Vampirella

For the manga version of this character, see Vampi. For the 1976 radio play, see Angela Carter. For the 1996 film, see Vampirella (film). For the genus of amoebas, see Vampyrella.

Vampirella (/væmpɪˈrɛlə/) is a fictional vampire superheroine created by Forrest J Ackerman and comic book artist Trina Robbins in Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror comics magazine Vampirella #1 (Sept. 1969), a sister publication of Creepy and Eerie.^[1]

Vampirella
Vampirella by Joe Jusko
Publication information
Publisher	List Warren Publishing (1969–83) Harris Publications (1991–2010) Dynamite Entertainment (2010–present)
First appearance	July 17, 1969
Created by	Forrest J Ackerman Trina Robbins Frank Frazetta Tom Sutton
In-story information
Alter ego	Ella Normandy
Species	Vampire
Place of origin	Drakulon
Abilities	List Vampirism Shapeshifting Immortality Superhuman healing and regeneration Superhuman strength Superhuman speed Night vision Flight Hypnosis Telepathy
Vampirella
	Vampirella #1 (July 17, 1969). Cover art by Frank Frazetta
Series publication information
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Ongoing series
Genre	Horror, fantasy
Publication date	List (Warren) September 1969 – March 1983 (Harris – vol. 1) November 1997 – April 2000 (Harris – vol. 2) March 2001 – August 2003 (Dynamite – vol. 1) November 2010 – February 2014 (Dynamite – vol. 2) June 2014 – August 2015 (Dynamite – vol. 3) March–August 2016 (Dynamite – vol. 4) February 2017 – April 2018 (Dynamite – vol. 5) July 2019 –November 2021
Number of issues	List (Warren): 112 (Harris – vol. 1): 26 (Harris – vol. 2): 22 (Dynamite – vol. 1): 38 (Dynamite – vol. 2): 13 (Dynamite – vol. 3): 6 (Dynamite – vol. 4): 11 (Dynamite – vol. 5): 25
Creative team
Writer(s)	List (Warren) Archie Goodwin (Harris – vol. 1) Kurt Busiek (Harris – vol. 2) Mark Millar (Dynamite – vol. 1) Eric Trautmann (Dynamite – vol. 2) Nancy A. Collins (Dynamite – vol. 3) Kate Leth (Dynamite – vol. 4) Jeremy Whitley (Dynamite – vol. 5) Christopher Priest
Artist(s)	List (Warren) José González Gonzalo Mayo (Harris – vol. 1) Louis Small (Harris – vol. 2) Mike Mayhew (Dynamite – vol. 1) Fabiano Neves (Dynamite – vol. 2) Patrick Berkenkotter (Dynamite – vol. 3) Eman Casallos (Dynamite – vol. 4) Andy Belanger (Dynamite – vol. 5) Ergun Gunduz

Writer-editor Archie Goodwin later developed the character from horror-story hostesses, in which capacity she remained through issue #8 (Nov. 1970), to a horror-drama leading character. The magazine was published continuously until 1983, when Warren Publishing ceased operations and its assets were bought by Harris Publications. Vampirella comics, both new and reprints, have continued through various publishers into the 21st century.

Publication history

Warren Publishing

Vampirella initially appeared in Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror-comics magazine Vampirella #1 (Sept. 1969), running to issue #112 (March 1983),^[2] plus a 1972 annual reprinting stories from the series,^[3] and a 1977 special with color reprints of José González stories.^[4] The title was a sister magazine of Warren's horror anthologies Creepy and Eerie. Like those magazines' respective mascots, Uncle Creepy and Cousin Eerie, Vampirella hosted horror stories, though unlike them, she would also star in her own story, which would headline each issue. Vampirella was initially edited by Bill Parente. It would later be edited by Archie Goodwin (issues #7–12, 34–35), Billy Graham (#13–16), Bill DuBay (#21–50, 87–95, 101–102) and Louise Jones (#51–86).

According to comics historian Richard J. Arndt, "Forrest 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 comics artist Trina Robbins. The character's first story artist was Tom Sutton. Artist Frank Frazetta's first-issue cover was a substitute for the original cover by European artist Aslan.^[5]

José González became the character's primary artist starting with issue #12. Other artists who would draw Vampirella during her magazine's original run included Gonzalo Mayo, Leopold Sanchez, Esteban Maroto, José Ortiz, Escolano, Rudy Nebres, Ramon Torrents, Pablo Marcos, Jim Janes, John Lakey, Val Lakey, and Louis Small Jr.

Backup features appearing in Vampirella included "Tomb of the Gods", "Pantha" and "Fleur". Vampirella herself also appeared in a story with fellow Warren characters Pantha and the Rook in Eerie #94–95, and with most of the Warren characters in a company crossover special in Eerie #130.

