If you like South Pacific and vampires, this is the issue for you. I did start reading this book when it first came out because Stephen King was co-writing it and I wanted to see what he was up to. King is long gone and this issue brings a new arc that deals with WW2. I didn't enjoy this book when it started and this issue isn't any better. I guess the big problem is that vampires have been done to death and writer Scott Snyder isn't doing anything new except setting his stories in the 1920's and now the 40's. This storyline has Pearl as a vampire nurse saying goodbye to her vampire boyfriend who joins the military where he meets Skinner Sweet, another vampire. The catch is that a small island near Japan is infested with vampires and the U.S. forces are sent to eradicate them. What's next? Nazi vampires? The art by Rafael Albuquerque is rough and sketchy. It's more or less basic, as is the writing. I don't know...this book just feels as lifeless as a...well, a vampire. *1/2
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