Elvira, Mistress of the Dark #82
In "Groan 2: I Know What You Did in Your Spare Time Last Spring!", Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, swaps her usual haunts for the wilds of Pogo Pogo Island after winning a sweepstakes prize. With her new friend Lovey "Luv" Love and the rock band The Groovy Grinches, she soon finds herself stalked by a mysterious man/panther during a violent storm. Written by Frank Strom and illustrated by Ronn Sutton, with inks by Bruce Patterson and letters by Susan Dorne, this 2000 Claypool Comics issue delivers a wild, spooky adventure that kicks off with a thunderous night and a chilling encounter in the jungle mansion of the sinister Doctor Bordeaux. The cover by Ronn Sutton captures the eerie mood perfectly.
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Ed McManhandle delivers to Elvira a winning cheque from Publishers Overstock Sweepstakes and prize tickets to Pogo Pogo Island. Elvira meets up with Lovey "Luv" Love, and the rock band The Groovy Grinches. Her first night there, a huge thunderstorm erupts, awakening her. She sees someone sneaking about. Following into the storm, she is attacked. Fighting back, she reveals the attacker's face to be a man/panther. Elvira escapes to the jungle mansion of Doctor Bordeaux who is changing humans into human/animal beings. Elvira escapes with the aid of Ed McManhandle, by burning down the mansion.
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