Harris Publications

Upon Warren's bankruptcy shortly afterward, Harris Publications acquired the company assets at auction in August 1983, although legal murkiness and a 1999 lawsuit by Warren publisher James Warren resulted in his reacquisition of the rights to sister publications Creepy and Eerie.^[6][7] Harris Comics published Vampirella stories in various series and miniseries from 1991 to 2007, beginning with Vampirella #113 (1988), a one-issue continuation of the original series, containing Vampirella reprints and one unrelated new story.^[8] Harris subsequently published the all-reprint one-shot Vampirella vs. the Cult of Chaos,^[9] and the four-issue miniseries Vampirella: Morning in America (Sept. 1991 - April 1992) by writer Kurt Busiek and penciler Louis La Chance.^[10] Three ongoing series followed:

• Vampirella #1-5, followed by #0 (Nov. 1992 - Dec. 1994), primarily by plotter Busiek, scriptwriter Tom Sniegoski, and penciler Louis Small Jr.;^[11]
• Vengeance of Vampirella #1-25 (April 1994 - April 1996) by writer Sniegoski and artist Aldrin Aw (under the pseudonym Buzz), and later pencilers including Kirk Van Wormer, Kevin Sharpe, David Perrin, Chris Batista, and Amanda Conner.^[12]
• Vampirella Strikes #1-7 (Oct. 1995 - Oct. 1996) by writers Sniegoski, David Quinn, Mark Millar, and Ian Edginton, and pencilers including Ed McGuinness, Karl Moline, and Rudy Nebres.^[13]

The three-issue miniseries Vampirella Lives (Dec. 1996 - Feb. 1997) featured writer Warren Ellis and penciler Conner.^[14]

Additionally, Harris published several one-shots: Vampirella Summer Nights (title per its trademarked cover logo) / Vampirella's Summer Nights (as in the indicia's copyright information) (1992), by writer Steve Englehart and penciler Joe Brozowski (under the pseudonym J. J. Birch),^[15] Vampirella/Shadowhawk: Creatures of the Night (Feb. 1995),^[16] Vampirella Pin-Up Special (Oct. 1995),^[17] and Vengeance of Vampirella: The Mystery Walk (Nov. 1995).^[18]

Harris also reprinted much material. The 1993 trade-paperback collection Vampirella: The Dracula War reprinted a serialized story from Harris' Vampirella #1-4.^[19][20] The 1994 Cain / Vampirella Flip Book reprinted a 1993 Vampirella story by writer Busiek and artist Arthur Adams from Harris' Creepy 1993 Fearbook.^[21][22] The five-issue Vampirella Classic (Feb.-Nov. 1995) reprinted Warren stories.^[23] Vengeance of Vampirella: Bloodshed (March 1995) reprinted a serialized story from the Vengeance of Vampirella series.^[24]

The publisher additionally reprinted Warren stories in the trade-paperback Vampirella: Transcending Time & Space, (1992)^[25][26] Vampirella: A Scarlet Thirst (1993),^[27] and Vampirella & The Blood Red Queen of Hearts (Sept. 1996);^[28] and the series Vampirella of Drakulon #1-5, followed by #0 (Jan.-Nov. 1996).^[29]

At the Fangoria Weekend of Horrors convention in January 2007, Scott Licina, editor-in-chief of Fangoria Comics, announced his company had acquired the character from Harris.^[30] However, on April 30, 2007, Harris editor Bon Alimagno denied there had been such an arrangement in place and that Fangoria's claim was "not factual".^[31] Harris subsequently launched the title Vampirella Quarterly.

Dynamite Entertainment

On March 17, 2010, Dynamite Entertainment acquired the rights to Vampirella from Harris Comics.^[32] The publisher started a new ongoing series with Vampirella #1, in November 2010. A new monthly series, Vampirella and the Scarlet Legion, was released in May 2011 following the main title.^[33] The series lasted 38 issues before concluding in January 2014.

The title was rebooted in June 2014 with Vampirella vol. 2, #1 by author Nancy Collins. The 2014 series would continue with Volume 3 in March 2016, which was noted for giving Vampirella a new costume.^[34]

A second reboot and fourth relaunch overall, Vampirella vol. 4, began in 2017. The series was first written by Paul Cornell, and later by Jeremy Whitley.^[35]

A fifth relaunch, written by Christopher Priest and Ergun Gündüz, began publication in July 2019 and commemorated the character's 50th anniversary.^[36][37] The run lasted 25 issues long and ended with Vampirella's marriage to Dracula, spinning off into a new series in 2021 titled Vampirella/Dracula: Unholy!^[38] Vampirella: Year One, a series following Vampirella's first year on Earth, premiered in July 2022.^[39]

In 2019, Dynamite also revived the series Vengeance of Vampirella, which had been the name of a Harris-era comic, and hired the original writer of that series, Thomas Sniegoski, to write a continuation of the original series.^[40] A sequel called Vampirella Strikes has been announced for May 2022.^[41]Also in May 2022 a one-shot fairy tale reimagining Vampirella as Red Riding hood would be released in August 2022.^[42]

Vampirella appears in the 2020 crossover series Die!namite, which depicts her as an ambassador attempting to reach the new Drakulon colony.^[43] She has appeared in the sequels of Die!namite called Die!namite Lives and Die!namite Never Dies!.^[44]That year another crossover called Project Superpower:Dark power and a sequel will be released called Vampirella vs Red Sonja .^[45]

