House of Mystery #289 [Newsstand]
(February 1981)

DC, 1951 Series
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Volume
31
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1980-11-25
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893053002
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Len Wein (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #185 and from Len's Line-Up in February 1981 issues.
This issue is a variant of House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #289 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

School's Out... Forever! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
?

Job Number
C-512
Genre
horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Len Wein ?
Pencils
Howard Bender
Inks
John Celardo
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
J-6906
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi there, fellow horticulturists!
Genre
humor; horror-suspense
Characters
Cain

Brother Bobby's Home for Wayward Boys and Girls (Table of Contents: 2)

Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
J. M. DeMatteis
Pencils
Ruben Yandoc
Inks
Ruben Yandoc
Colors
Bob LeRose
Letters
?

Job Number
J-6525
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Cain (host)
Reprints

Farewell Performance (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Kashdan
Pencils
Noly Zamora
Inks
Noly Zamora
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Esphid Mahilum

Job Number
J-6462
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Cain (host)
Reprints

Aquaman and the Space Capsule (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Aquaman; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Comeback of David MacDannon (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
J. M. DeMatteis
Pencils
Mar Amongo
Inks
Mar Amongo
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Esphid Mahilum

Job Number
J-6411
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Cain (host)
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Cain's Mail Room / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
? [as Cain]
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-661

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Stephen Smith and Steve Gawronski.

The Legal Legacy (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
David Allikas
Pencils
Fred Carrillo
Inks
Fred Carrillo
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Esphid Mahilum

Job Number
J-6333
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Cain (host)
Reprints
Editing
This Issue is currently being edited by Juan Gonzalez (since 2024-04-23, last edit 2024-04-23)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. School's Out... Forever!
  2. 1. ["Hi there, fellow horticulturists!"]
  3. 2. Brother Bobby's Home for Wayward Boys and Girls
    Cain the Caretaker
  4. 3. Farewell Performance
  5. 4. Aquaman and the Space Capsule
    Aquaman; Hostess Fruit Pies
  6. 5. The Comeback of David MacDannon
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Cain's Mail Room
  8. 7. The Legal Legacy
This issue was modified by
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Nuno Miranda
  • Jim Van Dore