The Mistress of the Dark has attracted her fair share of men. Now, she's the object of desire of Dracula, Lord of the Vampires. As she seeks to escape the clutches of Vlad, she travels back in time to a rainy Lake Geneva, 1816.
There she meets Frankenstein's mother, Mary Godwin. Oh, you may not recognize that name seeing as Mary hasn't married her fiance, Percy Shelley, yet.
Dracula has also fallen through time after Elvira and he's not taking no for an answer. All others protecting her, including Mary, are collateral damage. Can Elvira escape the deadly bloodsucker without changing history seeing as Frankenstein hasn't been written yet?
This isn't Elvira's first time in comics. Unfortunately, she's not had very much success in this media. Bettie Page's David Avallone pens a very funny and very smart time-travel opener here and I am hoping that this mini will prove to be a hit!
The artwork of Dave Acosta (Chastity) is really good. It's a mix of Gothic horror and caricature. I almost expected it to have some very silly Easter eggs in the background, like a sign saying 'Eat at Vlad's' on the wall. The sort of thing you would see in a MAD Magazine. Acosta thankfully restrains himself from such a move. But he's got a style that would be at home with the 'usual gang of idiots.'
This series has potential. I can't wait to get the rest of it. The last page has Elvira travelling to meet another important figure in horror history and I'm excited to see who she will meet in rest of this book.
Worth Consuming!
Rating: 8 out of 10 stars.
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