She fought Purgatori in Vampirella vs Purgatori (2020), leading into Purgatori's own comic series in 2021.^[46][47]

Sniegoski, alongside Jeannine S. Acheson, launched a 2021 Vampirella multiverse comic called Vampiverse, in which Vampirella must figure out what's killing all the other Vampirellas.^[48]A oneshot spinoff following one of the Vampirellas called The Vamp was released in June 2022.^[49]

Announced in June 2022 Vampirella: Mindwarp wa, will feature Vampirella has she is thrown back into the 1970s by trading minds with her younger self^[50]

Mike The Pike Productions

On March 2, 2021, Mike The Pike Productions, Inc.'s subsidiary Arowana Media Holdings, Inc. acquired the worldwide film, television and streaming rights to Dynamite Entertainment's Vampirella. Including stories, characters, and derivative works of the Vampirella universe.^[51]

Fictional character biography

Vampirella originally hailed from the planet Drakulon, a world where blood flowed like water and where the natives, called the Vampiri, shared traditionally vampiric characteristics. Drakulon orbited a binary star which caused continuous droughts throughout the year. Unfortunately for the Vampiri, these droughts have gradually dried up their blood supply; threatening them with extinction. Vampirella's journey begins when an American space shuttle crashes on Drakulon. Hoping to save her people, she travels to Earth where she begins hunting dark remnants of her own race. Earth's vampires originate from Dracula, a forgotten member of the Vampiri race who left his homeworld centuries ago only to be corrupted by the demonic entity known as Chaos.^[52]

Harris continuity

After relaunching Vampirella with the miniseries Morning In America, written by Kurt Busiek, Harris Comics published the story "Mystery Walk", which revised Vampirella's origin. She learned she was, in fact, the daughter of Lilith, whom popular medieval Jewish lore depicts as the first wife of Adam. Lilith would not submit to Adam and, cast out of Eden by God, spawned demons. She later repented and went to Eden to bear children to fight the evil she had created. Her first attempt was Madek and Magdalene, who turned to evil; Vampirella was her second. Madek and Magdalene brainwashed her into believing she was from Drakulon.

Further retcons were presented in Vampirella Lives and in Blood Lust. Drakulon was real, but was a place in Hell. Vampirella was brought to Eden, not born there. It was Lilith, not Madek and Magdalene, who made believe Drakulon was another planet. Vampirella restores the rivers of blood to Drakulon, which weakens Lilith, who is killed by the hand of God.

A further revision in the "World's End" storyline revealed Lilith did not really repent and raised Vampirella to be good because she wanted to release the Heart of Darkness (heart of the fallen angel Malkuth) from Metatron's lance, which could only be done by a good person. Another retcon, in Vampirella: Revelations, reveals the reason Lilith raised Vampirella to be good was that the existence of vampires made Lilith weaker and she wanted someone to kill them. Lilith used a magic mirror to make Vampirella believe whatever variation on her origin was necessary at the time.

Dynamite continuities

In the initial Dynamite-published series, Vampirella worked reluctantly with Dracula against a rebellious cult of his former followers. Acquiring Sofia Murray as her sidekick, Vampirella became involved in a plot by the Vatican that ultimately resurrected Von Kreist and led to Sofia's death. Vampirella severed her ties with the Vatican and found herself working for the forces of Order again. Reuniting with a resurrected Van Helsing, Pendragon, and other characters from the Warren Magazine run, Vampirella visits the future and discovers the world destroyed by the supernatural. Trying to form a supernatural kingdom to contradict this, Vampirella falls prey to a conspiracy by Dracula and a group of vampire knights that result in reality becoming unraveled. Lilith banishes Vampirella from her universe in order to save her.

Vampirella was relaunched with Our Lady Of Shadows as an agent of the Vatican before being relaunched again with a new costume in Hollywood Horror under author Kate Leth. In this universe, Vampirella has recently come to Earth and become a Hollywood scream queen. She lives with her live-in boyfriend Tristan and butler Coleridge.

After falling into a thousand-year sleep, Vampirella awakes in a bizarre, dystopian future, where she meets her new sidekick and girlfriend, Vicki, and a black cat she names Grit.^[53] After going on a journey through her own mind, Vampirella learns she has absorbed all the memories and experiences of a hundred Vampirellas from parallel universes.^{[citation needed]}

According to the Hack/Slash series, Vampirella is currently working as a radio talk show host and has several times teamed up with Cassie and her partner Vlad to stop demons and vampires instead of the standard slashers the series is known for. She and Vlad have an intense physical attraction and relationship, but broke up because his nomadic lifestyle did not mesh with hers.

