In this review of Blood Type #4, we reach the end of this story, as Ada receives a rather enlightening reunion with a particular ex of hers (and it’s safe to say neither is happy to see the other).
Blood Type #4
Writer: Corinna Bechko
Artist: Andrea Sorrentino
Main Cover: Miguel Mercado
Variant Covers: Andrea Sorrentino, Albert Monteys, Patricia Martin Samaniego
Page Count: 32 pages
Release Date: September 10, 2025
This review contains spoilers
Blood Type #4 pick up with Ada and Max, as he and his cultists begin to drain her. In classic villain fashion, he then proceeds to monologue about Bianca’s history after Ada had left her. She’d drunk a bit of Viktor’s blood, but since he hadn’t bitten her first, she couldn’t be a true vampire. Not that that stopped her from trying to figure out ways to get her hands on that sweet, sweet immortality. The search continued across generations, with each new gen being told about the search.
When Max’s father had told him about the search, he’d meant it as a cautionary tale. But Max thought of it more as something to aspire to. As it turns out, he’d never actually worked at the resort, but was instead using for resource reasons. Thanks to his command of bats, he’d been keeping tabs on Ada. And as he prepares to get to the next part…
He’s interrupted by a fairly new member of the group, looking for her transfusion. Her introduction reveals that Viktor’s not-quite-dead body has been there, serving as a source for the cult. He recognizes Ada straight away, and he kills the newbie.
The two vampires fight each other, him wanting to regain control of Ada, her wanting no part of that. Max and company try to break up the fight, and the woman that tried helping Ada earlier frees the humans being kept around.
Ada and Viktor’s fight eventually leads to the sunlight, where she intends for both of them to die. But as it turns out, Max’s blood changed her a bit and the sun no longer hurts.
The human mob takes down Max and his group. But before Ada can take her leave, they also jump her. After a short debate, they decide on locking her in a fridge and dropping her in the ocean.
Analysis
Once again, we’ve got some very fun panel compositions in Blood Type #4, during the flashback to Bianca’s history. There are a few panels in the stream of blood running from Viktor’s body, as she explains how she’ll explain away what happened to him (because somehow, the truth of “Yeah, I wanted him to turn me into a vampire” feels like it’d lead to a stint in a 19th century asylum). I just really appreciated that on a visual level.
The pages in Blood Type #4 where Ada throws herself and Viktor into the sunlight also have some cool aesthetics going, focused on round panels over rectangular, with a specific emphasis on Viktor’s burning. The dust trail from his head breaks through the panel’s barrier, making damn sure the viewer pays attention.
That question from a couple issues back of what the golden fang was gets an answer: it’s standard issue for Max’s followers, basically. The newer member of his cult is…well, she’s clearly not the sharpest fang in the maw (being outright asked if she’d cheated on that test to join, we see Max visibly facepalm over her questions. That exasperation is palpable, and the fact that she’s the first casualty in Blood Type #4 is not entirely surprising. At the same time, though, she serves a vital purpose in showing Viktor’s capabilities.
Now, for Ada’s arc in this story, I can’t help but feel for her. They’ve done a great job of making her a sympathetic character, in spite of the fact that she drinks from people without remorse. She knows it’s not the best way to make friends, sure…but she’s not out to make friends. She’s out to enjoy whatever freedom she can, after being under thumb after thumb back when she was alive, and her newfound Daywalkerism opened more doors for that. Had she just made a run for it while the humans’ backs were turned, she might have had a decent head start. But she’s still Ada. And therefore, was a bit too secure in her own superiority to do just that.
Either way, there’s likely to come a day where she either finds her own way out of that fridge or some curious diver comes upon it, and when that happens, she’s likely to be hungry (if not outright hangry).
Overall, I’m giving it a 5/5 star rating. It was a well-put-together ending to an entertaining story, and leaves the reader thirsty for more.
Final Thoughts
I can’t think of a more fitting end to this story of betrayal and the search for immortality than what we get in Blood Type #4. Was the story overall a bit short? Perhaps. But that doesn’t take away any of its bite.
