Countdown to Halloween 2019 Day 20: Elvira Mistress of the Dark Spring Special

The cover of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark Spring Special features her holding her dagger while sitting on a pile of sinister looking jack o' lanterns. This issue was put out earlier this year from Dynamite Entertainment. Elvira is featured in two stories. The first is titled "Drive-in of the Dead" that features her meeting George Rottmero, who has an interesting secret. The second story is titled "The Satan 500" that features her racing the Devil while a clown serves as her navigator.

Countdown to Halloween 2019 Day 19: Elvira Asks Got Blood?

Now we know exactly what kind of creature the Mistress of the Dark is when she asks "Got blood?"

Countdown to Halloween 2019 Day 18: Grimm Tales of Terror 2019 Halloween Special

Join Keres, the goddess of death, as she presents three terror-filled stories in Grimm Tales of Terror 2019 Halloween Special from Zenescope Entertainment. There is a total of five covers and this is cover A, which features a busty grim reaper sitting on a scarecrow's arm. The other covers include a giant scorpion, a busty Red Riding Hood, a redheaded succubus and a gothic cheerleader. The stories and art are both great. You might still find it on the shelf of your local comic book shop.

Countdown to Halloween 2019 Day 17: Svengoolie Meets DC Universe

I can't believe that I have not posted about Svengoolie before. The horror host will be featured in Svengoolie Meets the DC Universe #1 to celebrate his 40th anniversary. This will actually be a four-part series of "chapters" featured as two page inserts inside selected titles starting October 16 (yes, I should have posted this Tuesday or yesterday).

Click here for more information and an interview with Rich Koz aka Svengoolie and Dan DiDio.

Countdown to Halloween 2019 Day 16: Bettie Page Halloween Specials

The cover of Bettie Page Halloween Special 2018 features the Queen of Pinups facing a ghoulish duplicate of herself as it steps out of the mirror:

The Bettie Page Halloween Special 2019 cover features her dressed up as a sexy witch:

Both are from Dynamite Entertainment.

Countdown to Halloween 2019 Day 15: Elvira In Hallway

Let's heat things up a little bit with this picture of Elvira in a narrow hallway showing her sexy leg:

Countdown to Halloween 2019 Day 14: Gotham City Monsters #1 and #2

Gotham City Monsters is a six issue mini-series from DC Comics that started last month. The cover of #1 features Killer Croc, Frankenstein, Andrew Bennett, Orca and Lady Clay. The story takes place in MonsterTown, a section of Gotham City where monsters dwell. Andrew Bennett battles mad vampire monks before searching for their new king. Killer Croc is bummed because he can't find a "normal" job due to his looks after being released from the Suicide Squad. His friend, Tusk, offers him some opera tickets at the Magus Theatre, which he refuses. Frankenstein basically tracks down a possessed minotaur in a bar before setting him on fire. Grace Balin aka Orca attacks a ship in the harbor with a shipment for Bane, who now rules Gotham City, before retreating to her cave. Sandra Fuller aka Lady Clay flies to her apartment before heading to the Magus theatre. She enters disguised as man in a suit.

In the MonsterTown Station, Frankenstein learns from a talking mandrill that his master is giving an opera and would love for him to attend. A group of mandrills move a giant cauldron filled with bubbling green goop inside the Magus Theatre. Andrew Bennett joins a watchful Frankenstein on the roof of the theatre. They share information about Melmoth, the Monarch of Mars. Frankenstein literally cuts Bennett in half with a giant sword because he had bitten one of the vampire monks tainted with Melmoth's blood.

Inside the Magus Theatre, the mandrills are on stage with the cauldron while music is playing. A magician named the Red Phantom is being held captive in one full-length mirror while a demonic Melmoth is in another. The green goop goes to the enthralled audience including Tusk and Lady Clay like stardust before they start foaming at the mouth. I won't spoil the ending but it's a good one so pick up Gotham City Monsters #1.

The cover of Gotham City Monsters #2 features a demonic Melmoth stepping out of the bat-signal while holding Andrew Bennett. At his feet are the defeated bodies of Frankenstein, Lady Clay and Orca. I won't go into much detail about this issue except to say that there is more to the Red Phantom than him being just a vaudeville magician. Also, Frankenstein enlists the aid of Lady Clay, Orca and Killer Croc. Bennett tries to face a human-looking Melmoth on his own.

I really wasn't expecting the first two issues of Gotham City Monsters to be all that but they are and I can't wait to read the rest of the mini-series. I would like to see this title become a monthly or another mini-series in the future. Also, the Red Phantom needs his own series and become a member of Justice League Dark.