In the 2019 version by Christopher Priest, the writer incorporated all the previous versions of the character's history to make a comprehensive revision of Vampirella's back story.^[54] Vampirella has been on Earth for 50 years,^[55] and Draklon is an alternate version of Earth's moon. The alternate version of Earth is called Arcadia.^[56] We learn that Drakulon and Arcadia were at war which caused Aracadia to die out and Draklon became an archaic society.^[57]

Powers and abilities

Vampirella possesses many of the typical powers of mythological vampires. She exerts super-strength when facing her opponents and can move so fast that she appears as a blur of motion.^[58][59] Her senses are far beyond those of humans, allowing her to tell one's emotional state through their scent, hear things imperceptible to humans, and see clearly in total darkness.^[58] She is very athletic, possessing great stamina, reflexes, and agility beyond that of humans. Her healing factor grants her great resilience and allows her to heal rapidly from her wounds and makes her immune to Earthly illness and toxins.

Whether she is able to turn other people into vampires is inconsistent. It was a plot point in the Warren era that she could not because she was a being from another planet and not a supernatural creature, but that origin was since revised and she could do it in the Shadowhawk crossover. However, that crossover is out of continuity for Shadowhawk and may be out of continuity for Vampirella.

She had the power to grow a giant pair of chiropteran wings to allow self-propelled flight. Her stare and even voice are hypnotic and seductive to humans, particularly males (she has been seen as having the ability to induce sexual arousal in men simply by being in their presence). She is shown to have the power of telepathy as she was able to hear the voices of demons inside Jackie Estacado's mind.^[60]

She is immortal.

In addition to her supernatural abilities, Vampirella is a formidable hand-to-hand combatant and is shown to be skilled with modern-day firearms.^[58][59]

Spinoffs

Christopher Priest's world of Vampirella has been expanded in spinoffs. The first is Sacred Six (2020), which follows Lilith, Vampirella's mother, protecting a vampire city with a team consisting of Nyx, Chasity, Pantha, Victory (who takes on the name Draculina), and Katie (the real Draculina).^[61] Solo series were published for Nyx (2021),^[62] Pantha (2022),^[63] and Draculina (2022).^[64]

A sequel spin off was announced in November 2022 called Blood Simple taking place after the events of the first Draculina comic.^[65]

Characters

Main protagonists

• Vampirella

The heroine is a vampire, since she is the daughter of Lilith and needs blood to survive and has many of the typical vampiric powers, including superhuman physical abilities, shapeshifting into a bat, immortality, and a mesmeric stare. She is not prone to the race's traditional weaknesses, such as daylight, holy water, garlic, or crosses. She does not attack people to drink their blood, except occasionally when she herself is attacked or desires to kill.

• Pendragon

A former sorcerer, now a sideshow magician. Vampirella calls him "Pendy dearest" and treats him as she would a kindly old uncle. While occasionally his knowledge of magic is useful to her, Pendragon is often a liability. In the Warren stories they often travel together, seeking out evil-doers, but Pendragon is generally depicted as getting lost, getting drunk, falling asleep, or otherwise fumbling at a critical moment, thus causing a crisis. Vampirella is deeply loyal to him, however; he is the only real family she has.

• Conrad van Helsing

A blind, psychic vampire hunter. He was pursuing Dracula and initially tried to destroy Vampirella, believing her to be kin to that vampire lord.

• Adam van Helsing

Conrad's son, and the last of a long line of vampire hunters, he followed his father's steps and became a paranormal researcher. He is portrayed as more open-minded than his father. He believed Vampirella was not evil, and eventually they fell in love. Vampirella has often helped Adam in his research.

Other characters

• Tyler Westron

A physician who rescued Vampirella after a plane crash. Due to the injuries she sustained, he had to amputate her wings and was able to create a substitute blood serum that keeps Vampirella's thirst under control.

• Dracula

Dracula appears as the most frequently recurring villain of the series.

• The Blood-Red Queen of Hearts

Formerly known as Jezebel, or the Whore of Babylon, she was once a beautiful woman of ancient Babylon. She served as high priestess of the mad-god Chaos, until she offended her master by demanding that he make her his queen. As punishment, Chaos destroyed her body and trapped her soul within a Queen of Hearts playing card. Though she no longer has a physical form of her own, she has continued to exist for thousands of years as the card. Whenever a woman touches the card, she becomes the Queen.

• Madek and Magdalene

Evil brother and sister of Vampirella, who planted false memories of the planet Drakulon in Vampirella's mind, in one version of her origin.

• Draculina, Vampirella's blonde twin sister, who first appeared in Vampirella #2 (1969). She would make sporadic appearances in Harris publications, such as in Vampirella Quarterly Summer 2008.^[66] She began appearing in Dynamite stories in 2015.^[67]
• Nuberus

The demon who tempted Vampirella with her true origin in order to gain access to Earth.

• Sofia Murray

A young punk girl rescued by Vampirella who becomes her sidekick in the first Dynamite series.

• Von Kreist

A former Prussian World War I officer, now a lich, who won his state of immortality in a card game with Satan, but at the price of steadily decaying alive. A cruel and sadistic mastermind, with a special victim preference in children.^[68]

• Chaos

The ruler of Hell and the master of most of the villains that Vampirella faces.

• Mistress Nyx

The daughter of a liaison between the mad-god Chaos and Lucrezia Borgia.^[69] A demonic persona, who is bent on destroying Vampirella.

