Elvira, Mistress of the Dark #156

(April 2006)

Spa-Tront! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Janet Hetherington

Pencils

Ronn Sutton

Inks

Hilary Barta

Letters

Kevin Cunningham

Editing

Richard Howell

Characters

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark; Rosalind Wyck.

Synopsis

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, is given a ticket for a free visit at "Stella's Star Spa". When Elvira arrives she is treated to the usual spa comforts including mud bath and hair styling, but Elvira soon figures out that the spa employees are actually outer space aliens in disguise. But who is she to turn down a free spa day regardless of who the employees are? So Elvira proceeds to have a manicure, and use the tanning bed.

Indexer Notes

A bit of an EC Comics tribute, the four aliens in "Spa-Tont!" are based on various alien created by Wally Wood in the 1950s for Weird Science and Weird Fantasy. Artist Ronn Sutton said: "I just wanted to see all them little boogers live one more time!"