House of Mystery
#197
(December 1971)
DC,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 20
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1971-10-14
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [character]
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (editor); Mark Hanerfeld (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Ghost Ship
cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-1424
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Cuentos de Misterio (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #243 (18 de junio de 1973) -
in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([May] 2007) [black and white] -
in Classici DC: House of Mystery (Planeta DeAgostini, 2009 series) #2 (2009) - in House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 (2018 [March 2019])
-
Ghost Ship
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 12.34 pages
- Script
- Jack Oleck (credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Sparling (credited)
- Inks
- Jack Sparling (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda ?
- Job Number
- J-164
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); John Dodson; Jamie; Captain Jonah Frame; Fenton
- Synopsis
- After a mutiny, three men are picked up by the Flying Dutchman.
- Reprints
- in Cuentos de Misterio (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #243 (18 de junio de 1973)
-
in La Maison du Mystère (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #3 (2ème trimestre 1976) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]] - in Névrose (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #2 (juin 1985) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([May] 2007) [black and white]
- in House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 (2018 [March 2019])
-
Indexer Notes
Pages 6 and 13 are 2/3-pages.
Mr. Mortem!
comic story / 5.67 pages
- Job Number
- J-1389
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Vera; Drew Wilson; Conrad Wilson; Mr. Mortem; Biff Saunders
- Synopsis
- When Drew Wilson sees a strange man at his uncle's funeral, and again at the death of a boxer he realizes that Death itself has been stalking him.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #20 (November 1953)
- in House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 (2018 [March 2019])
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Mail Room / letters page / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-1429
Indexer Notes
Letters submitted by Deno Jeffrey; Peter R. Thorpe; Garry Huddleston; Tim Lynch; Michael Flynn; Bill Culbertson; Lenny Price.
I Wish I May, I Wish I Might
comic story / 3.5 pages
- Script
- Len Wein (credited)
- Pencils
- Dick Dillin (credited)
- Inks
- Frank Giacoia (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Charlotte Jetter
- Job Number
- G-350
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mark Wagner; Genie
- Synopsis
- Mark Wagner finds an old bottle with a Genie in it and decides to trade places with him.
- Reprints
-
in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #5 ([June 1973] ?) - in La Maison du Mystère (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #3 (2ème trimestre 1976) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Névrose (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #2 (juin 1985) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([May] 2007) [black and white]
- in House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 (2018 [March 2019])
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Lore Shoberg
- Pencils
- Lore Shoberg (signed as Lore)
- Inks
- Lore Shoberg
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-1174
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- 3 gag cartoons
- Reprints
-
in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #4 (November 1972) [Nur ein Gag nachgedruckt.] - in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([May] 2007) [black and white]
- in House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 (2018 [March 2019])
-
Indexer Notes
Lore Shoberg script credit from House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2019 series) #1.
House of Horrors
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Jack Oleck (credited)
- Pencils
- Nestor Redondo (credited)
- Inks
- Nestor Redondo (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-1335
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); Frank Cannon; Anna Vargas; Catherine Vargas; Jan Vargas
- Synopsis
- Frank Cannon believes that the strange family on the outskirts of town are really vampires.
- Reprints
- in Cuentos de Misterio (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #243 (18 de junio de 1973)
- in La Maison du Mystère (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #3 (2ème trimestre 1976) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Névrose (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #2 (juin 1985) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([May] 2007) [black and white]
- in House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 (2018 [March 2019])
-
The Guardian of the Past
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- J-1390
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Mr. Haver; Orab; Gamel; Rami
- Synopsis
- An expedition to the Egyptian tomb of Khardis III leads to the theft of emeralds and a strange time trip to the era of the Pharaohs and back.
- Reprints
- from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #11 (July-August 1958)
- in House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 (2018 [March 2019])
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Ghost Ship
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1.
Ghost Ship
Cain the Caretaker -
2.
Mr. Mortem!
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3.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Mail Room -
4.
I Wish I May, I Wish I Might
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5.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
6.
House of Horrors
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7.
The Guardian of the Past
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- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- Keith Chandler
- CTGarry
- Matthew Head
- Andre Heikamp
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Denys Howard
- Bob Hughes
- John Monagle
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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