CROSSOVER MADNESS

 

Here's another item that I deem both a "monster mashup" and a "crossover," but with a little more emphasis on the crossing of different franchises. DARK SHADOWS/VAMPIRELLA is pretty dopey overall, but its writer does work in a lot of familiar icons. Vampirella and Barnabas Collins (who was appearing in a movie remake the same year this Dynamite comic was published) are the stars, but were-creatures Quentin Collins and Pantha comprise a "subordinate ensemble," while the villains are a reborn Lady Bathory (the historical one, not the comic book character) and Jack the Ripper, whom Bathory changes into another fully supernatural vamp. Oh, and Dracula shows up at the end. Eh.