Barbarella # 1-11

Title: Barbarella # 1
Publisher: Dynamite
Writer: Mike Carey
Artist: Kenan Yarar
Colorist: Mohan
Letterer: Crank!
Cover Artists: Kenneth Rocafort, Joe Jusko, Joseph Michael Linsner, Robert Hack, Annie Wu, Kenan Yarar & Sadece Kaan, Valentine DeLandro, Veronica Fish, Roberto Castro & Alex Guimaraes
Based on the character created by: Jean-Claude Forest
Price: $ 3.99 US
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Website: www.dynamite.com
Comments: “Red Hot Gospel” Part One: Spoils of War.
  The sci-fi scenes with the ships and in outer space have a unique look that makes them stand out.
  As Barbarella appears she is illustrated as a blonde in red who is gorgeous. There is a touch of humor to her behavior. She is drawn with the cutest butt.
  As she enters alien space and is boarded she is arrested for being a bio smuggler. You will not believe what they do to her before imprisoning her. This alien world Barbarella is on is a religion based one. One you would never want to visit.
  There is T&A shown so this is a mature title and sexual situations.
  Barbarella is definitely not a model prisoner. She joins a spy in the ranks and they start an escape.
  The action ramps up and Barbarella and the spy blasphemy against the alien religion. So basically Barbarella starts a holy war. Well, they did take something precious from her that hopefully in the coming issues she will get back.
  The excitement and sexuality are both hi-lighted in this issue.



Title: Barbarella # 2
Publisher: Dynamite
Writer: Mike Carey
Artist: Kenan Yarar
Colorist: Mohan
Letterer: Crank!
Cover Artists: Marcos Martin, Paul Pope & Vincent Nappi, Stephen Segovia & Elmer Santos, Fay Dalton, Kenan Yarar & Mohan
Based on the character created by: Jean-Claude Forest
Price: $ 3.99 US
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
Website: www.dynamite.com
Comments:  “Red Hot Gospel” Part Two: Fall From Grace. 
  Barbarella and Jury are still making their escape. We see Barbarella is more than just an ordinary human woman. She is much more. 
  The little Vix is a cute animal. It is illustrated beautifully. The scenery is filled with lots of weird things. Your eye will be drawn to this strangely compelling art. Barbarella does not look at all appealing as a nun. 
  Barbarella's facial expressions are drawn as weird looking things that just do not work. Her body is drawn gorgeously. 
  The story has little bursts of action but almost no fighting. Barbarella was not used all that much other than mainly walking around dressed as a nun. The whole story could have been presented a lot better and with artwork done better. It was almost as if the artist just gave up. 
  Barbarella is one fantastic character and if used right will deliver. 


Title: Barbarella # 3
Publisher: Dynamite
Writer: Mike Carey
Artist: Kenan Yarar
Colorist: Mohan
Letterer: Crank!
Cover Artists: Vincente Cifuentes & Triona Farrell, Jorge Fornes, Casper Wijngaard, Tom Feister, Kenan Yarar & Mohan
Based on the character created by: Jean-Claude Forest
Price: $ 3.99 US
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Website: www.dynamite.com
Comments: “Red Hot Gospel” Part Three: Fire and Sword.
  Barbarella gets all her bits back which did need to happen. A little explanation though as to how would have been nice though. 
  Barbarella is drawn in her red jump suit and her butt is so cute. The missiles as they launch are beautifully colored. Barbarella gets a mechanical horse, where did it come from? This Pegasus horse is a marvel of technology. 
  Barbarella with some action on her part saves the planet and sets it on its way to sexual delight for the inhabitants. 
  Overall the art needs some work. It needs to be more clear. 
  Barbarella does manage to have a laid back adventure with some thrills and sexual tension and delight. She is much more than she appears to be.  Her adventures are wild and weird. 


Title: Barbarella # 4
Publisher: Dynamite
Writer: Mike Carey
Artist: Jorge Fornes
Colorist: Celeste Woods
Letterer: Crank!
Cover Artists: Stephane Roux, Vincent Aseo, Stephanie Hans, Goran Sudzuka & Fran Strukan, Kenan Yarar & Mohan
Price: $ 3.99 US
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
Website: www.dynamite.com
Comments: "Pest Control"
  Barbarella is taking a transport to get her ship fixed. So Barbarella is a passenger along with a couple others one being Jubilati a Narpisi meaning he is good at sex. 
  Now the cargo on this ship is four planets. One of which has become a threat. Now once on the planet Barbarella, the Captain and a engineer encounter a few unexpected problems. Getting chased by a huge monstrous creature is one of them. 
  The real problem though turns out to be on the ship transporting the planets and passengers. 
  Barbarella's "pet" Vix turns out to be a great help. This creature is a mystery as to just how intelligent it is.
  Barbarella makes a few new enemies on her trip that are sure to show up in future issues. Can she handle a mad corporation? 
  This space adventure is presented in a fairly tame manner. The excitement could have been there it just was not. The art as well had opportunities to show off Barbarella to much better effect but did not. 
 Barbarella's basic character was done well enough just the situations and how she reacted to them could have been done much better. Barbarella is a fun, sexy character that gets into exciting adventures. 


