Two pop culture dynamos will meet up in a crossover series written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner this summer. Dynamite Entertainment has announced that Elvira, Mistress of the Dark will “pair up” with DC’s Harley Quinn.
“What do you get when you slam a Maid of Mischief and a Mistress of the Dark together?” Conner said. “Sheer chaos, escapades and fun! Holee pandemolee, who WOULDN’T wanna see the Vivacious Elvira and the Hijinky Harley Quinn get together for a bunch of wisecracking and clowning around? And a bit of naughtiness. Okay. Maybe a lot. I can’t wait to work on this book!”
The art team and an exact release date were not announced, but the crossover did receive an endorsement from Elvira herself:
“Recently I’ve gotten the chance to have my Elvira character crossover with some other icons of horror and even personal friends of mine, like H.P. Lovecraft and Vincent Price,” said Cassandra Peterson, the voice and visage behind the Mistress of the Dark. “My fiendish fans may recall that my entry to comics was with DC, and it’s exciting to be working with them again, and with one of their most revered characters. There are few who can match my charisma and appeal, but Harley is up there!”
Elvira hosted DC’s House of Mystery title in the late 1980s, but the license for Elvira comics now rests with Dynamite.
“We are super excited to not only revisit our lovely Harley Quinn and her gang in Coney Island, but it seems like a match made in heaven… or hell, having the ever stunning Elvira, Mistress of the Dark along for the ride in this team-up to end all team-ups,” Palmiotti said. “We are talking ICONS here! This is one of those circumstances where the characters have so much in common that the books almost write themselves. The trouble these two are going to be getting in will be epic!”
Per Dynamite. details on creative teams, story details, formats and release dates will be shared “soon.”