2008 Halloween Countdown 6: Elvira's House of Mystery #2

Elvira's House of Mystery #2 (April 1986) from DC Comics is a Samurai special. The cover features the Mistress of the Dark holding a sword. The segment featuring Elvira is called "In Quest of a Caretaker" written by Joey Cavalier and drawn by Bob Oksner. The two tales of horror featured are "The Samurai Condemned To Live!" and "The Samurai Who Surprised Death!" I am only featuring the Elvira story in this post.


Elvira's House of Mystery #2 cover

In Quest of a Caretaker page 1

In Quest of a Caretaker page 2

In Quest of a Caretaker page 3

In Quest of a Caretaker page 4

In Quest of a Caretaker page 5

2008 Halloween Countdown 3: Elvira's Quest

"Elvira's Quest" is the filler story from Elvira's House of Mystery #1 (January 1986) from DC Comics. The segment was written by Joey Cavelieri, penciled by Bob Wagner, inked by Bob Oksner, colored by Liz Berube, lettered by Kurt Hathaway and edited by Sal Amendola. Here is the complete eleven page story:


Elvira's Quest page 1


Elvira's Quest page 2


Elvira's Quest page 3


Elvira's Quest page 4


Elvira's Quest page 5


Elvira's Quest page 6


Elvira's Quest page 7


Elvira's Quest page 8


Elvira's Quest page 9


Elvira's Quest page 10


Elvira's Quest page 11

If you would like to see larger images of the "Elvira's Quest", then check out my special Elvira's House of Mystery page.

Goodnight, Bob Oksner

Bob Oksner
October 14, 1916 to February 18, 2007

News From Me reported that comic book artist, Bob Oksner, passed away from pneumonia on February 18, 2007. Among his early work was the second Marvel Boy in 1943 for Timely Comics. He wrote and drew Miss Cairo Jones, a syndicated newspaper comic strip from 1945 to 1947. Sheldon Mayer, an editor at DC Comics, hired him to be an artist on comics adapted from other media. His works included Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Adventures of Jerry Lewis, Adventures of Bob Hope, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Sgt. Bilko, Pat Boone, Angel and the Ape, Welcome Back, Kotter, Elvira's House of Mystery and Stanley and His Monster. For King Features, he did art for the I Love Lucy newspaper comic. In the 1970s, Bob Oksner did artwork for Superman, Supergirl, Wonder Woman, Shazam!, Black Orchid, Lois Lane and others. He retired from comics in 1986.