Vampirella and Dracula are tying the knot, and the tumultuous tale of their newlywed lives will be revealed in a new series, Vampirella/Dracula: Unholy from Dynamite Entertainment.
Written by current Vampirella scribe Christopher Priest (Black Panther, Deathstroke) and illustrated by artist Donny Hadiwidjaja (Barbarella), the limited series spins out of Vampirella #25, an oversized issue that sees Vampi wedding a reincarnated Dracula.
The wedding story caps off Dynamite Entertainment's 50th-anniversary celebration of the space vampire, which started in 2019 when Priest began his run on the character. The Unholy series opens a new era and promises plenty of shenanigans as the happy couple travels to Transylvania in a "Dracula story like no other," according to Dynamite.
"Defeated at the hands of a jealous lover, the genetic code of the Lord of Evil has been preserved within a deadly virus and passed on through generations to a young boy hunted by zealots seeking to worship him and religious fanatics trying to kill him," Dynamite's description of the events leading up to the series states. "Saved from certain death by Vampirella, the creeping genetic time bomb was arrested, only to become active again twenty years later as the Dracula Virus begins feeding on its human host. Vampirella comes to his aid again, enacting an archaic blood rite which joins her in unholy matrimony to the man who would become Dracula."
Priest added that he had specifically avoided using Dracula at the beginning of his run and saved the character until now. The vampire has typically been depicted in previous Vampirella series as a recurring archvillain who also hails from Vampi's home planet of Draculon, and even appeared in the panned 1996 Vampirella film as the main antagonist, going by the name "Vlad Tepish."
"One of my first requests to Dynamite -- 'No Drac for the first year, please,'" Priest said. "When we bring Dracula into our series, we need that to be an event. I realize how over-used a claim it is but, trust me, you're in for the trippiest love triangle/murder mystery in Dracula history, as well as an all-new vision for the classic character. It's really tough to hype this book without blowing major plot twists. Donny and I are having a real blast with this."
Vampirella/Dracula: Unholy #1 will release in December. Multiple artists will provide variant covers for the first issue, including the likes of Adam Hughes, Lucio Parrillo, Rose Besch, Shannon Maer, KyuYong Eom and cosplayer Ani-Mia. Legendary fantasy and sci-fi painter Greg Hildebrandt will also contribute with a limited edition incentive cover.
Source: Dynamite Entertainment
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