When I saw this title I thought it can’t just be DC characters fighting, and some inevitably becoming, vampires can it - there has to be more to this than that, otherwise why do it? Which is why I was willing to give DC vs Vampires the benefit of the doubt and picked it up.
… Nope! It literally is just that. So I suppose it’s a great title - just the title I mean, not the book or series - in that it describes what it’s about 100% accurately. But is it good to read? Fuck no! It’s the most generic vampire story only with added DC characters. It’s so boring!
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.
I’m happy with DC doing more standalone books like this (Alfred’s alive once again so this is outside the current canon), particularly as I don’t give a fig for canon anyway, and it allows for more freedom in storytelling. Tom Taylor does a lot of comics like this and I think it’s because of his success with stuff like DCeased and Injustice that’s paved the way for books like DC vs Vampires. It’s just a shame the storytelling quality is so poor with all these Elseworlds-type comics.
DC vs Vampires, Volume 1 delivers on its promised predictable mediocrity but if none of the above sounds interesting to you, don’t bother with this one. Neither James Tynion IV or Matthew Rosenberg do anything even remotely interesting with the concept, it’s simply the Ronseal of comics: it does exactly what it says on the tin. Stake it already.
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