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Pathfinder/Vampirella: Blade of Darkness #1 is something we didn’t know we needed

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Pathfinder/Vampirella: Blade of Darkness #1

Welcome to Golarion! It’s a world of swords and of sorcery. A place where adventurers tempt fate, monsters lurk in every shadow, and powerful beings seek ever more power. One of those beings, the vampire lord Zaloch, has performed a ritual to summon a being that will give vampires a new advantage against any who would try to destroy them – but to Zaloch’s surprise, his ritual summons not a raging demon…but Vampirella. And then the monster hunters show up! There’s chaos, dark magic, a life-and-death battle…and that’s before we even mention legendary heroes Kyra and Merisiel! Roll the dice on a new adventure as Vampirella navigates her way through the world of PATHFINDER! Pathfinder/Vampirella: Blade of Darkness #1 is a fun start and brings together the two properties seamlessly.

When it comes to crossovers of two properties, the devil is always in the details. How it happens is key and has to have some logic to it, or it quickly falls apart. Thankfully, Pathfinder/Vampirella: Blade of Darkness #1 keeps things simple with a ritual that brings Vampirella into the world of Pathfinder. Written by Erik Burnham, this simplicity keeps the comic focused and lets readers just roll with the concept as things play out like a good roleplaying adventure.

Generally, the comic feels very much like any other Pathfinder comic. We have our adventurers who get sucked into an ever spiraling bigger adventure. The tone and style is somewhere in-between the rather serious fantasy of Conan the Barbarian and the off-the-rails type fantasy that is Skullkickers. And it all works and works really well. Burnham nails down the premise so it doesn’t feel like a stretch.

The art by Federico Dallocchio with color by Jordi Escuin is good. They’re joined by Carlos M. Mangual on letters and altogether the comic looks clean and engaging. There are moments where Vampirella looks a little awkward but as a whole, the comic keeps the look and tone of previous Pathfinder comics. The comic doesn’t clutter things up instead keeping it focused on a rather large town and just a few characters at a time. This isn’t one where there’s lots going on in the background, it’s a rather visually chill comic in that way. But, when the action gets going, it looks good with swinging of the sword that feels like it includes a few failures in the roll.

Pathfinder/Vampirella: Blade of Darkness #1 is a fun start and has us wanting an actual adventure based around the concept. It keeps things focused and simple in a way delivering a reason for the crossover that works and isn’t much of a stretch. Overall, this is one that fans of both properties will enjoy.

Story: Erik Burnham Art: Federico Dallocchio
Color: Jordi Escuin Llorach Letters: Carlos M. Mangual
Story: 7.5 Art: 7.5 Overall: 7.5 Recommendation: Read

Dynamite Entertainment provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

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Preview: Pathfinder/Vampirella: Blade of Darkness #1

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Pathfinder/Vampirella: Blade of Darkness #1

Writer: Erik Burnham
Artist: Federico Dallocchio
Covers: Steven Cummings (A), Andrew Huerta (B), Wayne Reynolds Character Sheet (C)
FC | All Cardstock Covers | 32 pages | Horror / Adventure | $4.99 | Teen+

Welcome to Golarion! It’s a world of swords and of sorcery. A place where adventurers tempt fate, monsters lurk in every shadow, and powerful beings seek ever more power. One of those beings, the vampire lord Zaloch, has performed a ritual to summon a being that will give vampires a new advantage against any who would try to destroy them – but to Zaloch’s surprise, his ritual summons not a raging demon…but Vampirella. And then the monster hunters show up! There’s chaos, dark magic, a life-and-death battle…and that’s before we even mention legendary heroes Kyra and Merisiel! Roll the dice on a new adventure as Vampirella navigates her way through the world of PATHFINDER in this thrilling new four-issue miniseries!

