History ComicBook / Vampirella

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* MultipleChoicePast: Vampirella has two conflicting origin stories. Originally she was a {{Human Alien|s}} from the planet Drakulon which, you guessed it, is a world inhabited by vampires. When her character was resurrected in the 90s she was made into the daughter of Myth/{{Lilith}}, who still ruled in Hell and birthed Vampirella so she could hunt down evil on Earth. The circumstances of her conception are also up in the air, with some stories presenting {{Cain}} as Vampirella's blood father, while others offer that Vampirella has no father and was created by Lilith through BloodMagic. The 2010 Dynamite series includes a blurb with every issue lampshading this ContinuitySnarl, implying that ''both'' the Drakulon and Hell origins may be true.

* DaywalkingVampire: As a direct descendant of Myth/{{Lilith}}, Vampirella herself will often walk around in the daylight whereas most other vampires burn up on direct exposure to sunlight. This is such a non-issue for her that at least one story showed her lounging at a beach. {{Dracula}}, the progenitor of all evil vampires, has exhibited this trait as well.

* {{Ladyella}}: She's also used the alias "Vee" on occasion, but "Vampirella" really ''is'' her name. Except for the obscure film adaptation, where she was known as just Ella before she travelled to Earth.

* AllTherapistsAreMuggles: After the plane crash, Vampirella starts visiting a therapist to deal with her issues. Naturally, the guy doesn't believe that she's an alien vampire or that other supernatural creatures exist.

* MultipleChoicePast: Vampirella has two conflicting origin stories. Originally she was a {{Human Alien|s}} from the planet Drakulon which, you guessed it, is a world inhabited by vampires. When her character was resurrected in the 90s she was made into the daughter of Cain and Lilith, the latter of whom still ruled in Hell and created Vampirella so she could hunt down evil on Earth. The 2010 Dynamite series includes a blurb with every issue lampshading this ContinuitySnarl, implying that ''both'' stories may be true.

* DependingOnTheArtist: Vampirella's outfit is sometimes drawn as a one-piece, form-fitting swimsuit with a massive CleavageWindow and [[SexyBacklessOutfit open back]], but other times as a tiny, physics-defying strip of fabric that pretty much only covers her nipples and crotch. Her boots vary in length from over-the-knee to only covering half her ankles. When she develops [[WingedHumanoid wings]], they either sprout out of her shoulder blades or her arms change into wings instead. Her body type fluctuates between voluptuous and muscular, and some artists give her a very youthful, almost teenage appearance while others draw her as a grown woman. (Might be justified by pointing to Vampirellas hypnotic abilities that make her the viewers dream woman - [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou seemingly including the artists...)]]

* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Vampirella is a rare good example. Still: run. (UpToEleven example: Linsner cover of Dynamite #0.)

* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: She shares this title with the goddess [[BadGirlComic Dawn]] in their crossover, the demon Masodik kidnaps the two because they're the [[UpToEleven two most beautiful women in all the worlds]].

* MindScrew: A lot of bizarre things happen in this story without explanation or context. It's weirder than anything else featured in Vampirella ''by far''.

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Later, her license was acquired by Creator/DynamiteComics, who put out a DarkerAndEdgier version for 2010. This series lasted 38 issues, only for the character to be given a reboot by author Creator/NancyACollins. Dynamite's second volume (Vampirella's fourth) continued Vampirella's original continuity before a ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''-style event resulted in her being banished to a new reality where she had a LighterAndSofter existence. Dynamite's third volume (Vampirella's fifth), written by Creator/KateLeth, began in 2016, debuted her under a new more conservative costume. A fourth volume, (Vampirella's sixth) launched in 2017 and has ditched said conservative costume for a slightly different one. This new series takes place in a thousand years into the future which Vampirella awakes into a world much different from the one she left. It's quite the MindScrew.

* DaywalkingVampire: As a direct descendant of Myth/{{Lilith}}, Vampirella herself will often walk around in the daylight whereas most other vampires burn up on direct exposure to sunlight. This is such a non-issue for her that one issue showed her lounging at a beach. {{Dracula}}, the progenitor of all evil vampires, has exhibited this trait as well.

* DaywalkingVampire: As a direct descendant of Myth/{{Lilith}}, Vampirella herself will often walk around in the daylight whereas most other vampires burn up on direct exposure to sunlight. {{Dracula}}, the progenitor of all evil vampires, has exhibited this trait as well.

* DependingOnTheArtist: Vampirella's outfit is sometimes drawn as a one-piece, form-fitting swimsuit with a massive CleavageWindow and [[SexyBacklessOutfit open back]], but other times as a tiny, physics-defying strip of fabric that pretty much only covers her nipples and crotch. Her boots also vary in length from over-the-knee to only covering half her ankles. Her body type also fluctuates between voluptuous and muscular, and some artists give her a very youthful, almost teenage appearance while others draw her as a grown woman. (Might be justified by pointing to Vampirellas hypnotic abilities that make her the viewers dream woman - [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou seemingly including the artists...)]]

* MultipleChoicePast: Vampirella has two conflicting origin stories. Originally she was a {{Human Alien|s}} from the planet Drakulon which, you guessed it, is a world inhabited by vampires. When her character was resurrected in the 90s she was made into the daughter of Cain and Lilith, the latter of whom still ruled in Hell and created Vampirella so she hunt could down evil on Earth. The 2010 Dynamite series includes a blurb with every issue lampshading this ContinuitySnarl, implying that ''both'' stories may be true.

* SelfDeprecation: A rare case of strawman self-deprecation in issue 7? The authors pile a buttload of sarcasm on the weaknesses of the [[MirrorMatch former Vampirellas]] during their mega retcon for the all-new, all-different Vampirella. [[SarcasmMode Which will be the final, unchangeable Vampirella. Like the ten times before.]]

* CompellingVoice: One of V's powers as a vampire is a hypnotic voice that makes men do what she wants. It usually only works on humans though, with supernatural foes more likely to NoSell her.

* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Hawking the leader of a Cestus Dei strike team.

* SkunkStripe: Madame Dominique in "The Resurrection of Papa Voudou".

* MeaningfulName: In spades in Warren times (to name just one obscure: Vampirella's hometown on Drakulon is [[Creator/BelaLugosi Gosi]]-[[Creator/BramStoker Bram]]), maybe somewhat less later, although SpeciesSurname is always en vogue. Van Kreist, with the allusion to (anti)christ surely counts too.