Blog Alert: All In Black & White For 75 Cents

I have been meaning to write about All In Black & White For 75 Cents for a while now and I keep putting it off. Seems like I waited far too long for the last post was on October 12, 2008. There is a slight chance that future posts may start again but the past posts are still there to read. All In Black & White For 75 Cents featured reviews and scanned pages from such classic magazines as Bizarre Adventures, Famous Monsters of Filmland, Epic Illustrated, The Hulk, Vampirella and more.

2008 Halloween Countdown 19: Marvel Spring Special #1

Marvel Spring Special #1 (October 1988) is the official comic book adaptation of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark movie by Sid Jacobson with pencils by Ernie Colon and inked by Romeo Tanghal. The cover was done by Ernie Colon and Joe Jusko. The black and white magazine is forty-four pages so I will only be posting the first page to give you an idea of the artwork. This is a nice companion to the movie but several scenes are not in the magazine (especially my favorite where Elvira is being spied on). Only one black and white pinup of her is found inside while the back cover has a color pinup. The ads for Stray Toasters and Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers could have been dropped for more pinups of the Mistress of the Dark.

Marvel Spring Special #1 cover

Inside front cover

Marvel Spring Special #1 page 1

Elvira closeup pinup

Back cover
Unfortunately, no one has yet to make a comic book adaptation of her second movie, Elvira's Haunted Hills, which is the better of the two in my opinion.