Vampirella face to face with Dracula!
By The Editor
December 23, 2010 - 02:23
Carving a bloody swath through Dracula's forces, facing down the Lord of the Vampires himself, Vampirella is now face to face with an ancient, unknowable evil, a terrifying force that plans to make Vampirella its eternal queen."Sometimes, I really love my job," says writer Eric Trautmann. "It's not everyday you get to create a Lovecraftian horror, begin codifying an ancient religion, and pit Vampirella against Dracula himself. And working with talented co-creators -- pencillers Wagner Reis and some beautiful dream sequences by Fabiano Neves -- well, that's just the icing on the cake."
Dynamite also has several other Vampirella products that will entice fans. Dynamite
Entertainment is offering a Vampirella #1 Tim Sale cover, which is a
first prints that were printed at the same time as the other covers.
With Vampirella Archive Vol. 1 HC,
Dynamite is collecting all Vampirella stories from the beginning in a
hardcover archive collection FOR THE FIRST TIME! In September 1969,
Vampirella #1 debuted with a stunning cover by the legendary Frank
Frazetta - and quickly made publishing history! The writers and artists
that contributed during the magazine's original run included Jose
Gonzalez, Archie Goodwin, Doug Moench, Bernie Wrightson, Barry Windsor
Smith, Esteban Maroto, Frank Brunner, Mike Ploog, Rudy Nebres, Richard
Corben, Pablo Marcos, Wally Wood, and many more! Featuring work by
Forest J. Ackerman, Don Glut, Tom Sutton, Neal Adams, Ernie Colon, Billy
Graham, Alan Weiss, Jeff Jones, and Frank Frazetta, Volume One collects
the first seven terrifying issues of the magazine's original run,
reprinted in its original magazine-sized format, and features the very
first Vampirella cover by the immortal Frank Frazetta!
The Art of Vampirella features a retrospective of artists that have contributed the most memorable imagery of Vampirella. The
book features such names as Jose Gonzalez, Adam Hughes, Dave Stevens,
Jim Silke, Jae Lee, Joe Jusko, Amanda Conner, Mark Texeira, Mike
Mignola, Mike Mayhew, Joe Quesada, Bruce Timm, Arthur Suydam, Dan
Brereton, Michael Golden, J. Scott Campbell and MANY more!
Vampirella debuted in 1969 in a black & white magazine titled simply VAMPIRELLA.
With a stunning cover by legendary artist, Frank Frazetta, Vampirella
#1 quickly made publishing history with its depiction of a vampire
heroine, and its success prompted comics giants DC and Marvel to launch
horror titles of their own. Vampirella appeared in this magazine format
throughout the 1970's. Many of these classic stories were illustrated
by the legendary artist Jose Gonzalez and have remained quite popular
with comics fans to the present day.
After a brief publishing
hiatus, Vampirella returned in 1992 and quickly regained her reigning
status as the queen of all female comics characters! In continuous
publication since her early 90s comeback, Vampirella has been written by
top talents including Alan Moore, Mark Millar, Grant Morrison, James
Robinson, Jeph Loeb, Warren Ellis, and illustrated by fan favorite
artists such as Joe Quesada, J. Scott Campbell, Michael Turner, Jae Lee,
Adam Hughes, Mark Texeira, Joe Jusko, Arthur Suydam, and many more! A
Vampirella feature film premiered on Showtime Networks in 1996, and the
character continues to appear on numerous items of licensed
merchandise. Earlier this year, Dynamite Entertainment acquired the
Vampirella property from Harris Publications.
Vampirella is now a
part of Dynamite's thriving comic book line-up, which will propel
Vampirella to new heights just as we did with Green Hornet, The Lone
Ranger, Zorro, Red Sonja and more.
VAMPIRELLA #5
Written by ERIC TRAUTMANN
Art by WAGNER REIS & FABIANO NEVES
Covers by JELENA KEVIC-DJURDJEVIC (25%), PAUL RENAUD (25%), ALÉ GARZA (25%) & STEPHEN SEGOVIA (25%)
For art and more information, please visit:
www.dynamiteentertainment.com
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