One HOT vampire lady . . .
Vampirella was created in 1969 by Forrest J. Ackerman for Warren Publishing's black and white horror anthology magazine of the same name.
In her first tale, Vampirella was an inhabitant of the planet Drakulon, which had blood instead of water, which gave rise to a race of Vampiric
Human Aliens. After arriving on Earth, Vampi devoted herself to fighting evil of all kinds, as well as falling in love with one Adam Van Helsing.
The series was revived in
The Nineties by Harris Publications.
Now her adventures are published by Dynamite Entertainment.
Vampirella herself is an example of:
- Action Girl / Dark Action Girl
- Dark Is Not Evil: Vampi may give off the vibe of a sexy, evil creature, but she only saves her rage for the bad guys.
- Failure Hero: In her original magazine, Vampirella rarely saved the day. Often she was incapacitated until the end of the issue, only being revived to kill the bad guy. Most of her stories ether featured, the problem resolving itself, a secondary character doing the majority of the work, and in some cases Vampirella was even the problem herself. This is not the case for the later series, where she takes a dominate role.
- Friendly Neighborhood Vampire: Vampirella is probably one of the earliest examples of a vampire protagonist, created well over twenty years before they became more common.
- Ladyella
- Lady in Red
- Most Common Superpower
- Stripperific: Her signature red outfit, complete with Absolute Cleavage.
- Vampires are Sex Gods
- Weirdness Censor: Very few people seem to notice or remark on her omnipresent red outfit, and when they do it's quickly handwaved.
The comic contains:
- Continuity Snarl: Three different comic companies didn't make it better. If you haven't noticed yet, you probably were too busy staring at her costume :-)
- A Worldwide Punomenon: Big time in the early issues, much less later.
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