Vampirella: Morning in America #2
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Chapter Five: Monkey Wine (That Which Enlivens)," Vampirella grapples with the consequences of her desperate choices, haunted by memories lost and promises unkept. As Adam mourns his father's death, Vampirella confronts the fallout of her actions—especially after Shroud's shocking sacrifice of Toomey to unleash the monstrous Bane. Written by Kurt Busiek and illustrated by Louis La Chance, with inks by John Nyberg and letters by Kevin Cunningham and Richard Howell, this 1991 Harris Comics issue delivers a tense, character-driven chapter in Vampirella’s ongoing struggle. The haunting cover by Michael Wm. Kaluta captures the story’s eerie, surreal tone.
In the shadowed streets of a fractured America, Vampirella grapples with the cost of survival as her memories fray and her humanity slips. With Shroud withholding the serum that once kept her in check, she turns to a dangerous elixir—only to awaken as the aged Ella Normandy, her past a haze. When she confronts Toomey’s gang, the fight stirs something deeper, and Adam Van Helsing reveals a painful truth: his father is gone, and she failed him. As the line between monster and savior blurs, Shroud makes a chilling choice—sacrificing Toomey to awaken the ancient Bane, setting the stage for a reckoning no one saw coming.
In "Chapter Six: Lion Wine (That Which Irritates)," Vampirella races against time to find Chelsea, unaware that Shroud has already taken her. As Bane’s haunting song spreads through Washington D.C., the city descends into chaos, turning neighbor against neighbor in a frenzy of paranoia and violence. With Adam Van Helsing and Pendragon caught in the storm, the line between predator and prey begins to blur.
In "Chapter Seven: Sheep Wine (That Which Stupifies)," the air hums with a sinister melody as Bane’s song lures the crowd into a trance, each soul slipping away to the night’s grasp. Vampirella arrives just in time to intervene as Adam Van Helsing is pulled into the darkness, her arrival a flicker of defiance in a world succumbing to unseen forces. With Chelsea Cantrell, Ethan Shroud, and Pendragon watching from the shadows, the line between power and surrender begins to blur.
In the grim aftermath of Bane’s fall, Vampirella stands amid the wreckage, her victory bittersweet as she frees Adam Van Helsing and Pendragon from his grip. But with Chelsea Cantrell still in Shroud’s grasp, the true cost of the night’s brutality begins to unfold—where loyalty twists, and the line between savior and monster blurs.
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Reprinted in Vampirella Masters Series #5 (2011), Best of Vampirella Masters Series Omnibus #[nn] (2017)
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