Elvira, Mistress of the Dark #84
In "Shadow Over Sinnsport!", Elvira takes the stage at Mastodonic University in Sinnsport, New Jersey, only to find herself drawn into a bizarre mystery after a professor's sudden death. When punk-rocker Lawrence Q. Eggbert Jr. inherits the estate, Elvira and the rebellious heir are hunted by swamp horrors and otherworldly beings tied to a cursed comic—The Heckronomicon. Written by Frank Strom and illustrated by Ronn Sutton, with lettering by Susan Dorne and inks by Louis LaChance, this eerie tale blends academia, punk rock, and cosmic dread. Cover by Ronn Sutton.
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Elvira gives a lecture at Mastodonic University in Sinnsport, New Jersey. The next day, Professor Lucifer Conal tells Elvira that Professor Eggbert died suddenly. Conal becomes enraged to learn that punk-rocker Lawrence Q. Eggbert Jr is the will's sole beneficiary. Lawrence and Elvira are attacked by primal swamp monsters at a punk rock club. Elvira happens upon the Classics Delineated version of The Heckronomicon. They are attacked by weird otherworldly creatures, lead by Conal. When Conal reads the Heckronomicon comic, it summons a Cthulhu-like monster that carries him to another world.
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