Vampirella / Red Sonja (Dynamite)

Vampirella / Red Sonja. Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, USA: Dynamite Entertainment, 2019 September – 2021 August.

Individual issues had no consistently placed story titles per se — on the first page of the story, a few pages in, on the last page of the story, in two places, or with none at all. It is unclear whether the story titles at the end of the stories were intended as a story title for the current issue or a teaser phrase foreshadowing the upcoming issue. All but the last issue also included a brief note regarding the background or context for the story printed prominently in huge type on the inside of the front cover of each issue. These might be confused for titles save for the fact that some of the notes were repeated in future issues. The table below summarizes what was present in each issue.

The first trade paperback, volume 1 collecting stories from issue numbers 1-6, was subtitled: “These dark synchronicities”. This matches the title of the story in issue number 1. The second trade paperback, volume 2 collecting stories from issue numbers 7-12, bore no subtitle. This suggests that the second collected volume had no title or that “These dark synchronicities” may have been the title of all twelve stories. The later conclusion seems not supported since the story in issue number 7 began a new story arc.

Issue no.	Story title (and location in issue)	Note inside front cover
1	These dark synchronicities (p. [22])	1969
2	Crude weapons (p. [22])	1969
3	Furious & magical (p. [3])	1969
4	Magical but not magic (p. [3])	Days of yore
5	This crazy planet (p. [3])	1969
6	Frightening, horrible, ridiculous, amazing (p. [6-7]) The adventures of Vampirella and Red Sonja (p. [22])	Then and now
7	Blue baby (p. [22])	NYC 1920
8	[no story title]	NYC 1920
9	[no story title]	Way way back
10	[no story title]	Drakulon
11	[no story title]	Days of yore
12	[no story title]	[no note]
vol. 1	These dark synchronicities (subtitle on cover)	[notes from issues 1-6 throughout]
vol. 2	[no subtitle]	[notes from issues 7-12 throughout]

Price: $3.99 (regular, alternate, incentive), $49.00 (Atlas Comics), $50.00 (limited), $300.00 (limited #4 Cho virgin red)
Pages per issue (including covers): 36.
Size: 26 x 17 cm. (comic format).
12 issues. 251 covers (12 main, 51 alternate, 22 exclusive, 123 incentive, 30 limited, 3 limited incentive, 1 signed, 9 variant). 27 varieties (authentix (blank), bonus, 3 colors (black-and-white, red, yellow), cosplay, events (New York City Comic Con 2019), FOC (final order cut), homage, 13 retailers (Atlas Comics, Black Flag Comics, Comics Elite, Comics Kingdom of Canada, Flying Monkey Comics, Frankie’s Comics, Golden Apple Comics, Great Find Comics, Kirby’s Comic Art, Parelel Evren, Sad Lemon Comics, Scott’s Collectables, Stadium Comics), sneak peek, then and now, valentine, virgin, zombie).
In English.
Cover artists: Dave Acosta (2), Mirka Andolfo (1), Jordie Bellaire (colors 28), Ed Benes (2), Roberto Castro (18), Celor (1), Derrick Chew (2), Frank Cho (7), June Chung (colors 8), Sergio Davila (2), Rachel Dodson (colors 3), Terry Dodson (4), Chris Ehnot (1), Enrich (12), Jay Ferguson (1), Sean Forney (1), Frank Frazetta (6), Juan Gedeon (6), Adam Gorham (3), Ergün Gündüz (1), Erica Henderson (2), Clayton Henry (2), Daniel Warren Johnson (4), Ryan Kincaid (1), Ron Leary (1), Inhyuk Lee (3), Jae Lee (24), Tula Lotay (2), David Mack (2), Bill McKay (1), Stephen Mooney (3), Drew Moss (48), Marat Mychaels (1), Rebecca Nalty (colors 24), Kael Ngu (1), Ben Oliver (3), Gerald Parel (1), Lucio Parrillo (2), Brent Peeples (3), Ron Reis (2), Sabine Rich (4), Will Robson (3), Leonardo Romero (50), Mayara Sampaio (2), Manuel Sanjulian (6), Mark Sparacio (1), Mike Spicer (colors 3), Isabelle Staub (1), Babs Tarr (12), Julian Totino Tedesco (6), Frank Thorne (16), Alfred Trujillo (1), Lauren Walsh (2), Billy Tucci (1), Junggeun Yoon (2), Lynne Yoshii (2).
Cover models: Be Feel Photos (photographer 1), Kimihako Blade (photographer 1), Claudia Bloom (1), Guy Iorio (photographer 3), Shannon Kingston (3), Mick Bur Photography (photographer), Sapphire Nova (1), Allyson Ochs (1), Allyson Ochs (photographer 1), Ireland Reid (1), Athena Rose (1), Giulietta Zawadzki (1), Giulietta Zawadzki (photographer 1).

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