(W) Ray Fawkes (A) Alvaro Sarraseca (CA) Collette Turner In Shops: Feb 01, 2023 SRP: $3.99
And so, all the gods of all the pantheons vowed: everyone with enough power to kill Purgatori is going to, well, kill Purgatori. No, seriously. Evil Ernie kills Purgatori. The Sacred Six kill Purgatori. Lilith kills Puragtori. Huh, that was quick. Guess it’s all over now… OR IS IT? Obviously not. Someone somewhere would have a trick up her sleeves her outfit had sleeves. Also, for the first time ever: the eon place on Earth Purgatori has never been.
Writer: Ray Fawkes Artist: Alvaro Sarraseca Covers: Collette Turner (A), Joseph Michael Linsner (B), Antonio Fuso (C), Alvaro Sarraseca (D), Cosplay / Rachel Hollon (E) 32 pages | Horror | $3.99 | Teen+
THE GODS HAVE PUT A PRICE ON PURGATORI’S HEAD! Purgatori’s always pissing somebody off — but this time she may have gone too far! It may have some connection to her growing insanely powerful and probably starting to kill and eat the gods. In fact, that last part for sure. And gods are like potato chips, right? It’s not like she’s going to stop at one. And so, the various pantheons have pooled their not inconsiderable resources to offer up a big prize to whatever psycho manages to kill her. Who wants to try? Hey, who doesn’t?! The creative team behind Vampirella Vs. Purgatori and the recent Purgatori miniseries reunite for the grand third act of this Purgatori saga! Guest-starring Evil Ernie, Vampirella, the Sacred Six… and more!
Writer: Christopher Priest Artists: Ergun Gunduz and Giovani Timpano Covers: Collette Turner (A), Lucio Parrillo (B), Carla Cohen (C), Guillem March (D), Cosplay / Rachel Hollon (E) 32 pages | Horror | $3.99 | Teen+
Lilith, the de-throned Black Queen of Drakulon, has vanished from the planet, and Dreyvant Aepostyl, her chief military general, is determined to have Vampirella ascend her mother’s throne in a ruthless coup attempt to retake power. But Vampirella has plans of her own, plans that are interrupted by an unexpected arrival: a human being from planet Earth!
Purgatori is always managing to piss somebody off. The ancient vampire-demoness has lived for thousands of years and accrued many enemies, mortal and beyond. But this time, she may have finally gone too far! Purgatori Must Diedebuts this January.
Writer Ray Fawkes continues his chronicling of the character, following Vampirella vs. Purgatori and Purgatori. He’s reunited with artist Alvaro Sarraseca, alongside colorist Salvatore Aiala, and letterer Tom Napolitano.
Recently Purgatori’s control of her own mind and restraint with her power has been slipping. Not only does she suck the blood of her victims, she also absorbs not only any abilities they may have, but also fragments of their memories and personalities. Her patchwork mind has become more and more tangled through the years, and she’s recently embraced this twisted curse. Her latest victims? Gods. Who don’t take too kindly to being hunted and eaten.
The various pantheons have pooled their collective resources to offer up one historic, humongous bounty for the head of Purgatori, no matter which psycho takes it off her. Who would turn this challenge down? This thrilling third act of the Purgatori saga brings together a who’s who of Purgatori’s nemeses and erstwhile allies from across the Chaos! and Dynamite mythos. Fans can look for Vampirella, Evil Ernie, the Sacred Six, and plenty more to crash the party in what is sure to be an action-packed showdown.
To celebrate this climactic crossover spotlight on Purgatori, Dynamite and editor Matt Idelson have pulled together a hunting party of top talents for covers. Collette Turner brings her stunning take on these powerful female characters over from Vampirella: Year One to another legendary vampire. Joseph Michael Linsner‘s sensual portrayals are always beloved by fans. Then two Purgatori regular artists contribute, with Antonio Fuso and Alvaro Sarraseca.
IT’S SUGAR, ICE AND YOU BETTA’ BE NICE! 40 PAGES FOR ONLY $3.99! INCLUDES A FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD BY OSAKA POPSTAR! Sweetie Candy Vigilante is a honey-dipped, dark-humor infused horror/fantasy that tells the tale of Sweetie, an ethereal, beautiful, charming, well-meaning (yet unquestionably unhinged) blood relative of the mythological “candy man”…you know, the dude that takes the sunrise and sprinkles it with dew? Yeah — that guy. Dismayed by the blight and decay of her community, Sweetie is hell-bent on enacting a blood-caked, sugar-coated manifesto on society by utilizing her other-worldly powers and proprietary family secrets in her quest to make the world a “sweeter” place. She’s starting brick-by-brick in her hometown, New York City. In issue #1, on a snowy, icy night, Sweetie pays a visit to a NYC landmark sweet shop known as the Ice Cream Bunny, hoping to find its namesake at the helm. To her dismay, she finds the shop transformed from its once sugary splendor to a salty den of iniquity. The once-beloved store is now a front for a notorious crime syndicate, and they’re not very nice at all. Sweetie uses her captivating persona and unassuming confectionary weapons to tear the place, and its gang of thugs, limb from limb — as the first step to restoring its former glory. All the while enjoying a dynamic punk rendering of the Archies’ pop classic “Sugar, Sugar” on the jukebox, as heads roll — literally.
