter of Felix Camillo, her mother died at birth. She is James Book's god-daughter, though she professes an unrequited love for him once she grows up. After his death, she takes his surname and together with her daughter Felicia Book hunts Skinner Sweet for an organization called The Vassals of the Morning Star.
• Felix Camillo – Father of Abilena Camillo/Book Deputy to James Book, and Grandfather of Felicia.
• Will Bunting – the Writer of bad blood and witness to the birth of Skinner Sweet as the first documented American Vampire.
• Percy – Leader of a cabal of vampires taking advantage of western expansion, and the maker of Skinner Sweet.
• Finch – Human servant of Percy and the Vampire cabal and employer of James Book.
• Mimiteh – A Young Shoshone woman who was the first actual American vampire though her exploits were lost to history.
• Felicia Book – Fathered by James Book and his god-daughter Abilena on the night he dies. She is a member of The Vassals of the Morning Star, an organization which hunts vampires. She seems to have unique abilities due to her father's vampirism, though the extent of her abilities is yet to be seen.
• Jack Straw – Another member of the Vassals of the Morning Star, Straw was partnered with Felicia Book while investigating vampire activity in Las Vegas.
• Cashel "Cash" McCogan – As Chief of the Las Vegas Police Department, Cash became involved with Jack Straw and Felicia Book while investigating the grisly murders of several persons responsible for the construction of the Hoover Dam (then called the Boulder Dam).
• Calvin Poole – a soldier in World War 2 who served with Henry Preston during the "Ghost War" story arc. He was accidentally turned into a vampire after a bottle of Pearl's Blood broke and infected him.

colorist(s) : Dave McCaig artist(s) : Rafael Albuquerque Mateus Santolouco schedule : Monthly written by : Scott Snyder Stephen King (#1–5) publication date : March 2010 genre : Gothic Western, Weird West created by : Scott Snyder Rafael Albuquerque hardcover : ISBN 978-1-4012-2830-9 deep water : Stephen King main character(s) : Pearl Jones Skinner Sweet bad blood : Stephen King american vampire : 1976 #1–10 blood vengeance : Stephen King format : Ongoing series