History ComicBook / Crimson

* BettyAndVeronica: Alex has Zophiel (the sensitive and vulnerable FallenAngel) as the Betty and Scarlet (the [[MsFanservice sexy]] [[TheHunter monster hunter]]) is the Veronica. [[spoiler:In the end, he ends up with neither as Zophie dies in the final issue and Scarlet joins a convent]].

* TheChosenOne: Alex is a special vampire, specifically the first and the last of his kind, and he is chronicled to save the world from upcoming apocalypse. [[spoiler:Subverted in that he is the latest in a long line of "Chosen Ones" created by Ekimus to destroy vampirekind]].

* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: The main protagonist is a vampire fated to save the world and refuses to drink blood (even animal blood).

** The vampire gang that attacks Alex is evocative of ''Film/TheLostBoys''.

The series was originally published under Creator/ImageComics for its first seven issues and the remaining ones were passed over to Creator/{{Wildstorm}}, making it a total of 24 issues.

* FauxAffablyEvil: Van Fleet, in contrast to [[AffablyEvil Satan]], comes across as even more evil when he tries to be nice, such as [[PetTheDog assuring Alex he wouldn't harm his family]]:

* IHateYouVampireDad: Alex loathes Rose for turning him into a vampire, as well as murdering his friends and girlfriend. [[spoiler:It turns out, Ekimus was the one who allowed that to happen and fed Alex some of his own blood to make him a special vampire breed. When Alex discover this, he extends this feelings to him as well.]]

* NoPartyGiven: Van Fleet is a US Senator running for president, yet his political inclinations are never specified beyond the fact he is based on New York.

* VillainousBreakdown: Several villains go through this process.
** T.C. Steinman is Van Fleet's assistant and responsible for keeping the vampires' existence secret. After being fired by Van Fleet, Steinman suffers a freak out, turns into TheStarscream and raids his building with armed thugs and kills everyone inside. He is so far gone that he doesn't care he might be expose their existence to the world.

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They embody many classical traits such as being sensitive to sunlight, immortal, superstrong and the usual stuff. They don't turn into bats (It was a merely a rumor spread by the Bram Stoker novel) and they are only affected by religions icons they believe in (a Jewish vampire shrugs off a cross being pointed at him). There is more than one common breed such as the Children of Judas (child-like feral vampires with distinct bite marks) and Alex is a unique vampire in his own right, the first and the last of his kind.

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''Crimson'' is 1998 fantasy[=/=]horror comic book written by Bryan Augustyn and drawn by Humberto Ramos, revolving around a problematic teenager named Alex Elder who is attacked by a gang of vampires while out late with his friends. Alex is saved by Ekimus, the last of an ancient race pre-dating humanity, but he is bitten and turned by one of the vampires. Alex is believed to be TheChosenOne having powers beyond that of a normal vampire and he is fated to bring an end to vampirekind.

* NoPartyGiven: Van Fleet is a prominent antagonist with aspirations for Presidency, yet his political inclinations are never specified.

* PragmaticVillainy: Van Fleet is unhappy with the [[spoiler:the devastation unleashed by the dragons upon the world]] primarily because it will affect his public view as a VillainWithGoodPublicity, not out of any moral reservations about said disaster. As far as he concerned, the people can die far all he cares, but at least the place should be intact. When Lisseth's

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Their origin is tied with Cain's murder of Abel. More specifically, Cain murdered Abel under the influence of an angelic weapon and ever since then, his descendants were cursed with lycanthropy. Scarlet reveals that her family is descended from a French noblewoman who was savaged raped by a werewolf and became pregnant with his children children. The hunter who saved her by killing the werewolf ended up marrying her and raised the children to hunt monsters and placed protective seals to prevent them from turning into werewolves. These children eventually formed the Order of the Red Hood.

* UnexplainedRecovery: [[spoiler:Despite Van Fleet seemingly perishing during the final battle, a homeless man with a Van Fleet sign in his coat that resembles him very closely passes by Joe and his friend in the ending. Joe's reaction heavily implies its him, but its not know how he survived since his body was set ablaze by Alex.]]

** After being fired by Van Fleet, Steinman suffers a freak out, turns into TheStarscream and raids his building with armed thugs and kills everyone inside. He is so far gone that he doesn't care he might be exposing their existence.

