CLAYPOOL COMICS FOR JUNE

ELVIRA #158

Lead story by by Frank Strom, Tod Smith, and Bill Anderson; second story by by Janet Hetherington, Ron Lim, and Al Milgrom.

Elvira's promotional trip to a western dude ranch leads her into danger, when a meteor in the hills creates a horde of giant mutant toads, in "Gurl Crazy!" Also, a monster in the grocery aisle causes a huge foodfight, in "Beware ... Ugglor the Improbable!"

32 pages, black and white, $2.50.

DEADBEATS #78

Story and art by Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran, cover by Howell and Louis Lachance.

Now that Kirby's evil undead counterpart is no longer blocked from draining the blood of innocents, he embarks on a murderous rampage, and his first victim might be another vampire -- since young Mason Collier is determined to stop the carnage before it starts, in "No Brother of Mine!"

32 pages, black and white, $2.50.