House of Mystery (1951 series) (DC) #178

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Number	178	178
Volume
No Volume	No	Yes
Volume Not Printed	False	False
Display Volume With Number	No	No
Indicia Publisher		National Periodical Publications Inc.
Indicia Publisher Not Printed	Printed	Printed
Brand	Superman DC National Comics	Superman DC National Comics
No Brand	No	No
Publication Date	January-February 1969	January-February 1969
Year On Sale	None	None
Month On Sale	None	None
Day On Sale	None	None
On Sale Date Uncertain	No	No
Key Date	1969-01-00	1969-01-00
Indicia Frequency		bi-monthly
No Indicia Frequency	No	No
Price	0.12 USD	0.12 USD
Page Count	36 (note: total sum of story page counts is 26)	36 (note: total sum of story page counts is 27)
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Editing	Joe Orlando	Joe Orlando
No Editing
Indicia Printer
No Indicia Printer	No	No
Barcode
No Barcode	Yes	Yes
Rating
No Rating	False	False
Notes
Keywords
Reprint Links	The following reprint links are not part of this change. in Ghosts (DC, 1971 series) #3 sequence Ghostly Miners (no feature) comic story, 1p Ghostly Miners	The following reprint links are not part of this change. in Ghosts (DC, 1971 series) #3 sequence Ghostly Miners (no feature) comic story, 1p Ghostly Miners

0. [The Game] (no feature) cover, 1p [S P I C L E]

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Sequence Number	0	0
Title	The Game	The Game
Unofficial Title?	Yes	Yes
First Line
Type	cover	cover
Feature
Feature Object
Feature Logo
Genre	horror-suspense	horror-suspense
Job Number
Page Count	1	1
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Script
No Script	X	X
Pencils	Neal Adams	Neal Adams
No Pencils
Inks	Neal Adams	Neal Adams
No Inks
Colors	Neal Adams; Jack Adler	Neal Adams; Jack Adler
No Colors
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No Letters	X	X
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No Editing	X	X
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Reprint Links	The following reprint links are not part of this change. in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1 sequence [House of Mystery #178] (no feature) cover reprint (on interior page), 1p [House of Mystery #178]	The following reprint links are not part of this change. in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1 sequence [House of Mystery #178] (no feature) cover reprint (on interior page), 1p [House of Mystery #178]

1. [Welcome to the House of Mystery] (House of Mystery) filler, 1p [S P I C L E]

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Sequence Number	1	1
Title	Welcome to the House of Mystery	Welcome to the House of Mystery
Unofficial Title?	Yes	Yes
First Line
Type	filler	filler
Feature	House of Mystery	House of Mystery
Feature Object
Feature Logo
Genre	horror-suspense	horror-suspense
Job Number
Page Count	1	1
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Script	Joe Orlando	Joe Orlando
No Script
Pencils	Joe Orlando	Joe Orlando
No Pencils
Inks	Joe Orlando	Joe Orlando
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Characters	Cain	Cain
Universe
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Notes	Title from Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1.	Title from Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1.
Keywords
Reprint Links	The following reprint links are not part of this change. in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1 sequence [Introduction] (Cain the Caretaker) foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 1p [Introduction]	The following reprint links are not part of this change. in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1 sequence [Introduction] (Cain the Caretaker) foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 1p [Introduction]

2. The Game (no feature) comic story, 7p [S P I C L E]

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Sequence Number	2	2
Title	The Game	The Game
Unofficial Title?	No	No
First Line
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature
Feature Object
Feature Logo
Genre	detective-mystery	detective-mystery
Job Number
Page Count	7	7
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Script	Neal Adams	Neal Adams
No Script
Pencils	Neal Adams	Neal Adams
No Pencils
Inks	Neal Adams	Neal Adams
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	Ray Holloway ?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Characters	Jaime Markus	Jaime Markus
Universe
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Reprint Links	The following reprint links are not part of this change. in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #17 [Direct] sequence The Game (no feature) comic story, 7p The Game in Deadman (DC, 1985 series) #1 sequence The Game (no feature) comic story, 7p The Game in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1 sequence The Game (no feature) comic story, 6.67p The Game	The following reprint links are not part of this change. in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #17 [Direct] sequence The Game (no feature) comic story, 7p The Game in Deadman (DC, 1985 series) #1 sequence The Game (no feature) comic story, 7p The Game in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1 sequence The Game (no feature) comic story, 6.67p The Game

3. The Man Who Haunted a Ghost (no feature) comic story, 6p [S P I C L E]

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Title	The Man Who Haunted a Ghost	The Man Who Haunted a Ghost
Unofficial Title?	No	No
First Line
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature
Feature Object
Feature Logo
Genre	horror-suspense	horror-suspense
Job Number
Page Count	6	6
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Script	?	?
No Script
Pencils	Jim Mooney	Jim Mooney
No Pencils
Inks	Jim Mooney	Jim Mooney
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Characters
Universe
Synopsis
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Notes
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Reprint Links	The following reprint links are not part of this change. from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #35 sequence The Man Who Haunted a Ghost! (no feature) comic story, 6p The Man Who Haunted a Ghost!	The following reprint links are not part of this change. from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #35 sequence The Man Who Haunted a Ghost! (no feature) comic story, 6p The Man Who Haunted a Ghost!

