(May 1986)

DC, 1986 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1986-01-21
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Sal Amendola (editor); Dick Giordano (executive editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #24.

Comics Code Authority stamp missing from this cover due to nudity in several panels.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Elvira / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Denys Cowan (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wanna know how the west was really won?!
Genre
humor; horror-suspense
Characters
Elvira
Cover Thumbnail for Elvira's House of Mystery (DC, 1986 series) #3 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for Elvira's House of Mystery (1986 series) #3 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for Elvira's House of Mystery (1986 series) #3 [Canadian]
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Retribution -- or: We Don't Need No Stickin' Tin Badges! (Table of Contents: 1)

Elvira / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Joey Cavalieri
Pencils
Stan Woch
Inks
Dick Giordano
Colors
Elizabeth Safian (credited as Elizabeth Bérubé)
Letters
Duncan Andrews
Job Number
G-2381
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Yeeeeeha! Reach fer th' sky, ya cotton-mouthed sidewinder!
Genre
horror-suspense; western-frontier; humor
Characters
Elvira
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Framing sequence with 2 pages at beginning of issue, 1 page between the two stories and 1 page at end of issue.

Ballad of Hanging Rock (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Angel Trinidad (credited as Angel Trinidad, Jr.)
Inks
Angel Trinidad (credited as Angel Trinidad, Jr.)
Colors
Elizabeth Safian (credited as Elizabeth Bérubé)
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Summer blew in hot an' early... in old Arizona in 1830...
Genre
horror-suspense; western-frontier
Characters
Elvira (host)
Reprints

One Way Passage (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Jess Jodloman
Inks
Jess Jodloman
Colors
Elizabeth Safian
Letters
Esphid Mahilum
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Step to the rear of the elevator, please!
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Elvira (host)
Reprints
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Wanna know how the west was really won?!"]
    Elvira
  2. 1. Retribution -- or: We Don't Need No Stickin' Tin Badges!
    Elvira
  3. 2. Ballad of Hanging Rock
  4. 3. One Way Passage
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Jonathan Sari
  • Jim Van Dore
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