Written by Mariah Huehner & David Tischman
Art by David Messina & Claudia Balboni
Covers by David Messina & Joe Corroney

Sookie's been in New Orleans less than 24 hours and somebody's already tried to kill her in an exploding house-but the sparks really fly when the perky blonde waitress and sexy Eric Northman team up to track down the vampire serial killer stalking the city's French Quarter. Back in Bon Temps, Lafayette faces his fears and considers Pam's offer to work the bar at Fangtasia. By the end of the night, everybody's going to need a stiff drink. Or a Tru Blood. The stakes get higher, as the new blood sucking mystery based on Alan Ball's hit HBO series True Blood deepens.

Mariah Huehner, David Tischman (w)
David Messina, Claudia Balboni (a)
Messina, Joe Corroney (c)

Bill Compton is on his own, investigating the recent Hep-D outbreak in New Orleans' vampire community--and the only link between the victims of the debilitating blood disorder and an 800-year old vampire serial killer is a New Orleans police detective who hates vampires. But it's Eric Northman who makes a discovery about the serial killer's identity that blows the case wide open. And Sookie Stackhouse is in the middle. Again. Back in Bon Temps, what happens in Fangtasia stays in Fangtasia, especially when Lafayette's behind the bar.