Vampirella Classic

Vampirella first appeared way back in 1969. The early covers to Vampirella Magazine were painted by Frank Frazetta, and although she was written first by Forrest J. Ackerman and then Archie Goodwin, it was Frazetta who created her iconic image. In fact while recent retcons have ensured that very little remains of the character and background Ackerman and Goodwin came up for her, visually she has barely changed in 35 years.

She still has that impossible costume which appears to be composed of 3 strips of red ribbon - it could only ever work in comics. Although many women have tried to reproduce it in real life, you get the feeling that they would be liable to fall out of it if they coughed, let alone if they actually tried to move around in it. And as for all that jumping about and fighting... Well, double sided sticky tape will only go so far.

Some characters are inextricably linked with a particular artist. At some point I may get to the modern interpretation of the character, but this is a celebration of the original classic Vampirella created by Frank Frazetta.