Who didn't swoon over this cover when
Vampirella #1 came out. I know I did. Then I opened the pages - and really went wild. This was terrific stuff!
Vampirella was originally presented as an inhabitant of the planet
Drakulon, a world where a vampiric race lived on blood and where blood
flowed in rivers.
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| The mast Frank Frazetta Vampirella. |
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| Couple of nice Bruce Timm Vampirellas |
The story begins with the inhabitants of Drakulon dying slowly due to
the drying up of its blood. The last few lie dying when a spaceship
from Earth
crashes on the planet.
Vampirella, sent to investigate, is attacked. Retaliating, she discovers that the astronauts have blood in their
veins. In order for her race to survive, she manages to pilot the ship
back to Earth where her adventures begin. She becomes a "good"
vampire, and devotes her energy to ridding our world of the evil kind.
Vampirella #1
Stunning Frank Frazetta cover. By the way, did you know his original drawing started out with
Vampirella naked? I didn't until just a year or two ago.
"Vampirella of Draculon"
Written by
Forrest J. (The Frankenscience Monster paperback) Ackerman with art by Tom (
Monster Hunters) Sutton.
Original origin of
Vampirella. Not wearing her 'usual' costume at this point.
Additional supernatural stories by fantastic writers Don (
Empire Strikes Back tie-in novel) Glut & Nicola (
E-Man) Cuti, along with accomplished artists Neal (
Deadman) Adams, Billy (
Sabre) Graham, Reed (
Flash Gordon) Crandall, Mike (
Magnus Robot Fighter) Royer,
Ernie (911 Report) Colon & Tony
(Werewolf) Tallarico.
Hyde-25 #0
"Vampirella of Draculon"
Written by
Forrest J. Ackerman with art by Tom Sutton.
Colored reprint of first origin story for
Vampirella. Costume worn by
character differs from costume used in Frazetta cover art and later
stories.
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| Since the 1st issue is pricey, here's a way to relive the excitement! |
Vampirella Collector's Edition #1
"Vampirella of Draculon"
Written by
Forrest J. Ackerman with art by Tom Sutton.
Squarebound reprint of
Vampirella #1. Nice treatment!
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| Best thing Dynamite ever did, reprinting this series, even with ads! |
Vampirella Archives Volume One
"Vampirella of Draculon"
Written by
Forrest J. Ackerman with art by Tom Sutton.
Reprints
Vampirella #1 through
#7, with some of the ads as well.
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| Couple of foreign editions of Vampirella. |
Vampirella of Draculon
is a comic book vampire superheroine
created by Forrest J Ackerman and comic book artist Trina Robbins.
Writer-editor Archie Goodwin later developed the character from
horror-story hostess, in which capacity she remained through issue
#8.
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| Stunning Paul Gulacy cover for Vampirella #85. |
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| More recently, a fine looking Gulacy print. |
Ackerman
created, or at least had a strong hand in creating,
Vampirella and he
clearly had a major influence in shaping the lighthearted bad-girl story
style of this issue as well. Her costume and hair style were designed
by Robbins.
Vampirella was ranked 35th in
Comics Buyer's Guide's "100 Sexiest Women in Comics" list.
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| Great good girl artist, Mark Beachum illustration of Vampirella. |
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| Had to have it when I saw this cover! Terrific! |
There was a series of six
Vampirella novels written by legendary writer Ron (
Challengers of the Unknown novel, numerous
The Avenger novels) Goulart
worth checking out.
They are filled with the typical
Vampirella trappings, including Van Helsing,
the Great Pendragon and drinks a blood substitute
serum so she won't have to kill to survive.
Live Large My Friends!
Thank You!
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| Sweet Adam Highes Vampirella cover. |
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| Neal Adams' story blew me away. It was superb to see him in a new light! Black and white! |