• Dixie Fattoni

One of two daughters of a Mafioso boss whom she was forced to kill by von Kreist; her twin sister Pixie was turned into a vampire by von Kreist's minions. Vampirella took the orphaned girl under her wing and trained her in combating vampires.

• Pantha

Initially, alien shapeshifter from Vampirella's native planet who can morph into a black panther. Later stories rewrote her origin to that of an ancient Egyptian Pharaoh that was cursed by the Egyptian gods because of a murderous spree . She is cursed to live forever, with periods where she does not know who or what she is.

• Lilith

Vampirella's mother and the first woman created by God. Her story is told in the alternate version of the events of Genesis, she was the first wife of Adam, and the mother of demons. She sent her daughter to Earth to atone for her mistakes. In Priest's run she no longer is the first woman but a woman from the Planet Drakulon.^[70]

• Tristan

Vampirella's boyfriend on Drakulon in the Warren series who was killed by astronauts from Earth.^[71] In the 2010 Dynamite series, he is Vampirella's boyfriend and a werewolf.

Reception

Vampirella was ranked 35th in Comics Buyer's Guide's "100 Sexiest Women in Comics" list.^[72]

Circulation figures

From annual required Statement of Circulation. "Copies printed" refers to total print run. "Total paid circulation" refers to number of copies actually sold, which is the above number minus returns, lost/damaged copies, and free/promotional copies.^[73]

Vampirella (Warren)

Statement date / Published in	Average, copies printed	Average, total paid circulation	Percent of run returned / Sell-through at retail
Oct. 1, 1974 / #42 (May 1974)	170,850	95,735	22.2% / 56.0%
Oct. 1, 1975 / #49 (March 1975)	175,150	97,530	20.0% / 55.7%
Oct. 1, 1976 / #58 (March 1976)	162,740	90,725	20.0% / 55.7%
Nov. 30, 1977 / #67 (March 1977)	165,400	92,125	20.0% / 55.7%
Sept. 30, 1978 / #76 (March 1978)	166,395	92,550	20.0% / 55.6%
Sept. 30, 1979 / #85 (March 1979)	161,745	90,050	20.0% / 55.7%
Sept. 30, 1980 / #94 (March 1980)	137,345	76,468	20.0% / 55.7%
Sept. 28, 1981 / #104 (April 1981)	129,311	71,923	20.0% / 55.6%
Oct. 1, 1982 / #112 (March 1982)	123,592	68,728	43.2% / 55.6%

