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CVO is a branch of the CIA, dedicated to taking
care of the really nasty threats to the world.
There's one slight hitch-- it's composed of
vampires. Vampires, who typically appear to have
been made by having unfortunately been murdered by
rogue vampires. Of course, for all I know, they
could be purposefully selected, but the original
implication is that they're murder victims.
The country of Sinespera (for those of you in the
audience who don't speak Spanish, that translates
into "without hope" *groan*) is under the rule of
a military dictator named General Emil Malodor (if
you can't translate the last name I'm not helping
you, it's not worth it). And General Malodor has
purchased 5 Ex-Soviet nuclear suitcase bombs and
is threatening to use magic to deliver them with
GPS accuracy to "The oval office, president's
desktop" if their demands aren't met. To combat
this threat, the CVO is sent in and encounters more
than they bargained for in the form of a demon
named Karssus, who General Malodor hired to drop
the nukes.
Origins are told, battles are fought, and the good
guys save the day. All and all it's a very good
comic book, with nifty looking art. Though I can
never quite tell which one Cross is supposed to
be. I'm not sure it stands up to what it boasts
on the back cover "A fresh new approach that will
forever alter your view of vampires." It's
interesting and it's cool, but I've read too much
vampire stuff to have my view of vampires
inexorably changed. This one shot apparently came out at
the beginning of the year. So now there are more
available stories of the CVO, and you can check it
out at < a href="http://www.idwpublishing.com">www.idwpublishing.com .
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