Elvira’s House of Mystery

    (DC, 1986-1987)
DC

Elvira has long been a cult favorite on the small screen. As host of her own late-night TV show, she would show truly terrible horror movies, using the time around commercial breaks to ridicule the movie with a series of awful jokes. And then there was the dress…

Naturally, when DC wanted a host for its new House of Mystery series, it chose her. So, for a brief, eleven-issue run, the Mistress of the Dark had a new career. Instead of hosting terrible horror movies, she hosted some rather nice horror comic stories. Fans of the older House of Mystery series will be cheered to note that their old host, the ghoulish Cain, returned in issue #10 to stage a palace revolt. He got his comeuppance soon after, however, when his brother Abel, the old House of Secrets host, pushed Cain aside to host the eleventh and final issue.
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  • 1
    #1
    Jan 1986
    Cover: $1.50
    W: Joey Cavalieri, Philip Clark, Robert Kanigher, Dennis Yee, Jack C. Harris  ·  A: Ron Wagner, Tom Grindberg, Arthur Geroche, Dennis Yee, Dan Spiegle
    Double-size
    2 copies from $66.98
  • 1/NS
    #1 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Brian Bolland
    Jan 1986
    Cover: $1.50
    W: Joey Cavalieri, Philip Clark, Robert Kanigher, Dennis Yee, Jack C. Harris  ·  A: Ron Wagner, Tom Grindberg, Arthur Geroche, Dennis Yee, Dan Spiegle
    Double-size
    1 copy for $66.98
  • 2
    #2
    Apr 1986
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Joey Cavalieri, Robert Kanigher  ·  A: Bob Oksner, Angel Trinidad Jr., Noly Zamora
    5 copies from $4.95
  • 2/NS
    #2 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Denys Cowan
    Apr 1986
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Joey Cavalieri, Robert Kanigher  ·  A: Bob Oksner, Angel Trinidad Jr., Noly Zamora
    1 copy for $24.98
  • 3
    #3
    May 1986
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Joey Cavalieri, Robert Kanigher  ·  A: Stan Woch, Angel Trinidad Jr., Jess M. Jodloman
    4 copies from $7.95
  • 3/NS
    #3 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Denys Cowan
    May 1986
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Joey Cavalieri, Robert Kanigher  ·  A: Stan Woch, Angel Trinidad Jr., Jess M. Jodloman
    1 copy for $19.98
  • 4
    #4
    Jun 1986
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Heather Kilgour, Gael Montgomery, Dennis Yee  ·  A: Rory Metcalf, Shawn McManus, Dennis Yee
    5 copies from $5.50
  • 5
    #5
    Jul 1986
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Joey Cavalieri, Rory Metcalf, Robert Kanigher  ·  A: Mark Beachum, Tom Grindberg, Dick Ayers
    5 copies from $24.95
  • 6
    #6
    Aug 1986
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Tom Bierbaum, Mary Bierbaum, Robert Kanigher, Elizabeth M. Smith, Joey Cavalieri  ·  A: Tom Grindberg, George Freeman, Charles Nicholas, Jess M. Jodloman, Ric Estrada
    Sideways issue
    5 copies from $12.95
  • 7
    #7
    Sep 1986
    Cover: $0.75
    W: James Geldhof, Mike W. Barr  ·  A: James Geldhof, Tom Yeates
    Science-fiction issue
    5 copies from $10.50
  • 8
    #8
    Oct 1986
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Mike Baron, Mike Murray, Kerry Gammill, Robin Snyder  ·  A: Bjorn Ousland, Kerry Gammill, Ric Estrada
    5 copies from $7.95
  • 9
    #9
    Nov 1986
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Darren Auck, Dennis Yee  ·  A: Darren Auck, Graham Nolan
    5 copies from $14.95
  • 10
    #10
    Dec 1986
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Robert Kanigher, Stan Timmons  ·  A: Ernesto B. Patricio, Jose Matucenio, Dwight Turner
    1 copy for $5.95
  • 11
    #11
    Jan 1987
    Cover: $1.25
    W: Dennis Yee, Tom Bierbaum, Mary Bierbaum, Murray Boltinoff  ·  A: Gene Colan, Tom Grindberg, Dan Spiegle, Gerry Talaoc
    Double-size; Final Issue
    2 copies from $125.00
  • SE 1
    Special Edition #1
    Mar 1987
    Cover: $1.25
    W: Joey Cavalieri, Michael Fleisher, Barbara Randall, Dave Manak  ·  A: Frank Springer, Jack Sparling, Stephen DeStefano, Dave Manak
    Christmas stories
    1 copy for $30.00