Vampirella Revelations

    (Harris, 2005-2006)
™ and © Harris Publications, Inc.

The Vampirella magazine may have given exposure to a lot of up-and-coming alternative artists, but it also eviscerated the character Grant Morrison’s crafted for her, which elevated her far above her undead eye-candy origins.

The seven-page story does a good enough job of presenting her as a vampire urban legend that it doesn’t make us dread future installments, but, if Mike Lilly is serious about his vision of the “real” Vampirella, both she and we are in for tough times. She’s rendered so top-heavy that, not only isn’t she anatomically correct, she’s aerodynamically correct. All future artists who want to see how she should be drawn (sexy, not grotesque) can check out José Gonzales’ work in the old Warren magazines.

This is followed by several text pieces on how writers Mike Carey, Jay Faerber, and John Rozum will handle her in their upcoming arcs. Naturally, they left out the only author whose work I’m really looking forward to reading: Christopher Priest. Oh, and the cover’s stunning.

— S. A. Bennett
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  • 0
    #0
    Jul 2005
    Cover: $0.25
    W: Mike Carey  ·  A: Mike Lilly
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  • 0/A
    #0 Variation A
    Virgin Cover A by Joe Jusko
    Jul 2005
    W: Mike Carey  ·  A: Mike Lilly
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    #0 Variation B
    Jul 2005
    Cover: $19.99
    W: Mike Carey  ·  A: Mike Lilly
    Autographed by Mike Lilly; Certificate of Authenicity
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  • 0/C
    #0 Variation C
    JayCompany Cover C by E-Bas
    Jul 2005
    Cover: $15.00
    W: Mike Carey  ·  A: Mike Lilly
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    #1 Variation A
    Mark Texeira cover A (Vampirella standing, building in background)
    Nov 2005
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    #1 Variation B
    Mark Texeira Virgin Cover B by Mark Texeira
    Nov 2005
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  • 1/C
    #1 Variation C
    Gonzalez cover C (Vampirella standing, building in background)
    Nov 2005
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    W: Mike Carey  ·  A: Mike Lilly
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    #1 Variation D
    Virgin Gonzalez cover D (Vampirella standing, building in background)
    Nov 2005
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  • 2/A
    #2 Variation A
    Cover A by David Michael Beck
    Jan 2006
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    #2 Variation B
    Virgin Beck Cover B by David Michael Beck
    Jan 2006
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    #2 Variation C
    Cover C by Mike Lilly
    Jan 2006
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    W: Mike Carey  ·  A: Mike Lilly
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    #2 Variation D
    Virgin Mike Lilly Cover D by Mike Lilly
    Jan 2006
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    W: Mike Carey  ·  A: Mike Lilly
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    #3 Variation A
    Joe Jusko cover A (Vampirella in web)
    Feb 2006
    Cover: $2.99
    W: Mike Carey  ·  A: Mike Lilly
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    #3 Variation B
    Daniel Horne cover B (Vampirella sitting on slab with skull)
    Feb 2006
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    #3 Variation C
    Virgin Joe Jusko cover C (Vampirella in web)
    Feb 2006
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    #3 Variation D
    Daniel Horne cover D (Vampirella sitting on slab with skull)
    Feb 2006
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    W: Mike Carey  ·  A: Mike Lilly
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  • Bk 1
    Book #1
    Cover: $12.95
    W: Mike Carey  ·  A: Mike Lilly
    Collects issues #0–3; ca. 2006
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  • CS 1
    Collector's Set #1
    Issues #1-3 Virgin incentive covers signed by Mike Lilly
    Mar 2006
    W: Mike Carey  ·  A: Mike Lilly
    Includes certificate of authenticity
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