Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter in Guilty Pleasures #1
In *Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures* #1 (2006), writer Laurell K. Hamilton and Stacie Ritchie introduce a world where vampires live openly among humans, complete with rights and social norms—except when they break the rules. When Anita Blake, the infamous "Executioner" known for putting down rogue vampires, is approached to investigate a murder within their ranks, she refuses—until her best friend is ensnared by a vampire’s spell at Guilty Pleasures, a high-stakes vampire strip club. With Brett Booth’s sharp, dynamic art and Arif Prianto’s vivid colors, the issue dives into tension and danger, all under the cover by Booth.
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In a world where vampires are a subculture of American life with all of the rights and privileges this entails, Zombie reanimator Anita Blake is asked by one of the undead to investigate murder among his kind. She declines as she refuses to work for vampires. In fact, among the bloodsuckers, she has been dubbed "The Executioner" as she has killed so many who have broken the law. Anita and her two gal-pals have a bachelorette party at Guilty Pleasures, a vampire strip club, where one of Anita's best friends is brought under a vampire's spell. Trying to resolve the situation, Anita is attacked.
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