* YouCantGoHomeAgain: After becoming a vampire, Alex is forced to abandon his family who believes he had died.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Lisseth is destroyed and her apocalyptic plan is averted. However, untold innocents have perished around the world after the dragon attack and the heroes victory came at cost of Zophie and George's lives (both of whom ascend to Heaven upon their deaths). Alex still remained a vampire, but he embarks on a quest to find the HolyGrail and cure his condition. He is forced to abandon his loved ones behind, with Scarlet joining a convent and his father becoming Senator following Van Fleet's death, but its implied he will succeed in his quest and returns to them eventually.]] With that said...

** Lisseth is always calm and composed throughout the series, she doesn't even raise her voice when threatening her enemies or minions. [[spoiler: Up until the final battle, where Alex manages to burn her off, reducing her to a charred figure. She is reduced to a raving lunatic as a result]].

** GainaxEnding: [[spoiler:The final pages reveal that the Joe was recounting the whole series' events to a drinking buddy who interrupts him in the part where he says Alex found the HolyGrail and made himself human again. What makes this confusing is that said friend doesn't buy his story is real and that vampires, demons and monsters don't exist, despite the fact the catastrophic event that happened around the world such as dragons nearly wiping out mankind proves that supernatural beings exist and they nearly brought the apocalypse, or more obviously, the fact Joe clearly looks like a vampire with sharp fangs and yellow eyes. Even that is made ambiguous, since they both walk out of the bar during daytime with Joe suffering no damaging effects. They even pass by a homeless man that looks like one of the Van Fleet despite his death in the final battle, which Joe briefly pauses to comment on. These things make it unclear whether or not the story was made up or if it really happened.]]

* FallenHero: Its revealed that [[spoiler:Van Fleet used to be a "chosen one" just like Alex before he became Lisseth's minion]].

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Their origin is tied with Cain's murder of Abel. More specifically, Cain murdered Abel with an angelic weapon under its influence and ever since them, his descendants were cursed with lycanthropy. Scarlet reveals that her family is descended to a French noblewoman who was raped by a werewolf and bored him children. The hunter who saved her by killing the werewolf ended up marrying her and raised the children to hunt monsters and placed protective seals to prevent them from turning into werewolves.

** Steinman shrugs off a cross being pointed at him on the account of him being Jewish is based on ''Film/FearlessVampireKillers'', where a Jewish vampire does the same thing.

* {{Stripperiffic}}: Interestingly, this trope is rather equal opportunity: Alex wears a skintight leather suit that in his words "makes him look like a porn star" while his love interest [[MsFanservice Scarlet]] wears a suit composed of straps, fishnets and long boots with a cape.

* {{Expy}}: Lisseth is obviously one for UsefulNotes/{{Lilith}}, being Adam's first wife who became a demon.

* GreaterScopeVillain: {{Satan}}, naturally. He is far bigger and far more dangerous than [[BigBad Lisseth]], having caused the War in Heaven in the first issue's prologue and its openly stated he is fated to try it again in the end times. He is a background character who only appears in one issue to bail out Alex from being executed by the Angelic Host.

* PragmaticVillainy: Van Fleet is unhappy with the [[spoiler:the devastation unleashed by the dragons upon the world]] primarily because it will affect his public view as a VillainWithGoodPublicity, not out of any moral reservations about said disaster. As far as he concerned, the people can die far all he cares, but at least the place should be intact.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Lisseth is destroyed and her apocalyptic plan is averted. However, untold innocents have perished around the world after the dragon attack and the heroes victory came at cost of Zophie and George's lives (both of whom ascend to Heaven upon their deaths). Alex still remained a vampire, but he embarks on a quest to find the Holy Grail and cure his condition. He is forced to abandon his loved ones behind, with Scarlet joining a convent and his father becoming Senator following Van Fleet's death, but its implied he will succeed in his quest and returns to them eventually.]] With that said...
** GainaxEnding: [[spoiler:The final pages reveal that the Joe was recounting the whole series' events to a drinking buddy who interrupts him in the part where he says Alex found the Holy Grail and made himself human again. What makes this confusing is that said friend doesn't buy his story is real and that vampires, demons and monsters don't exist, despite the fact the catastrophic event that happened around the world such as dragons nearly wiping out mankind proves that supernatural beings exist and they nearly brought the apocalypse, or more obviously, the fact Joe clearly looks like a vampire with sharp fangs and yellow eyes. Even that is made ambiguous, since they both walk out of the bar during daytime with Joe suffering no damaging effects. They even pass by a homeless man that looks like one of the Van Fleet despite his death in the final battle, which Joe briefly pauses to comment on. These things make it unclear whether or not the story was made up or if it really happened.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Lisseth is destroyed and her apocalyptic plan is averted. However, untold innocents have perished around the world after the dragon attack and the heroes victory came at cost of Zophie and George's lives (both of whom ascend to Heaven upon their deaths). Alex still remained a vampire, but he embarks on a quest to find the Holy Grail and cure his condition. He is forced to abandon his loved ones behind, with Scarlet joining a convent and his father becoming Senator following Van Fleet's death, but its implied he will succeed in his quest and returns to them eventually.]]

