History ComicBook / DCVsVampires

* TheImmune: [[spoiler: Nightwing admits they can't turn Martian Manhunter into a vampire, though he explains he's got the best minds of the Vampire Kingdom working on a workaround. [[UnreliableNarrator If he was telling the truth]], they eventually find a way to turn both him and Miss Martian]].

** Even though she's killed countless vampires, [[a vampirized Martian Manhunter tells Jayna that she can go back to her home planet of Exxor unharmed if she wants, provided she stops fighting and gives them Supergirl]].

* TheImmune: [[spoiler: Nightwing admits they can't turn Martian Manhunter into a vampire, though he explains he's got the best minds of the Vampire Kingdom working on a workaround]].

* HaveYouToldAnyoneElse: Probably the first hint that [[spoiler:Hal Jordan was part of the conspiracy from the beginning.]]

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: When Nightwing points out that Batman is basically telling the Bat Family to kill any vampires they encounter, Batman simply states that they're already dead. [[spoiler: And while Nightwing himself is later revealed to be the new King of the Vampires, he still justifies his actions arguing that Bruce, and humans in general, were going to simply wipe them all out]].

* + The person that confronts Aquaman using Black Manta's armor [[spoiler: and has taken his mantle is none other than Mera herself, showing how destroyed their original relationshjip is]].
* + Similarily, Baron Cinder, aka [[spoiler: vampire Superman needs to use Lex Luthor's armor which combined with his appaerance due to the burning sunlight in his body, makes him a dead ringer for the supervillain, showing how he's [[BecameThirOwnAntithesis become his own antithesis]]]].

* Archenemy: While the series' plot eschews the established hero/villain relationships, it uses the trappins of this trope both thematically and visually:
* The person that confronts Aquaman using Black Manta's armor [[spoiler: and has taken his mantle is none other than Mera herself, showing how destroyed their original relationshjip is]].
* Similarily, Baron Cinder, aka [[spoiler: Superman needs to use Lex Luthor's armor which combined with his appaerance due to the burning sunlight in his body, makes him a dead ringer for the supervillain, showing how he's [[BecameThirOwnAntithesis become his own antithesis]]]].

* FairyTaleMotifs: ''All-Out War'' styles itself with a lot of FairyTale trappings and imagery, specially as the story advances.

* InsultFriendlyFire: After an encounter with the Martian Manhunter, Steel expresses prejudicial disdain for aliens, [[YouKnowImBlackRight in front of Jayna and Kara]] who then take offense. When he tries to justify it by pointing out alien invaders, they rebut that the vast majority of sapient alien life is minding their own business on their home planets.

Written by Creator/JamesTynionIV and Creator/MatthewRosenberg, with artwork by Otto Schmidt, Simone Di Meo and Daniele Di Nicuolo and colors by Rex Lokus and Pierlugi Casolino, it depicts an [[AlternateUniverse Alternate Universe]] where the Justice League must face a secret army of vampires that has been infiltrating their ranks, leaving our heroes unsure of who they can trust.

* ''All-Out War'' also includes backup stories (that star different characters) by different writers and artists, including Guillaume Singelin (#1 - ''Who's Trapped?''), Emma Vieceli and Haining (#2 & #3 - ''Dark Birth''), Matthew Manning and Acky Bright (#4 - ''Kill the Messenger''), Danny Lore and Haining (#5 - ''Dead Cities''), and Mirka Andolfo (#6).

* InsultFriendlyFire: After an encounter with the Martian Manhunter, Steel expresses prejudicial disdain for aliens after learning they're leaving Earth to suffer under vampire rule, [[YouKnowImBlackRight in front of Jayna and Kara]] who then take offense. When he tries to justify it by pointing out alien invaders, they rebut that the vast majority of sapient alien life is minding their own business on their home planets.

* FantasticRacism: Steel at one point expresses disdain for aliens, [[YouKnowImBlackRight in front of Jayna and Kara]] who take offense. When he tries to justify it by pointing out alien invaders, they rebut that the vast majority of alien life is minding their own business on their home planets.

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: A group of vampirized magic users (comprised of Morgan Le Fay, Enchantress, Circe, Jason Blood and Raven) as well as Klarion attack the House of Mystery. By the end of it, Constatine (and by implication, the other wizards there that were trying to come up with a solution to the vampire problem) can't remember where he was or what he was trying to accomlish.

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: A group of vampirized magic users (comprised of Morgan Le Fay, Enchantress, Circe, Jason Blood and Raven) as well as Klarion attack the House of Mystery. By the end of it, Constatine (and by implication, the other wizards there that were trying to come up with a solution to the vampire problem) can't remember where he was or what he was trying to accomlish.

