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DC vs. Vampires
DC vs. Vampires #5
The future of the world is at stake as a battle to the death ensues between Batman and Hal Jordan! Will the vampiric Green Lantern be too much for the Dark Knight? Will the future of humanity be in the hands of…Jayna, vampire slayer? The bloody, bestselling series continues!
29 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 22, 2022
About the author
James Tynion IV
1,696 books2,100 followersPrior to his first professional work, Tynion was a student of Scott Snyder's at Sarah Lawrence College. A few years later, he worked as for Vertigo as Fables editor Shelly Bond's intern. In late 2011, with DC deciding to give Batman (written by Snyder) a back up feature, Tynion was brought in by request of Snyder to script the back ups he had plotted. Tynion would later do the same with the Batman Annual #1, which was also co-plotted by Snyder. Beginning in September 2012, with DC's 0 issue month for the New 52, Tynion will be writing Talon, with art by Guillem March. In early 2013 it was announced that he'd take over writing duties for Red Hood and the Outlaws in April.
Tynion is also currently one of the writers in a rotating team in the weekly Batman Eternal series.
Tynion is also currently one of the writers in a rotating team in the weekly Batman Eternal series.
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May 19, 2026
Paint the town...yellow.
I enjoyed the callback to the Green Lantern's weakness to the spectrum of yellow light. And of course, it's always fun to see those big brawls where superheroes have to fight it out. This time, it's the Justice League who have been led to the Batcave under the misconception that Bruce & Oliver are the vampires. With Hal & Diana able to mask their fang-y nature, it's kind of a no-brainer to point the finger at the guy who dresses like an actual bat.
Task Force X (Suicide Squad) shows up for a mission and rather quickly finds out that they've been infiltrated.
Who's alive, who's dead, and who's undead?
Still no word on who this master vampire is, but the signs are starting to point toward Harley's old flame.
I forgot how much fun this is!
Recommended.
I enjoyed the callback to the Green Lantern's weakness to the spectrum of yellow light. And of course, it's always fun to see those big brawls where superheroes have to fight it out. This time, it's the Justice League who have been led to the Batcave under the misconception that Bruce & Oliver are the vampires. With Hal & Diana able to mask their fang-y nature, it's kind of a no-brainer to point the finger at the guy who dresses like an actual bat.
Task Force X (Suicide Squad) shows up for a mission and rather quickly finds out that they've been infiltrated.
Who's alive, who's dead, and who's undead?
Still no word on who this master vampire is, but the signs are starting to point toward Harley's old flame.
I forgot how much fun this is!
Recommended.
September 6, 2022
Really fun to see Batman and Green Arrow team up. Thr suicide squad stuff is aite.
February 25, 2022
Guess it is always going to be the unpowered humans who lead the fight in these things.
In the DCeased storyline, DC killed off Batman too soon, but many of the heroes that fought back were the lesser powered characters. Now we have Batman (and Bat family) and Green Arrow leading the fight. Green Lantern and Wonder Woman have been turned and now? Of course, Superman has to be turned as well or the fight would be over too soon.
I am liking this series almost as much as I loved the DCeased stories. The art is something else. Only thing keeping this from being a 5-star review.
In the DCeased storyline, DC killed off Batman too soon, but many of the heroes that fought back were the lesser powered characters. Now we have Batman (and Bat family) and Green Arrow leading the fight. Green Lantern and Wonder Woman have been turned and now? Of course, Superman has to be turned as well or the fight would be over too soon.
I am liking this series almost as much as I loved the DCeased stories. The art is something else. Only thing keeping this from being a 5-star review.
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March 22, 2022ok bc i really enjoyed a bruce/oliver team up ..... but the way oliver couldn't shoot hal in the heart :(
January 24, 2024
That ending :O this felt like full-blown action the whole way through. Loved it.
May 3, 2025
...Oh, *$!@.
April 9, 2026
While this issue still thrilled me that also genuinely pissed me off, the continually changing art styles was one thing but Batman’s inability to just talk things out to produce real proof to turn the living Justice leaguers on his side is infuriating and he just handed them all the power they will ever need because of his refusal to trust…I HATE IT, absolutely ridiculous. But talking about this issue let me start with the minor plot point with the suicide squad’s hunt for the joker! As we found out from the last issue and what they found out first hand trying to infiltrate one of his facilities…the joker is now a vampire. The group so current led by Deadshot with Harley, Captain Boomerang, King Shark, parasite, savant, and black spider. We don’t even see how it happens but somehow king Shark is turned into a vampire, maybe it happened before hand or joker is still lurking around…either way, he kills black spider immediately. Upon seeing black spider go offline I am not sure why Waller didn’t listen to Deadshot to blow up king Shark immediately, maybe she had hopes of bringing him in as the mission is to capture joker so obviously they want him as a test subject, but Deadshot quickly found that parasite and savant have also been turned so they are already outnumbered. As Savant tries to kill Harley, he is suddenly taken out by a very punctual Barbara Gordon as she drops in and stakes him. Seems we will be having some quick team ups.
