Wednesday Women: Vampirella The Second Coming #1

Here are the first two pages of Vampirella: The Second Coming #1 from Dark Horse in celebration of her fortieth anniversary:

Bettie Page Passes On

Fetish model and pin-up queen of the 1950s, Bettie Page aka Betty Page, passed away on Thursday, December 11, 2008 at the age of 85. She was the girlfriend of Cliff Secord aka The Rocketeer in the comic book created by Dave Stevens (he later would meet and help her). In 1991, Betty Page In 3-D was published by the 3-D Zone. Dark Horse published the following two one shots: Bettie Page Comics (1996) and Bettie Page Comics Spicy Adventure (1997). They pubished a three-issue mini-series in 2000 titled Queen of the Nile that featured her (the issues were collected in a trade paperback with the same name).

Bettie Page
(April 22, 1923 - December 11, 2008)

Comics That I Bought Today

I took a road trip to Hutchinson, Kansas and bought several comics at Hastings. I don't take road trips very often and that's about the only place that I buy comics anymore since they don't have a comic book shop. I mostly picked up comics from Dark Horse and DC.

Dark Horse Comics Includes Conan #49 (torn cover), Conan #50, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull #2 and Indiana Jones and the Tomb of the Gods #1.
DC Comics includes Challenge of the DC Super Friends #6, Final Crisis #2 (Wonder Woman) and Final Crisis #2 (Batman).
DC Comics includes Batman and the Outsiders #9, Batman and the Outsiders #10, Brave and the Bold #15 (Nightwing and Hawkman) and Brave and the Bold #16 (Superman and Catwoman).
DC Comics includes Superman #678, Superman #679, Wonder Woman #22, Wonder Woman #23 and Comics Value Pack featuring 3 DC Comics from Metropolis Collectibles (shown is Adventures of Superman #614, not shown is Green Lantern #74 and Hawkworld #16).

Aiding Gene Colan

Clifford Meth has posted about an auction to help Gene Colan at his blog, Everyone's Wrong and I'm Right. The legendary comic book artist has a failing liver. He worked for Timely Comics and Atlas Comics in the Golden Age before working for DC Comics and Marvel Comics in the Silver Age. Gene Colan also did work for Archie and Dark Horse.