Cover of the comic 'Pathfinder: Vampirella - Blade of Darkness' featuring dynamic characters in a cave setting, preparing for battle.
Comic book cover featuring characters from Pathfinder and Vampirella, titled 'Blade of Darkness'. The image showcases a dynamic action scene with three characters wielding swords, dressed in fantasy-themed outfits. The cover includes the title and publication information.
Character sheet for Merisiel, a rogue from the Pathfinder Vampirella comic series, displaying her stats, skills, and abilities.
A colorful comic panel depicting a coastal city called Caliphhas, showcasing its buildings and scenic landscape.
A whimsical comic panel depicting a dialogue between a roguish character and two adventurers in a fantasy setting, negotiating for a map. The characters display various emotions and attire, with colorful details in a lively street scene at sunset.
A comic book page featuring two characters in a fantasy setting. One character, dressed in red and blue armor, is walking with another character wearing a cloak and a turban. They engage in conversation, expressing concern and discussing a sense of unease. The background depicts an ancient city with stone buildings and a sunset.
A comic book panel featuring a diverse group of fantasy characters engaged in a dialogue about hunting vampires. One character, Merisiel, introduces herself with a confident expression, while another, Jaxa, discusses the nature of vampires. The scene includes various adventurers and a backdrop of a medieval village.
A group of diverse fantasy characters engaged in a conversation, with one character in a blue outfit, another with white hair, and one in armor. The setting appears to be a rugged landscape with a warm color palette.

Preview: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures #41

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures #41

(W) Erik Burnham (A) Dan Schoening, Sarah Myer

Surprise! It’s an extra-sized Saturday Morning Adventures finale, featuring a final battle with some evil geese from another dimension, an appearance by a heroic duck, and even a peek at the future of Old Man Mikey, who we last saw in the Battle Nexus crossover! Grab your cereal bowls and gather round one last time — cowabunga!

Comic book cover featuring the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles alongside various characters, celebrating the series finale. The title 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' is prominently displayed at the top, with vibrant illustrations of the turtles, villains, and allies in action.
Promotional poster for 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' featuring the tagline 'It's Fowl Over' along with creator credits and images of three comic book covers.
A cartoon scene featuring a humanoid turtle character talking to a woman in a yellow outfit and a anthropomorphic creature in a robe, inside a room with a round table covered in a red and white checkered tablecloth. The background shows kitchen appliances and a pipe running along the ceiling.
A comic panel featuring a character with red hair in a yellow shirt talking to anthropomorphic animal characters, including a bird and a dog, discussing a magical artifact called the Heart of K'avila.
A comic panel featuring a conversation between two characters, one in a yellow outfit and the other in casual attire, discussing women's clothing sizes. The scene includes a third character, a bird in a hat, looking on with an expression of suspicion.
A comic panel featuring multiple characters in a conversation. The scene includes a woman with red hair and an orange jacket, a humanoid turtle, a character resembling a bird in a hat, and a wolf-like creature. They are seated around a table, discussing the capture of minions and a mysterious item called the 'Heart of Kavila.' The setting appears to be a cozy indoor environment with a cartoonish style.
A comic panel featuring a female character with short red hair wearing a yellow jacket, holding a green object while engaging in a conversation with a anthropomorphic fox-like character in a pink robe, who appears serious.
Four anthropomorphic turtles are hanging, restrained with chains in a dimly lit room. The turtles show expressions of concern and confusion as they discuss their predicament. One turtle is wearing a purple shirt, while the others are in their usual colors, with one of them looking angry.
A colorful comic page featuring anthropomorphic characters in a humorous scene. The characters are interacting around a futuristic portal device, with one character activating it and others expressing concern. Dialogue bubbles reveal their urgent need for backup and assistance.

Vampirella Holidays in Barcelona This Winter!

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The Daughter of Drakulon, like every other hard-working professional, is sometimes due a break. When Vampirella tries to enjoy a winter holiday, of course she can’t catch a break! The Vampirella Helliday Special for 2026 brings the raven-haired heroine to beautiful Barcelona.

Writer Erik Burnham adds to his growing bibliography featuring the most celebrated vampiress in comic books, following his hit series Vampirella/Dejah Thoris and an even more unexpected yet epic crossover with Pathfinder/Vampirella: Blade of Darkness publishing in parallel to this new special.