This issue includes a download code for a free pop-rockin’ MP3 of “Sugar, Sugar,” performed by Osaka Popstar (as featured in the issue) so you can listen along while Sweetie kicks butt! Will Sweetie find any good eggs among the clientele of the Ice Cream Bunny? Who exactly is the Ice Cream Bunny? Who is Sweetie’s oversized Gummee hench-bear? This issue has it all: Blood, guts, and a sugar rush! It’s all going down in the debut issue of “Sweetie Candy Vigilante.” Isn’t that nice? Sweetie Candy Vigilante kicks off with an extra-sized Dynamite Debut issue to get you hungry for more! So buckle up gum-drop, and make sure you save room for dessert, because, it’s not like a little sugar is going to KILL you, RIGHT?
Once the pampered princess of Drakulon’s ruling class, Vampirella was abandoned as a child in an unforgiving wasteland and subjected to abject poverty and immense hardships while being hunted by ruthless forces loyal to both her vanished mother and those determined to wipe out the House of Lilith. Now, after years on her own, Vampi is joined by a defector from her mother’s regime who trains the teenage princess in the ways of survival…and of dealing death.
Writer: Christopher Priest Artist: Michael Sta. Marie Covers: Collette Turner (A), Shannon Maer (B), Guillem March (C), Rafael Kayanan (D), Cosplay / Rachel Hollon (E) 32 pages | Horror | $3.99 | Teen+
IT’S A MULTIVERSAL MIXUP AS DRACULINA LOSES HER POWERS AND VAMPIRELLA IS OUT FOR HER BLOOD! In an effort to teach Draculina a lesson, Hesiod, an interdimensional “reality merchant,” has scrambled multiple realities, resulting in a now-human (and powerless) Draculina being stalked by an evil, bloodthirsty Dark Vampirella (or “Vampirella Dark”?). Plus, having failed in her attempt to destroy the demon Belial, Lilith of Drakulon is given an impossible choice: to choose which version of the daughter she has searched for over several lifetimes will live and which will die?
Writer: Christopher Priest Artist: Michael Sta. Marie Covers: Collette Turner (A), Rachta Lin (B), Guillem March (C), Rafael Kayanan (D) Cosplay – Panda Valentine 32 pages | Horror | $3.99 | Teen+
DRACULINA GETS EVERYTHING SHE EVER DREAMED OF – AND IT TURNS OUT TO BE A NIGHTMARE! An enigmatic faerie named after an ancient Greek poet has twisted the multiverse, exchanging the fates of Draculina and her alternate reality “self” Katie, and forcing Draculina to experience a vulnerable humanity, with all its emotional consequences, for the first time in her long, immortal life. Meanwhile, Katie has gained everything she has ever wished for – like all the powers of a full vampiri, including the bloodlust! But the reality of having supernatural power quickly crushes her childhood fantasy as, ravenous for blood, Katie’s innocence hangs in the balance!
Writer: Christopher Priest Artist: Ergün Gündüz and Giovanni Timpano Covers: Collette Turner (A), Lucio Parrillo (B), Derrick Chew (C), Guillem March (D), Cosplay (E) 32 pages | Horror | $3.99 | Teen+
Following the explosive conclusion to Vampirella/Dracula: Unholy comes the next chapter in Christopher Priest’s Vampirella saga! Wanted for murder, and with every demon, shaman, vampire, whack-job zealot, reporter, and law enforcement officer on Earth hunting for her, Vampirella has taken refuge in an undisclosed location where she questions why she came to our world in the first place.
Writer: Christopher Priest Artist: Michael Sta. Marie Covers: Collette Turner (A), Rose Besch (B), Guillem March (C), Rafael Kayanan (D), Cosplay (E) 32 pages | Horror | $3.99 | Teen+
When the demon Belial tips off the jilted lover of their arranged marriage, Draculina finds herself hunted by the interdimensional “Reality Merchant” Hesiod, who punishes Draculina by altering reality to reverse the fortunes of Draculina and her young alt-self Katie, granting the power (and wings!) of the Vampiri to the preteen while leaving Draculina confronted by an unwanted and fragile humanity, and at the mercy of her enemies!
