Vampirella/Shi

    (Harris, 1997)
™ and ©1997 Harris Publications, Inc.

Vampirella, one of the original “bad girls” of comics, was on a mission to kill an Asian vampire couple who were feasting on innocents in New York’s Central Park. When she discovered the female vampire beheaded and buried according to Oriental rituals, Vampirella realized there was a complication. She tracked the remaining vampire to his uptown apartment where she encountered beaten and dying bodyguards, Yakuza thugs and…the complication: Ana Ishikawa, known as Shi, the stylish, reluctant assassin created by Bill Tucci.

Despite certain physical similarities, Vampirella and Shi are rather divergent characters. Vampirella’s appeal historically has been her sexy appearance, while characterization and absorbing scripts (as well as a sexy appearance) exemplify Shi. This book was the Harris Comics rendition of the meeting between two of comics’ foremost female personalities. Shi/Vampirella, giving top billing to Shi, was the Crusade version.
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  • 1
    #1
    No cover price
    Sep 1997
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Warren Ellis  ·  A: Louis Small Jr.
    Crossover with Crusade; Shi standing with blades raised behind kneeling Vampirella
    5 copies from $2.25
  • 1/A
    #1 Variation A
    wraparound cover; no cover price
    Dec 1997
    W: Warren Ellis  ·  A: Louis Small Jr.
    Crossover with Crusade; Vampirella reclining and supported by one arm
    1 copy for $54.95
  • 1/B
    #1 Variation B
    No cover price
    Dec 1997
    W: Warren Ellis  ·  A: Louis Small Jr.
    Crossover with Crusade; Vampirella lying supported on one arm
    2 copies from $11.00
  • 1/D
    #1 Variation D
    Pure Pencils edition B&W sketch Cover D by Louis Small Jr
    Oct 1997
    W: Warren Ellis  ·  A: Louis Small Jr.
    Crossover with Crusade; Vampirella in foreground, Shi standing behind
    3 copies from $19.00