This is one creepy cover, courtesy Luis Dominguez! I think the absence of any real cover copy only makes it that much more weird, something you didn't see much."Vampi's Feary Tales" on the inside front cover is about "The Matrimonial Murderer", and is by Doug Moench and Auraleon.
First up is Vampi in "When Wakes the Dead" by T.Casey Brennan and Jose Gonzalez. Part of a story from the previous issue, we find our heroine back in time and dealing with the actual Dracula...who she falls in love with!
Second is "Gender Bender", art and story by Estaban Maroto, so you know you're in for a head-tripping couple of pages. And this story is no exception, taking place as it does inside the human psyche! Break out Pink Floyd's The Wall and start reading.
Third is "Love Is No Game" by Steve Skeates and Luis Garcia, a really nasty tale of a woman in love with the wrong man. The really wrong man.
Next is "Eye Opener!" by Moench and Auraleon, about a guy who visits a haunted house, populated by a really weird old lady and her comely daughter. Be careful, buddy...
Last is "Vengeance, Brother...Vengeance!" by Greg Potter and Luis Dominguez, a really imaginative tale set in Medeval times, about an intrepid knight sneaking his way into the castle of the evil Jenwral(the creepy guy pictured on the cover) in an attempt to avenge someone who's not dead! The dark humor tone of this story and the sort of thick-headed knight reminded me a bit of Ash in Army of Darkness!
A very good issue, with each tale being a fun read, and all of them very different from each other. A real keeper.
1 comment:
Very good issue with great art from Garcia, Maroto and Auraleon. One of my first Vampirella issues, so certainly is memorable to me. "Gender Bender" is the best of Maroto's "Tomb of the Gods" series and is one of the most surreal stories to appear in Warren. One of the pages was reprinted and rewritten for a later Tomb of the Gods story, "Orpheus".
-Quiddity99
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