Vampirella: Sad Wings of Destiny
Issue #1 (September 1996)
Regular Cover - Joe Jusko $3.95
Signed Regular Cover - Joe Jusko (1,500 copies) $?
Gold Stamp Cover - Joe Jusko (5,000 copies) $?
Signed Gold Stamp Cover - Joe Jusko (150 copies) $?
Vampirella's Journal [Writers - David Quinn and Sean Fernald]
Vampirella is dead (at the hands of Mistress Nyx) and Pendragon is flicking through Vampirella's journal. Touching a single drop of Vampirella's blood on the page, Pendragon is mystically transported into the journal and sees the history of Vampirella up to the moment of her death.
- Pendragon Sequence [Artists - Louis Small jr., Caesar]
- Pendragon [Artist - Rudy Nebres]
- Drakulon [Artist - Jim Silke]
- The Cult of Chaos [Artist - Mark Beachum]
- Adam Van Helsing [Artists - Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti]
- Dracula [Artist - Scott Hampton]
- The Blood Red Queen of Hearts [Artist - Michael Bair]
- Pantha [Artists - Alan Davis and Mark Farme]
- The Dracula War [Artists - Louis Small jr. and Rob Stul]
- Hemorrhage [Artist - Nelson]
- Lilith [Artists - Jimmy Palmiotti and Al Williamson]
- Mistress Nyx [Artists - Gary Frank and Cam Smith]
- The Death of Adam Van Helsing [Artists - Caesar and Michael Bair]
A strange but compelling comic book with a cover painting by Joe Jusko that has become a Vampirella icon. After the introduction the reader is treated to a series of double page spreads by a whole series of different artists.
The story just about hangs together as Pendragon supplies a running commentary on the stunning artwork in each double page spread.
Intended, I presume, as a summary of Vampirella to date, it fulfills it's function - barely. As a collection of Vampirella pin-ups, it excels.