Elvira Mistress of the Dark (1993) comic books 2001-2003

Kidnapped and brought to a secluded island, Elvira and four other abductees are forced to save their own lives by...cooking? Yes, it's extreme food prep--culinary sudden death--all at the command of the sinister Iron-Handed Chef, and it's all in "Recipe for Terror!" Also, Elvira's drafted into helping out a couple whose love life is better when he's in werewolf form, in "Movin' On Up--to the Beast Side." By Frank Strom, Dan Day, Louis Lachance, Richard Howell, Chuck Frazier and Kim DeMulder. Cover price $2.50.

Elvira's freewheeling interview style sets off a feud between her and the nasty Goth-gal Mistress Luna! They'd best get the hatchet buried before the unholy rite that's set to take place at the Smooch concert. It's all in "Goth Sides Now!" By Frank Strom, Ronn Sutton, Bruce Patterson, Richard Howell and Dave Simons. Cover price $2.50.

Elvira and two pals attempt to finance their own low-budget movie, starring themselves in their quest to find the nudie sorceress who haunts the woods. The naked truth's all in "The Bayer Witch Project!" Also, Elvira's shampooing in the shower looses the deadly menace of three big Hollywood egos, in "Mess in a Bottle." By Frank Strom, John Heebink, Mike Manley, Jo Duffy, Tod Smith and Al Vey. Cover price $2.50.

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Written by Frank Strom and Janet Hetherington. Art by Ronn Sutton, Bruce Patterson, Chuck Frazier and Bill Anderson. Elvira partners up with dig-site daredevil Tia LaCaramba to uncover an ancient tomb, but things go awry when they discover that the treasure trove is doubling as the lair of one of her oldest, most ubiquitous enemies -- and a rare, deadly Goldam-Wing robot. You're sure to dig "Relic Raider!" by Frank Strom, Ronn Sutton and Bruce Patterson. Also: Elvira's job as a cereal spokesperson bring her into conflict with vengeful cartoon mascots in "Magically Malicious" by Janet Hetherington, Chuck Frazier and Bill Anderson. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Written by Frank Strom and Richard Howell. Art by Dan Day, Louis Lachance, Anna-Maria Cool and Mike Manley. Elvira befriends a lonely teenage girl -- one with rage, repressions and...telekinesis! When the Mistress of the Dark tries to help, in song and dance, copies will be flying off the shelves because it's "Scarrie: The Musical" by Frank Strom, Dan Day and Louis Lachance. Also: Elvira searches for the sinister secret behind a showroom full of androgynous models in "My Little Runaway" by Richard Howell, Anna-Maria Cool and Mike Manley. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Written by Frank Strom and John A. Wilcox. Art by Tod Smith, Bruce Patterson, Jim Mooney and Louis Lachance. Ages ago, the mystical Unalith appeared. Then, it infected the evolution (and careers) of the '60s rockers the Primitive Apes. Now, Elvira befriends Davy, one of the Apes, and agrees to help him and his mates invade a space station -- one that is maintained by the obsessive-compulsive computer PAL. Yep, it's time for "2001: A Space Fallacy" by Frank Strom, Tod Smith and Bruce Patterson. Also: Elvira's on location for a jungle adventure flick, and the only one who can help her complete it is Shaboo, the Elephant Boy, in "Pach it In" by John A. Wilcox, Jim Mooney and Louis Lachance. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Written by Frank Strom and Jo Duffy. Art by Dan Day, Louis Lachance, Richard Howell and Kim DeMulder. Elvira is substitute teaching at an all-girls school, which puts her in the hot seat when one student develops a deadly, sorcerous crush on a local bad-boy rock star. It's all in "One Fright Stand!" by Frank Strom, Dan Day and Louis Lachance. Also: A furry rodent kicks off an ancient Egyptian terror in "Seeing a Large Bat On a Hot Tin Roof Sundae" by Jo Duffy, Richard Howell and Kim DeMulder. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Written by Frank Strom, Richard Howell and Kurt Busiek. Art by Tod Smith, Ronn Sutton, Bruce Patterson, Amanda Conner, Bill Anderson, Richard Howell, Al Milgrom, Steve Leialoha and Dan DeCarlo. Super-special 100th issue! Special features! Elvira's passing the milestone of one hundred monthly issues at Claypool! Does this issue also celebrate her passing from this life? Many, many guest stars from Elvira's eventful history gather to observe "The Death of Elvira!" by Frank Strom and Tod Smith. It's not a hoax, not a dream, and has very little to do with Red Elvira-ite. Then, the Mistress of the Dark narrates the origin of Bela, her shape-changing pet; actually, several origins, each done in a different art style, in "That Old Familiar Feeling," written by Richard Howell and featuring art by Ronn Sutton and Bruce Patterson, Amanda Conner and Bill Anderson (children's storybook version), Richard Howell and Al Milgrom (Simon and Kirby romance comic version) and Steve Leialoha (Walt Kelly-style version). Also: To top off the fun, Elvira helps Spooky Suzie move into her new mansion -- in a neighborhood so quiet and cozy that it creeps Elvira out in "Suburban Fear" by Kurt Busiek, with a super-special art job by the avatar of the "Archie"-style of art, Mr. Josie himself...Dan DeCarlo! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

