Vampirella - Crown of Worms

Vampirella Volume 1: Crown of Worms - Wagner Reis, Eric Trautmann

Vampirella is a vampire that hunts other vampires and is always hot on the trail of her old nemesis Vlad Dracula. As she tracks a new army of vampires, what she presumes is a sickness is in fact a new threat to vampires that is looking for a host. She holds the key to stopping this takeover but must battle her own demons before she can make things right.

 

I'm not familiar with the Vampirella storylines and as this was a reboot of an old series I feel I'm missing out on a lot of back story. That being said I really enjoyed the volume, it was an interesting mix of vamps and cosmic horror which is not something I've come across before.

 

Vampirella is a fairly engaging character although some more back story would have been great to set her up a bit better. This could also be said of Dracula who only gets a couple of panels where it's shown his history. It didn't detract too much from the read but I think it would have added something if included. 

I have to comment about Vampirella's costume, for most of the comic she was dressed in clothes suitable for fighting vamps but the costume she is famous for, several strips of cloth that just barely cover her chest and bottom, look both impressive and kinda ridiculous, (impressive in that it actually stays in place).

 

A fun comic that I'm definitely going to read more of.

 

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