Elvira Mistress of the Dark (1993) comic books 2002

Written by Richard Howell and Frank Strom. Art by Tod Smith, Bob Wiacek, Chuck Frazier and Louis Lachance. Whaddaya whaddaya want her to do? Help Dracula, of course! The country's gone bats over Dracula after the hit "Vlad Love!" Drac's so freaked out that he enlists his gorgeous gal-pal Elvira to help him deal with his frantic fans! Don't miss this tale by Richard Howell, Tod Smith and Bob Wiacek. Plus: Elvira's got car problems! Her jalopy's haunted in a tale by Frank Strom, Chuck Frazier and Louis Lachance. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Where Have all the Good Guys Gone? - Written by Frank Strom. Art by Ronn Sutton and Bruce Patterson. Elvira is this book's headliner, and that means she'll always win -- or that's what Lord Harvest figures -- so he takes advantage of the Mistress of the Dark's career problems and lures her into his evil plan to expand his scarecrow-y song-and-dance continuum of B'olj'err into our dimension. Just how good is Elvira in coming up with super-villain master plans anyway? And if El's gone bad and Roz Wyck has replaced her on the air with Spooky Suzie, then has the world gone truly mad? Will a few musical numbers solve the conflict? It's all in this book-length classic! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Written by Frank Strom and Janet Hetherington. Art by Tod Smith, Louis Lachance, John Heebink and Mike Manley. Elvira's hot to join the lurid, legendary, super-exclusive Hellfire Club, but the club's evil overseers may think of the Mistress of the Dark as less of an asset and more of a...sacrifice. It's all in the cultist classic "A Taste of Hellfire (Yuck!)" by Frank Strom, Tod Smith and Louis Lachance. Also: In a new back-up serial, Elvira's recruited for a mega-popular "reality" game show on which the contestants are marooned on an island and expected to survive. Trouble is, Elvira and her fellow survivors are on an island full of monsters. It's all in "Tele-Castaways: Part 1" by Janet Hetherington, John Heebink and Mike Manley. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Written by Frank Strom and Janet Hetherington. Art by Tod Smith, Steve Leialoha, John Heebink and Mike Manley. Out of the night...with her patter so bright...rides a hostess named Elvira -- also known as that sexy swashbuckler: "La Zorrita," who boldly smuggles genre videos into the small Mexican town that's controlled by Sheriff El Scento's iron grip of Crapbuster Video chain stores. It's all in this classic tale by Frank Strom, Tod Smith and Steve Leialoha. Also: the Tele-Castaways' time on the island is complicated by a swamp monster in "Tele-Castaways: Part 2: The Goo Lagoon" by Janet Hetherington, John Heebink and Mike Manley. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Written by Frank Strom and Janet Hetherington. Art by Dan Day, Louis Lachance, John Heebink and Mike Manley. With a song in her heart, Elvira travels to a mad, mad, mad world! Wishing she could enjoy the charming life over the rainbow, Elvira's swept up in a twister and transported way up high to a land where humans are chattering chattel and the rulers are evolved, intelligent...apes? Check it out in "The Wizard of the Apes!" by Frank Strom, Dan Day and Louis Lachance. Also: Konga King brings on competition and the next chapter of the back-up serial plays out in "Tele-Castaways: Part 3: Big, Bad Monkey Love" by Janet Hetherington, John Heebink and Mike Manley. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Written by Frank Strom and Janet Hetherington. Art by Dan Day, Louis Lachance, John Heebink and Mike Manley. Choose your own adventure? Come on! Elvira in "Between the Covers!" by Frank Strom, Dan Day and Louis Lachance. Also: Elvira's mutiny on the booty takes a piratical turn in "Tele-Castaways: Part 4: Elvira's Treasure Chest" by Janet Hetherington, John Heebink and Mike Manley. