House of Mystery #186

(May-June 1970)

The Secret of the Egyptian Cat (Table of Contents)

Isha / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Kanigher

Pencils:

Bernie Wrightson

Inks:

Bernie Wrightson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

J-226

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Cain (story host); Isha (priestess); Konassos (sorcerer); Ra-Na (cat)

Synopsis:

To the House of Mystery comes Konassos, a sorcerer, with his white cat. Cain one night sees the cat transform into a woman who tells her tale. Isha, Egyptian priestess of the temple of Nu-Ta the Cat-God, is captured and held captive by Konassos. The sorcerer to better control her transforms the priestess into a white cat. Trapped in her feline form, Ra-Na a male cat escorts her but is then poisoned by the sorcerer. She plots her revenge and one day concocts a magical spell that transforms her back into a woman and Konassos into a mouse which she then introduces to Ra-Na's friends.

Reprints:

• in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-23 (Winter 1973)
• in The Masterworks Series of Great Comic Book Artists (DC, 1983 series) #3 (October 1983)
• in Fantomet (Bonnier Publications / Semic, 1995 series) #13/1997 (uke 26 1997)
• in Welcome Back to the House of Mystery (DC, 1998 series) #1 (July 1998)
• in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([February] 2006)

Reprint Note before Migration:

• in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-23 (Winter 1973-1974)
• in Masterworks Series of Great Comic Book Artists, The (DC, 1983 series) #3 (October 1983)
• in Welcome Back to the House of Mystery (DC, 1998 series) #1 (July 1998)
• in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1

Room 13 (Table of Contents)

Page 13 / activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sergio Aragones (signed)

Inks:

Sergio Aragones (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

J-427

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Reprints:

• in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([February] 2006)

Reprint Note before Migration:

• in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1

Cain's Mail Room (Table of Contents)

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Job Number:

J-760

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from David Blehar, Joseph Carroll, Ilona Johnson, Russell Taylor, and Jerry Wilson.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Cain's Game Room / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Sergio Aragones (signed)

Inks:

Sergio Aragones (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

J-687; J-202

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Reprints:

• in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([February] 2006)

Reprint Note before Migration:

• in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1

Nightmare (Table of Contents)

Judy / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Oleck

Pencils:

Neal Adams; Joe Orlando (pg 1: Cain head)

Inks:

Dick Giordano; Joe Orlando (pg 1: Cain head)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

J-138

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Cain (story host); Judy; Judy's father; Miss Winter (governess); Pan (statue brought to life)

Synopsis:

A lonely little girl, Judy, seeks a friend and finds it in Pan, an animated statue. They play together in a fantasy world, but meantime in the real world she is struck by a fever and a doctor tries to cure her. As she improves, her father convinces her that Pan is just a statue. The statue, with a girl who's now grown up, sheds a tear.

Reprints:

• in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-23 (Winter 1973)
• in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #1/1982 (1982)
• in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #17 (January 1982) [see notes]
• in Fantomet (Bonnier Publications / Semic, 1995 series) #8/1996 (uke 16 1996) [2. translation]
• in Welcome Back to the House of Mystery (DC, 1998 series) #1 (July 1998)
• in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([February] 2006)

Reprint Note before Migration:

• in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-23 (Winter 1973-1974)
• in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #17 (January 1982)
• in Welcome Back to the House Of Mystery (DC, 1998 series) #1 (July 1998)
• in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1

Indexer Notes

Uncredited Cain head on the top of page one. Judy was modelled after Neal Adams' daughter Kris Adams. (Note corrected by Zeea (Adams) Moss via the GCD Errors list, February 2010.
Jack Oleck had used this plot before in an 1950s story for Marvel.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:

Sergio Aragones (signed)

Inks:

Sergio Aragones (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

J-688

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Reprints:

• in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([February] 2006)

Reprint Note before Migration:

• in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1