Vampirella re-emerges in the urban jungle to track down the mysterious "Le Fanu" - - a vampire madam behind an insidious "biter club."

The Good

Reis' art is just exquisite.  Lush shadows, rich detail and enough dynamic license to properly balance the realism. He really gave this the right mix of urban horror and romantic adventure.  Trautman's script breaks Vampi's struggle against the vampires down into something alternately heroic, tragic and perverse - - and there's a complexity I could glom to. I was also really charmed by the back-up feature by the memorable duo of Loeb and Sale. It gives a very Robert E. Howard "secret origin" to Vampirella.

The Bad

Pulling from what I know of Vampi (and from the opening recap,) I think she was a princess of an alien planet of vampires at one point. I hope this new incarnation touches on that later on, because the extended opening - - a gender-swapped riff on the typical "back-alley mugging prevention" - - felt a bit too down-to-Earth for a character who screams to be “over the top.”

The Verdict - 4/5

Vampirella’s a title I’ve been curious about for many years but never actually gotten a chance to read on account of how inconsistently it was stocked. This is a strong, accessible debut with some real mood and character to it - - I just hope it's going to get as outrageous as I've understood the character to be.

Off topic but y'know... it'd be really vool (vampire term for kool which in turn is the cooler term for cool) Vampirella needs to put a team together, and going by her Halloween + Disney character name moniker: 
     
- Snow Werewolf  
- The Little Merman 
- Mummy and the Beast 
- Lilo and Stitch of Frankenstein  
 
P.S.  
I miss Vampi. 
 
    

Well sex sells.

Looking fwd to this. 
 
@aztek the lost said:

" I'm so excited to get this issue this week! "

I am looking forward to getting my hands on this issue and can't wait to see if Dynamite teams her up with Chastity or against Purgatori at all.

" Well sex sells. "

" @tweeker said:

" Well sex sells. "

Sex always sell and there's nothing wrong with it! "

" @NightFang said:

" @tweeker said:

" Well sex sells. "

Sex always sell and there's nothing wrong with it! "

And it even works both ways. Look at how Hugh Jackman is promoted for any of the X-men films~ "

I dunno... I'd feel kinda icky picking up Vampirella for some reason.

" I dunno... I'd feel kinda icky picking up Vampirella for some reason. "

" @Eyz: Yeah, but you would never think they would do that with him, but all well. "

Really?  In view people seemed to gravitate either to Hugh Jackman shirtless (chicks, etc.) or Stewart/Mckellan conflict. Aside from Mystic there was zero female sex appeal in those flicks. They took one of the hottest women of our times Halle and made her sexless.

So clearly if it was sex appeal being sold it was Jack.  

" Well sex sells. "

I just saw all the covers... I want them all.
The Alex Ross Chase cover is the best.

" I just saw all the covers... I want them all.
The Alex Ross Chase cover is the best.

I want the Virgin cover, but its so expensive :( "

Just curious but why are the non-existent nipples blurred out?

" @tweeker said:

" Well sex sells. "

Sex always sell and there's nothing wrong with it! "

"sometimes when its obvious there are using sex to advertise something it gets a little too...idk just explotive.  "

i am looking foreword to this i love vampi 

I READ THE FIRST ISSUE OF VAMPIRELLA AND WHAT CAN I SAY ?,.......... I LIKED IT A LOT AND DO WISH MORE ADVENTURES OF HER. OH AND BY THE WAY, DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT , U GUYS  REALLY DID A GOOD JOB AND KEEP IT UP.

I liked this comic a lot, this issue with the narration and gritty street action is retro in maybe a Frank Miller kind of way, I like it. And high-heel violence!