Vampirella #4 - "Seduction of the Innocent, Book 4: Witchcraft"

[laughing_tree]

Sampling a bunch of Vampi stories from varying runs, I realized there really is no overarching master continuity for the character the way, say, the Fantastic Four has. There are fits and starts and then new beginnings, including this one. As a result, Vampirella seemed to me to be rather disconnected from most life on earth, with only fleeting connections to friends and family. That kind of isolation can’t be healthy.

I remember reading a Rolling Stone interview with Springsteen way back during Born in The USA where Springsteen said something about how everyone needs human connection, something to the effect of, “Without community, we’d all go crazy and kill ourselves.”

I think the fleeting nature of Vampirella’s connections to community must make life very difficult for her. It would also make her extremely reluctant to trust, to even begin forming connections, because she knows sooner or later a new writer will come along and shake up the Etch A Sketch again.

-- Christopher J. Priest