House of Mystery #294 [Newsstand]
(July 1981)

DC, 1951 Series
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Volume
31
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981-04-23
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893053007
Editing
Karen Berger

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #190.
This issue is a variant of House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #294 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

The Darkness.. (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Michael Wm. Kaluta (signed as MW Kaluta)
Inks
Michael Wm. Kaluta (signed as MW Kaluta)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
Gaspar Saladino ?

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
Karen Berger
Pencils
Joe Brozowski (signed)
Inks
Adrian Gonzales (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
J-7357
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ahoy, me horror-hungry mates!
Genre
humor
Characters
Cain

The Darkness! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
John Beatty
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
J-7113
Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Gold for Dessert (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Hostess Twinkies; Plastic Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Old Haunts (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Bruce Jones
Pencils
Tom Yeates
Inks
Tom Yeates
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
J-7338
Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Cain's Game Room / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dave Manak ?
Pencils
Dave Manak (signed)
Inks
Dave Manak (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Dave Manak ?

Job Number
J-7441
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey, Hazel... How's the work on your house coming along?
Genre
humor; horror-suspense
Characters
Cain; Witch Hazel
Reprints

Congratulations, Mr Bates-- It's a Warlock! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Kupperberg
Pencils
George Tuska
Inks
Tony DeZuniga
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Todd Klein

Job Number
J-7119
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Cain (host)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

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

Job Number
L-780

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Steve Andrews, Wendy Baum, Mark Amundsen, and Charles David Haskell.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Darkness..
  2. 1. ["Ahoy, me horror-hungry mates!"]
  3. 2. The Darkness!
  4. 3. Gold for Dessert
    Hostess Twinkies; Plastic Man
  5. 4. Old Haunts
  6. 5. ["Hey, Hazel... How's the work on your house coming along?"]
    Cain's Game Room
  7. 6. Congratulations, Mr Bates-- It's a Warlock!
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Cain's Mail Room
This issue was modified by
  • Nuno Miranda
  • Jim Van Dore