V-Wars Volume 2: All of Us Monsters

V-Wars Graphic Novels #2

by Jonathan Maberry

Big Dog and V-8 are the top gunslingers in the escalating battle with vampire terrorists. But the hunt for a new and intensely brutal species of bloodsucker puts them in the crosshairs of the world's most dangerous special operative: Joe Ledger. And, the members of V-8 are tasked to hunt down and obtain plans for a stolen vampire gene screener.

Genres: Comics, Horror, Graphic Novels, Vampires, Fiction, Science Fiction, Graphic Novels Comics

136 pages, Paperback

First published June 10, 2015

About the author

JONATHAN MABERRY is a NYTimes bestselling author, #1 Audible bestseller, 5-time Bram Stoker Award-winner, 4-time Scribe Award winner, Inkpot Award winner, comic book writer, and producer. He is the author of more than 50 novels, 190 short stories, 16 short story collections, 30 graphic novels, 14 nonfiction books, and has edited 26 anthologies. His vampire apocalypse book series, V-WARS, was a Netflix original series starring Ian Somerhalder. His 2009-10 run as writer on the Black Panther comic formed a large chunk of the recent blockbuster film, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. His bestselling YA zombie series, Rot & Ruin is in development for film at Alcon Entertainment; and John Wick director, Chad Stahelski, is developing Jonathan’s Joe Ledger Thrillers for TV. Jonathan writes in multiple genres including suspense, thriller, horror, science fiction, epic fantasy, and action; and he writes for adults, teens and middle grade. His works include The Pine Deep Trilogy, The Kagen the Damned Trilogy, NecroTek, Ink, Glimpse, the Rot & Ruin series, the Dead of Night series, The Wolfman, X-Files Origins: Devil’s Advocate, The Sleepers War (with Weston Ochse), Mars One, and many others. He is the editor of high-profile anthologies including Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird, The X-Files, Aliens: Bug Hunt, Out of Tune, Don’t Turn out the Lights: A Tribute to Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Baker Street Irregulars, Nights of the Living Dead, Shadows & Verse, and others. His comics include Marvel Zombies Return, The Punisher: Naked Kills, Wolverine: Ghosts, Godzilla vs Cthulhu: Death May Die, Bad Blood and many others. Jonathan has written in many popular licensed worlds, including Hellboy, True Blood, The Wolfman, John Carter of Mars, Sherlock Holmes, C.H.U.D., Diablo IV, Deadlands, World of Warcraft, Planet of the Apes, Aliens, Predator, Karl Kolchak, and many others. He the president of the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers, and the editor of Weird Tales Magazine. He lives in San Diego, California. Find him online at www.jonathanmaberry.com

Reviews

[Sud666 · Rating 2 out of 5]

Vol 2 of V-Wars was merely ok. The story revolves around two US Marines, who insist on calling themselves "soldiers" which is an Army term, trying to track down a vampire gene scanner. The story was pretty stereotypical- the male Marine even says things like "I'd like a double tofu burger, with avocado and a side of quinoa." *rolls eyes* Words that have never been uttered by a single Marine, ever. But, let's not worry about realism in a story about vampires. The female Marine, of course, is a bad-ass and extremely bitchy. Lovely. She is also a pathetic racist, though against vampires as she herself is black. This odd couple plow through dozens of vamps and humans by themselves ad find out the secret of the scanner. Meanwhile, Joe Ledger exposes the government plans.

Vol 2 shows that the creative talent behind this story is starting to dry up. SJW tropes alone do not a story make. I'm done with this series, as the quality of the story was substansially worse than vol 1. I don't know if this series needs to keep going, but it likely will as Netflix has decided to make a series about this. So who knows? I'm done with the comic, but might watch the show.

A mediocre and pedestrian story. Even hard core vampire fans (like myself) will find a hard time enjoying this.

[Quentin Wallace · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a lot different than volume one. Volume one was showing how the world reacted when vampirism showed up an infection. It was an allegory for racism, prejudice, etc. This volume was more of just a military story about hunting down vampires. We did get an appearance from Joe Ledger, Maberry's character from his zombie books. That was cool as it linked Maberry's universes together. Another thing I enjoyed was how the vampire disease created all different types of vampires from different cultural backgrounds. Some traditional vampires, some more monstrous in appearance etc. usually based on vampire legends from different parts of the world.

The main letdown here was the series was canceled without a definitive resolution, so it sort of just ends. Overall I liked V Wars, but wouldn't consider it the strongest of Maberry's work.

[Brent Soderstrum · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is Maberry's 2nd Volume of the V-Wars-graphic novel version.

I have read 3 of the 4 anthologies covering the Vampire Wars that Maberry edited. Without having read the final one, this graphic novel does depart somewhat from the anthologies. Joe Ledger makes an appearance and there appears to be a greater focus on leadership of the USA being involved. It appears the President (looks like Obama) may be a vampire. I always suspected that.

This volume was also very disjointed. The story didn't flow as cleanly as it did in Volume 1. You turn the page and you are dealing with a new set of characters without any transition.

Not sure if this series will continue or not. Certainly didn't end with a bow tied around it.