But now to the real problem of the issue…Batman’s inability to communicate. Sure when you are faced with the Justice league you can assume all of them are transformed and you can try and fight them all on at once…OR, hear me out…you can talk to them as you only know for sure 2 of them are changed. A sprinkle of holy water and we are good and unfortunately the rest of the leaguers just can’t seem to see this small moments where Diana and Hal show their true vampiric forms. But Bruce is also playing right into their hands, believing that Clark is transformed as well he fully used a hidden vial of Kryptonite gas to take Superman down…leaving him weak and defenseless. Batman want3: to know how the vampires could get to Superman…you dude!! Suddenly cyborg stops all the fighting to try and give Batman’s moment to talk and explain as from their perspective he is infected…and batman completely squanders the chance to talk, instead opting to show cyborg “proof” on his computer, only to lead him into a trap which overloaded cyborg and the entire grid leading to a black out in the cave and across the entire city. But we have to “ASSumE nObOdY iS On oUr sIdE,” right Bruce? UGH! The bat family immediately start heading for home when the blackout hit as they originated the power surge to the cave. Hal lit up the cave looking to hunt batman, only for batman to engage a yellow silica powder to explode throughout the cave, turning everything yellow to neutralize Hal’s powers. But now it’s Ollie’s turn, with Hal weakened the fate of humankind is in his hands as he has the chance to take him down right now…but Ollie takes the shot and misses the heart. This goes back to a question batman posed last issue, could Ollie kill a vampiric friend?
Ollie goes back for round two because he made a mistake, only for J’onn to catch the second arrow…conveniently missing Hal in his vampire form right behind him. Batman doesn’t have time to deal with this and he theorizes that J’onn can’t be changed because of his alien physiology, so he uses a fire whip to back J’onn into an old JL teleporter, sending J’onn away and then destroying the controls so he can’t quickly come back. But then Hawkgirl decides to come in mace swinging to try and take them down, obviously they don’t know if she is a vampire so Ollie puts an arrow in her shoulder. And with most of the league down it’s now just Ollie and batman vs Dina. They race in to Dave her with absolutely no hope of winning, but Bruce is able to splash her with holy water. FINALLY Hawkgirl sees the truth as Diana is now permanently burned with her fangs in full display…but it’s too late, Hawkgirl is weakened and Diana is able to life her up and transform her into a vampire with ease. They have nothing and all Bruce can do is tell Ollie to run for his life as he makes a last ditch effort to stab Diana…which breaks across her skin. But before Diana can kill Bruce…Damian and Tim come whirling in on a bat cycle as they slam into Diana and send her across the room. Ollie puts her down with an explosive arrow as they quickly make their escape in the Batmobile. Batman sees he needs to slow them down so he engages an authorization to blow the bat cave up! Wayne manor seems to go with it and I really hope Alfred got out as well. But as the issue comes to an end Hal and Diana are left with an entire weakened Justice league ready to be converted…they weren’t vampires when Bruce and Ollie fought them but they sure as hell will be next time they see them. SIGH, and where is Lex’s vial of blood?! When does that come back up so we can weaponize everyone’s blood!!
But now to the real problem of the issue…Batman’s inability to communicate. Sure when you are faced with the Justice league you can assume all of them are transformed and you can try and fight them all on at once…OR, hear me out…you can talk to them as you only know for sure 2 of them are changed. A sprinkle of holy water and we are good and unfortunately the rest of the leaguers just can’t seem to see this small moments where Diana and Hal show their true vampiric forms. But Bruce is also playing right into their hands, believing that Clark is transformed as well he fully used a hidden vial of Kryptonite gas to take Superman down…leaving him weak and defenseless. Batman want3: to know how the vampires could get to Superman…you dude!! Suddenly cyborg stops all the fighting to try and give Batman’s moment to talk and explain as from their perspective he is infected…and batman completely squanders the chance to talk, instead opting to show cyborg “proof” on his computer, only to lead him into a trap which overloaded cyborg and the entire grid leading to a black out in the cave and across the entire city. But we have to “ASSumE nObOdY iS On oUr sIdE,” right Bruce? UGH! The bat family immediately start heading for home when the blackout hit as they originated the power surge to the cave. Hal lit up the cave looking to hunt batman, only for batman to engage a yellow silica powder to explode throughout the cave, turning everything yellow to neutralize Hal’s powers. But now it’s Ollie’s turn, with Hal weakened the fate of humankind is in his hands as he has the chance to take him down right now…but Ollie takes the shot and misses the heart. This goes back to a question batman posed last issue, could Ollie kill a vampiric friend?
