(W) Scott Snyder (A) Rafael Albuquerque, Matias Bergara (CA) Rafael Albuquerque. The first collection of AMERICAN VAMPIRE SECOND CYCLE features issues #1-5 of the new series! When we meet Pearl again* it is in 1960s Kansas* an era fraught with fear of nuclear war* angry demonstrations and vast social change. But what has changed in the years since the V.M.S. attack? And where is Skinner Sweet?