The Fellowship was fortunate enough to obtain a copy of VAMPIRELLA #1 from Dynamite Entertainment. Paul Cornell writes, Jimmy Broxton draws and
colors, and Travis Lanham letters.
Vampirella slumbered for a very long time. Now she has been
awakened, and is a bit confused by the world she senses. Everything she sees is
much older, but there’s something else, something she can’t quite place. So she
goes to Los Angeles, where she knows she’ll find a hub of life. But it’s still
different; people don’t really seem interested in the world around them. In her
own way, she’ll find a way to get the answers she wants.
Is this a return to the darker V, stepping away from her
recent (though enjoyable) turn toward her “humanity”? I think it’s a little too
early to tell, but this V is certainly comfortable with working alone. She’s
got quite a puzzle before her in this “new” world, and it’s new to the readers
as well. And the art has a surreal quality to it, with backgrounds and colors
that are a little jarring in just the right ways.
Admittedly I was hooked at “new Vampirella”, but it turns
out that there’s a strange new world for her to play in here too. It’s a great
jumping-on point.
~Mike ( @MikeyGeek )
