CLAYPOOL COMICS FOR DECEMBER

ELVIRA #164

Lead story by Janet Hetherington, Tod Smith and Bill Anderson; Second story by Frank Strom, John Heebink and Terry Austin.

Elvira's joyous holiday prep is threatened by the most cosmic bean-counter of all, here to add Earth to his tally, in "Heed the Harold of Abacus, Collector of Worlds!" Also, an axe-wielding maniac tries to spoil a females-only sorcery festival, in "Best Holiday Witches!"

32 pages, $3.50.

DEADBEATS #81

Story and art by Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran, cover by Howell and Joe Sinnott.

With Kirby gone, the campaign to protect the Mystic Grove from the looming disaster is a shambles. Neither the mortals nor the vampires can defuse the fearsome forces of destruction, leaving Radu, the White Wizard, as the town's only hope, in "Tear Up This Town!"

32 pages, black and white, $2.50.