** Jenny Sparks is “Spirit of the Century” and represents whatever concept will define the century she’s in. Thus once vampires succesfully take over the world, [[spoiler: she herself rises undead, without even being bitten. Once she’s killed, her successor (in the main comics, Jenny Quantum) is reborn as baby who is seemingly human]].
** Similarily, Jack Hawksmoor, as the “King of the Cities” has his powers fluctuate as he draws them from the cities themselves and their inhabitants. Once they start emptying from humans, Jack loses power [[spoiler: but, not unlike Janney, once they’re inhabitants start to get replaced by vampries, he himself also starts to turn]]. Thankfully, he manages to turn the tide around before it’s to late.

* BlessedWithSuck: Being turned into a vampire does come with a significant power boost for most people and even most metahumans, but the traditional vampiric weaknesses are apparently stronger than any turned hero or villain's powers. Even a heavy hitter like [[spoiler: Black Adam]] gets bady hurt after a few seconds of exposure to enough concentrated ultraviolet light.

* BlessedWithSuck: Being turned into a vampire does come with a significant power boost for most people and even most metahumans, but the traditional vampiric weaknesses are apparently stronger than any turned hero or villain's powers. Even a heavy hitter like [[spoiler: Black Adam]] gets killed in seconds on exposure to enough concentrated ultraviolet light.

* ''All-Out War'' establishes that vampire bites in this universe are extraordinarily painful, and their saliva is a powerful anticoagulant. Upon being bitten, a human is likely to either rapidly bleed out or accept being turned in order to stop the pain.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: Mary Marvel at first puts on an [[StepfordSmiler exaggeratedly positive façade]] that partly serves to mask her shame at the fact that, in her human form, [[spoiler:after being bitten, she chose to be turned instead of death]], as well as to cope with her sadness towards the whole situation. As the story advances it’s pretty clear she knows perfectly well how dreadful the situation is, the fact that she’s working with terrible people and she doesn't hesitate to get serious [[spoiler: when confronting her loved ones]].

* Ofuscating Stupidity: Mary Marvel at first puts on an [[StepfordSmiler exaggeratedly positive façade]] that partly serves to mask her shame at the fact that, in her human form, [[spoiler:after being bitten, she chose to be turned instead of death]], as well as to cope with her sadness towards the whole situation. As the story advances it’s pretty clear she knows perfectly well how dreadful the situation is, the fact that she’s working with terrible people and she doesn't hesitate to get serious [[spoiler: when confronting her loved ones]].

** [[spoiler: Following Martian Manhunter’s advise, Nightwing decides against killing the extraterretrials the vampires can’t turn or feed from, deciding instead to let them go back to their homeworlds. This proves to be a wise decision, as in exchange those [[BystanderSyndrome the galactic community allow the vampires to feed on the humans on Earth without intervening]]]].

** [[BystanderSyndrome Someone Else's Problem]]: [[spoiler:After the vampires take cotnrol of the Earth, many planets of the Galactic Community are content with letting them feed of humanity, provided they simply allow the extraterrestrials living there to leave without harm.]]

* HenshinHero: The fact that the members of the [[{{ComicBook/Shazam}} Marvel Family]] can do this becomes a plot point when it's revealed that, prior to the events of ''All-Out War'', [[spoiler: Mary got vampirized while untransformed. However, before the thirst could overtake her, she transformed into her Mary Marvel form. As both her forms are completely separate bodies and entities, Mary Marvel remained completely infection-free and on the side of the heroes, while her Mary Batson form was a vampire]].

* ''All-Out War'' also includes backup stories (that star different characters) by different writers and artists, including Guillaume Singelin (#1 - ''Who's Trapped?''), Emma Vieceli and Haining (#2 & #3 - ''Dark Birth''), Matthew Manning and Acky Bright (#4 - ''Kill the Messenger''), Danny Lore and Haining (#5), and Mirka Andolfo (#6).

* [[XanatosSpeedChess]]: The Vampire King [[spoiler: who is Nightwing]], learns Andrew Bennett has managed discover their plans and [[spoiler:has informed Batman about them before heavy-hitters like Flash, Wonder Woman or Superman are out of the board. Though intially startled, the vampires still manage to turn the situation around by quietly turning and/or distracting the JL and framing Batman for their crimes, while they're busy finishing implementing their plans. Notably, they sucessfully manage to do so with minimal losses.]]

* Xanatos Speed Chess: The Vampire King [[spoiler: who is Nightwing]], learns Andrew Bennett has managed discover their plans and [[has informed Batman about them before heavy-hitters like Flash, Wonder Woman or Superman are out of the board. Though intially startled, the vampires still manage to turn the situation around by quietly turning and/or distracting the JL and framing Batman for their crimes, while they're busy finishing implementing their plans. Notably, they sucessfully manage to do so with minimal losses.]]