* AllMythsAreTrue: The War in Heaven happened, angels and demons exist and so do vampires, werewolves and a multitude of monsters collectively referred to as "darklings". The Underworld from Myth/ClassicalMythology makes an appearence.

* BigBad: Lisseth is the Mother of All Vampires and the one whom Alex was created to destroy.

* TheDragon: Victor Van Fleet to Lisseth. Count Azzo served as one too, but he bites it too soon.

* BettyAndVeronica: Alex has Zophiel (the sensitive and vulnerable FallenAngel) as the Betty and Scarlet (the sexy vampire hunter) is the Veronica. [[spoiler:In the end, he ends up with neither as Zophie dies in the final issue and Scarlet joins a convent]].
* BigBad: Lisseth.

* MsFanservice: Scarlet X is a [[EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench French]] [[HeroesWantRedheads redheaded]] ActionGirl who wears [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/scarlet_x.jpg a rather revealing combat suit]].

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Victor Van Fleet was originally a Nazi who constantly demeans his assistant, who used to be a Jew that he converted.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They embody many classical traits such as being sensitive to sunlight, immortal, superstrong and the usual stuff. They don't turn into bats (It was a merely a rumor spread by the Bram Stoker novel) and they are only affected by religions icons they believe in (a Jewish vampire shrugs off a cross being pointed at him). Alex is stated to be a unique vampire in his own right, the first and the last of his kind. They also seem to become StrongerWithAge as [[VampireMonarch Victor Van Fleet]] barely flinches at being gunned down several times, a young vampire like [[TheHero Alex]] reacts with pain and needs to have the bullet extracted from his body.

* ActionGirl: Scarlet, the resident vampire-hunting lady in red.

* TheDragon: Victor Van Fleet to Lisseth.

* TheChosenOne: Alex is a special vampire, specifically the first and the last of his kind, and he is chronicled to save the world from upcoming apocalypse.
* CoversAlwaysLie: Issue 11 has Alex facing off against Saint George. In the actual comic, they don't get even close

** Rose wears only a

* HolierThanThou: The Archangels are so overzealous that they punish [[AllCrimesAreEqual an AIDS victim the same way as a mother who allowed his daughter to die in the cold]].

* KnightInShiningArmor: Saint George. As the divine mortal champion of God, he embodies the ideals of honor and justice that the Templars fail to uphold. When seeing the insane depths they are willing to cross, he turns on them and joins Alex instead.
* KnightTemplar: Quite literally with the Knights Templar who still survive to this day are absolutely zealous in fighting the supernatural threats. Their elite members, the Order of the Dragon, are even ''worse'' in this regard since they target ''angels'' as well.
* MonsterProgenitor: Lisseth is the Mother of All Vampires, having created them with [[spoiler:Ekimus]].
* MsFanservice: Scarlet X is a [[EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench French]] [[HeroesWantRedheads redheaded]] ActionGirl who wears [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/scarlet_x.jpg a rather revealing combat suit]].

* ActionGirl: Scarlet, the resident vampire-hunting.

* KnightInShiningArmor: Saint George. As the divine mortal champion of God, he embodies the ideals of honor and justice that the Templars fail to uphold to. When seeing the insane depths they are willing to cross, he turns on them and joins Alex instead.
* KnightTemplar: Quite literally with the Knights Templar who still survive to this day are absolutely zealous in fighting the supernatural threats.

* Myth/SaintGeorge: He is real, having reincarnated as a New York police officer and he plays a pivotal role in the story.

* StuffedInTheFridge: Alex's sweetheart Julie at the start of the comic is brutally murdered by the gang that turned him into vampires.