Countdown to Halloween 2019 Day 13: Elvira Busting Out at Hit It Rich Slots

Wow, it's been a while since I last posted about an online game at Facebook. Elvira Busting Out at Hit It Rich! Slots has been out for several months but I've been saving it for today. I've been playing it several times a week and I've had some really big wins. My highest big win was around thirty million coins (shame that I can't trade for real cash but then it would probably only be three dollars). Anyway, I captured some various screenshots from Elvira Busting Out at Hit It Rich! Slots for you to enjoy for this year's Countdown to Halloween including this ad that I got in my emal:

The play screen once the Facebook online game finally loads and it features the Mistress of the Dark eating popcorn

Elvira Busting Out title screen with flying bats (yes, they are animated):

You can bet different amounts of coins on Elvira Busting Out at Hit It Rich! Slots. The higher you bet, the high your reward will be:

Elvira's famous dagger is one of the icons along with a hand reaching up from the grave. The spellbook allows the player to collect more coins:

The Mistress of the Dark holding someone's brain after they sold it for more coins to play this online slot machine. I think that skeleton might have sold more than his brain. Elvira's also enjoying some popcorn after gazing in her crystal ball. The icons are animated so you can see her pumpkins bounce:

The Big Win screen shows Elvira busting out on her famous red velvet couch:

Countdown to Halloween 2019 Day 12: Wooden Halloween Decorations

I picked up these wooden Halloween Decorations last month at the local Dollar Tree. Each of them has a loop of string at the top for easy hanging. I can't really see hanging these up but I thought the haunted house would make for a good backdrop for small toys. I still haven't got around to painting them yet.

Countdown to Halloween 2019 Day 11: Elvira at Salem Horror Fest

From Salem Horror Fest Events: Meet Elvira, Mistress of the Dark:

"Cassandra Peterson is returning to Salem Horror Fest, and this time she is bringing Elvira, Mistress of the Dark with her! Visit the Haunted Harbor for photo opps, autographs, and selfies! For the first time ever, Cassandra Peterson will be hosting a super exclusive, private tea time event! Unpleasant dreams do come true."
(I bet you were wondering when I was going to post something to do with Elvira.)

Countdown to Halloween 2019 Day 10: Secrets of Sinister House 80-page Giant #1

This year's collection of horror stories from DC Comics is presented in Secrets of Sinister House 80-page Giant #1. The cover features a scared Joker with a blood-thirsty vampiric Batman from behind him. The original series started with #5 came out in 1972 (it was previously called The Sinister House of Secret Love, which debuted in 1971) and lasted for fourteen issues.

The first story features Red Rain Batman in "Nightmare Mist." He faces Talon from the Court of Owls as he tries to kidnap the very young Barbara Gordon. This was a very interesting story and a vampiric Batman should never try to make a toothy smile at a little girl.

The Atom is featured in the second story titled "The Footsteps of the Old Worm". Ryan Choi aka the Atom is asked to investigate why earthworms are coming to the surface after plenty of rain. The woman who asked for his help thinks it has something to do with the demolition foreman attacking his crew with a buzz saw. The old house that they were hired to demolish have no earthworms for a mile radius. What he finds under the old house is beyond words and makes me not to want to go fishing with earthworms ever again. Harley Quinn and Zatanna are featured in the third story titled

"Calling Dr. Bonkers!". Zatanna picks up Harley in the Nevada desert while on her way to a Halloween blow-out in Las Vegas. They stop at the Clown Around Inn when it starts raining at night. The inn is owned by Ernie Arthur aka Dr. Bonkers, who was a clown on a kids' tv show. Of course, Harley is a big fan and even sings the theme song. She asks to see him and the old desk clerk tells her that he is buried in the graveyard behind the inn. He shows them to their room and Harley immediately falls asleep. Zatanna opens the closet and there are clowns of various colors and sizes. The desk clerk is not what he seems and you know who shows up. The ending is hilarious and I would love to see Harley Quinn and Zatanna team up more in the future. The fourth story is titled

"Out of My Skin" and features Martian Manhunter. He investigates a swamp where a string of animals and a human were found skinned. It was nice to see him in his Detective Jones disguise. He finds an alien shapeshifter that was skinning the animals and human. The ending is a little depressing but the story is still worth reading.