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Written by Frank Strom, Jo Duffy and Janet Hetherington. Art by Chuck Frazier, Louis Lachance, Ronn Sutton, Terry Austin, Bob Wiacek, John Heebink and Mike Manley. Triple-treat special! An evil twin, a teen sex farce, and reality tee-vee! She's one busty...er, busy...celebrity! Featuring: "Red Dupe!" by Frank Strom, Chuck Frazier and Louis Lachance. Plus: It's a comedy of bad manners when Elvira's job in a teen sexploitation flick leads her to discover the truth behind their source material in "Austen-tation!" by Jo Duffy, Ronn Sutton, Terry Austin and Bob Wiacek. And: The Tele-Castaways serial concludes in "Tele-Castaways: Part 5: Hex, Lies, and Videotape!" by Janet Hetherington, John Heebink and Mike Manley. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Written by Frank Strom and Janet Hetherington. Art by Ronn Sutton, Louis Lachance and Bob McLeod. Ahoy there, mateys! It's Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, setting sail to find Altoonis, the Lost Continent! The long-submerged forgotten continent rises from the sea and brings forebodings of doom in its wake. Naturally, that means it's a prime spot for a Movie Macabre remote-shoot, and Elvira's on the move to discover the secrets of Altoonis. It's all in "They Still Love Me in Altoonis: Part 1: Doom is a Four-Letter Word!" by Frank Strom, Ronn Sutton and Louis Lachance. Also: Elvira's mistaken for the missing princess of a planet of mer-people in "Lost Daughter of Plankton!" by Janet Hetherington and Bob McLeod. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Written by Frank Strom and Richard Howell. Art by Ronn Sutton, Louis Lachance and Loston Wallace. Spring into fall with Elvira! Elvira's search to discover the secrets of legendary Altoonis is complicated by biker thugs and the husband-and-wife evil sorcerer team who unfroze when the city surfaced. It's all in "They Still Love Me in Altoonis: Part 2: Beach Blanket Bloodbath!" by Frank Strom, Ronn Sutton and Louis Lachance. Also: Elvira's days in the sun are clouded by the Demons of the Fall in "Summery Judgment" by Richard Howell and Loston Wallace. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Written by Frank Strom and Richard Howell. Art by Ronn Sutton, Louis Lachance, Gordon Purcell and Kim DeMulder. A fearful face-off between Elvira and a submersive element! Is it worse that the rulers of un-sunken Altoonis are using their evil magic to unleash giant monsters on the world? Or that they're making it seem that Elvira has turned traitor and joined them? It's all in "They Still Love Me in Altoonis: Part 3: Lo, There Shall Come An Ending...Or Something!" by Frank Strom, Ronn Sutton and Louis Lachance. Also: Elvira's foray into sizzling salsa puts her back into conflict with enemy Lois Denominator in "Chamber Pot Luck!" by Richard Howell, Gordon Purcell and Kim DeMulder. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Written by Frank Strom. Art by Tod Smith, Al Milgrom, Chuck Frazier and Louis Lachance. Sudden doom stalks Elvira -- or so says the "Interloping Enigma"...among other busy-bodies! By Frank Strom and Tod Smith. Also: Elvira joins up with Leonard Nimrod to solve the mystery of why alien forces are robbing Earth of coffee in "Trouble Brewin'!" By Strom and Chuck Frazier. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Written by Frank Strom and Janet Hetherington. Art by Tod Smith, Ricardo Villagran, Chuck Frazier and Louis Lachance. When Elvira and Spooky Suzie face off against each other in the Supremes Court (you can't hurry the law -- no, you just have to wait), they find out that the trials of horror hosts, like those of the Norse gods, involve being transported to a distant, hostile magical land and seeing who makes it back alive! This particular journey into misbehavior is titled "Trial and Terror!" and it's by Frank Strom, Tod Smith and Ricardo Villagran. Also: Elvira is a contestant on a wacky cable game show in "Stein Full of Dough!" by Janet Hetherington, Chuck Frazier and Louis Lachance. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.