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'2602B/14.B5 provided inmpiretion for STAR WARS. =2602602BB7.95 u «S =EHG -' ' Editor-in-Chief & Publisher JAMESWARREN UOnTBllTS MARCH 1978 VAMPI'S SCARLET MAIL., ,,,, Caden isn't sure if Vampi is "suited" to be the heroine of a space opera but he's willing to hold judgement. Just what "suit'' did he refer to? VAMPI : BABY THEDA n»»gh H had been nearly sixty years since Theda was the darling of the screen, her film biography v=" K**- ing considered Guess who was the star.' THE QUEST The beautiful girl had come to the Holy City to become a pri there to worship yet she would b her sword again or be victim BARBARA LEIGH a of the hoard! (In Vampi's Costume) Writers This Issue THE COMIC BOOKS i„„zi„e P„b CARY BATES Ushers often work on narrow margin of profi NICOLA CUTI they are always looking for ways to save s" BILLDuBAY a amount of money. J. B. BUDD LEWIS warns of one costly sch ROGER McKENZIE Artists This Issue rlbn DM I I Neptune City was humanity's JOSE GONZALEZ last hope to feed its population Andre Jordan RTJSS HEATH had sworn to make the bubble city work despite ESTEBAN MAROTO disasters PAULNEARY but he wasn't ready for free enterprise! ALEX NINO RAMON TORRENTS VAMPI CONTEST WINNERS VAMPIRELLA No. 67 PUBLISHED MONTHLY In VAMPI #66 we published the answers to the six EXCEPT FEBRUARY. JUNE AND NOVEMBER unfinished mysteries, in i««ii*> «'*> liano the 8Y WARREN PUBLISHING CO. EDITORIAL, thi* SUBSCRIPTION S BUSINESS OFFICES AT 145 winning letters. Is your letti EAST 32nd STREET. NY 10O16. TELEPHONE: (212) 683-6050. SUBSCRIPTIONS: 9 ISSUES FOR $12.00 IN ELSEWHERE $14.00. HOME THE U.S.: CANADA AND SWEET HOROLOGIUM SECOND-CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT NEW Each night, when the beast stalked his home, he YORK, N.Y. AND AT ADDITIONAL MAILING OF- had been able to drive it away It kept returning in ENTIRE CONTENTS COPYRIGHTED FICES. search of... what? an alien world, 61977 BY WARREN PUBLISHING CO. ALL On who knows? RIGHTS RESERVED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD UNDER THE UNIVERSAL COPYRIGHT CONVENTIONS, THE INTERNATIONAL COPY- RIGHT CONVENTION AND THE PAN AMERI- CHOICE CUTS Their plane had crashed CAN COPYRIGHT CONVENTION. VAMPIRELLA on the lifeless sands of the desert where survival IS REGISTERED U.S. PATENT OFFICE. MARCA under the relentless sun meant desperate ac- REG1STRADA. MARQUE DEPOSEE. NOTHING tion. Even then only one was likely to MAY BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART survive! WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE PUBLISHER. SORRY. NO RESPONSIBILITY CAN BE ACCEPT- THE LAST DRAGON KING™, ED FOR UNSOLICITED MATERIAL-PRINTED IN refused to join the Sals in their U.S.A. Dragon Kings had and his mo- NEW SCRIBERS, PLEASE ALLOW 8 WEEKS FOR conquest of humanity Now only Gwan DELIVERY OF FIRST ISSUE. ther stood between the beasts and extinction! CONCERNING OUR MAIL ORDER ADVERTISEMENTS: Warren Publishing guarantees our merchandise will be re- condition. Should you need to write us concerning an order, whether itjbeJ;ram placed if not received in satisfactory E.C. Ives Customer Sei a Dept., Warren Publish- bur address or a Post Office Box address., send yourTetter to: ^ ing Co., 145 E. 32nd Street, New York, N.Y. 1QD16. — Vamms ScarletLctters THE FIRST TME\AMPrS USED SEXAS AWEAPON? I was bothered by VAMPE's treatment I have just completed reading of Cedrin (The Mad King of Drakulon), VAMPIRELLA #64, and I was but not because he didn't deserve to be completely enwrapped throughout strung up to keep his own artificial river fhe seven story sequel. of blood flowing, Gerry Boudreau has really put I was disturbed because it doesnt together a masterpiece. seem fair of VAMPI to lull this mad but Gonzalo Mayo's intricate artwork dangerous idiot along, then drain his also met with my undying approval veins when he least expected it! to say the least! This is the first