[Ms Zhang · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am a Secondary school student in Penarth since 2016 I have been advertising my services as a book reviewer on Facebook, twitter and in the local Penarth book store on Windsor Road as I want to be a news reporter in my future career, I have built up a catalogue of books that I have reviewed on Facebook. (I then place the reviews on the author website choice). I recently got this book from Aa publishing source and they asked me to do a review for him and put it on goodreads. Positives, excellent colour artwork, Again Luthor Swann in one of the main characters, but many more new characters are introduced that were not in the 1st book in the series. The story lines goes in a new direction that you do not expect after reading the 1st book, again brilliant, cannot say this enough, from my point of view no negatives to mention. A perfect book, loved every part of it, plenty of gore, plenty of body flesh on show also, a great book, at the rear of the book is a art gallery section, which is quality. This book is perfect in many ways, the best I have read in the past 5 years.

[Sonja Gieren · Rating 2 out of 5]

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Autor: Jonathan Maberry
Übersetzer: Kai Hirdt
Illustrator: Alan Robinson/ Marco Turini
Verlag: Cross Cult
Preis: 19,80€, Gebundenes Buch
Seiten: 120 Seiten
ISBN: 978-3-864255-79-3
Alter: ab 16 Jahren (meiner Meinung nach ab 18)
Erscheinungsdatum: 24.01.2016

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Der Comic zur neuen Netflix-Serie!
Im eskalierenden Krieg gegen Vampirterroristen kämpfen Big Dog und die Elitetruppe V-8 an vorderster Front. Aber auf der Jagd nach einer ganz besonders blutrünstigen Vampirspezies geraten sie ins Fadenkreuz des weltweit gefährlichsten Geheimagenten: Joe Ledger. Damit nicht genug – der Bauplan eines Testgeräts, mit dem man ein aktives Vampirgen erkennen kann, wurde gestohlen. Es bleibt an den V-8 hängen, ihn wiederzubeschaffen.
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Ich weiß gar nicht so genau was ich hier schreiben soll, eigentlich hätte dieser Comic gar keinen Stern verdient, denn er war wirklich einfach nur schlecht. Ich finde es grauenvoll wenn innerhalb einer Handlung ein neuer Illustrator gewählt wird, der die Geschichte absolut verfremdet und dazu hat man sich dann noch überlegt, hey warum überhaupt eine Handlung, wenn es doch auch mit ein paar wenigen Sätzen geht! Einfach nur ein grauenvolles Buch Dem ich einfach nicht mehr als 2 Sterne geben kann, auch nur weil mir der Protagonist Dr. Swann nach wie vor echt gut gefallen hat und einige Zeichnung echt okay waren. Aber im Vergleich zum ersten Band, ist dieser absolut Grotten schlecht und definitiv keine Empfehlung von mit! Sehr schade, daß diese Geschichte so enden musste. Bin echt enttäuscht! Ganz lieben Gruß Sonja/Shaaniel

[Francesca Giardiello · Rating 4 out of 5]

La fine di V-Wars, che rappresenta solo l'inizio per il mondo delineato da Maberry.

Dilemmi etici, guerra, sangue e intrighi sono la base su cui si fonda questo fumetto. La ricerca della verità è fondamentale, quindi le tinte da "action" diventano più "thriller" seppure i combattimenti non vengano mai messi da parte, anzi!

Lo sceneggiatore sorprende con dei colpi di scena alquanto brillanti che permettono di proseguire nella lettura rimanendo stupidi e soprattutto godendo di una storia non così scontata rispetto a quanto possa sembrare.

[Jeremy Hannaford · Rating 1 out of 5]

Kind of surprised of all the good ratings because I found this quite irritating. The narrative jumps back and forth very awkwardly between the multiple story lines. The point the author is trying to convey gets extremely redundant and repetative very early on. I got what he was getting across at page 40 and then read another near 100, seeing the exact same thing be repeated over and over again.
Art was very good though, props for that.

[Scott Waldie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was marginally better than the first volume, as the hunt for the new bloodsucker was at least partly compelling.

[Katie Haasch · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quick read.

[Jack Stubblefield · Rating 4 out of 5]

I only wish the series had continued in comic book form.

[Sean · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 really

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting but a little over-the-top story and visuals/art that add a another dimension to the books/audio.

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not as rock solid as the first volume, but I do love this vampire world building story. Would love more.

[Doug · Rating 2 out of 5]

Unanswered questions and dangling plot lines. Rather disappointing. Content warning: language, partial nudity, graphic violence.

[Albert Yates · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've read this before, but I'm still blown away. I was surprised when Joe Ledger showed up, but I shouldn't be. It was a Mayberry book, after all.

What did we learn from this? Everything is political, and everyone is corrupt. Nothing would stop this war because everyone is afraid of one side or the other. There are easy answers, but no one wants to look for them.

Also, there are hundreds of species of vampires that are not discussed.

[J.D. Holman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Two more great stories in the V-Wars comics series. I really enjoyed the writing. The art was excellent in the first story. I didn't care as much for the style in the second story, as it used ridiculous proportions for all females, and the faces were not as well-drawn as in the first story.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a little more disjointed for me than volume one, but still a pretty compelling narrative on the nature of war. Wondering where I'll be able to find the prose volumes that accompany the comics (my library doesn't have them).