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The comic is written in arcs, each set in a different time period and locale. The first arc follows Pearl Jones, a girl struggling to make it big in Hollywood in the [[The Roaring Twenties|1920s]]. The second arc follows Cashell McCorgan, a police officer during [[The Great Depression]]. The third arc follows Henry Preston joining a team of Vassals of the Morning Star agents to investigate rumors of vampires in the Japanese islands, against the backdrop of [[World War II]]. The fourth arc follows Travis Kidd, a young rockabilly vampire hunter in the 1950s as he crosses paths with the Vassals. The fifth arc beginning in April will follow one of the survivors of the Taipan mission who has now become a vampire. The sixth arc (beginning in June) will reunite Pearl Jones and Skinner Sweet in 1950s Hollywood, during the Red Scare.

Thus far, there are also two mini-series, the first following Cashell and Felicia Book in Europe during [[WW 2]], and another upcoming one that follows Felicia some time after.

 

 

 

* [[Action Girl]]: Pearl is no pushover. After {{spoiler|being attacked by the Hollywood Coven and being turned by Skinner}}, she does not hesitate to bring on the pain to those who have wronged her. Abilena also fits this trope.

* [[Always a Bigger Fish]]: Rears its head at the ending of ''Survival of the Fittest'', when {{spoiler|The Ancients that Pavel had been nurturing back to health wake up and save Felicia and Cash before tearing into the Nazi Vampires and utterly slaughtering them.}}

* [[Ax Crazy]]: Skinner Sweet. {{spoiler|Hattie's getting there fast.}}

* [[Battle Cry]]: "[[Semper Fi]], [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Motherfuckers!]]"

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Pearl is a nice girl, until you push her. The Hollywood Coven found this out the hard way.

* [[The Chosen One]]: One of the {{spoiler|The Ancients in ''Survival of the Fittest'' says this to Felicia in its language before she escapes.}}

* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: Potentially what the progenitors of the vampire race are.

* [[Faux Affably Evil]]: Skinner Sweet again.

* [[Game Face]]: The new breed pass for human easily, but when fighting or feeding or angry, they shift to clawed and fanged monsters.

* [[Glasgow Grin]]: {{spoiler|Hattie}} now has one of these. She covers it with makeup.

* [[Hollywood]]: Pearl starts out as an actress trying to work her way up in the movie biz... {{spoiler|until she gets invited to the ''wrong'' party...}}

* [[Hollywood History]]: The earliest parts of the story go back to [[The Wild West]], skips a few decades, then starts again in the [[Roaring Twenties]]. So far, every main story arc has taken place around ten years after the last, with the story progressing through [[The Great Depression]] and [[World War II]]. Judging by some solicitations, the trend will continue at least through [[The Fifties]].

** {{spoiler|Erik Pavel}} and {{spoiler|Cash Mccogan}} in ''Survival of the Fittest''

** In ''Ghost War'', {{spoiler|The Vicar is infected and grabs a string of grenades and rushes into a crowd of Japanese vampires, killing them all and saving Calvin and Henry.}}

* [[Kryptonite Factor]]: Moonless nights and <s> quite possibly</s> recently confirmed, {{spoiler|gold}}.

* [[Oral Fixation Fixation]]: Skinner Sweet loves peppermint sticks-- even as a vampire.

* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: The new breed has powers that the older vampires lack. (So far, they have elongated finger-claws, rattlesnake fangs, and are powered by sunlight, only becoming vulnerable during the nights of the new moon.) There are also several other types of Vampires. Heck, they have an entire taxonomy for them:

** The types of vampires seen so far have been the European vampires (traditional vampires also known as Carpathian vampires, who believe themselves to be the dominant species), American vampires (jaws like rattle snakes and powered by the sun), Gaelic-Prime vampires, a shape-shifting type that is actually quite nice. Its other form is a pretty vicious looking creature with giant bat-like wings ( {{spoiler|Cashell's adoptive father was one before being killed by Sweet}} ), and the newest vampire that has been shown is the Japanese vampire, a creepy looking thing with giant fucking teeth and no eyes. Yes... their vampires are definitely different.

* [[Pay Evil Unto Evil]]: Pearl's out for vengeance {{spoiler|on the Hollywood vampire coven}}, and {{spoiler|Skinner's old enemies}} want to put an end to his depredations. {{spoiler|Not to mention what Hattie does to her captor...}}

* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Skinner and Pearl both go on these, against their enemies. {{spoiler|Hattie's also started one, against Pearl.}}

* [[Slasher Smile]]: American Vampires do these ''real'' well.

* [[The Wild West]]: Skinner's story starts there.

* [[The Great Depression]]: Cashell's story starts here.

** Played straight with the Japanese vampires, who are completely feral. A single drop of their blood coming into contact with your skin will turn you almost instantly.

* {{spoiler|[[Undead Child]]: Cash's son was born a vampire because of Sweet's actions and Cash's wife's death. Cash's attempting to find a cure for him is what his motivation in ''Survival of the Fittest'' is.}}

* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Pearl. After the Hollywood Coven does bad things to her, her rage is only stopped when they're corpses.

* [[Vampires Are Rich]]: The Hollywood Coven is. The American vampires? Not so much.

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