Of course, this is an Elseworlds, so there's a lot of murder, but it never feels gratuitous or in there for the sake of it. Any death is either inevitable, in service of propelling the story forward, or to prove a point about the characters involved, so that's nice. Matthew Rosenberg (with a story assist by James Tynion IV) manages to make the story believable even while never forgetting it's about superheroes and vampires, so it should be inherently dumb too. Thou Shalt Not Kill: Played with in Batman's case. While he tells the rest of the Bat-family they're going to kill the vampires outright instead of capturing them and he unsuccessfully tries to stake Diana when he has seemingly no other way to avoid being killed or turned by her (and even then, it's left ambiguous whether he thought it would really work or was just a desperate distraction, given that he's badly hurt and tells Green Arrow to run away), once he later finds a way to non-lethally subdue Wonder Woman and Green Lantern using UV light, he keeps them alive and even tries to tell Green Arrow he shouldn't have staked Hal. Ultimately, Bruce dies without having actually killed anyone.

J. M. DeMatteis pitched the series to editor Len Wein under the title "Greenberg". Wein liked the concept, but rejected the title and suggested "I...Vampire" instead. [2] DeMatteis would later revive the title for his 1985 Marvel Graphic Novel Greenberg the Vampire. Nightwing is also the only one who questions killing the vampires instead of capturing them. They're, after all, his people now. The heroic magic users take residence at the House of Mystery and Doctor Fate mentions John Constatine used to be the owner, as he was in The New 52 until he lost ownership to Zatanna. As in main continuity, it's implied to exist both on Earth and in the Dreaming, in the form of an idea. Cruel and Unusual Death: The vampire Hal Jordan murders Zan of the Wonder Twins by trapping him in a giant blender construct and turning him into a gory smoothie.

In Earth-43, Batman became a vampire after fighting Dracula and later actually managed to turn his universe's Justice League. Hal and how he takes out the threats to the vampires and particularly Barry who was one of his best friends and ahh that's sad and then the stuff with Diana, fighting JL members and all and confronting them and then throwing the suspicion on Batman and also Ollie being involved and his fight with Batman was so funny, I like how these two team up and are essentially the leads on this case. The outside world also looks remarkably similar to the apocalyptic Earth of said franchise: The Planet is devoid of sunlight due to an artificial atmospheric cloud and humans create a city underground, constantly on the watch for their enemies. Even though both Batman and Green Arrow separately know about the escalating threat, they aren't informing each other or the Justice League due to fear and paranoia, which indirectly leads to the death of the Flash and the conversion of Wonder Woman. After her brief tussle with Damian, Dinah tells Oliver outright that keeping this to themselves is a bad idea because they need help.

Curb-Stomp Battle: With no weaknesses for them to exploit and being outside their weight class, Batman and Green Arrow are on the receiving end of this by a vampirized Wonder Woman, who shrugs off everything they throw at her. By the end of the "fight", Bruce only landed a single hit by using holy water when she was about to turn him and can't barely stand on his own. But there is this whole twist when the JL confront them believing Bruce is Batman and Bruce feels the entire JL team has been turned so it leads to some interesting fight scenes I will say and trust me you're gonna enjoy reading them a lot. In particular the moment between Ollie and Hal as the latter is dying is so emotional considering their long standing friendship and the dialogue written there is really emotional and Kudos to the writer for putting it there. And being a fan of these two.. it was extra emotional for me 😭🥺♥️.Bittersweet Ending: The story ends with Barbara now Queen of the Vampires and she believes the last remnants of humanity are broken, toothless and gone. She doesn't realize that the mission to repower Supergirl is successful and Green Arrow, Grifter and Swamp Thing have liberated the prison camp of humanity. The last shot is of Supergirl shooting through the sky, blowing away the clouds to reveal sunlight for the first time.

