Vampirella!
Vampirella VS the Cult of Chaos (1991)/originally $12.95 & 142 pgs.,
Harris Comics and Dark Horse Comics/sold at on-line and store front
comics shops, and at on-line auctions.
Actor Jack Nicholson recommend-ed that actors let 'the costume doing
the acting' when playing super-villains.
Vampirella is all about the costume, and her scanty clothing is all
about lust. Nevertheless, under writer Archie Goodwin's pen, her
adventures were more about the writer's homage to the myth's
created by horror writers H.P. Lovecraft and Bram Stoker.
Vampy was an alien from a planet were rivers flowed with blood. On
Earth, she controlled her thirst with a serum that, like most of her
ongoing cast, was created by Goodwin. Misunderstood and pursued by
most as an blood-thirsty vampire, Vampy spent much of her time
fighting the Cult of Chaos headed by evil from the stars (Lovecraft)
and Dracula (Stoker).
It took Goodwin two poorly written and weakly drawn stories to find
his artistic footing with Vampirella. Those stories, illustrated by Tom
Sutton, kick off this volume.
By her third adventure, artist Jose Gonzales had taken a stake (groan)
in the series, and Vampy eventually became the second most famous
female in comics history. Those stories are also reprinted and, with
Goodwin's im-proved writing, saved the series from being junk.
Gonzales' beautiful, reality-based art was as important to her success
as was Goodwin's writing, and many of her first adventures from the
pages of Vampirella (Warren) can be found in Vampirella VS the Cult
of Chaos. Although not Goodwin's best work, this collection is
recommended for light entertainment.
Archie Goodwin will be inducted into the Oklahoma Cartoonists Hall of
Fame in 2007.
MV
MINIVIEW: Power of 6 [Alternative Comics] If you revel in comics
about odd super-teams battling super-natural forces that are drawn as
if by a ten-year-old child, prepare to party.
Check out Dreams and Visions #35 for a new Vance short story:
www.bconnex.net/~skysong/dream.htm
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