American Gothic (comics)

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"American Gothic" is also the name of a storyline in comics related to the Swamp Thing.
2000AD #1432 (March 2005) 2000AD (1977) 1432 cover.jpg
2000AD #1432 (March 2005)

American Gothic is a horror/western story from 2000 AD , created by Ian Edginton and Mike Collins.

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A group of freaks and monsters are trying to escape to a better life in the American West but are being hunted. A lone vampire cowboy eventually agrees to help them.

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