Vampirella #2

Horror, humor, and shocking visuals make this a Vampirella for the ages. Add nuns with guns into this book and it becomes epic. You ain't read Vampirella until you've read this book! Recommended. Read Full Review

Ergun Gunduz delivers some amazing art in this issue. The characters look amazing and the tonal shift in the art between Vampirellas late night activities to her sessions is fantastic. Read Full Review

Vampirella #2 kicks things up a notch with a truly violent and surprisingly in-depth exploration of Vampi's life on Earth. Read Full Review

Full of gore and pathos, this issue continues the fascinating deconstruction of everyone's favorite bombshell space vampire. Read Full Review

While I wait to see what the intent is here I'm at least enjoying what we get from Gundu as his artwork is strong, especially with the color design. There's a great cohesiveness to it and I love all the angles and viewing placement that we get which feels like it's not what we normally get, especially for a character like Vampi. Read Full Review

All good scenes, but none of them belonging to the same story. But maybe it's meant to be inconsistent. Maybe that's the clue that the overarching story is trying to reveal -- that it's all a dream or some mental prison, and we'll look back at this from the first issue forward and smack our heads over how obvious it should have been. But for now, it remains an attractive nuisance -- beautiful to look at, but makes you scratch your head hard enough to leave scars. Read Full Review

The first half of VAMPIRELLA #2 feels a bit like we're spinning our narrative wheels, but not moving in any particular direction. The book's second half redeems it somewhat, but the real story and stakes are yet to show up. Read Full Review

Whatever its faults may be, this Vampirella relaunch certainly provides readers plenty to chew on. Read Full Review

There's a lot of potential for a solid and cohesive story, but nothing seems to connect in a way that makes sense just yet. Read Full Review

"Vampirella" #2 is a study in how adult themes are not the only elements of a great comic book. Read Full Review

Valiant Son

Aug 28, 2019

The opening issue was good, but in places the dialogue between Vampirella and her psychiatrist became a little confusing. The art too, was a little inconsistent. Neither of these concerns exist in the second issue. Issue 2 of Vampirella by Christopher Priest and Ergun Gunduz is a strong story, making Vampirella a "serious" character with an interesting story to tell. I'm pleased with my decision to buy into this series, which was based on Christopher Priest as a writer, and the now notorious interview where he rightly put Chris Arrant in his place.

I Review Comics

Apr 13, 2020

It's been a minute since I reviewed Vampirella #1. I liked the first issue but wasn't exactly blow away by anything in it. I wouldn't have made the purchase at all but did so to stand in solidarity with Christopher Priest who had come under vicious attack from mainstream comic journalists looking for another scalp in the culture war. This issue gives a better impression of what the series will be about and is also framed around Vampirella's ongoing therapy sessions with Dr. Chary. The rest of the comic details what she's been up to during the past year. The book also introduces allies and a couple of new enemies. Vampirella feeds on drug dealers before encountering a group of Satanic Nuns and Werewolves. The book is a lot of fun a nd isn't bogged down by current year politics. In fact, Vampirella thumbs her nose directly at PC culture about midway through the issue. The art style is still hit and miss throughout the issue but the storytelling is solid enough and there is a couple of standout splash pages. My favorite is a full-page spread of one of the Nuns. I'm late in my coverage of the series but it's easy to see why the book has maintained consistent sales. Christopher Priest has remained true to the character. Vampirella is one of the original Badgirl characters. He allows her to do maintain her identity and has managed to make her even sexier. If you're a fan Vampirella or fairly new to the mythos like I am you can't really go wrong here. The comic is cool and features traditional heroes vs villain story that should appeal to most fans or at least those that don't have bugs up their asses. more