Vampire Survivors #2 Review

 

Vampire Survivors #2 Review

Writer: David Hazan

Artist: Jimmy Kucaj

Colorist: Jão Canola

Letterer: Chas Pangburn

Cover Artists: Kit Wallis & Alex Moore

Publisher: Titan Comics

Price: $4.99 US

Release Date: October 7, 2026

 

When their sister went missing, Antonio blamed Gennaro. Then their sister arrived, claiming that she was cursed. Perhaps she was. Monsters followed Imelda to the rural chapel. Worse, the Belpaese siblings needed Lama and Arca's help to beat back the otherworldly invasion.

 

Are Antonio and the Ladonna sisters correct? Did Gennaro's search for the world's most dangerous vampire rain trouble down on their heads? And who is the skeletal figure that only Imelda can see? Let's leap into Vampire Survivors #2 and find out!

 

Story

The Ladonna sisters claimed the Belpaese siblings went looking for easy conquests to make their reputations. When Imelda has a strange experience followed by successive monster attacks, it confirms her belief that she's been cursed. So while Antonio ventures into the Mad Forest to consult his former teacher, Gennaro accompanies Imelda to the Inlaid Library. But that doesn’t mean that everyone enjoys their separate quests.

 

In Vampire Survivors #2, Antonio talks to himself. Gennaro bickers. Whether in a monster-filled forest or a haunted library, dangers lurk everywhere. Drama and action heighten everyone's emotions as David Hazan interweaves Antonio's journey into the Mad Forest with Gennaro and Imelda's visit to the Inlaid Library. Both brothers seem more inclined to seek danger than let it come to them. Yet while Imelda believes she is cursed, she's also the only family member who finds happiness (if only for a moment).

 

Gennaro and Antonio may yearn to tackle monsters. Yet they don't want to look within and consider why they do the things they do. Like most people, Gennaro and Antonio prefer to get on with their lives and let their work define them. While her brothers keep grasping for low-hanging fruit, Imelda seeks to improve herself through education. Yet, like her brothers, she wants to call the shots. As she labors under the belief that she has stumbled in her quest for knowledge, Imelda seeks to learn how to protect herself from the dangers she has unleashed in Vampire Survivors #2.

 

Art

Jimmy Kucaj’s high-energy art increases all the characters’ hopes, fears, and insecurities. As they brave dangers, the family also battles their inner demons. Their environments are no less dramatic. Trees frame Antonio as he carries his whip past tilted headstones. He throws up an arm when a bat bursts from a panel. The trees, with trunks that evoke snakes, squeeze Antonio into a narrow path. Glowing eyes fill the dark canopy overhead.

 

While Antonio wears green as he battles monsters on the green sward, his former master wears a green cloak. Yet the same orange that trims Gennaro's clothes fills Maestro Poe's home. Orange drapes and books surround Gennaro as he bides his time while Imelda studies. Yet when the skeletal figure reappears, it wears a purple cloak to match Imelda's dress.

 

As Jão Canola adorns Vampire Survivors #2 with a vibrant palette, Chas Pangburn fills white balloons with black uppercase letters. Dialogue enlarges and changes color while balloons change shape amid heightened emotions. As sound effects swarm this game adaptation, David Hazan's story proves anything but a relaxing read in a book-filled library (or home). Thanks to Titan Comics for providing a review copy.

 

Final Thoughts

The race is on to discover what happened to Imelda, and what the Belpaese siblings can do to lift the curse. Gennaro's unbridled ambition may have caused Imelda's curse. Still, he must support Imelda rather than questing for a cure like his more cautious brother in Vampire Survivors #2.

 

Rating 9.4/10

 

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