So I've been getting into the B&W horror comics of the sixties and seventies and I thought Vampirella would be a sure bet. And at first, these were kind of fun. The stories were cheesy (not even including host Vampirella's terrible puns) but they had a nostalgic charm. However, that started to wear thin the further I read. The storytelling in some entries was so poor that I had no idea what was going on, and the mostly mediocre art didn't help. There are a few notables whose work does appear, including Jeff Jones, Neal Adams, Tom Sutton and Ernie Colón, but they are few and far between. The back cover text lists a host of luminaries who worked on the series, and while it doesn't exactly lie -- it doesn't state that they're all in this collection, but it does seem intended to suggest that some are -- it is misleading. (Only Doug Moench features here, in a single short story.) By the time I was halfway through the content, I was finding it a chore to read, and something of a struggle to finish. I don't know if I'll get any of the further archives, but before I do I'll be sure to check my comics database to see which talents are featured in the collected issues. Based on this volume alone, you're better off exploring Eerie and Creepy. ( )