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You can bring Vampirella into your home… but she might be wearing less than you expect

Ruben Bolling
Jan 29, 2026
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Writer and comics historian Mark Evanier writes about an auction of a famous piece of art that is currently up for bid.

In 1969, publisher Jim Warren must have taken a look at the demographic group buying horror comics in his magazines Creepy and Eerie and realized that the exact same group might be interested in a bit of sexual content. And so he launch…

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