Story: Rodney Barnes
Art: Jason Shawn Alexander
First Published: 2021 (TPB)
Contains spoilers
The blurb: Continuing the critically-acclaimed, sold-out series from breakout star RODNEY BARNES, the writer behind such hit shows as Wu-Tang: An American Saga and STARZ’s American Gods, and the artist who redefined SPAWN, JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER!
Adams’ battle to reshape the United States in his own twisted vision might have been thwarted for now, giving Jimmy Sangster a moment of respite, but the war for a new America rages on! Now, as Abigail steps out of the shadows, she unleashes a new violent terror upon the city some have renamed Killadelphia. But this time, it’s about creating as widespread a web of fear imaginable as she rips the beating heart from the city itself.
Can Jimmy stop her or will history repeat and force him to meet the same fate as his father?
Collects KILLADELPHIA #7-12
The review: At the end of Killedelphia’s first volume the vampire (former president) John Adams has been stopped, after releasing his vampire army on the city, and both he and detective turned vampire James Sangster are in their graves. However, you can’t keep a good vampire down, as we know.
Abigail Adams is still at large, controlling the vampires and she doesn’t have the idealism of her husband. She craves power and releases her secret weapon – a slave turned vampire named Jupiter who she sends out on some high-profile kills – the Governor and then a music star during a live performance… before bringing down the city's communication infrastructure and setting the vampire hordes out again.
Unable to cope with the pressure, former small-town beat cop turned detective James (Jimmy) Sangster Jr. disinters his father and brings him back, ripping the vampire from an afterlife where he has found forgiveness and his ex-wife. Abigale, however, may not have the control she thought…
It is a welcome second volume, with the same great artwork as volume one and a continuation of the story, This one, perhaps, ends more on a knife edge than the first volume but the flashes back to various pasts are welcome – with (vampire from both volumes) Topper’s backstory particularly welcome. There is perhaps more bridging for the ongoing series, however, and so is perhaps not as open to standalone reading. 7.5 out of 10.
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