! Before True Blood
! Before Buffy the Vampire Slayer
!Before Blade
! There was…Vampirella
!Dynamite Entertainment (Project SuperPowers
, Green Hornet
) has acquired the Vampirella property from Harris Publications.Vampirella debuted in 1969 in a black & white magazine titled simply Vampirella.
Initially, she was just the hostess of various horror stories, much like EC's Crypt Keeper or DC's Cain and Abel, but much cuter!
In Vampirella #9, the character received her own strip, with the first tale being (what else?) her origin story!
In addition, there was a series of paperback novels
by Ron Goulart, adapting the comics storylines into prose! There was even a Vampirella feature film
starring Talisa Soto as the Draculonian, now available on dvd.We wish her a long and prosperous un-life at Dynamite!
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before finally putting the character to rest.
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and 
and 
, the series ended (chronologically) with the lead character in space!
), Samson was the FIRST demigod characters to receive his own comic, predating Marvel's 
by several decades!
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, as Major Noah Cooper, in "Return of the Fighting 69th", replacing Buster Crabbe who was unable to reprise his role as Brigadier Gordon.
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, and the over-the-top, but fun, 
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