"Book I: The Elsa Pact" is the first issue of the Puppet Master comic book limited series published by Malibu Graphics under their Eternity imprint. The book was written by David de Vries with artwork & inks by Glenn Lumsden. De Vries also provided the coloring for this issue and it was lettered by Glenn Lumsden. Editing assists were conducted by Mickie Villa and Dan Danko. This issue shipped with a December, 1990 cover date and carries a cover price of $2.50 per copy (US).
This issue gives special thanks to Charles Band and Mickey Kaiserman.
This book adapts the opening scene from the Puppet Master feature film in 1989.
Even though they are referred to as puppets in this series, the animated toy antagonists are actually dolls.
This issue includes a photo pin-up of Blade from the film.
The origins of Andre Toulon and Elsa Toulon are explored in greater detail in the film Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge. Given that the film was released some time after the comic, many details have been changed, though the basic components of the Toulons' back-story is retained in both versions.
