Patrick Berkenkotter – illustratör

Vampirella is sent by the Vatican to investigate the kidnapping of a little girl by Ethan Shroud and the Chaos cultists, only to become the centerpiece of a ritual invoking Lady Umbra, the sister-bride of Chaos, that leaves her marked as a living sacrifice to the dark goddess who rules the shadows. Then...Vampirella assumes the role and obigations of Lord Drago, joining The Kabal, a clandestine organization of supernatural creatures. When a strange, rabies-like plague spreads through the slums of Sao Paolo like wildfire, infecting victims with homicidal fury, the Kabal calls upon Vampirella to capture the disease's murderous creator -- one of The Accursed, a human condemned to eternal life for his sins: the fabled Dr. Faustus.VAMPIRELLA is back and returns to her horror roots with Bram Stoker Award-winning author Nancy A. Collins (Swamp Thing, Sunglasses After Dark, Jason vs. Leatherface) and Patrick Berkenkotter (Avengers/Invaders, Red Sonja).

WELCOME TO THE END OF DAYS! A mysterious hijacking — by anundetectable force which leaves only death in its wake — lures Vampirellato Russia, and deeper into a deadly conspiracy where nothing is what it seems.At the request of Vampirella's allies — the Vatican's paranormal covertstrike force, Cestus Dei — the blood-drinking scourge of the supernaturaltravels to Russia, on the hunt for a terrifying killer with a gift for murder.But there's more at play than a simple search-and-destroy mission. Complicatingmatters is the return of the King of the Vampires, Dracula — more powerfulthan ever before, and determined to consecrate an unholy pact with ancient,unknowable forces that even the lords of Chaos and Order wisely fear. War is onthe horizon, and only one who has worn the Crown of Worms can sit upon a Throneof Skulls. Old foes are reborn, alliances are broken, and nothing inVampirella's world will ever be the same!Collecting issues #12-20 of the popular ongoing Vampirella series,with a complete cover gallery.

Two legendary vampires meet for the first time in this epic crossover!Investigating a series of disappearances and murders puts Barnabas Collins andVampirella on a collision course with each other! Can these two very differentvampire heroes set aside their mutual distrust and team up to bring down thenotorious and brutal "Big Apple Butcher," or will their bloodthirsty naturesdestroy them before they can solve the crimes? And who — or what —is pulling the strings of the "Butcher"? The answer is an evil older thanBarnabas and Vampi combined! All this, plus appearances by Quentin Collins andPantha! Critically acclaimed writer Marc Andreyko (along with artists PatrickBerkenkotter and Jose Malaga) brings them all together in an adventure that canonly be described as a bloody, and we mean very bloody, good time!Collecting the 5 issue mini-series along with a complete covergallery.

The horror icon Vampirella returns to her roots, courtesy of Bram StokerAward-winning author Nancy A. Collins (Sunglasses After Dark)! Vampirellais sent by the Vatican to investigate the kidnapping of a little girl by EthanShroud and the Chaos Cult, only to become the centerpiece of a ritual invokingLady Umbra, the sister-bride of Chaos, that leaves her marked as a livingsacrifice to the dark goddess who rules the shadows. Hunted by the MallusMaleficarum, an elite hit-squad of monster-killers also known as "TheWitch-Hammer", she finds her world abruptly turned upside down... and herselfunexpectedly allied with the strangest bedfellow imaginable!