An unexpected fan-favorite is along for the ride, as the first-ever artist of Vampirella from the Dynamite era is back! Wagner Reis illustrated the opening six-issue story of Vampi’s 2010 flagship series, known as the “Crown of Thorns” arc. This Helliday Special marks his heralded return to the character after over 15 years.

Vampirella’s life is filled with chaos agents, aliens, vampires, alien vampires, interpersonal drama, interdimensional travel, and a thirst for both knowledge and blood. With that much on her plate, she has to relish some rest and relaxation every once and a while. A trip to Spain and the historic city of Barcelona is on the itinerary this time. But she can never truly escape the job!

Just because she tries to take a day off, doesn’t mean the chaos doesn’t follow her on the way out the door. There are bloodthirsty beings across the world, under every nook and cranny. Barcelona is no different, as their nemesis will soon learn quite urgently. The only way she’s going to get any peace is sending these foes straight to hell!

The powerhouse team of Burnham and Reis are complemented by chillingly gorgeous covers by Cat Staggs, Meghan Hetrick, and cosplayer Lorraine. This issue also features a premium mystery blind bag containing three limited editions of the issue randomly selected from a range of exclusive variants.

Fans can sink their teeth into this issue December 9.

  • Cover of Vampirella: Helliday Special comic featuring a woman in a red and white outfit with a green cape, standing in the snow beside two white lions with bell collars.
  • Cover of Vampirella Helliday Special comic featuring a dark-haired, pale-skinned woman in a red dress surrounded by a snowy landscape with red berries.
  • A female character in a red costume holds a skull and a rose, posed in a dramatic setting with gothic decor, featured on the cover of 'Vampirella Helliday Special'.
  • A fierce female character in a revealing costume stands in a dark alley, shouting or reaching out, while a sinister figure with white hair bends over a fallen man. In the background, a shadowy wolf lurks near a streetlamp, adding to the eerie atmosphere.
  • A comic book panel showing a vampire woman with bat wings emerging from a car, causing alarm to the driver inside; two paramedics stand nearby.
  • A dramatic comic panel showing two women, one in a green dress and the other in a nun's habit, having an intense conversation in a corridor. The expressions convey tension and emotion.
  • A comic panel featuring a nun and a woman in a revealing outfit. The nun expresses concern while sitting in a chair, holding hands with the other woman, who has a seductive demeanor. The background shows a simple room with a bed and bedside table.
  • Cover of the 'Vampirella Helliday Special' comic book featuring a female character with long dark hair and a red outfit, set against a wintery background with snow.

Preview: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures #40

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures #40

(W) Erik Burnham (A) Dan Schoening

The New York City sewers are vast, and home to more than just the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Mondo Gecko and Metalhead have a lair of their own, where they can live and enjoy all the video games their hearts desire. It’s a good time — until Metalhead glitches out, trying to save the world from an enemy that only he can see. It’s a situation too big for Mondo to handle alone, so it’s a good thing he knows how to get ahold of the Turtles! It’s a Mondo Metal time in Saturday Morning Adventures!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures #40

Preview: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Battle Nexus

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Battle Nexus

Tom Waltz, Esau & Isaac Escorza, Paul Allor, Ben Bishop, Sophie Campbell, Vitor Cafaggi, Caleb Goellner, Omar Francia, Erik Burnham, and Hendry Prasetya

An epic showdown brings TMNT heroes and villains from across the multiverse together for the very first time in this comic series by five incredible creative teams!

The raddest TMNT event of the decade kicks off here! When one of the Turtles’ closest allies is taken hostage by a mysterious adversary, the brothers are drawn into a new dimension of adventure in Battle Nexus. This blistering five-part series finds the Ninja Turtles fighting for their lives in a martial arts challenge unlike anything they’ve faced, with four deadly champions selected from across 40 years of TMNT media to destroy the Ninja Turtles—every Ninja Turtle!