4. no title (Page 13) filler, 1p [S P I C L E]

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Sequence Number	4	4
Title
Unofficial Title?	No	No
First Line
Type	filler	filler
Feature	Page 13	Page 13
Feature Object
Feature Logo
Genre	humor; horror-suspense	humor; horror-suspense
Job Number
Page Count	1	1
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Script	Joe Orlando	Joe Orlando
No Script
Pencils	Sergio Aragones	Sergio Aragones
No Pencils
Inks	Sergio Aragones	Sergio Aragones
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	?
No Letters
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No Editing	X	X
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Reprint Links	The following reprint links are not part of this change. in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1 sequence Page 13 (Page 13) comic story, 1p Page 13	The following reprint links are not part of this change. in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1 sequence Page 13 (Page 13) comic story, 1p Page 13

5. no title (Cain's Game Room) filler, 1p [S P I C L E]

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Unofficial Title?	No	No
First Line
Type	filler	filler
Feature	Cain's Game Room	Cain's Game Room
Feature Object
Feature Logo
Genre	humor; horror-suspense	humor; horror-suspense
Job Number
Page Count	1	1
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Script	Sergio Aragones	Sergio Aragones
No Script
Pencils	Sergio Aragones	Sergio Aragones
No Pencils
Inks	Sergio Aragones	Sergio Aragones
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Characters
Universe
Synopsis
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Notes
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Reprint Links	The following reprint links are not part of this change. in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1 sequence Cain's Game Room (Cain's Game Room) comic story, 1p Cain's Game Room	The following reprint links are not part of this change. in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1 sequence Cain's Game Room (Cain's Game Room) comic story, 1p Cain's Game Room

6. What's the Youth? (no feature) comic story, 8p [S P I C L E]

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Sequence Number	6	6
Title	What's the Youth?	What's the Youth?
Unofficial Title?	No	No
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Type	comic story	comic story
Feature
Feature Object
Feature Logo
Genre	horror-suspense	horror-suspense
Job Number
Page Count	8	8
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Script	E. Nelson Bridwell	E. Nelson Bridwell
No Script
Pencils	Win Mortimer	Win Mortimer
No Pencils
Inks	George Roussos	George Roussos
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	Milt Snappin?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Characters	Cain	Cain
Universe
Synopsis
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Notes	Writer credit from Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1.	Writer credit from Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1.
Keywords
Reprint Links	The following reprint links are not part of this change. in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1 sequence What's the Youth? (Cain the Caretaker) comic story, 8p What's the Youth?	The following reprint links are not part of this change. in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1 sequence What's the Youth? (Cain the Caretaker) comic story, 8p What's the Youth?

7. no title (Cain's Mail Room) letters page, 1p [S P I C L E]

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Sequence Number	7
Title
Unofficial Title?	No
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Type	letters page
Feature	Cain's Mail Room
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Feature Logo
Genre
Job Number
Page Count	1
Page Count Uncertain	No
Script	Joe Orlando ?
No Script
Pencils	Joe Orlando ?
No Pencils
Inks	Joe Orlando ?
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	typeset
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Characters
Universe
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes
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8. Ghostly Miners (Cain's True Case Files) filler, 1p [S P I C L E]

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Sequence Number	7	8
Title	Ghostly Miners	Ghostly Miners
Unofficial Title?	No	No
First Line
Type	filler	filler
Feature	Cain's True Case Files	Cain's True Case Files
Feature Object
Feature Logo
Genre	non-fiction	non-fiction
Job Number
Page Count	1	1
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Script	?	?
No Script
Pencils	?	?
No Pencils
Inks	?	?
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Characters
Universe
Synopsis	Are ghostly miners mining coal in Lions Coal Corporation mines?	Are ghostly miners mining coal in Lions Coal Corporation mines?
Reprint Notes
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Reprint Links	The following reprint links are not part of this change. in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #39 sequence Ghostly Miners (Cain's True Case Files) comic story, 1p Ghostly Miners in Showcase Presents: Ghosts (DC, 2012 series) #1 sequence Ghostly Miners (Cain's True Case Files) comic story, 1p Ghostly Miners in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1 sequence Ghostly Miners! (Cain's True Case Files) comic story, 1p Ghostly Miners!	The following reprint links are not part of this change. in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #39 sequence Ghostly Miners (Cain's True Case Files) comic story, 1p Ghostly Miners in Showcase Presents: Ghosts (DC, 2012 series) #1 sequence Ghostly Miners (Cain's True Case Files) comic story, 1p Ghostly Miners in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1 sequence Ghostly Miners! (Cain's True Case Files) comic story, 1p Ghostly Miners!

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Commenter	Comment	Timestamp	Old State	New State
Nick Caputo	Editing	2013-09-26 04:26:14	Available	Editing
Nick Caputo		2013-09-26 04:30:34	Editing	Pending Review
Ramon Schenk		2013-09-26 19:35:29	Pending Review	Under Review
Ramon Schenk		2013-09-26 19:35:49	Under Review	Approved

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