\Written by Frank Strom and Richard Howell. Art by Dan Day, Louis Lachance, Tod Smith and Ricardo Villagran. Elvira's boss, Roz Wyck, has been behaving more bizarrely than usual, and an incredibly rare ailment is the cause. So Elvira -- with the help of pulp action hero Doc Feral -- shrinks to sub-atomic size to attack the problem at its source! It's all in "Voyage to the Center of the Fantastic!" by Frank Strom, Dan Day and Louis Lachance. Also: El's side job as an asylum laundress prompts her to smuggle out the writings of the missing soap-opera head writer known as the 'Marquis De Suds' in "Shills!" by Richard Howell, Tod Smith and Ricardo Villagran. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Written by Frank Strom and Richard Howell. Art by Ronn Sutton, Bruce Patterson, Chuck Frazier and Bill Anderson. She's got a little bundle from Heaven...or is it from Hell? Elvira finds a lovable little baby on her doorstep, and all is bliss -- until she discovers that the child is really a greedy, soul-sucking monster and it goes off on a rampage! It's all in "Who's Yo' Mama?" by Frank Strom, Ronn Sutton and Bruce Patterson. Also: A tale by Richard Howell, Chuck Frazier and Bill Anderson. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Written by Frank Strom and Richard Howell. Art by Dan Day, Louis Lachance, Anna-Maria Cool and Kim DeMulder. A young student's spell goes awry and summons Elvira to the Haugwosh school for wizards -- where she vows to help the boy with his magic lesson, dealing with the faculty and mastering the arcane team sport of Squiddicth. It's all in a take-off of this month's most talked-about movie, called "Larry Plotter and the Tutor of Terror," by Frank Strom, Dan Day and Louis Lachance. Also: El's latest moonlighting gig -- on the hugely hyped supernatural serial Fixations -- leads her into dumbness and danger in "Passions of the Day" by Richard Howell, Anna-Maria Cool and Kim DeMulder. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Home for the Horror-Days - Written by Frank Strom. Art by John Heebink and Ricardo Villagran. Book-length bonanza! The holidays are a time to gather with family and friends and count the blessings, but Elvira finds her addition skills put to the test when she travels to the Minnesota homestead of her pal Pierce, only to face culinary crises, demented domestic drama, and bizarre ravenous wights that live in the basement of the family home. It's all in this yuletide extravaganza! It's truly a holiday tale to assail the senses. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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.

