Rating: 3/5
Know what you are getting into going in. If the cover puts you off, you might be better off skipping it. It's not a bad vampire story all things told. Grant Morrison and Mark Millar are two great comics writers, and they hold their own with Vampirella. There isn't a lot in the way of backstory, but the reader should be able to get enough to make it through the book.
These stories are campy. A short list of things included in this volume are:
vampires, gangsters, a mysterious undead creature, space nuns, and time travel.
This book should have been so much worse for the random elements just tossed in. Vampirella's main antagonists are a vampire clan and the aforementioned weird undead guy, whose name escapes me. He actually works great as a villain for her to fight.
The art seems to be the big sticking point for the book. Most of the complaints I've seen revolve around Vampirella's costume. Ignoring that, the art is actually pretty good. It can be gruesome and over the top. This plays right into the other elements of the book. Read it for a fun diversion involving vampires.
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