The fifth story is titled "Dreamweaver" and features Justice League Dark. Bobo the Detective Chimp is the main character as he searches for his lost teammates. He finds out that he's in his worst nightmare but he wakes up and finds himself in the Oblivion Bar. Seated around the table are Swamp Thing, Wonder Woman, Zatanna and Man-Bat bound with purple tentacles. The real culprit of the nightmares turns out to be someone rather unexpected. A great story that makes me wonder why Bobo doesn't have his own series yet.

The sixth story is titled "House of the Dead" and is a Secrets of Sinister House original. A married couple and their daughter move into the creepy Drake Mansion. The little girl plays with her new unseen friend while her mom finds the history of the house on the Internet including the murderous dark priest that built the place. Of course, you find out who the little girl's unseen friend is and he asks her if she has any matches. The ending surprised me because it features one of my favorite dead man.

"Fear 101" is the seventh story featuring the Green Lanterns. Jessica and Baz are having breakfast together when they receive an alert to rescue starship survivors. He disappears early on the ship leaving her on her own. Of course, Jessica's fears mount while she searches the ship. Interesting story but it felt a little too short for me.

Finally, John Constantine is featured in the eighth and last story titled "Hell is for Dreamers". He is haunted by a dead actress that wants him to find the man that killed her. Unfortunately, the killer is also dead so she swears to haunt Constantine until she has her revenge. What he does makes Secrets of Sinister House 80-page Giant #1 worth getting.

Countdown to Halloween 2019 Day 9: Vengeance of Vampirella #1 Covers

Dynamite Entertainment is giving Vengeance of Vampirella a second volume for her fiftieth anniversary. The first volume debuted in 1994 and it was a great series. The original writer of the first volume, Tom Sniegoski, is back. The story takes place twenty-five years in the future with a destroyed Vampirella and Mistress Nyx has created a gloomy world. There are five covers for Vengeance of Vampirella and they are pretty cool.

Cover A by Joshua Middleton:

Cover B by Frank Cho and Sabine Rich:

Cover C by Ben Oliver:

Cover D by Lucio Parrillo:

Cover E is a cosplay variant:

Crafter's Square Halloween Ceramic Painting Sets

I picked up four Crafter's Square Halloween Ceramic Painting Sets at the Dollar Tree that opened just a few months ago. Each of them has a three inch tall unpainted ceramic figurine, three paint set and a paintbrush. Each figurine has a hook in the top of their heads with a loop of string. Unfortunately, the only paint colors are orange, purple and black. I couldn't resist them since they were a dollar each.

There is a Dracula Ceramic Painting Set:

There is a Frankenstein's Monster Ceramic Painting Set:

There is a Pumpkinhead Ceramic Painting Set:

Finally, there is a Witch Ceramic Painting Set:

Countdown to Halloween 2019 Day 7: DCeased: A Good Day To Die #1 Cover

While DCeased #6 won't be out until November, there is a one-shot special. Mister Miracle, Big Barda, Blue Beetle and Mr. Terrific fight a horde of zombies on the cover of DCeased: A Good Day To Die #1. Mr. Terrific gathers Mister Miracle, Big Barda, Blue Beetle and Booster Gold to try to save the world from zombies. They try to recruit John Constantine, Fire and Ice. Unfortunately, the magician refuses and the superheroines are now zombies. The best part of this issue is Constantine's attitude towards Waverider and Dr. Fate. The cliffhanger ending could easily lead to another special in the future.

Countdown to Halloween 2019 Day 6: DCeased #5 Cover

Wonder Woman faces a zombified Superman armed with a sword and shield on the cover of DCeased #5. In this issue, Lex Luthor offers a truce to Superman in order to help the human race survive. He suggests leaving earth in arks while Superman refuses to leave. Gotham City becomes a jungle haven thanks to Poison Ivy while the Amazons of Themyscira welcome survivors of both sexes. They start building arks before a zombified Martian Manhunter invades the Fortress of Solitude where all the superheroes are gathered. Superman then finds out what happens when he flies faster than a speeding bullet into a zombified Flash that is running faster than the speed of sound (it's not pretty, folks).

Countdown to Halloween 2019 Day 5: DCeased #4 Cover

The cover to DCeased #4 features Sgt. Rock and Easy Company being ambushed by zombified versions of Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman. I really would have liked to see this battle take place inside this issue. Instead, the highlights include a giant zombified Giganta attacking Metropolis and a microscopic zombified Atom causing Captain Atom to go nuclear in Washington, D.C..

Countdown to Halloween 2019 Day 4: DCeased #3 Cover

The cover of DCeased #3 features Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman fighting a horde of zombies (the latter kind of looks like he may be using his heat vision against a zombified Power Girl). Harley Quinn blows away a zombified Joker in this issue.