time VAMPI has used In my years of collecting Warren sex as a weapon. magazines, I would have to place this was Maybe necessary, since Vampi #64 among the best... alongside Cedrin was a Drakulonian...and Dax, the Warrior and The Night of the therefore as strong, and with the same Jackass serials. powers as VAMPI herself. CHARLES GARSKE I just hope she doesn't get into the New York, New York habit of seduction and betrayal! MARTHA ALEXANDER Tampa, Fla. "What Joe Brancatelli's column gets longer about and longer. ..two whole pages in Did VAMPIRELLA's very VAMPIRELLA #65. And that's just too definite seductive powers take much! re-instituting unfair advantage of Drakulon's Since I don't follow anything but the Warren magazines, I can't say if what Mad King Cedrin? thefan^jageT" he says makes anysense. All I know is I I really liked the Mystery issue of couldn't care less. VAMPIRELLA #65 really disturbed ALEX RUDNOV me. VAMPIRELLA ... and the contest issue New York, N.Y. in EERIE! I hope VAMPIRELLA and the rest of But I have an even better idea that the Warren magazines are not going to would make all the Warren Magazines revert back to the childish, fan-club even more fun! "Ihope oriented books they were before Bill How about running fan filled DuBay took over as editor. pages with amateur art and stories, like you First we had that embarassing Rook \ftMPlisn't did a long time back. contest in EERIE, where all the little . I wasn't buying Mags then (I Warren . kiddies get to draw pictures of robots was too young) but every now and then and monsters and send them in to their I run across an old issue and I really like favorite comic book and get their names the idea. in it, etc. How about it? to the childish. That was bad enough, but now we have this aggravating issue of TOM ZIMMERMAN No Address fan-oriented VAMPIRELLA to plod through where none of the stories have endings to them. Mk Your suggestion is under 1LA discussion right now, Tom, books To be honest, I felt cheated. ^S although others (see Kieran I bought Warren magazines Diamond's letter on this page) because they were both Intelligent and ofa few wouldn't agree with you. entertaining—not the low-quality trash What do you other readers say? that the other companies put out. years ago!" From what the editors of the Warren The artwork was terrific, and with the Magazines have seen (judging from exception of a few artists, still is. the variety and quality of contest Has Pantha's amulet (you see, I've The inferior artwork put out by people submissions) there's talent out there solved mystery #1) lost its power or like Leopold Sanchez, Luis Bermejo somewhere. what? and others is far outweighed by the Should Warren reinstitute the fan- In VAMPIRELLA #50, when a person brilliance of Auraleon, Ramon (Adam, The Egyptian Junk Peddler, etc.) Torrents, Jose Gonzalez, Jose Ortiz, put on the Panther Amulet, they became and Rich Corben. Are you interested in the work of fellow readers? a Panther in form. But it seemed to have The same goes for your stories. effect Or do you feet, like absolutely no on Cedrin? Except for an occasional bomb like What's the score? Nick Cuti, or more likely Roger Kieran, that fan pages JEFF CASEY McKenzie, the stories are usually make the books seem Atlanta, Ga. excellent. "childish"? The covers are a treat to the eye, as Mk The Panther Amulet affects only they always have been. Tjja the race of Cat People from I'm sure I'm not the only one that feels which Pantha was lamp! ^ descended this way. I have a feeling that most of and ...humans. Since Cedrin is a your readers want VAMPIRELLA, native of Drakulon. ..with, presumably, Scariet CREEPY, and EERIE to stay the way PUBLISHING the ability to alter shape into bat-form they have been for years now. CO WARREN only, the amulet simply has no effect KIERAN DIAMOND 145 EAST 32nd STREET on his body's chemistry! Philadelphia, Pa. 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