Vampirella #71

Warren Magazine's Vampirella #71 (August 1978) arrives with a striking photographic cover — Vampi herself poses in her signature red costume against a stark black background, with teasers promising mysterious deaths among five starlets and raising the tantalizing question of whether Vampi will escape their fate or share it. Hank Londoner's cover work gives the issue an unusually cinematic, glamorous feel that sets it apart from the series' painted predecessors. Inside, writer Bill DuBay and artist José González team up for "The Case of the Connected Clowns and the Collector!" — a pairing that always delivers sharp, atmospheric horror-fantasy storytelling.