REALITY BITES! In this issue: Vampirella’s best and most trusted friend has seemingly returned from the grave. But is he “real” — an actual, sentient life form? Or is he merely an automaton crafted by the living algorithm ARIS, sent to complicate Vampirella’s own struggle to determine if she herself is an actual person? The answer will hopefully be found within CHRISTOPHER PRIEST and DAVIS GOETTEN’s Vampirella #9 — bolstered by perfectly imperfect covers from allegedly human artists LUCIO PARRILLO, DERRICK CHEW, JOSEPH MICHAEL LINSNER, ELIAS CHATZOUDIS, and cosplay by RACHEL HOLLON!