House of Mystery #199

(February 1972)

Sno' Fun! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Sergio Aragones

Pencils:

Wally Wood

Inks:

Wally Wood

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

J-878

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Characters:

Cain (story host); Gregory (gargoyle); Dr. Wallace B. Peterson (scientist); Professor Strauss (scientist)

Synopsis:

Dr. Wallace B. Peterson wants the fame of the discovery of a lost civilization in Antarctica for himself and so kills his colleague Professor Strauss. On the exploratory mission he is then captured and kept prisoner by that lost race of monstrous men who want to know everything about the outside world. A long time later he manages to escape but returning to civilization he doesn't feel well and goes to relax at the House of Mystery. There he finally melts to water having physically become like one of those lost men.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #5 (December 1972)
• in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #24 (August 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) #2 (2007) [black and white]

[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-1438

Content Information

Genre:

gag

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 (2007) [black and white]

Indexer Notes

3 gag cartoons

He Doomed The World! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

J-1391

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Cain (host); Frank Cable; Mr. Hiller; Mr. Lollar; Mr. Carlson; Mr. Hogarth

Synopsis:

Frank Cable sends four explorers to place special metal rods at the highest, lowest, hottest and coldest parts of the Earth.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #17 (September-October 1957)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Cain's Gargoyles / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Sergio Aragones (signed)

Inks:

Sergio Aragones (signed)

Colors:

?

Job Number:

J-1436

Content Information

Genre:

gag

Characters:

Cain; Gregory

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 (2007) [black and white]

Indexer Notes

3 gag cartoons

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Mark Hanerfeld ? [as Cain]

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

J-1495

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Karl Merris; Mark LeVeck; Phil Crosby; Ralph Alfonso.

Snow Beast (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Lynn Marron

Pencils:

Rich Buckler

Inks:

Rich Buckler

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

J-1223

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Characters:

Cain (host); Kirk; Sam; Nita; Su-Ka-Tae (Abominable Snowman)

Synopsis:

Alaskan miners are being attacked by someone, is it the Su-Ka-Tae or something else?

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #5 (December 1972)
• in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 (2007) [black and white]

The Whole Ball of Tin (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Len Wein; Gerry Conway

Pencils:

Bob Oksner

Inks:

Bob Oksner

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

J-1186

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Characters:

Cain (host); Wilson Brown; J. Frederic Brown

Synopsis:

After killing a man, Willie goes to his estranged father for help evading the police.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #5 (December 1972)
• 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]

The Haunting Wind! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Miller

Pencils:

John Giunta

Inks:

John Giunta

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

J-1481

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Characters:

Cain; Dan Russell; Jim Nelson

Synopsis:

After stealing a ruby ring in Tibet, Dan Russell is cursed to die by a vengeful wind.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from The Phantom Stranger (DC, 1952 series) #2 (October-November 1952)
• in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #28 (December 1974)