Poison Elves is a black-and-white comic book by the late artist/writer Drew Hayes, concerning the life and times of an elf named Lusiphur.

[citation needed] The book version of the character was based on Lux Interior of The Cramps, Glenn Danzig of The Misfits, and Nivek Ogre of Skinny Puppy.

[citation needed] Hayes originally self-published the series during the early 1990s, under his company Mulehide Graphics, under the title of I, Lusiphur.

The title was changed to Poison Elves because the similarity of "Lusiphur" to Lucifer led to the misconception that the series was Satanic in nature.

In 1995, Drew Hayes signed on with Sirius Entertainment, a move that increased his exposure, fan base, and publishing rate.

[4] A commemorative issue #80 was released to give fans a look at sketches and plans Drew Hayes had for the future of the series before his death.

Written by Sirius publisher Robb Horan and illustrated by Osvaldo Pestana Montpeller, the story picks up almost precisely at the cliffhanger point at the end of the original issue #79.

[1] Lusiphur, originally named Luis Amerillis Malaché, was found by a married elven couple in the Carpathian forest in 1380.

However, his childhood was an unhappy one after a drunken patron set fire to their establishment leaving his adoptive parents desperate for money.

The orphaned Luse learned to survive on the streets alone where he adopted a new identity which he uses today, Lusiphur Malaché.

He spent his younger years working for a crime lord called The Nick, where he was involved in risky heists.

He makes use of a lamp, with the subsequent genie, that he received after trading the dead body of a Doppleganger to his ex-wife, Hyena.

After a failed attempt to ask for a million wishes, he settles on three: A powerful Elven sword named Cinlach, super speed to get out of the desert, and the "well of souls," an assassin tool.

Sann Fenlach has his mage transport him to Lusiphur's location in the desert where he challenges the elf to a duel for stealing his property.

The two play a cat-and-mouse game, Lusiphur at one point turning into panther-like creature to fend off Tenth who had become a hawk.

There have been a number of miniseries and ongoing title spin-offs from the core Poison Elves book, and they have generally been written by other creative teams.