Vampirella #28

Warren Magazine's landmark 1973 transition to full color arrives with this haunting issue, and the cover by Enrich Torres makes an immediate impression: Vampirella kneels vulnerably on rocky ground, arms crossed over her chest, surrounded by a misty, foreboding swamp where grotesque, hunched daemon-creatures lurk in the murky water below. The cover copy promises that Vampirella faces becoming a human sacrifice to break a two-hundred-year-old curse of the Macdaemons, framing her in a rare moment of mortal peril rather than predatory power. Writer Flaxman Loew and artist José González bring their talents to the interior, making this an atmospheric entry in the series during one of Warren's most visually ambitious periods.