Killadelphia Vol. 2: Burn Baby Burn
Rodney Barnes, story; Jason Shawn Alexander, art; Louis Nct, color
Image Comics, 2021
The second installment finds Abigail Adams and her vampire band pursuing a different strategy than the one directed by ex-President John Adams. Abigail has no interest in pure democracy and freedom for all; she means to harness the powerful forces (lobbyists, corporations and billionaires) that control what the common man thinks and consumes. To accomplish that the group embarks on a reign of terror, committing horrific acts of murder on public figures (including tearing a rap star apart on stage in front of an audience). Lots of interesting things happening in the background as well: more of the vampire's history, and visits to Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory (quite a Hellblazer vibe in those parts of the story). In the end a major character returns from the dead and young detective Jimmy Sangster receives a vampire bit: big complications for the next arc. The collection also includes a black and white tie-in werewolf series called Elysium Gardens with connections to Philadelphia (and an inking assist from Bill Sienkiewicz, who gets a credit on the cover).
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