Created in 1969 by the trio of Giuseppe Pedrazzi, Pier Carlo Macri, and the artist Giovanni Romanini, Jacula arrived at the tail end of the "fumetto nero" (black comic) boom. She was the sister of another icon, Isabella , but where Isabella tackled the swashbuckling adventures of the Caribbean, Jacula descended into the velvet-darkness of the gothic horror romance.

The "Jacula" series was initially published by the publishing house, founded by Barbieri and Cavedon, and was later taken over by Ediperiodici (also known as Edifumetto). The magazine was an immediate success, ranking among the most popular Italian erotic comics of the 1970s.

Jacula debuted in 1969, published by the famous Erregi imprint (later known as Edifumetto). Unlike traditional horror stories where monsters were targets to be destroyed, Jacula positioned the vampire as the central star of the narrative. Who is Jacula? Plot and Character Dynamics

: Sites dedicated to "Fumetti Neri" (Italian pulp/horror comics) often maintain community-driven databases, though these are frequently in Italian. 🧛 About the Character : March 1969 : ErreGI (later Edifumetto) : Horror, gothic romance, and explicit erotica.

Jacula finally came to an end in September 1982 after a staggering run of . The series' demise was not a result of waning popularity but rather a reflection of seismic shifts in the media landscape. The early 1980s witnessed a "grave crisis of popular comics" as a new, more profitable competitor emerged: the home video market. As adult video cassettes—and later the massive wave of free online pornography—flooded the market, the audience for erotic comics dwindled. What had once been a primary source of forbidden imagery for two generations of Italians was now seen by many as quaint and naïve.