(November 1971)
- Price:
- 0.25 USD
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- DC
- Editing:
- Joe Orlando; Mark Hanerfeld (Assistant Editor)
- Format:
- Standard Golden Age, Silver Age & Modern Age US color comic; Saddle-Stitched (#224 - 229 Squarebound); was ongoing series
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
[A Girl and Her Dog]
cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Tony deZuniga
- Inks:
- Tony deZuniga
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 (2007) [black and white]
A Girl and Her Dog
comic story / 9 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Gerry Conway
- Pencils:
- Gray Morrow
- Inks:
- Gray Morrow
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- J-1050
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror
- Characters:
- Cain (host); Peter (dog); Michael; Lissa; Miss Cruthers
- Synopsis:
- During WWII, two orphans are chased through bomb-ravaged London by Satan worshipers.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #24 (August 1982)
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 (2007) [black and white]
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Sergio Aragones
- Inks:
- Sergio Aragones
- Colors:
- ?
- Job Number:
- J-1046
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Synopsis:
- 3 gag cartoons
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 (2007) [black and white]
The Alien Within Me
comic story / 7.67 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Alex Toth
- Inks:
- Alex Toth
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- J-1208
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Professor Vraney; Professor Adams
- Synopsis:
- An alien sends his image to Earth to stop a bomb sent here by his race.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #60 (October 1961)
Child of the Dead
comic story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Jack Oleck
- Pencils:
- Wayne Howard
- Inks:
- Wayne Howard
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- J-176
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror
- Characters:
- Cain (host); Walter Scott
- Synopsis:
- A woman is buried but when grave robbers dig her grave up they find her alive.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 (2007) [black and white]
[no title indexed]
Cain's Room 13 / cartoon / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Lore Shoberg
- Inks:
- Lore Shoberg
- Colors:
- ?
- Job Number:
- J-1146
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Synopsis:
- 3 gag cartoons
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 (2007) [black and white]
Dark Journey
comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Nick Cardy
- Inks:
- Nick Cardy
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- J-1373
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Synopsis:
- A man who takes a fortune that was meant to build a hospital in Africa is cursed by the village witch doctor.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #72 (March 1958)
[no title indexed]
Cain's Mail Room / letters page / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- J-1387
Indexer Notes
Letters submitted by Kerry M. Kirspel; Randy Moore; Bruce Lohr; Cathy Post
My Heart Becomes So Icy Cold
A Witch's Garden of Curses / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Len Wein
- Pencils:
- Joe Orlando ?
- Inks:
- Joe Orlando ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 (2007) [black and white]
Indexer Notes
"homage" to William Wordsworth's poem "My Heart Leaps Up" (1802)
The Little People
comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Jack Oleck
- Pencils:
- Gil Kane
- Inks:
- Frank Giacoia
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- 157
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror
- Characters:
- Cain (host); Michael O'Bannion
- Synopsis:
- Michael O'Bannion makes a bargain with the little people to trade his unwanted baby girl for a baby boy.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 (2007) [black and white]
Indexer Notes
Jack Oleck is identified as the writer in the letters page of House of Mystery #200.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
A Girl and Her Dog
-
2.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
3.
The Alien Within Me
-
4.
Child of the Dead
-
5.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Room 13 -
6.
Dark Journey
-
7.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Mail Room -
8.
My Heart Becomes So Icy Cold
A Witch's Garden of Curses -
9.
The Little People
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Dwayne Best
- Mike Nielsen
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- Carl Gafford
- Donald Dale Milne
- Tony R. Rose
- Dwayne Best
- Gregory Fischer
- Mike Nielsen
- Bob Hughes
- Peter Croome
- James Ludwig
- Ramon Schenk
- Ed Boner
- Gary L. Watson
- Jim Van Dore
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