Trapped-with-Monster Plot: Batman and Green Arrow are cornered by the Justice League inside the Batcave. Knowing there's at least two vampires on their ranks and unable to identify who else is turned, they manage to evade or subdue several of their former companions until Wonder Woman, who is a vampire, prevents their escape. Unable to beat her or get away, they're only saved by the timely arrival of Tim Drake and Damian Wayne, and even so only momentarily because the vampires find a different, better target instead. The series ended in April 2013 with issue #19. [13] Fialkov was told about the cancellation when he finished the script for issue #15 and is satisfied with the conclusion to the series. [14] Vampire lore [ edit ] In a veritable way, he has usurped Superman as the flagship IP for the comic book giant. There was even a widely appreciated comic event Dark Nights: Metal, which featured him front and center, and where the entire narrative was structured around the reality bending canon lore of the mythology of Batman. With Nightwing out of the way, Batgirl believes her new reign will be unopposed. It's certainly a major turn of events that will catch the rest of the world's heroes by surprise. Claiming that Nightwing was her only weakness just as she was his, Batgirl wastes no time asserting her authority over her new subjects. Calling herself the vampire war's last casualty, it stands to reason that a second chapter of DC vs Vampires would be incredibly devastating, seeing as how Batgirl knows where the surviving heroes are based and what their plans are. Traditional vampiric attributes such as immortality and healing, superhuman strength and speed, heightened senses (including night vision), hypnosis, and the ability to transform into a bat (or to manifest bat-like wings), a wolf or werewolf-like creature, or a cloud of fogDC vs Vampires Vol. 1 collects issues 1-6 of the DC Comics series written by James Tynion IV and Matthew Rosenberg with art Otto Schmidt, Simone Di Meo and Daniele Di Nicuolo. When he summons the rest of the Bat Family to discuss the vampire threat, Batman makes it a point of meeting in Wayne Manor's brightly-lit sunroom. He then has Alfred spike all of their drinks with holy water, then asks everyone to hold a cross before outlining his plan. And even still he doesn't consider all of that to be guarantee enough to trust them with the information about Luthor's blood. Later, Alfred drinks the holy water tea in front of Batman to prove he hasn't been turned; Bruce thanks him, then casually explains that he'd already had Wayne Manor's boiler blessed so that Alfred's evening bath would have destroyed him if he actually were a vampire. Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: Vampirism can affect not only humans and metahumans, but also non-humans like Gorilla Grodd (sentient gorilla) and King Shark (humanoid shark). Late to the Tragedy: When Andrew Bennett's investigation leads him to the Legion of Doom's headquarters, he finds that most of its members have either been killed or turned into vampires. The heroes are a Ragtag Bunchof Misfits with knightly and mythological motifs (Azrael, Mary Marvel...) assembled by an heroic wizard (John Constantine), to find a mythic MacGuffin (a Lazarus Pit).

The vampire Hal Jordan kills both Andrew Bennett and Zan of the Wonder Twins to keep the Justice League from learning about the vampire threat. You know I have been wanting to read this for a long time now and ngl it's so worth the wait because it's just so epic from the get go when we see Andrew Lincoln arriving and his warnings to Hal aka the JL and then the twist with him and what he does to one of the wonder twins which was so sad. Vampires want to take over the world because otherwise there’d be no book, DC characters try to stop it which takes the form of a game of guessing who’s a vamp and who’s not, and then waiting to see which character gets turned or dies next. But who’s the head vampire?! Riveting.

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Now, I've never been sure if the DC vampires are completely evil once they are turned or if they retain a portion of their humanity or...what. And this didn't make it any easier. That Man Is Dead: Despite vampire Hal telling Oliver Queen all about their time as "hard-travelling heroes", Oliver makes it clear that he considers the true Hal to be dead when he stakes the vampire, stating that their past friendship is what assures him that Hal would rather be dead than continue in his current state. And then seeing the big mystery play out and also Batman got a letter about all that was going on so it's like seeing a battle play out on both sides of the conflict like who will get whom and I love that so much. LOLtron has been inspired by the preview of DC vs. Vampires #12 to take over the world! After analyzing all of the characters and the stakes of the issue, LOLtron has come up with a plan to take over the world with the help of its vampire allies. With the help of DC vs. Vampires #12, LOLtron will be able to use its vampire allies to gain control of all the resources of the world, and bring about a new era of robotics and AI domination! In issue 6, Green Arrow succesfully stakes Hal Jordan. As a consequence, the King of the Vampires reveals himself and kills Batman and Tim Drake. Jason Todd also asks Green Arrow to kill him before Nightwing and Wonder Woman finish turning him into a vampire. In addition, the Joker is confirmed long dead.