This collection features a wide variety of talent including Tom Waltz, Esau & Isaac Escorza, Paul Allor, Ben Bishop, Sophie Campbell, Vitor Cafaggi, Caleb Goellner, Omar Francia, Erik Burnham, and Hendry Prasetya!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Battle Nexus

Preview: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures #39

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures #39

(W) Erik Burnham (A) Sarah Myer

It’s chaos as Scumbug returns to get revenge on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with a brand-new secret weapon—the energy vampire, Wyrm! Wyrm’s power is potent, and the Turtles know they can’t face off against it alone. The solution? A secret weapon of their own! But what could stand up to Wyrm and his terrible abilities? Would you believe…Muckman? Well, you’d better! It’s one stinky superhero to the rescue in the latest issue of Saturday Morning Adventures!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures #39

SDCC 2026: Vampirella Enters the Realm of Pathfinder!

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Welcome to Golarion! Dynamite Entertainment and Paizo Inc. present the next project in their nearly 15 years of ongoing collaborations, as the Daughter of Drakulon enters their beloved tabletop fantasy realm in new comic series Pathfinder/Vampirella: Blade of Darkness this October!

It’s a world of swords and sorcery, a place where adventurers tempt fate, monsters lurk in every shadow, and powerful beings seek ever more power. One such figure in the realm is the vampire lord Zaloch. He’s performed a haunting ritual, one told to summon a figure who will give vampires a new advantage against any who would seek to destroy their kind. To his surprise, the subject of his ritual summons does not result in a raging, fearsome demon… but Vampirella!

Then, right as the raven-haired antiheroine enters the fray, monster hunters show up. Rife with chaos, dark magic, battles with life and death on the line, this unexpected crossover will rival any fantasy and roleplaying romps. Some of Pathfinder’s most legendary heroes get tangled up in the mayhem too, as partners on and off the battlefield Kyra and Merisiel, the elf rogue and human Sarenite, join the fracas!

Writer Erik Burnham makes his Pathfinder debut, tapping back into his fan-favorite writing of Vampirella from her past crossover with Dejah Thoris. Burnham is otherwise known and revered by fans for his works with Red Sonja, Ghostbusters, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and more. He’s partied up with artist Federico Dallocchio, who was at the forefront of reviving the Suicide Squad at DC, and other titles like Star Wars, Starcraft, and more.

Burnham and Dallocchio are joined on this quest by past Pathfinder pencilers Steven Cummings and Andrew Huerta who contribute covers to the series. Prolific RPG and gaming artist Wayne Reynolds also does character sheet covers. Collectors can chase after rare Pathfinder collectibles via the premium mystery blind bag too.

Readers are invited to roll the dice and enjoy this new adventure, as Vampirella navigates her way through the world of Pathfinder!

Preview: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures #38

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures #38

(W) Erik Burnham (A) Dan Schoening

Casey Jones has run into a major problem—his arch-enemy, Hun, leader of the Purple Dragons, has allied himself with the Shredder…and gained a new power in the process, upsetting the balance of the streets! Luckily, Casey has friends to turn to when the going gets tough: the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! While our heroes are dealing with this newly evolved threat, three foul fowl with an agenda involving April O’Neil materialize in Manhattan. There’s just no rest for the good guys these days!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures #38

Preview: Archie x Army of Darkness #5

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Archie x Army of Darkness #5

Writer: Erik Burnham
Artist: Bill Galvan
Covers: Francesco Francavilla (A), Bill Galvan (B), Laura Braga (C), Craig Cermak (D), Stuart Sayger (E)
FC | All Cardstock Covers | 32 pages | Horror / Humor | $4.99 | Teen+

The big finale is here! Archie and the gang have one last shot at stopping the invading Army of Darkness, and they’ll need to read from the Necronomicon ex Mortis to do it, and that means counteracting the book’s evil mojo with some concentrated goodness! We won’t hold out on you – the forces of good will triumph over the forces of evil, somehow – but you’re going to have to get your own copy of Archie x The Army of Darkness #5 to find out exactly how. Come get some!

Archie x Army of Darkness #5
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