Title: Barbarella # 5
Publisher: Dynamite
Writer: Mike Carey
Artist: Kenan Yarar
Colorist: Mohan
Letterer: Crank!
Cover Artists: Pete Woods, Marco D'Alfonso, Michael Kaluta & Flavio Dispenza, Maria Sanapo & Ceci de la Cruz, Kenan Yarar & Mohan
Based on the character created by: Jean-Claude Forest
Price: $ 3.99 US
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Website: www.dynamite.com
Comments: "Hard Labor Part One: After the Gold Rush"
  Barbarella is illustrated with a tight butt and looking beautiful. She is lots of blonde hair. Yes she is a gorgeous babe. Her see-through night dress makes her look Wow! The colors are stunning. 
  Barbarella goes panning for R.U.S.T. it is extremely valuable. 
  Barbarella's cute butt keeps showing up in lovely butt shots. There are beautiful expressions draw on Barbarella's face. The alien planet's landscape looks weird cause it is. Vix her pet here slips showing that it may just be more intelligent than it lets on. 
  Barbarella faces a couple of hillbilly's while looking for R.U.S.T. The Pa is drawn wonderfully and he is a unique character that adds a nice touch to this story. 
  Barbarella does have the most fun and excitement someone can in space while looking so sexy. It is just marvelous to join her on these marvelous adventures. 


Title: Barbarella # 6
Publisher: Dynamite
Writer: Mike Carey
Artist: Kenan Yarar
Colorist: Mohan
Letterer: Crank!
Cover Artists: Dave McCaig, Brent Schoonover, Marguerite Sauvage, Richardo Jaime, Kenan Yarar & Mohan
Based on the character created by: Jean-Claude Forest
Price: $ 3.99 US
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Website: www.dynamite.com
Comments: "Hard Labor Part Two: Rust Never Sleeps"
  Barbarella and Vossamin find themselves in a savage place. They keep moving and jump to another place. These places are full of exotic alien creatures. 
  Meanwhile a dwarfish looking guy and his sons are trying to get a hold of Rust. Rust is a very valuable material here. Pilver has a gun that is awesome and it does so much more than just being a gun. 
  Barbarella is drawn with the cutest little butt. You will just love looking at it. 
  The jumping from one place to another is fun and Pilver with his intelligent gun makes for a interesting story. Barbarella does not end up in any fights tough which would have been nice to see. 
  Having Barbarella almost get eaten alive was good but could have been done more exciting. Barbarella is one fantastic woman. 


Title: Barbarella # 7
Publisher: Dynamite
Writer: Mike Carey
Artist: Kenan Yarar
Colorist: Mohan
Letterer: Crank!
Cover Artists: Butcher Billy, Hatden Sherman, Daniel HDR & Natalia Marques, Giovanni Timpano & Flavio Dispenza, Kenan Yarar & Mohan
Based on the character created by: Jean-Claude Forest
Price: $ 3.99 US
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Website: www.dynamite.com
Comments: "Hard Labor Part Three: Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere"
  Barbarella and her friend are on Earth now, Earth of the past. She is drawn with such a cute butt. The sexuality of her character comes through in each panel. 
  The Glains are after Barbarella, they are a hilly billy type family. Only they have futuristic technology.
  Barbarella's pet seems at times a lot more than a simple pet. It's intelligence is a question that has not been answered for sure about just how much it is. Vix is more than it lets on. 
  The final ending does not make complete sense. Barbarella's dealing with the Glains goes differently when a huge monster is involved as well. Monsters can change things but not how you might expect. The talking gun is a nice touch in this story line and the fact that it is pretty much like a person. One that you will respect.
  Barbarella does have the weirdest adventures. 


Title: Barbarella # 8
Publisher: Dynamite
Writer: Mike Carey
Artist: Donny Hadiwidjaja
Colorist: Mohan
Letterer: Crank!
Cover Artists: Johnny Desjardins & Mohan, Christian Ward, Butch Guice & Fran Strukan, Natali Sanders, Kenan Yarar & Mohan
Based on the character created by: Jean-Claude Forest
Price: $ 3.99 US
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Website: www.dynamite.com
Comments: "A Thousand and One Nights, Give Or Take"
  Barbarella spent the night with Baron Keruskendi and now he wants her to stay forever. She is drawn with such a cute bottom. 
  Barbarella tells the Baron a story of her strangest three sexual adventures as she gets dressed. The Baron plans to kill Barbarella yet she is calm as she narrates her stories. The Baron thinks he is in control yet you the reader can tell from Barbarella's confidence who really is. 
  In this issue Barbarella gets laid so many times. You might consider her a slut. Yes she wants to do it but here she also has to. 
  Vix is such a great character. This sentient creature that plays at not being sentient is cute. 
  Barbarella does have the coolest companions in Vix and the Thief of Fire her ship. Yes her adventures are erotic and fun. Barbarella is a woman like no other. 
  This issue finishes with one cute illustration of Barbarella's cute sexy butt. 


