Good pulpy horror and SF stories in comic book format. I didn't know before reading this that Vampirella wasn't, at least initially, the subject of her series but the host (like the Crypt Keeper or Elvira, for instance). Doesn't matter much, because the stories are enjoyable any way, and filled with variety. There's fantasy, sci fi, horror, and every possible combination thereof.This volume contains the first 7 comics or so, meaning this is 391 pages of really great content. Even the poor storie...

Dad wouldn't let me order issues of Vampirella in the 1990s because he thought it was too racy for a teenage girl. Well, he should've seen the early issues, which are more campy than trampy. Vampirella plays the role of Crypt-Keeper, introducing and commenting upon some outrageous stories that mix science fiction with gothic horror. Art is wonderfully done and you get the sense reading the "Scarlet Letters" column that Vampirella was really breaking new ground compared to its competitors. Defini...

Kokoelma pitää sisällään Vampirella sarjakuvan numerot 1-7. Jokaisessa numerossa oli keskinkertaisia tai suorastaan huonoja tarinoita tarjolla enemmän kuin hyviä. Eniten häiritsi ehkä se, että Vampirellasta itsestään ei tainnut koko kokoelmassa olla kuin ehkä kaksi tai kolme sarjakuvaa, muiden keskittyessä sitten erilaisiin kauhuteemaisiin tarinoihin, jotka Vampirella tosin esitteli lukijalle. Piirrustustyyli oli hyvin vaihtelevaa johtuen suuresta tekijämäärästä, mutta lähestulkoon kaikkien piir...

There is a lot of beautiful artwork, much inventiveness, loads of excitement and enthusiasm in this volume that collects the first seven issues of Vampirella magazine, from 1969-1970. Brimming with beautiful women, seductive witches, hideous monsters, thirsty vampires, hungry werewolves, and more, these tales are engaging to read and compelling to look at. Sometimes the writing is a bit clunky and misspelled and the endings to some of the stories fall a bit flat. Sometimes the artwork is a bit c...

Fun Anthology Horror ComicsGoing into this, I thought it was going to be Vampirella stories, as it's her name on the cover so why wouldn't it be? What I didn't know is that Vampirella started out as a horror anthology comic host, mainly popping up in the intros and the conclusions of stories. There are a few stories starring Vampirella, but most of them are unconnected horror stories. And, for the most part, I enjoyed them. The quality varies; there are a couple of the stories I hated, and some

Campy and a tad sleazy...

Space alien, vampires and a beautiful woman in an interesting bikini, what more can a comic reader ask for! You get all that and some of the best art in the business for the time in Warren's books. great read. Recommended

So I've been getting into the B&W horror comics of the sixties and seventies and I thought Vampirella would be a sure bet. And at first, these were kind of fun. The stories were cheesy (not even including host Vampirella's terrible puns) but they had a nostalgic charm. However, that started to wear thin the further I read. The storytelling in some entries was so poor that I had no idea what was going on, and the mostly mediocre art didn't help. There are a few notables whose work does appear, in...

Initially, the original Vampirella comic was almost exactly like Warren Publishing's earlier horror comics, Creepy and Eerie, themselves both very similar to EC Comics' Tales from the Crypt. Each issue had a half dozen or so self-contained short stories, nearly always ending in some sort of ironic twist. While she apparently grew to have a more prominent role as the series progressed, in the issues collected here Vampirella herself acts in a Cryptkeeper role, setting the scene for the story and

This one was a "meh" for me. The art was decent but the stories weren't good enough in my opinion to warrant more than two stars. This is a re-issue of an old comic from the late sixties and it just wasn't my thing. I read a kindle version of this and luckily did not pay a lot for it. It was a very fast read so I didn't waste a lot of time reading this either. No big deal, just not that great of a read. I won't bother with the next volumes.

This is such crap it doesn't really merit the effort necessary to write a detailed review. Even the art, usually the strength in Warren productions, is pretty spotty here. Though a few notable names do put in appearances--Frazetta on some covers, Neal Adams and Jeff Jones on a story each, Ernie Colon a couple of times, Tom Sutton a few times--most of the art, even by these hands, is weak. Some barely rises above the level of amateur. One guy I'd never heard of, Billy Graham, shows some promise,

Sad. Really sad. Okay, I admit it. I have a fondness for 1970s B&W horror magazines. My Dad used to read 'em back when I was a kid in the mid-70s and - like his EC horror comics compilations - I used to sneak peaks at them while he was at work, giving myself nightmare fodder for the next few days before doing it again. When Dad moved out in 1978, he left a huge stack of those magazines in his vacated office closet. The majority of them were issues of Vampirella, which I acquired, read voraciousl...

Täysin perustelematon ja syyntakeeton viisi tähteä kauhusarjiksen seiskytluvulle, jossa naiset oli kuumia, ruumiit kylmiä, scifi sarjakuvassa hengissä ja ihmissudet kera vampyyrien voimissaan. Ihan mahtavaa saada tämä suomeksi!

This is really not good, not even up to the Creepy or Eerie stories standards of the time. There can only be one reason (ok maybe two) that this magazine became popular in it's time.

SUPER FAST REVIEW:Not at all what I expected!So most Vampirella comics are about Vampirella, the superhero. This is an anthology series of horror stories presented by comic book host, Vampirella. The stories while not always home runs are usually pretty entertaining and the artists all do a fantastic job! I have mixed thoughts about including prose stories a few times, it was a good way of having fans send stories but it was a COMIC magazine... I dunno, it’s only mildly annoying but still cool s...

I like Vampirella. I enjoy Warren Publishing magazines. I've 6 or 7 volumes each of the Eerie and Creepy Archives, but this Vampirella Archives is Stunningly amateurish. The magazine covers are terrific but the black and white stories are just horrible. The art with only a couple of exceptions looks like random 4th grade art class samples. This book is really really awful. Try instead the first few volumes of Creepy or even Eerie Archives.

Well, this wasn't as good as the Creepy Archives I have read so far. The art is good but the stories vary in quality. This volume, I am told, reprints the early issues of the magazine in which Vampirella hadn't really come into her own as a character, and basically served as a host for the stories. The cheesiness of it was kind of fun.

I'm not sure how I feel about this one. "Vampirella" is a classic title and one I've been curious to check out ever since my mum wouldn't let me buy an issue as a kid. This collection features the first 7 issues, and it is not great.In the late 60's, Warren publishing was trying to pull itself out of the doldrums. Their flag ship titles "Creepy" and "Eerie" were suffering with reprints and stories that were far from the classics in quality that defined the mags. So it's weird they would debut a

Vampirella kuitenkin on yksi lempihahmoistani, mutta en ollut koskaan tiedostanut, kuinka kakkapaskasta tuo on ponnistanut.Ei näistä lyhyistä tarinoista kauhesti hyvää sanottavaa löydä, saatika kauhun tuntemuksia. Tuskin edes silloin joskus 60-luvun lopulla kun nämä julkaistiin. Paljon hyvää taidetta on kyllä mukaan eksynyt (Neal Adams, yay!), mutta kun tarinat ovat löysiä. tyhmiä ja typeriä.Lisäksi Suomessa on päätetty hienot alkuperäiset kannet julkaista mustavalkoisina kokosivun kuvina sekä p...

Vampirella herself is the host of this Vampirella: Archives, Volume One collection. Inside are seven separate magazines (what we would call graphic novels today). Each story within Vampirella: Archives, Volume One reminded me of watching a Hammer Film or an '80s Elvira flick. Miscellaneous authors and illustrators created this collection of scary stories.