Pick a few key phrases out of the original MGM bios and development notes, and the number of hits that come up in a library-wide search tells one hell of a story – or perhaps more accurately, exposes just how little effort so many authors put into telling a story which would be original. The following analysis comes courtesy of my recent acquisition of the entire series in digital format, plus some handy epub-library software. In fact, about the most fascinating thing about it (at least to me) is just how fixated some of those authors were on sharing as much of those original development notes as possible. The result is a bizarre little series of highly variable tone and quality, existing in its own little parallel continuity, in which writers often referenced their own previous stories, and occasionally referenced one another's, but remained largely ignorant of almost anything that had ever happened in the show. It's a matter of record that few of the authors were fans (some, one rather suspects, had probably hardly seen the show at all), and were usually working from little more than a few pages of development notes – and it shows, not least thanks to how many seemed determined to pad their word counts by incorporating as much of those notes as possible.
A few are good, but most (as general fan consensus seems to agree) fail to capture the spirit of the series in any particularly convincing way, or are just not that well written, or (and frequently) both. She has appeared in National ad campaigns for Pepsi and Coors, recorded five music CDs, written four books and licensed over Four Hundred products including pinball machines, action figures, guitars, three comic book series, a beer, wine, soda pop, perfume, slot machines and the best-selling female costume of all time.RallamajoopSo, I've been poking through the library of old licensed fiction from the old Man from UNCLE paperback series and magazine. Elvira’s reign as ‘Queen of Halloween’ has now spanned thirty-five years and includes two nationally syndicated television series, two feature films (Elvira, Mistress of the Dark and Elvira’s Haunted Hills), an IMAX movie and two motion control rides. Played by actress-writer Cassandra Peterson, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark has carved out a niche in popular American culture that is sure to endure for decades to come.
(No spoilers!) Writer David Avallone (Bettie Page, Doc Savage, Twilight Zone) and Dave Acosta (Doc Savage) bring you the thrills, chills and double-entendres in the first chapter of this four-issue miniseries! The Mistress of the Dark has become unstuck in time! Elvira crashes Mary Shelley’s monster weekend, beginning an epic journey through horror history, stalked by the most terrifying nightmare to ever walk the Earth.
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