Ollie goes back for round two because he made a mistake, only for J’onn to catch the second arrow…conveniently missing Hal in his vampire form right behind him. Batman doesn’t have time to deal with this and he theorizes that J’onn can’t be changed because of his alien physiology, so he uses a fire whip to back J’onn into an old JL teleporter, sending J’onn away and then destroying the controls so he can’t quickly come back. But then Hawkgirl decides to come in mace swinging to try and take them down, obviously they don’t know if she is a vampire so Ollie puts an arrow in her shoulder. And with most of the league down it’s now just Ollie and batman vs Dina. They race in to Dave her with absolutely no hope of winning, but Bruce is able to splash her with holy water. FINALLY Hawkgirl sees the truth as Diana is now permanently burned with her fangs in full display…but it’s too late, Hawkgirl is weakened and Diana is able to life her up and transform her into a vampire with ease. They have nothing and all Bruce can do is tell Ollie to run for his life as he makes a last ditch effort to stab Diana…which breaks across her skin. But before Diana can kill Bruce…Damian and Tim come whirling in on a bat cycle as they slam into Diana and send her across the room. Ollie puts her down with an explosive arrow as they quickly make their escape in the Batmobile. Batman sees he needs to slow them down so he engages an authorization to blow the bat cave up! Wayne manor seems to go with it and I really hope Alfred got out as well. But as the issue comes to an end Hal and Diana are left with an entire weakened Justice league ready to be converted…they weren’t vampires when Bruce and Ollie fought them but they sure as hell will be next time they see them. SIGH, and where is Lex’s vial of blood?! When does that come back up so we can weaponize everyone’s blood!!
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March 2, 2022
This was definitely the weakest issue so far in this series for me. It didn’t really feel like much happened here and it honestly just did more to confuse me than anything. One big fight that didn’t really lead to anything. It’s unfortunate because I love this run but hey, sometimes you get a weak issue and that’s ok!
April 7, 2022
I'm still having fun. Bruce was just a little too paranoid here which might not have been the best thing tbh. The art was split into two styles too, which was weird. I enjoyed both styles, but they were very different. There was less humour in this issue as well (though Harley was pretty cute/funny). I did not expect to love this, but I love this.
September 1, 2022
We're nearly halfway through this story and it feels like it's spinning its wheels while trying to set-up stuff for the future. This issue has a big battle and introduces Task Force X into the mix, yet it feels like set-up for future issues. I was onboard for this story, and I hope stuff picks up in future issues.
July 16, 2023
Green Arrow (GA) and Batman (B) have to take on vampire Wonder Woman (WW) and vampire Green Lantern (GL)! Things are going from bad to worse; but B and GA have to try to fight their way out now to fight another day. The situation is only going to get worse - looks like the big 'S' might be WW next victim!
March 6, 2022
Decent enough story for this title, but inconsistent art was jarring. The Task Force X scenes are gorgeous in drawing and colors while the rest is crude and has dark lettering on dark backgrounds in places that's hard to read. The battle in the Batcave is confusing, but entertaining nonetheless.
April 8, 2022
I'm continuing to love this series. In this issue, Ollie is my favorite. I love his one-sided banter with the ever-serious Bruce. You know the "body count"? Well, in this case, the "vampire count" continues to grow. Let's see who remains...not biting by issue 12...
December 31, 2022
This series needs to lighten up.
No seriously, I was having a hard time reading this at one point because the coloring was so dark. It also felt like there was a lot of empty space in some of the panels. The content was okay but the end was kind of a sucker punch.
No seriously, I was having a hard time reading this at one point because the coloring was so dark. It also felt like there was a lot of empty space in some of the panels. The content was okay but the end was kind of a sucker punch.
February 24, 2022
This is a fight issue. Batman uses several different creative ways to fight the vamp members of the Justice League. it's fun but really doesn't do a whole lot to advance the overall story.
February 24, 2022
This book rules, lot of great action here and cool Batman tricks.
March 7, 2022
NO DONT TURN CLARK
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June 12, 2022
Excellent action and the horror's starting to really build.
August 21, 2022
3.4. Weakest issue so far but sets up the next issue very well. I still love the run either way.
September 27, 2024
Why did they switch artist every couple of pages? I really disliked that. Also it's Simone Di Meo's works and I don't like his colouring/style, so that was unfortunate for me.
August 20, 2025
NOO ¿cómo es posible que hayan entregado a Clark en bandeja de oro?
Aunque... se alimenta del sol, y no podrá tomarlo si es vampiro, será débil.
Aunque... se alimenta del sol, y no podrá tomarlo si es vampiro, será débil.
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August 29, 2025
No sé si hay una solución... digo, todo es posible, pero- pero- pero- ¿Ahora... Superman?
January 4, 2026
bruhhh vampire superman we are screwed
September 16, 2022
Green Arrow and Batman have teamed up versus Wonder Woman and Green Lantern. When it comes down to it, though, does Ollie have it in him to shoot his friend in the heart? Will reason prevail, or will tempers, fangs, and blood fly?
Things aren't looking good for the humans, but there are issues left yet...
Things aren't looking good for the humans, but there are issues left yet...
August 7, 2022
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