Comics bibliography

PUBLICATION	PUBLISHER	WRITER	ARTIST	COLLECTED EDITION *=not collected
Vampirella (1969-1983) 1-112	Warren Publishing	Various	Various	Vampirella vs. the Cult of Chaos (reprints from #8–9, 11–16) Harris Comics Vampirella: Transcending Time & Space'' (reprints from #17–23) Harris Comics Vampirella: A Scarlet Thirst'' (reprints from #30–31, 36, 71–72, 92, 94–96, 110) Harris Comics Vampirella & the Blood-Red Queen of Hearts'' (reprints from #49, 60–62, 65–66, 101–102) Harris Comics Vampirella: Crimson Chronicles Volume 1 (reprints from #1–10), Harris Comics Volume 2 (reprints from #11–18), Harris Comics Volume 3 (reprints from #19–28), Harris Comics Volume 4 (reprints from #29–41), Harris Comics Vampirella: Crimson Chronicles Maximum Volume 1 (reprints from #1–37), Harris Comics Vampirella Archives Volume 1 (reprints from #1–7), Dynamite Volume 2 (reprints from #8–14) Dynamite Volume 3 (reprints from #15–21) Dynamite Volume 4 (reprints from #22–28) Dynamite Volume 5 (reprints from #29–35), Dynamite Volume 6 (reprints from #36–42) Dynamite Volume 7 (reprints from #43–49) Dynamite Volume 8 (reprints from #50–56) Dynamite Volume 9 (reprints from #57–64), Dynamite Volume 10 (reprints from #65–71) Dynamite Volume 11 (reprints from #72–79) Dynamite Volume 12 (reprints from #80–88) Dynamite Volume 13 (reprints from #89–96) Dynamite Volume 14 (reprints from #97–103) Dynamite Volume 15 (reprints from #104–112) Dynamite
Vampirella 113	Harris Publications	Various	Various	*
Vampirella: Morning in America 1-4 (1991 - 1992)	Harris Publications	Kurt Busiek	Louis La Chance	Vampirella: Masters Series Vol.5 (Dynamite)
Vampirella's Summer Nights (1992)	Harris Publications	Various	Various	Vampirella: Masters Series Vol.5 (Dynamite)
Vampirella Monthly 1-5 (1992 - 1993)	Harris Publications	Grant Morrison	Grant Morrison	*
Vengeance of Vampirella 0-25 (1994 – 1996)	Harris Publications	Tom Sniegoski	Buzz	Vengeance of Vampirella: Bloodshed (reprints ''Vengeance of Vampirella ''#1–3) Harris Comics
Chains of Chaos 1-3 (1994)	Harris Publications	Tom Sneigoski	John Stinsman, Joe Weems	*
Vampirella Zero (1994)	Harris Publications	Tom Sniegoski	Jimmy Palmiotti	*
Vampirella/Shadowhawk: Creatures of the Night 1-2 (1995)	Harris Publications	Various	Various	*
Vampirella Strikes 1-7 (1995)	Harris Publications	Tom Sniegoski	Ed McGuinness, Nathan Massengill	*
Vampirella: Death and Destruction 1-3 (1996)	Harris Publications	Tom Sniegoski, Christopher Golden	Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti	Vampirella: Death and Destruction (Harris)
Vampirella: Sad Wings of Destiny (1996)	Harris Publications	David Quinn and Sean Fernald	Various	*
Queens of Halloween (1996)	Harris Publications	James Robinson	Joe Jusko	*
Vampirella Lives 1-3 (1996)	Harris Publications	Warren Ellis	Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti	Vampirella Lives (Harris) Vampirella: Masters Series Vol.2 (Dynamite)
Catwoman/Vampirella: The Furies (1997)	Harris Publications	Chuck Dixon	Jim Balent Ray McCarthy	*
Vampirella vs Pantha (1997)	Harris Publications	Mark Millar	Mark Texeira	Vampirella: Masters Series Vol.7 (Dynamite)
Vampirella vs Hemorrhage 1-3 (1997)	Harris Publications	Tom Sneigowski, Ian Edginton	Michael Bair	*
Wetworks/Vampirella (1977)	Harris Publications	Steven Grant	Sean Shaw, Gary Martin	*
Vampirella: Blood Lust 1-2 (1997)	Harris Publications	James Robinson	Joe Jusko	Vampirella: Blood Lust TPB Vampirella: Masters Series Vol.6 Dynamite
Shi/Vampirella (October 1997)	Harris Publications	Warren Ellis	Kevin Lau	*
Vampirella/Dracula: The Centennial (1997)	Harris Publications	Warren Ellis	Mark Beachum	Vampirella: Masters Series Vol.6 Dynamite
Vampirella Monthly 1-26 (1997)	Harris Publications	Various	Various	Vampirella Ascending Evil TPB(#1-3) Harris Vampirella: Masters Series Vol. 1 (#1-6) Dynamite
Vampirella/Painkiller Jane (1998)	Harris Publications	Various	Various	*
Vampirella Manga 2999 (1998)	Harris Publications	Seth Biederman David Bogart	Kevin Lau Kam Ling Ng	*
Hell On Earth: Battlebook (1999)	Harris Publications	Various	Various	*
Lady Death Vs Vampirella (1999)	Harris Publications	David Conway	Dorian Cleavenger	*
Lady Death Vampirella:Dark Hearts (1999)	Harris Publications	Brian Pulido Marc Andreyko	Steven Hughes	*
Vampirella Manga 3000 (1999)	Harris Publications	Seth Biederman David Bogart	Kevin Lau Kam Ling Ng	*
LadyDeath vs. Vampirella II (2000)	Harris Publications	Brian Pulido, Marc Andreyko	Steven Hughes	*
Purgatori Vs Vampirella (2000)	Harris Publications	Marc Andreyko	Christian Zanier, Curtis Arnold	*
Vampirella 1-22 (2001–2003)	Harris Publications	Mark Millar	Mike Mayhew, Michael Bair	Vampirella: Nowheresville'' (#1–3) Harris Comics
The Magdalena/Vampirella (2003)	Harris Publications	David Wohl	Various	*
Vampirella/Witchblade: Brooklyn Bounce (2003)	Harris Publications	Brian Wood	Steve Pugh	*
Vampirella: Vampology (2003)	Harris Publications	Various	Various	*
Vampirella Magazine 1-10 (2003–2004)	Harris Publications	Various	Various	Vampirella: Masters Series.Vol.4(1,10)Dynamite
Witchblade/The Magdalena/Vampirella (2004)	Harris Publications	Gail Simone	Joyce Chin	*
Vampirella: Halloween Trick or Treat (2004)	Harris Publications	Various	Various	*
Vampirella/Witchblade: Union of the Damned (2004)	Harris Publications	Justin Gray	Liam Sharp Jimmy Palmiotti	*
Vampirella Magazine - Summer Special (2005)	Harris Publications	Michael Golden	Michael Golden	Vampirella: Masters Series.Vol.4(1,10)Dynamite
Vampirella/Witchblade: The Feast (2005)	Harris Publications	Justin Gray	Joyce Chin	*
Vampirella: Revelations 1-3 (2005-2006)	Harris Publications	Mike Carey/Mike Lilly & Bob Almond	Mike Carey/Mike Lilly & Bob Almond	Vampirella: Masters Series.Vol.8 Dynamite
The Darkness/ Vampirella (2005)	Harris Publications	Terry Moore	Eric Basaldua Jay Leisten	*
