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Scary Tales - "Countess R. H. von Bludd"
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Posted:Dec 31, 2019 3:59 am
Last Updated:Apr 4, 2020 11:48 am 5488 Views
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This post is dedicated to Kathryn! Before recently meeting her and becoming a fan of her blog "Musings from a Muse" LoverOfGaiaSub, I was not going to post this nor resume posting at all. Thank you for sparking renewed interest in doing so, dear Kathryn! You are truly are a most lovely muse! 
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There's a story to be told about a long forgotten memory of mine that I now believe was the catalyst for my lifelong enamorment of redheads and vampire women. Either that or it was the pinnacle moment when I first realized these were the kinds of ladies are the one I find most attractive deep down in my soul. Either-or, it's likely that this is the point in my life were "it" all started.
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So the story goes...
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I'm rummaging through a box of $1 old tattered comics books at a shop, flipping through the covers like a flip-book animation film - as I normally do - and (as happens) something catches my eye. I go back to it the comic (photo above) but it's not the title, the full cover, the characters, or the artistic style that my eye zeroes in on - as typically happens. Instead, it is this little circular image of a blonde woman's portrait in the corner.
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It was one of those moments of recognizing something but at the same time - not. Something was subconsciously familiar and attractive about this little blonde portrait, but my rational mind immediately told me there's no reason why it should catch my eye. I'd never seen it before, I don't know who she is, and she's blonde - which typically does not catch my eye.
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No offence to blondes! ...but in my hair color fetish, blondes rank the lowest. That's not to say I don't find some blondes to be more attractive than even a redhead (highest on the scale) but it's rare - usually attributed to said blonde having other attributes high on my other attraction scales. ...which is what I rationalized as having caught my eye about this blonde. For example, the powder white skin, which is highest on my skin color fetish scale; or the long flowing hair style – also highest on my fetish scale. ...or maybe it was just the bright red-yellow contrast that caught my eye like a traffic light. (That's just being "human"; not a fetish scale of mine. *ha*)
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Looking more at the little corner image, I considered the drawing style. Maybe I recognized the artist? It was similar to some of my favorites but there was too little drawn to determine if it was one of them. However, what was there matched very closely with artists I pursue. Their style is unique and brings about real sensual feelings for me. What I'm most amazed of regarding this style is that there's no realism; they use nothing but simple lines and curves from a pen. However, their selection of where to put those lines, the thickness of them, the angles and curves, and most importantly - where to leave them out - that matches with what my minds-eye sees as being sensual. ...the most beautiful of women! This magical feeling comes to me via the reality that there is hardly any drawing there at all, in some cases - no lines at all. It's that contradiction that I find fascinating and creates the magic for me – creates passionate desires in me.
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Considering the little corner image more, she's also drawn a little like the features of women I am most attracted to – vampire'y witchy evil'esque women of the Hammer films-quality stature and beauty. Although the corner image doesn't reveal any of this aside from the basic structure of her face, and her long flowing hair, the comic itself is of the genre and era of Hammer films.
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Considering the comic as a whole, I was positive I had never seen the cover; it was unique enough that I would have surely recognized something about it. I wasn't familiar at all with the title, so I doubted I had read and liked other issues of the same series. I flipped through the pages to see if any of the artwork or stories would make me realize I had a reason for being pulled to this - but nothing. The last thing I concluded was the theme and title of the comic were along my main interest of the '60s/'70s horror genre so that could have something to do with it.
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Rather than continuing to dwell on it, I took a photo of the comic so I could research it more at home. I felt so positively there wasn't any real connection to it that I wasn't even willing to pay a measly $1 and take it with me. I figured I'd only discover there was no connection, so why have it only to throw it back to a thrift store in a day or two.
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I get home and do the obvious Google image search for the title. Right off the bat, I see a character I instantly know I know. ...and the forgotten memory begins to surface quickly!
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My kind of sexy!! Pure "Hammer" films! ...and notice the upper left corner! It's the blonde from the comic, but I remember her as a redhead! That's why the portrait caught my eye, and yet I didn't recognize her! Whoever this redheaded is, she certainly stayed in my mind – even disguised as a blonde in a minuscule image flashing past me in a microsecond of film-frames! This is what now completely amazes me about the whole situation!
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So now I recognize the character but still can't remember exactly who she was. Another simple Google search and I find she's "Countess R. H. von Bludd", which I then also search for. ...and there's this whole series of images I immediately remember vividly, not the least of which being the very first one - the Countess moving in to bite a man on his neck.
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And that was it! The marvelous memories all came back to me about when I was 7 or 8 years old, and my grandmother's house having among all the toys and books and 's things – a comic book with Countess von Bludd in it. ...and how I'd read it and would "feel something" each time I came to those panels with her, especially that one of her coming up from behind the man and lowering her head into his neck. I would be aroused at the thought of that happening to me, feeling her lean into my neck from behind and placing her lips on my skin. ...and that long beautiful red hair brushing up against my face. (I'm getting an erection just thinking about it now! *Ha!*)
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But I didn't have the comic for long as a - discarded as old toys are – so I had long forgotten about Countess von Bludd; not even a vague recollection now or then. I suspect she became overcome by my next crush - Vampirella - of whom there was so much more media available to pour myself over while going through puberty. *winks*
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Consider too the close similarities between Countess von Bludd and Vampirella. Both are vampires with powder white skin, long flowing hair, fierce sharp eyes with long lashes, and attire with deep plunging necklines that reveal curves along their ample breasts going well past the cleavage; drawing the eye down to meet in a Yin/Yang with the rising French cut bottom extenuating their long white legs. *fans~himself!*
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Also considering these two beauties; Vampirella, even today, has tens-of-thousands of images. Compare that to Countess von Bludd - who has literally only a few dozen - and it's no wonder to me why my young self forgot completely about her in lieu of Vampirella. ;(
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However, the Countess obviously made such a tremendous impression in my mind! How else then would that little blonde portrait flashing for a mere fraction of a second among so many other images in the box of $1 comic books 40 year later still catch my eye? That's simply amazing to me!!
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I also now realize that Countess R. H. Von Bludd was my second ever "crush"! (My first was the assistant teacher in my kindergarten class with the long-long-long brown flowing hair and face like a young Susan Dey. .I'll never forget her! ..but that's a story for another time. *teehee!*) It was a very short encounter with the Countess during my life, and as a I didn't understand the feelings I had for her - then I forgot her entirely. Having fate now remind me of her as an adult, I'm greatly enjoying the memories, realizing she was/is a model for my "ideal" regarding beauty, and I'm also able to recognize what my feeling were for her back then - hypnotic lustful enamorment! ...exactly what a vampiress does to her victims before taking them! *R'rawr!* v~V
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Since this realization, I've scourged the internet for her and realize that she didn't appear but a few dozen time, as I said. How sad! She has such a sexy look that she could still compete in today's market! But that also means she's unknown to the masses, and my own little private gem I can claim to myself! ...and now you can too! *winks*
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Also fun for me, I realize the Countess likely contributed to something I've often said during my life... "I don't know who she is, but the most beautiful woman in the world is definitely a redhead." 
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The two comics I had as a were "Ghostly Tales" issue #1 which has her origin story - beautifully drawn! ...and the story with the Countess biting the man on the neck is in the series "Monster Hunters", also issue #1.
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Fortunately, all of these are available for FREE at GetComics-dot-com. I do so hope you'll go there to get your own copies and see her for yourself! ...but it not, that's fine – she's all mine!! *grins*
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In closing, here are a few more images to share in tribute to Countess R. H. Von Bludd – my long lost love!
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Thanks for reading my story! *smiles!*
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