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Vampirella: The Crimson Chronicles

 

Issue #1 (2004)


Regular cover

Regular cover - Jim Silke $19.95

  • Vampirella of Drakulon [Tom Sutton, art; Forrest J. Ackerman, story] (from Warren Vampirella #1)

  • Death boat! [Billy Graham, art; Don Glut, story] (from Warren Vampirella #1)

  • Goddess from the sea [Neal Adams, art; Don Glut, story] (from Warren Vampirella #1)

  • Vampi's feary tales: Bride of Frankenstein [Tom Sutton, art and story] (from Warren Vampirella #2)

  • Evily [Jerry Grandenetti, art; Bill Parente, story] (from Warren Vampirella #2)

  • Down to Earth [Mike Royer, art; Forrest J. Ackerman, story] (from Warren Vampirella #2)

  • Vampi's feary tales: Queens of outer space [Dick Piscopo, art; Forrest J. Ackerman, story] (from Warren Vampirella #3)

  • Wicked is who wicked does! [Tom Sutton, art; Bill Parente, story] (from Warren Vampirella #3)

  • Blast off! to a nightmare! [Jack Sparling, art; Al Hewetson, story] (from Warren Vampirella #3)

  • Didn't I see you on television? [Billy Graham, art and story] (from Warren Vampirella #3)

  • Vampi's feary tales: Burned at the stake! [Tom Sutton, art and story] (from Warren Vampirella #4)

  • Forgotten kingdom [David St. Clair a.k.a. Ernie Colon, art; Bill Parente, story] (from Warren Vampirella #4)

  • Vampi's feary tales: The satanic sisterhood of stonehenge! [Tom Sutton, art and story] (from Warren Vampirella #5)

  • The craft of a cat's eye [John Fantucchio a.k.a. Tony Williamsune, a.k.a. Tony Tallarico, art; Don Glut, story] (from Warren Vampirella #5)

  • Vampi's feary tales: The centaur [Dan Adkins, art and story] (from Warren Vampirella #6)

  • Curse of Circe [Jerry Grandenetti, art; Gardner Fox, story] (from Warren Vampirella #6)

  • Witch Trilogy: (from Warren Vampirella #7)
    • Prologue: Three witches [Tom Sutton, art; Nicola Cuti, story]
    • The white witch [Tom Sutton, art; Nicola Cuti, story]
    • The mind witch [Ernie Colon, art; Nicola Cuti, story]
    • The black witch [Billy Graham, art; Nicola Cuti, story]
    • Epilog [Tom Sutton, art; Nicola Cuti, story]

  • Vampi's feary tales: Unrequited love! [Tom Sutton, art and story] (from Warren Vampirella #8)

  • Vampirella: Who serves the cause of chaos? [Tom Sutton, art; Archie Goodwin, story] (from Warren Vampirella #8)

  • Vampi's feary tales: Lilith [Jeff Jones, art; Nicola Cuti, story] (from Warren Vampirella #9)

  • Vampirella: The testing! [Tom Sutton, art; Archie Goodwin, story] (from Warren Vampirella #9)

  • Vampi's feary tales: The face of Medusa [Billy Graham, art and story] (from Warren Vampirella #10)

  • The soft, sweet lips of hell! [Neal Adams, Steve Englehart, art; Denny O'Neil, story] (from Warren Vampirella #10)

Harris Publications had bought not only the character of Vampirella, but also owned all of the previous Vampirella comics published by Warren! Rather than let them gather dust in the vaults of comicdom, the Crimson Chronicles presents the best of the early Warren comic books. Issue 1 of the Chronicles covers the stories from the first ten issues of the Warren Vampirella series!

 

Issue #2 (2004)


Regular cover

Regular cover - Jim Silke $19.95

The Chronicles continue with a range of stories (not all of which are about Vampirella) from the Warren Vampirella series, issues 11 - 18. If you are a new reader of Vampirella or too young to have been buying comic books and horror magazines in the 1970s, then this is quite a good introduction to Vampirella of yore!

 

Issue #3 (2005)


Regular cover

Regular cover - Jim Silke $14.95

  • Vampirella: Shadow of Dracula! [José Gonzalez, art; T. Casey Brennan, story[ (from Warren Vampirella #19)

  • Vampirella: When wakes the Dead! [José Gonzalez, art; T. Casey Brennan, story] (from Warren Vampirella #20)

  • Vampirella: Slitherers in the Sand [T. Casey Brennan, prologue; José Gonzalez, art; Chad Archer a.k.a. Steve Englehart, story] (from Warren Vampirella #21)

  • Vampirella: Hell from on high [José Gonzalez, art; Steve Englehart, story] (from Warren Vampirella #22)

  • Vampirella: Blood Queen of Bayou Parish [José Gonzalez, art; Steve Englehart, story] (from Warren Vampirella #23)

  • Vampirella: Into the Inferno! [José Gonzalez, art; Bill DuBay, story] (from Warren Vampirella #24)

  • Vampirella: What Price Love [José Gonzalez, art; Bill DuBay, story] (from Warren Vampirella #25)

  • Vampirella: Demons in the Fog! [Escolano, José Gonzalez, art; Len Wein, story] (from Warren Vampirella #26)

  • Vampirella: Return Trip [José Gonzalez, art; Jose Toutain, story] (from Warren Vampirella #27)

  • Welcome to the Witches' Coven [Luis Garcia, art; Donald F. McGregor, story] (from Warren Vampirella #15)

  • Vampirella: Curse of the MacDaemons! [José Gonzalez, art; Flaxman Loew aka, Mike Butterworth, story] (from Warren Vampirella #28)

The third volume of the series features stories from Warren Vampirella issues 19-28. I don't think this series sold well, which may explain why the price dropped from $19.95 to $14.95.

On the positive side, if you can't afford to buy copies of the original Warren comics then this could be a good way to catch up on key stories.

 

Issue #4 (2005)


Regular cover

Regular cover - Luis Dominguez $14.95

The Chronicles continue with the Vampirella feature story from Issues 29 to 41, plus a four page History of Vampires and an article about the process of creating a comic book/ magazine.

As a long time Vampirella collector there is nothing new here for me, but for someone who hasn't read these stories before this book is great value - 160 pages of entertainment for $14.95!