Jacula (comics)

Jacula #273, "Beniamino Il Meccanico" ("Benjamin the Mechanic").

Jacula is the title character of an Italian eponymous erotic-horror fumetti series.

History

The character first appeared in a supporting role in the comic series Isabella.[1]

A total of 327 issues of Jacula were produced between 1969 and 1982.[1][2] Reissues of stories were published between 1973 and 1984 in the series Jacula Collezione.[2]

Plot

In common with Zora and Sukia, the series contained strong sexual imagery: together with her vampire husband Carlo Verdier, the predatory Jacula seduced the unwary and corrupted the innocent.[1] She was also married to a human called Torlin Novak, and the relationship resulted in a child whose soul was promptly pledged to Satan.[3]

References

1. Arianna Conti, Franco Pezzini (2005). Le vampire: crimini e misfatti delle succhiasangue da Carmilla a Van Helsing. Castelvecchi, 2005. ISBN 8876150234.
2. Gianni Bono. Guida al fumetto italiano. Epierre, 2003.
3. Lengthy review of Jacula #63, at Curt Purcell's The Groovy Age of Horror