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Vampirella: Year One #1
REDISCOVER THE BEGINNINGS OF A LEGEND!
Following the explosive conclusion to Vampirella/ Unholy comes the next chapter in Christopher Priest's Vampirella saga! Wanted for murder, and with every demon, shaman, vampire, whack-job zealot, reporter, and law enforcement officer on Earth hunting for her, Vampirella has taken refuge in an undisclosed location where she questions why she came to our world in the first place.
Critically acclaimed European artist Ergün Gündüz rejoins Christopher Priest for an expanded reimagining of Forrest J Ackerman's classic origin story, with fram¬ing sequences set in the present day illustrated by Giovanni Timpano, the story explores the exotic world of Drakulon, the pressures that cause Vampirella to leave, and her first days on Earth, arriving on the day of the Apollo moon landing in 1969. Lost, alone, unable to speak or read our language, Vampirella makes her first friends (Pantha, Pendragon) and runs afoul of new enemies in this multifac¬eted period piece that revisits the world of the original 1970s Warren stories!
Discovering to her horror that her journey to Earth was actually a one-way trip, Vampirella grapples with depression and intense loneliness as she starts to build a new life and new community at the turbulent close of an unforgettable decade! Grab your go-go boots and Afro Sheen and join us for this most unusual expansion of a classic era!
Following the explosive conclusion to Vampirella/ Unholy comes the next chapter in Christopher Priest's Vampirella saga! Wanted for murder, and with every demon, shaman, vampire, whack-job zealot, reporter, and law enforcement officer on Earth hunting for her, Vampirella has taken refuge in an undisclosed location where she questions why she came to our world in the first place.
Critically acclaimed European artist Ergün Gündüz rejoins Christopher Priest for an expanded reimagining of Forrest J Ackerman's classic origin story, with fram¬ing sequences set in the present day illustrated by Giovanni Timpano, the story explores the exotic world of Drakulon, the pressures that cause Vampirella to leave, and her first days on Earth, arriving on the day of the Apollo moon landing in 1969. Lost, alone, unable to speak or read our language, Vampirella makes her first friends (Pantha, Pendragon) and runs afoul of new enemies in this multifac¬eted period piece that revisits the world of the original 1970s Warren stories!
Discovering to her horror that her journey to Earth was actually a one-way trip, Vampirella grapples with depression and intense loneliness as she starts to build a new life and new community at the turbulent close of an unforgettable decade! Grab your go-go boots and Afro Sheen and join us for this most unusual expansion of a classic era!
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31 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 27, 2022
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About the author
Christopher J. Priest
1,058 books188 followersFormerly (before 1993) known as James or Jim Owsley.
Christopher James Priest is a critically acclaimed novelist and comic book writer. Priest is the first African-American writer and editor for Marvel and DC Comics. His groundbreaking Black Panther series was lauded by Entertainment Weekly and The Village Voice and will serve as the basis for the 2018 Marvel Cinematic Universe adaption.
Besides Black Panther, Priest has written comics for Conan, Steel, Green Lantern, The Crew and edited The Amazing Spider-Man. He also co-created Quantum & Woody along with Mark Bright and co-founded Milestone Media.
After a decade long hiatus he is currently writing comic books again and recently concluded a stint writing the comic book Deathstroke (2016-2019).
In addition to being a writer, Christopher J. Priest is also a baptist minister.
Christopher James Priest is a critically acclaimed novelist and comic book writer. Priest is the first African-American writer and editor for Marvel and DC Comics. His groundbreaking Black Panther series was lauded by Entertainment Weekly and The Village Voice and will serve as the basis for the 2018 Marvel Cinematic Universe adaption.
Besides Black Panther, Priest has written comics for Conan, Steel, Green Lantern, The Crew and edited The Amazing Spider-Man. He also co-created Quantum & Woody along with Mark Bright and co-founded Milestone Media.
After a decade long hiatus he is currently writing comic books again and recently concluded a stint writing the comic book Deathstroke (2016-2019).
In addition to being a writer, Christopher J. Priest is also a baptist minister.
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June 1, 2023
Vampirella: Year One #1 - A Story That Boggles The Mind
I'm truly confused on what has happened to Christopher Priest. A man who has a reputation as being one of the best comic book writers of the modern era. This is now the second Vampirella comic I've read of his from the past year and a half and it's trash. By framing this story in the modern era, once again, he can get away with using modern day slang and that was my major problem with the first issue I read of Vampirella/Dracula: Unholy #1.
Also, why is it necessary that we see Senator Hilal taking a whizz? How is that pertinent at all to the story being told here? I wonder what would've happened with Priest's iconic Black Panther and Deathstroke runs if he had shown T'Challa or Slade Wilson going to the bathroom? I think Marvel and DC both would've booted him off the titles that's for sure.
Christopher Priest's writing here just seems very juvenile to me. Granted, this is only the first issue. But, after reading this, I don't want to finish the story. I don't need to take a chance and see a scene of Pendragon going to the bathroom any time soon.
It's a real shame too because I was really looking forward to seeing Pendragon and Pantha again in Vampirella. But, now, because of my issues with this comic, I don't want to finish this story. There are serious flaws with this comic. The flaws are all in the writing, not the artwork. Ergun Gunduz' artwork is flawless!
It's Christopher Priest's writing that is my only issue with this comic. If you can get past those flaws, then God Bless you and enjoy the story. Unfortunately, for me, I can't take 5 more issues of this. This is the second Vampirella miniseries written by Christopher Priest that I don't want to finish.
What a shame 😔! I think that I'm going to go check out Vengeance of Vampirella now or some of Vampi's classic stories. I need a break from this modern era of Vampirella and Christopher Priest.
I'm truly confused on what has happened to Christopher Priest. A man who has a reputation as being one of the best comic book writers of the modern era. This is now the second Vampirella comic I've read of his from the past year and a half and it's trash. By framing this story in the modern era, once again, he can get away with using modern day slang and that was my major problem with the first issue I read of Vampirella/Dracula: Unholy #1.
Also, why is it necessary that we see Senator Hilal taking a whizz? How is that pertinent at all to the story being told here? I wonder what would've happened with Priest's iconic Black Panther and Deathstroke runs if he had shown T'Challa or Slade Wilson going to the bathroom? I think Marvel and DC both would've booted him off the titles that's for sure.
Christopher Priest's writing here just seems very juvenile to me. Granted, this is only the first issue. But, after reading this, I don't want to finish the story. I don't need to take a chance and see a scene of Pendragon going to the bathroom any time soon.
It's a real shame too because I was really looking forward to seeing Pendragon and Pantha again in Vampirella. But, now, because of my issues with this comic, I don't want to finish this story. There are serious flaws with this comic. The flaws are all in the writing, not the artwork. Ergun Gunduz' artwork is flawless!
It's Christopher Priest's writing that is my only issue with this comic. If you can get past those flaws, then God Bless you and enjoy the story. Unfortunately, for me, I can't take 5 more issues of this. This is the second Vampirella miniseries written by Christopher Priest that I don't want to finish.
What a shame 😔! I think that I'm going to go check out Vengeance of Vampirella now or some of Vampi's classic stories. I need a break from this modern era of Vampirella and Christopher Priest.
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