Title: Barbarella # 9
Publisher: Dynamite
Writer: Mike Carey
Artist: Kenan Yarar
Colorist: Mohan
Letterer: Crank!
Cover Artists: Dave Bullock, Scott Chantler, Eoin Marron & Chris O'Halloran, Anthony Marques & Geraldo Borges & Valentina Pinto, Kenan Yarar & Mohan 
Based on the character created by: Jean-Claude Forest
Price: $ 3.99 US
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Website: www.dynamite.com
Comments: "Set The Controls for the Heart of the Sun" 
  Three highly skilled assassins are making their way towards Barbarella and then they meet Jury. Jury is a friend of Barbarella's a beautiful and deadly friend. Barbarella is illustrated gorgeously and her butt is cute. 
  Barbarella agrees to help Jury on her mission. The space ship we see in its entirety is beautifully illustrated with detail and imagination. Her mission is to help some aliens and cure them of a plague. 
  Barbarella gets dropped into a sun. Yes a sun. Barbarella of course does find herself in a fight after she refuses to undress. Than things get strange. Where Barbarella ends up you will not believe. 
  The story here needs to be explained better and in easier to understand terms. 
  The aliens 
  Barbarella does have the most amazing adventures. 


Title: Barbarella # 10
Publisher: Dynamite
Writer: Mike Carey
Artist: Kenan Yarar
Colorist: Mohan
Letterer: Crank!
Cover Artists: Cliff Chlang, Aaron Conley & Jean-Francois Beaulieu, Michael Adams, Justine Andersen, Kenan Yarar & Mohan
Based on the character created by: Jean-Claude Forest
Price: $ 3.99 US
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Website: www.dynamite.com
Comments: "An Alien Heat"
  Barbarella is inside a sun and there has encountered two beings , Esseverines. The Borrobakuru is a beautiful creature and so wonderfully colored. The white and blue coloring are blended so well together. 
  Barbarella's pet is a creature of mystery. Is it intelligent at times you would think so but it does not always act so. It adds a fun aspect to this comic series. 
  Barbarella is being used and now she is being hunted to. The vile politician using her you will find yourself wishing him the worst. Barbarella finds herself under attack. As she dodges we are treated to a lovely butt shot. 
  Barbarella does find herself in deadly danger as is normal for her. She acts as a woman of action. We see she does care risking her life for those she just met as she ignores the fact she could die very soon. 
  Barbarella is a hero!


Title: Barbarella # 11
Publisher: Dynamite
Writer: Mike Carey
Artist: Kenan Yarar
Colorist: Mohan
Letterer: Crank!
Cover Artists: Eric Powell, Ryan Browne & Addison Duke, Kyle Strahm & Baldemar Rivas, Ediano Silva & Dinei Ribeiro, Kenan Yarar & Mohan
Based on the character created by: Jean-Claude Forest
Price: $ 3.99 US
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Website: www.dynamite.com
Comments: "Burning Down the House" 
  Barbarella is trying to save the sun's natives. Her friend is trying to help her from space. Agent Jury Quire is illustrated beautifully in her skin tight blue and white outfit. Her butt is cute. 
  Barbarella has a plan to save as many as she can. Barbarella is not just beautiful she is smart. A nice peaceful race is saved thanks to Barbarella she is a kind and caring soul. It is not all about being a hero it is about doing the right thing. Barbarella does both and with style. 
  The aliens she saves are illustrated well and designed wonderfully. These creatures are so friendly it is hard to believe anyone would want them dead but money is the root of all evil. 
  Now Barbarella after she heals will still have to fend off the Earthgov official that wants her head. 
  Barbarella delivers action a plenty as diving into the heart of a sun. This issue does heat up in more ways than one. 


Title: Barbarella # 12
Publisher: Dynamite
Writer: Mike Carey
Artists: Kenan Yarar & Jorge Fornes
Colorists: Mohan & Celeste Woods
Letterer: Crank!
Cover Artists: Yuko Shimizu, Jim Mahfood, Scott Morse, Eric Shanower, Kenan Yarar & Mohan
Based on the character created by: Jean-Claude Forest
Price: $ 3.99 US
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Website: www.dynamite.com
Comments: "Truth & Consequences" 
  Its Barbarella Land a carnival dedicated to her. She looks amazing in the art and it shows her sensual side which includes some lovely butt shots. This carnival turns into one of death. Barbarella is facing old foes of hers so there is something wrong with this situation.  As she battles them we are treated to exciting action. 
  This is a nice revenge tale one where Barbarella does stay in control. She knows right away something is off. As the villain of this tale narrates how he will kill Barbarella it is so much fun to see her reaction. 
  Barbarella's pet is so cute and still a mystery as to its intelligence. 
  Barbarella has the most awesome adventures. Yet here this issue is the end for now. She will be missed but she is still out there somewhere and still enjoying herself. 

Richard Vasseur