DC Special
#11
(March-April 1971)
DC,
1968 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1971-01-07
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [circle]
- Editing
- Joe Orlando
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Len Wein ?
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda ?
- Job Number
- J-798
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gadzooks!
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain
The House of Gargoyles!
Cain / comic story / 11.67 pages
- Script
- Sergio Aragonés (sourced)
- Pencils
- Jack Sparling (signed as
Jack Sparling) - Inks
- Jack Sparling (signed as Jack Sparling)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Milt Snapinn ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); Francois (sculptor, flashback); French sculptor; Jimmy; Samuel
- Synopsis
- Gargoyles come to life and take revenge on the man who killed their designer.
- Reprints
-
from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #175 (July-August 1968)
-
- Keywords
- gargoyle; Paris; sculpting
The Moon Monster
Cain / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- J-1054
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); Martin Kell; Dr. Gaines; Karaba; Chief Sutaya (flashback)
- Synopsis
- Radiation from a meteorite transforms a man into a strange creature that affects gravity like the moon.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #97 (April 1960)
-
- Keywords
- Central America; Medicine Man; monsters; Native Americans; tidal wave
The Creatures from Nowhere!
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- J-1055
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); Tom Conroy; Anna Smith; Police Chief Hodges
- Synopsis
- When strange creatures appear all over town, anthropologist Tom Conroy is called to try to understand where they came from.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #70 (January 1958)
-
- Keywords
- monsters
Welcome to Our Monster Convention!
Cain / comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-921?
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain
Return of the Barsto Beast
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ruben Moreira (signed)
- Inks
- Ruben Moreira (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-1061
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Lance Steele; Greg Peters; Roger Vardon
- Synopsis
- A film crew comes to a town to make a movie about a monster that terrorized the town years earlier. During filming the star is turned into a monster.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #116 (November 1961)
-
Prisoners on Beast Asteroid
Cain / comic story / 8.67 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ruben Moreira (signed)
- Inks
- Ruben Moreira (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese ?
- Job Number
- J-1057
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Cain (host); Mark; Vern
- Synopsis
- Two space explorers on a distant asteroid are menaced by four creatures that emerge from mysterious capsules.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #113 (August 1961)
-
The Stone Sentinels of Giant Island
Cain / comic story / 7.67 pages
- Job Number
- J-1056
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); Professor Spears; Morgan; Drew; Harry
- Synopsis
- A scientific expedition comes across an unknown island with stone statues resembling those on Easter Island. After one of the statues comes to life, Prof. Spears deciphers an tablet and discovers that the statues are sentries for an ancient alien base under the island. Luckily, the tablet also tells the scientists how to deactivate the sentries, and they are able to escape before the island submerges.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #85 (April 1959)
-
- Keywords
- monsters; Pacific Ocean
That's It, Kiddies!
Cain / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Len Wein ?
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda ?
- Job Number
- J-834
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Beware...the Monsters Are Here!
-
1.
["Gadzooks!"]
-
2.
The House of Gargoyles!
Cain -
3.
Survey Winners
-
4.
The Moon Monster
Cain -
5.
The Creatures from Nowhere!
-
6.
Welcome to Our Monster Convention!
Cain -
7.
Return of the Barsto Beast
-
8.
Prisoners on Beast Asteroid
Cain -
9.
Moonstruck
-
10.
The Stone Sentinels of Giant Island
Cain -
11.
That's It, Kiddies!
Cain
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