Happy Halloween 2021

A Happy Halloween to one and all with this cover from Elvira's House Of Mystery #11 (January, 1987), the last issue of the series, drawn by Dave Stevens.

The series began in 1986, featuring Cassandra Peterson as the host, replacing Cain, and even had a special after the regular series ended!

Happy Birthday Elvira

 

Technically, it may or may or may not be Elvira's birthday, but it is the birthday of Cassandra Peterson, who plays Elvira...

...and what better way to celebrate than by learning something, like when Elvira was teaching school kids for this cover of the 10th issue of the 11 issue series of Elvira's House of Mystery (that was cover dated December, 1986, and drawn by Joe Orlando and Dick Giordano!).

Happy Halloween From Elvira's House Of Mystery

Happy Halloween from Elvira's House of Mystery.

Elvira's House of Mystery #1 (January, 1986) with a cover by Brian Bolland, featuring the horror host made famous by Cassandra Peterson), hosting tales of horror in a 64 page special, with stories by Joey Cavalieri, Philip Clark Jr., Robert Kanigher, Dennis Yee and Jack C. Harris,  and art by Ron Wagner, Bob Oksner, Tom Grindberg, Irwin Hasen, Shawn McManus, Arthur Geroche, Dennis Yee, Dan Adkins, Tex Blaisdell, and Dan Spiegle, as well as photos of Cassandra as Elvira.  

This then led to 10 more issues of horror hijinx, ending with another Halloween issue, as well as a Christmas Special.

Merry Christmas From Elvira

Getting your holidays mixed up?

Well, even if Halloween and Christmas aren't the same, Elvira celebrated Christmas with this....the Elvira's House of Mystery Special #1 of 1987, and a designed by Ed Hannigan, and drawn by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez.

The issue features tales such as "Elvira's Christmas Carol" by Joey Cavalieri and Frank Springer, "Oh What Fun To Laugh And Sing A Slaying Song Tonight!" by Michael Fleisher and Jack Sparling, "O, Christmas Tree" by Barbara Randall, Stephen DeStefano and Craig Boldman, "Twas The Night Before X-Mas" by Ed Hannigan and a pin-up by Paul Gulacy...all sure to delight any fan of Halloween or Christmas!