Vampirella Archives Volume 8

Vampirella Archives #8

by Howard Chaykin, Bill DuBay, Roger McKenzie

Vampirella, the alluring icon of horror comics, bids you welcome! The raven-haired hostess guides you through over thirty classic tales of terror and suspense, reprinted from issues #50-56 of the celebrated 1970s Vampirella Magazine. Visio

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Horror

352 pages, Hardcover

First published December 10, 2013

About the author

Howard Victor Chaykin is an American comic book artist and writer. Chaykin's influences include his one-time employer and mentor, Gil Kane, and the mid-20th century illustrators Robert Fawcett and Al Parker.

Reviews

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great B&W comics mag collection. Very nice art & writing, something new and different for that era of comics. Good entertaining read. Recommended

[Quentin Wallace · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was one of the best Vampirella Archive volumes so far. This one had several long form, near full issue Vampirella stories rather than the short lead story with the back up stories. I usually like the back up stories fine, but the longer Vampirella stories really worked well. At times the art is a little ridiculous as Vampirella is drawn sexy as hell, but in several stories it looks like she's just striking sexy poses in the midst of the storytelling which comes across a little silly. Some of the non Vampirella stories weren't the best either. Even with the minor issues, this was a strong volume from a really cool series.

[Mark · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dark Horse reprinted all the stories that Richard Corben illustrated for Creepy and Eerie, but as far as I know, Dynamite has never printed a collection of Corben's work on Vampirella. Vampirella Archives Volume Five contains most of Corben's Vampirella work, however, Vampirella Archives Volume Eight does have one classic collaboration between Corben and writer Jan Strnad, "Bowser", which first appeared in Vampirella #54. Other highlights in this collection include Vampirella feature stories drawn by guest artists Howard Chaykin and Jeff Jones.