Vampirella's 45th anniversary celebration continues with this salute to her origins as the ghostess with the moistest, featuring fearsome fables by some of the best creators in comics! Vampirella is still trapped inside the nightmarish netherworld of the Feary Tales book, tormented by the disembodied voice of the mysterious Storyteller, and her only hope of escaping is if she can survive the ghoulish mix-ups of familiar nursery tales until she reaches the last story. But first she must weather Stephen R. Bissette (Swamp Thing, Tyrant, Taboo) and Denis St. John's (Monster Pie, Amelia) macabre re-imagining of the classic Betty Boop version of " more
The Feary Tales continue on and we get a pair of fun full moon themed ones this time around. While the Storyteller proves even more so here that they're basically not going to be any help or provide any real clues until the last chapter, what it does it make it easier to just enjoy the individual tales and the creative teams involved in each of them. Vampirella riding a check? Werebears? Stripper-ella? All things that definitely fit within the weird worlds that Vampirella can inhabit, but outside of what the current ongoing series allows. So it's fun, campy and utterly comical at times to watch unfold. But it balances it with dark and violent as well with a good dose of sexiness and sexuality. Another very fun installment overall. Read Full Review
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