Vampirella Summer Special 2026 // Review
She’s been alive for thousands of years, but she hasn’t seen everything. Even immortals want to relax and take-in some culture every now and then. So it’s July of 2026 and an immortal vampire has made it to Pompeii figuring that she could easily just relax and have a little bit of time away from all of the demons and things. She’s wrong, of course...as becomes quite apparent in Vampirella Summer Special 2026. Writer Erica Schultz delivers a fun, little one-shot with artist Adriana. Melo and colorist Ceci de la Cruz. It’s sun, sand and suffering with a beautifully beloved vampire.
And she's going on a tour of a an archaeological dig. Somewhere in the midst of it, she's hearing a voice. Naturally, she's going to go to the voice. It seems concerned. It seems to be drawing her in. And it just like that she's in ancient Pompeii. She has no idea how she's traveled in time. And she has no idea how long she's going to be there. But being in a immortal, it doesn't really seem to make much of a difference to her. So when she sees someone beating a slave, naturally she's going to step in.
And naturally, she's going to be upsetting the balance of power. There are those people who are going to be attacking her. It's a pretty simple story. And it's hard to imagine.Vampirella not being at least a little bit more savvy about history with respect to this sort of thing. But if you're in immortal, you might not necessarily concern yourself with what exactly happen in Pompeii all those years ago. The story moves really risky. And the title character comes across as being profoundly heroic. It's actually really cool to see her as this kind of hero. Just completely selfless because she can be. Because she can afford to be. Schultz does an admirable job of crafting a truly inspiring image of Vampirella as hero.
Melo and de la Cruz render some truly beautiful images of the title character. The action might feel stiff in places. However, the title character looks really good and really heroic battling ancient warriors with archaic weapons. The Steely determination of a hero is quite beautifully rendered across the face of the title character. This is absolutely essential because the heroism being rendered in Schultz's story it's very primal and basic. We are team does a remarkable job of rendering the beauty of that in a way that feels perfectly believable.
Once again, Schultz delivers another really cool action story with formidable female superhero hero. There is a whole lot of depth to the story, but there doesn't really need to be. It's just a really fun story about a single hero versus the villainy of history. It remarkably well articulated stuff that plays out really comfortably between two covers of a single issue. The pacing is almost perfect for this sort of thing. It's just a really well done one shot.
