THE (OTHER) QUEEN OF HALLOWEEN

ELVIRA'S HOUSE OF MYSTERY
Vol. 1 No. 1
January 1986
DC Comics, Inc.
Editor: Sal Amendola
Cover: Brian Bolland
Pages: 68
Cover price: $1.50

It was inevitable that the saucy seductress of L.A. TV's "Movie Macabre" would get her own comic book. Ex-Vegas dancer and PENTHOUSE model Cassandra Peterson scored a revived career Big Time in her role as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. With her unabashed combination of graveyard humor and double entendre, as well as frequent references to her ample cleavage (which was no laughing matter), Elvira hosted a wildly popular weekly show that featured B-movies. Viewers stuck with it through some of the most god-awful trash films just to see Elvira mash it up between commercial breaks.

DC grabbed the licensing after the show ran for a few years, and used it to produce another one of their famed anthology titles with Elvira as the host.

CONTENTS
"Elvira's Quest"
Story: Joey Cavalieri
Pencils: Ron Wagner
Inks: Bob Oksner
Colors: Liz Bérubé
Letters: Kurt Hathaway

"The Realm"
Story: Philip Clarke, Jr.
Pencils:Tom Grindberg
Inks: Irwin Hasen
Colors: René Reynolds
Letters: Jade Moede

Framing sequence with Elvira:
Story: Joey Cavalieri
Pencils: Ron Wagner; Shawn McManus
Inks: Bob Oksner; Shawn McManus
Colors: Liz Bérubé
Letters: Kurt Hathaway

"Death Likes a Lullaby"
Story: Robert Kanigher
Art: Arthur Geroche
Colors: Mary Kay van Camp

Framing sequencing with Elvira:
Story: Joey Cavalieri
Pencils: Ron Wagner
Inks: Bob Oksner
Colors: Liz Bérubé
Letters: Kurt Hathaway

"Once Upon A Time"
Story: Dennis Yee
Pencils: Dennis Yee
Inks: Jim Fern; Dan Adkins; Tex Blaisdell
Colors: Liz Bérubé
Letters: Pete Iro

Framing Sequence with Elvira:
Story: Joey Cavalieri
Pencils: Ron Wagner
Inks: Bob Oksner
Colors: Liz Bérubé
Letters: Kurt Hathaway

"Vengeance in the Creature Feature!"
Story: Jack C. Harris
Pencils: Dan Spiegle
Inks: Dan Spiegle
Colors: René Reynolds
Letters: Peter Iro

Framing sequence with Elvira;
Story: Joey Cavalieri
Pencils: Ron Wagner
Inks: Bob Oksner
Colors: Liz Bérubé
Letters: Kurt Hathaway

"The Witch's Cauldron"
Story and art: Ma's Fay

Photos of Elvira by David Goldner