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Vampirella Celebrates Halloween This Year With
NYC Serial Killer Showdown from Johnson & Johnson
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June 17, Mt. Laurel, NJ: One of comicdom's preeminent queens of Halloween is ready to celebrate the season this fall, as the oversized special Vampirella Halloween Horror is set to release this September.
A duo of aptly paired rising creators present a new nightmare for the city that never sleeps. Across 28 stunning story pages, writer Liam Johnson — a modern Judge Dredd / 2000 AD mainstay — and artist Jordan Michael Johnson (no relation) entertain readers with a spooky saga like no other!
Something sinister is stalking the streets of New York City, and encroaching on the Daughter of Drakulon's turf. Vampirella learns of a paranormal serial killer targeting the vulnerable young in her adopted city. With a target in sight, she starts her own hunt to determine the killer's true identity and put an end to their spree. Along the way Vampi will wrestle with a question that has shadowed her entire life: when does a gift become a curse? Does she share more in common with this faceless, violent threat than she thinks, or will her heroic nature prevail?
Johnson and Johnson are joined by four fabulous covers depicting a fearsome Vampirella in her full glory. Returning recent favorites Greg Land, Celina, and cosplayer Joanie Brosas contribute covers. Then longtime Vamp-heads will be excited to see the return of fan-favorite BUZZ, who memorably drew the character's adventures in the mid-1990s, and is back with a Halloween-tastic homage to her first ever cover by Frank Frazetta.
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About Dynamite Entertainment
Dynamite was founded in 2004 and is home to several best-selling comic book titles and properties, including The Boys, The Shadow, Red Sonja, Warlord of Mars, Bionic Man, A Game of Thrones, and more. Dynamite owns and controls an extensive library with over 3,000 characters (which includes the Harris Comics and Chaos Comics properties), such as Vampirella, Pantha, Evil Ernie, Smiley the Psychotic Button, Chastity, and Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt. In addition to their critically-acclaimed titles and bestselling comics, Dynamite works with some of the most high-profile creators in comics and entertainment, including Gail Simone, Christopher Priest, Leah Moore, Kevin Smith, David Walker, Vita Ayala, Danny Lore, Neil Gaiman, Garth Ennis, Darick Robertson, Mark Russell, Brandon Thomas, Amy Chu, Reginald Hudlin, Nancy Collins, David Walker, Steve Orlando, Greg Pak, Jenny Frison, Matt Wagner, and a host of up-and-coming new talent. Dynamite is consistently ranked in the upper tiers of comic book publishers and several of their titles - including Alex Ross and Jim Krueger's Project Superpowers - have debuted in the Top Ten lists produced by Diamond Comics Distributors. In 2005, Diamond awarded the company a GEM award for Best New Publisher and another GEM in 2006 for Comics Publisher of the Year (under 5%) and again in 2011. The company has also been nominated for and won several industry awards, including the prestigious Harvey and Eisner Awards.
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