* VegetarianVampire: Alex tries really hard to be this trope. He absolutely refuses to feed on humans like [[FullyEmbracedFiend Joe]] and is disgusted having to drink from animals and donated blood doesn't provide the same sustenance.

* FullyEmbracedFiend: Unlike Alex, Joe embraces his nature as a vampire, targeting criminals and drug-pushers instead of innocent people.

* AncientConspiracy: There is a supernatural world with several secret organizations keeping under watch including the Knights Templar.

* {{Expy}}: Lisseth is obviously one for Myth/{{Lilith}}, being Adam's first wife who became a demon.

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They embody many classical traits such as being sensitive to sunlight, immortal, superstrong and the usual stuff. They don't turn into bats (It was a merely a rumor spread by the Bram Stoker novel) and they are only affected by religions icons they believe in (a Jewish vampire shrugs off a cross being pointed at him). Alex is stated to be a unique vampire in his own right, the first and the last of his kind.

* VampireMonarch: Victor Van Fleet

* AffablyEvil: {{Satan}} himself believe it or not. In his first proper appearance in Issue 7, he is a smooth-talking, easy-going ManOfWealthAndTaste who ends up being ''nicer'' to Alex than the ''bloody angels''.

* AffectionateNickname: Joe frequently calls Alex "Bobo", which means silly in Spanish and Portuguese.
* AncientConspiracy: The Templars still exist in secrecy and have monitored the supernatural world.

* CreepyChild: The aptly named Children of Judas are a group of savage vampire children in service to T.C. Steinman.

* HoulierThanThou: The Archangels are so overzealous that they punish [[AllCrimesAreEqual an AIDS victim the same way as a mother who allowed his daughter to die in the cold]].
* IHateYouVampireDad: Alex loathes the Rose for turning him into a vampire, as well as murdering his friends and girlfriend. [[spoiler:It turns out, Ekimus was the one who allowed that to happen and fed Alex some of his own blood to make him a special vampire breed. When Alex discover this, he extends this feelings to him as well.]]

* MsFanservice: Scarlet X is a [[EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench French]] [[HeroesWantRedheads redheaded]] ActionGirl who wears [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/scarlet_x.jpg a rather revealing combat suit]] for a [[NaughtyNuns nun]].

* IHateYouVampireDad: Alex loathes the Rose for turning him into a vampire.

''Crimson'' is fantasy[=/=]horror comic book written by Bryan Augustyn and drawn by Humberto Ramos, revolving around a problematic teenager named Alex Elder who is attacked by a gang of vampires while out late with his friends. Alex is saved by Ekimus, the last of an ancient race pre-dating humanity, but he is bitten and turned by one of the vampires. Alex is believed to be TheChosenOne having powers beyond that of a normal vampire and he is fated to bring an end to vampirekind.

* ActionGirl: Scarlet, the resident vampire-hunting nun.

* HangingJudge: The Angelic Host is a group of angels that appear to summarily judge mortals

* LightIsNotGood: The angels. They appear on Christmas

* ScaryBlackMan: RareFemaleExample

* VegetarianVampire: Alex tries really hard to be this trope. He absolutely refuses to feed on humans like [[FullyEmbracedFiend Joe]] and is disgusted having to drink from animals and donated blood doesn't provide the same sustenance.

* {{Expy}}: Lisseth is obviously one for Myth/{{Lilith}}.
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: The main protagonist is a vampire fated to save the world and refuses to drink blood (even animal blood). His friend Joe also counts as one, despite having no hang ups about feeding on criminals, he is actually very [[NiceGuy nice]] and loyal to Alex.
* HellbentForLeather: Joe provides Alex with a very tight leather suit to wear as his primary outfit.

* PlayingWithFire: The first and primary power manifested by Alex is the ability to emit and control flames called "firecasting".

* FriendlyNeighbhorhoodVampire: The main protagonist is a vampire fated to save the world and refuses to drink blood (even animal blood). His friend Joe also counts as one, despite having no hang ups about feeding on criminals, he is actually very [[NiceGuy nice]] and loyal to Alex.

* PlayingWithFire: The first and primary power manifested by Alex is to emit and control flames.

* TheChosenOne: Alex is a special vampire, specifically the first and the last of his kind, and he is chronicled to save the world from vampirism.