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Written by Frank Strom and Janet Hetherington. Art by Ronn Sutton, Bruce Patterson, Tod Smith and Al Vey. Somebody's impersonating Elvira! Well, to do that, one would need...some body! Elvira's dashing to and fro to all manner of personal appearances -- too many, in fact, for any one Mistress of the Dark! Is that why an impersonator thinks he(!) can cut into El's action and take her place at some of these events? Based on a 'True Incident' in Elvira's career, "A Bargain at Twice the Price!" is by Frank Strom, Ronn Sutton and Bruce Patterson. Also: Elvira's role in a gladiator movie puts her in touch with actor Musscles Showe...and the goddess Venus (last seen in Soulsearchers and Company (1993) #48) in "Caesar's Salad Days!" by Janet Hetherington, Tod Smith and Al Vey. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Date with an Angle! - Written by Frank Strom. Art by Tod Smith and Bruce Patterson. Elvira's newest gal-pal is Venus, Goddess of Love -- and the deity is on a crusade: She wants romance to flourish again in anybody's life, and what better way to show off the old hearts 'n' flowers than to send Elvira on a parade of dates? The Mistress of the Dark gets fixed up royally, with hilarious results -- all in the name of love -- in this book-length bonanza! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Written by Frank Strom and Richard Howell. Art by Dan Day, Bruce Patterson, Tod Smith and Louis Lachance. Elvira's nasty boss, Roz, has the entire TV station automated. Trouble is, the new computer's out to eliminate Elvira, but any computer who'd threaten Elvira must be some sort of..."Resident Idiot!" By Frank Strom, Dan Day and Bruce Patterson. Also: The Venus trilogy concludes with "Sheer Cupidity!" By Richard Howell, Tod Smith and Louis Lachance. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Written by Frank Strom and Richard Howell. Art by Dan Day, Louis Lachance, Ronn Sutton and Bill Anderson. When Elvira clashes with the Anti-Elvira Revenge League (led by the Duke of A.E.R.L.), it's no-holds-barred -- except for excessive violence and salty language, of course, since the battle's being overseen by the Citizens' Committee for Comic Book Decency! It's all in "Fright and Malice!" by Frank Strom, Dan Day and Louis Lachance. Also: Elvira investigates monsters hijacking nuclear waste in "Bomb Warnings!" by Richard Howell, Ronn Sutton and Bill Anderson. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

10th Anniversary Issue! Dream a dream of Fear City...in a book-length extravaganza with the Deadbeats and the Soulsearchers & Company. By Frank Strom, Tod Smith, Louis Lachance, Richard Howell, Terry Austin, John Heebink and Bob Wiacek. Cover price $2.50.

Written by Frank Strom and Richard Howell. Art by Tod Smith, Terry Austin, Chuck Frazier and Louis Lachance. Imagine a future in which Elvira and Spooky Suzie are sisters, defeating all the techno-foes that menace Earth (like Cerebellax) and protecting El's secret identity. "The Elvira of 2952: Part 1" is by Frank Strom, Tod Smith and Terry Austin. Also: Elvira takes on a man-hating chat show, "The Spew!" By Richard Howell, Chuck Frazier and Louis Lachance. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Cover Photo by David Goldner. Stories by Frank Strom and Richard Howell. Art by Tod Smith, Dan Day and Terry Austin. The future Elvira and her sister face the sinister Skelloween and his plot to destroy Playcool Comics' shipment to Diamondopolis Dimensional Distribution, in "The Elvira of 2952: Part 2"! Plus: "Remember My Name"! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Cover Photo by David Goldner. Stories by Frank Strom and Richard Howell. Pencils by John Heebink and Tod Smith. Thefts of priceless kitsch-movie collectibles pit Elvira against a master wolf-burglar in "It Takes a Creep!" Plus, psychic investigators enlist Elvira's aid in "The Mansion Family!", Chapter 1 of The Haunting! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Cover Photo by David Goldner. Stories by Frank Strom and Richard Howell. Art by Ronn Sutton, Tod Smith and Louis Lachance. Tabloid reporter Karl Koaltax sees supernatural causes lurking behind every crisis. Now he's enlisted Elvira to help him prove it in "The Fright Stalker Cometh!" Also, a wandering specter leads Elvira into danger in "Seeds of Danger!", Chapter 2 of The Haunting! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Cover Photo by David Goldner. Stories by Frank Strom and Richard Howell. Pencils by Ronn Sutton and Tod Smith. Ghosts from the ice menace skater Irenya Spookskaya, so Elvira teams up with literary pooch Itchbone to freeze their assets in "Elvira on Ice!" Also, the evil forces beneath Wilkie House reach upwards in "Put the Emphasis on the Ladder!", Chapter 3 of The Haunting! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Cover Photo by Bobbie Kitchens. Stories by Frank Strom and Richard Howell. Art by Tod Smith, James Fry and Louis Lachance. Dracula's daughter Vladia wants to get married at Elvira's Vegas stage show, but what about the local madman who's kidnapping vampires, in "With this Ring ... I Thee Bled!" Also featuring "Doubles, Bungles, and Babes"! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Cover Photo by Lynn Goldsmith. Stories by Frank Strom and Janet Hetherington. Art by Tod Smith, Dan Day and Louis Lachance. In "And to All a Good Fright," Elvira Is loaned out to a big-budget holiday extravaganza -- but how will "The Ginch" survive filmed by David Flynch or Tim Bourbon? Also, Elvira visits a farm town where the locals have been mutated by meteors, except for hunky Dark Dent, in "Mallville!" 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.