Tomb Raider/ Witchblade/ Magdalena/ Vampirella (2005)	Harris Publications	Kevin McCarthy	Joyce Chin	*
Vampirella: Halloween Special (2006)	Harris Publications	Phil Hester	Stephen Segovia	Vampirella: Masters Series.Vol.4 Dynamite
Vampirella Quarterly (2007)	Harris Publications	Joshua Hale Fialkov	Stephen Segovia	Vampirella: Masters Series.Vol.8 Dynamite
Sword of Dracula / Vamprella (2008)	Harris Publications	Jason Henderson	Greg Scott	*
Vampirella 1-38 (2010-2014)	Dynamite Entertainment	Eric Trautmann	Fabiano Neves	Volume 1 - Crown of Worms 'Vampirella Volume 2 - A Murder of Crows Volume 3 - Throne of Skulls Volume 4 - Inquisition! Volume 5 - Mothers, Sons, and 'A' Holy Ghost Volume 6 - The Final Curtain Vampirella: The Dynamite Years Omnibus Vol.1 Vampirella: The Dynamite Years Omnibus Vol.2
Vampirella and the Scarlet Legion 1-5 (2011)	Dynamite Entertainment	Joe Harris	Jose Malaga	Vampirella and the Scarlet Legion Vampirella: The Dynamite Years Omnibus Vol.4
Vampirella The Red Room 1-4 (2012)	Dynamite Entertainment	Dan Brereton	Jean Diaz	Vampirella: The Dynamite Years Omnibus Vol.4
Vampirella vs Fluffy (2012)	Dynamite Entertainment	Mark Rahner	Cezar Razek	Vampirella Bites
Vampirella vs. Dracula 1-6 (2012)	Dynamite Entertainment	Joe Harris	Ivan Rodriguez	Vampirella: The Dynamite Years Omnibus Vol.4
Vampirella Halloween Special (2013)	Dynamite Entertainment	Shannon Eric Denton	Dietrich Smith	*
Vampirella Nublood (2013)	Dynamite Entertainment	Mark Rahner	Cezar Razek	*
Vampirella Southern Gothic 1-5 (2013)	Dynamite Entertainment	Nate Cosby	Jose Luis	Vampirella Southern Gothic
Vampirella Strikes 1-6 (2013)	Dynamite Entertainment	Tom Sniegnoski	Johnny D	*
Dawn Vampirella 1-5 (2014)	Dynamite Entertainment	Joseph Michael Linsner	Joseph Michael Linsner	Dawn Vampirella
Vampirella 1-14 (vol.2) (2014-2015)	Dynamite Entertainment	Nancy A. Collins	Patrick Berkenkotter	Volume 1 - Our Lady of Shadow! Volume 2 - God Save the Queen Vampirella: The Dynamite Years Omnibus Vol.3
Vampirella Feary Tales 1-5 (2014)	Dynamite Entertainment	Various	Various	Vampirella Feary Tales
Aliens Vampirella 1-5( 2015-2016)	Dynamite Entertainment	Corinna Bechko	Javier Garcia-Miranda	Aliens Vampirella
Legenderry Vampirella 1-5 (2015)	Dynamite Entertainment	David Avallone	David Cabrera	Legenderry Vampirella
Swords of Sorrow Vampirella Jennifer Blood 1-4 (2015)	Dynamite Entertainment	Nancy A. Collins	Dave Acosta	Swords of Sorrow
Vampirella Army of Darkness 1-4 (2015)	Dynamite Entertainment	Mark Rahner	Jethro Morales	Vampirella Army of Darkness
Vampirella 1-6(Vol.3)(2016)	Dynamite Entertainment	Kate Leth	Eman Casallos	Vampirella: Hollywood Horror
Hack Slash vs. Vampirella 1-5 (2017-2018)	Dynamite Entertainment	Shawn Aldridge	Rapha Lobosco	Hack Slash vs. Vampirella
Kiss Vampirella 1-5 (2017)	Dynamite Entertainment	Chris Sebela	Annapaola Martello	Kiss Vampirella
Vampirella 0-11 (Vol.4) (2017-2018)	Dynamite Entertainment	Jeremy Whitley	Jeremy Whitley	Volume 1 - Forbidden Fruit Volume 2 - The God You Know
Savage Tales Vampirella (2018)	Dynamite Entertainment	Erik Burnham	Anthony Marques	Savage Tales Vampirella
Vampirella Halloween Special (2018)	Dynamite Entertainment	Shannon Eric Denton	Dietrich Smith	*
Vampirella Dejah Thoris 1-5 (2018-2019)	Dynamite Entertainment	Erik Burnham	Ediano Silva	Vampirella Dejah Thoris
Vampirella Roses For the Dead 1-4 (2018)	Dynamite Entertainment	Kristina Deak-Linsner	Joseph Michael Linsner	Vampirella: Roses for the Dead
Vampirella vs. Reanimator 1-4 (2018 Dynamite)	Dynamite Entertainment	Cullen Bunn Blacky Shepherd	Blacky Shepherd	Vampirella vs. Reanimator
Vampirella Halloween Special (2018)	Dynamite Entertainment	Scott Lobdell, Blake Northcott	Rapha Lobosco, Anthony Marques	*
Red Sonja and Vampirella meet Betty and Veronica 1-12 (2019-2020)	Dynamite Entertainment	Amy Chu	Maria Sanapo	Red Sonja and Vampirella meet Betty and Veronica Vo1 Red Sonja and Vampirella meet Betty and Veronica Vol.2
Vampirella Red Sonja 1-12 (2019)	Dynamite Entertainment	Jordie Bellaire	Drew Moss	Vampirella Red Sonja:Dark Synchronicities Vol.1 Vampirella Red Vol.2
Vampirella Valentines Day Special (2019)	Dynamite Entertainment	Leah Williams	Maria Sanapo	*
Vampirella 1-25 (Vol.5) (2019-2021)	Dynamite Entertainment	Christopher Priest	Ergun Gunduz	Vampirella:Seduction of Innocent Vol.1 Vampirella:Seduction of Innocent Vol.2 Vampirella: Interstellar Vol.3
Vengeance of Vampirella 1-25 (Vol.2) (2019-2021)	Dynamite Entertainment	Tom Sniegoski	Michael Sta. Maria	Vengeance of Vampirella: Vol. 1 - Rebirth Vengeance of Vampirella: Vol. 2 - The Spoils of War Vengeance of Vampirella: Vol. 3 - Ghost Dance Vengeance of Vampirella: Vol.4 - After the Fall
Vampirella The Dark Powers 1-6 (2020-2021)	Dynamite Entertainment	Dan Abnett	Paul Davidson	Vampirella The Dark Powers
Vampirella Trial of the Soul (2020)	Dynamite Entertainment	Bill Willingham	Giuseppe Cafaro	*
Vampirella Valentines Special (2021)	Dynamite Entertainment	Tom Sniegoski, Jeannine Acheson	Marcos Ramos	*
Vampirella vs Purgatori 1-5 (2021)	Dynamite Entertainment	Ray Fawkes	Alvaro Sarraseca	Vampirella vs Purgatori
Vampiverse (2021–2022)	Dynamite Entertainment	Tom Sniegoski, Jeannine Acheson	Daniel Maine	Vampiverse
Vampirella Holiday Special (2021)	Dynamite Entertainment	Will Robson	Will Robson	*
Vampirella Dracula Unholy 1-6 (2021–2022)	Dynamite Entertainment	Christopher Priest	Donny Hadiwidjaja	*
Vampirella Valentine's Day (2021)	Dynamite Entertainment	Dearbhla Kelly	Jonathan Lau	*
Vampirella Fairy Tales (2022)	Dynamite Entertainment	Soo Lee	Emiliana Pinna
Vampirella Strikes (2022–present)	Dynamite Entertainment	Tom Sniegoski	Jonathan Lau	*
Vampirella: Year One (2022–present)	Dynamite Entertainment	Christopher Priest	Ergun Gunduz	*

