Written by: Matthew Rosenberg, Alex Paknadel, Pasquale Qualand, Guillaume Singelin & Emma Vieceli
Illustrated by: Neil Googe, Pasquale Qualand, Guillaume Singelin & Haining
First Published: 2023 (THB)
Contains spoilers
The Blurb: One of the last secret, underground human cities is facing total annihilation and its leader—John Constantine—must plan a suicide mission to assassinate a key lieutenant in the vampire empire!
The survivors of a horrifying vampire attack, led by Deathstroke, take shelter with Talia al Ghul. With intel from a hero recently saved from vampirism, John Constantine prepares them for a (suicide) mission, while Midnighter goes through every scenario in his head and finds out the dark truth. Meanwhile the mysterious vampire Lord Cinder has become aware of their plans and prepares a surprise...
You won't want to miss this thrilling companion collection to DC vs. Vampires!
The review: I had thought, when I saw this companion piece to DC Vs Vampires was due, that this would be a one-shot volume but actually it is the first of two parts set after the world has fallen to the vampires. However, it is not a single story. As well as the core story, which starts with Deathstroke, Damage and Blue Devil taking Batman’s body to one of the few remaining Lazarus pits. The vampires have destroyed most of them but Deathstroke believes the resurrection of Batman could, at least from a morale point of view, help turn the tide. They are attacked by vampires of course, and the vampire Azrael falls into the pit – and it turns him human. That pit is useless as it's been used, but they realise the pits were a cure…
However the first story in the volume is one about the resistance, including vampire Robin, looking to attack Nightwing (the vampire leader). Robin – Damian Wayne – holds no loyalty to Nightwing, as we saw in the main volumes. We also get a short Batgirl strip and part 1 of Dark Birth – which plots out how Nightwing became turned.
With so many stories enhancing the already brilliant DC Vs Vampires this is a great companion piece. There are a variety of art styles within, all of which worked for me, but the volume is perhaps only one for those who have read the main two volumes. 7.5 out of 10.
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