Spinoff bibliography

PUBLICATION	PUBLISHER	WRITER	ARTIST	COLLECTED EDITION *=not collected
Sacred Six (2020-2021)1-12	Dynamite Entertainment	Christopher Priest	Gabriel Ibarra, Jae Lee, Julius Ohta	Sacred Six Vol. 1: Numerology Sacred Six Vol. 2: War of the Roses
Nyx (2021–2022)1-10	Dynamite Entertainment	Christos Gage	Marc Borstel
Pantha (2022)1-5	Dynamite Entertainment	Tom Sniegoski	Igor Lima
Draculina (2022)1-6	Dynamite Entertainment	Christopher Priest	Michael St. Maria
The Vamp (2022)	Dynamite Entertainment	Tom Sniegoski, Jeannine Acheson	Daniel Maine

Other versions

Vampi

In 2000 a comic book series entitled Vampi began circulation through Anarchy Studio. The series followed Vampi, an alternate futuristic version of Vampirella that seeks to find a cure for her vampirism. The main series ran for 25 issues. Several miniseries followed under the titles Vampi Vicious, Vampi Vicious Circle, Vampi Vicious Rampage, and Vampi vs. Xin. An omnibus edition collecting the first eighteen issues of the initial run was released in 2012 through Dynamite Entertainment.

Li'l Vampi

In January 2014 Dynamite Entertainment released Li'l Vampi, a one-shot comic book by writer Eric Trautmann and artist Agnes Garbowska.^[74] The comic followed a child version of Vampirella as she tries to uncover why monsters are destroying the town of Stoker, Maine.^[75]

Media adaptations

In 1996, a Vampirella film adaptation was produced by Concorde Pictures, starring Talisa Soto in the title role. In 2021, Dynamite Entertainment announced a new feature film was in development, in addition to plans for television adaptations based on the Vampirella Universe.^[76]

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Further reading

• The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen: Awesome Female Characters from Comic Book History by Hope Nicholson, Quirk Books (2017)

External links

• Official website  
• Vampirella at IMDb
• Philadelphia City Paper, January 6–12, 2005
• Vampirella at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on July 19, 2015.