House of Mystery
#203
(June 1972)
DC,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 21
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1972-04-20
- 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 Comic Reader #83.
[The 1000 Eyes of Death]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Russ Heath (signed)
- Inks
- Russ Heath (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Job Number
- J-1615
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #8 -
in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([May] 2007) [black and white]
-
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bernie Wrightson (signed)
- Inks
- Bernie Wrightson (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-1673
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Welcome to my private aviary behind the House of Mystery!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Cain
- Reprints
-
in Das Geisterhaus (Condor, 1989 series) #4 - in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #9 ([February 1974])
- in Roots of the Swamp Thing (DC, 1986 series) #2 (August 1986)
- in Welcome Back to the House of Mystery (DC, 1998 series) #1 (July 1998) which is reprinted
-
in Neil Gaiman: Leyendas del Abismo (ECC Ediciones, 2012 series) #1 (Septiembre 2012) - 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) #1 (Dicembre 2009)
-
The 1000 Eyes of Death
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Robert Kanigher
- Pencils
- Ernie Chan
- Inks
- Ernie Chan ?; Tony DeZuniga ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- J-1414
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mark Dawson; Bear Claw
- Synopsis
- Mark Dawson has been killing all the eagles on his ranch, even after the Indian Bear Claw warned him that they would get their revenge.
- Reprints
- in Das Geisterhaus (Condor, 1989 series) #4
-
in Spectral (Arédit-Artima, 1978 series) #11 (juillet 1980) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]] - in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([May] 2007) [black and white]
-
- Keywords
- eagle; Native American
Indexer Notes
Possible DeZuniga inks per Nick Caputo.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Sergio Aragonés
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Job Number
- J-1439
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([May] 2007) [black and white]
-
Indexer Notes
Three one-panel gag cartoons.
An Indian ambush goes bad.
A guy crawling across the desert just misses a car driving by.
A scientist can't find the rat that broke out of its cage.
The Golden Doom
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- J-1678
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); Emile Marlez; Dr. Devin
- Synopsis
- Emile Marlez finds the Midas Potion that causes him to turn everything he touches for one week into gold.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #64 (July 1957)
-
- Keywords
- French Foreign Legion; gold
Almost Human
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- J-1486
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); Donald Morrison; Mary Morrison; Al; Pop
- Synopsis
- Donald Morrison, a deaf mute child, was raised in darkness by his parents until he reaches adulthood and escapes.
- Reprints
- in Weird Mystery Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1978 series) #9
- in Spectral (Arédit-Artima, 1978 series) #11 (juillet 1980) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([May] 2007) [black and white]
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-1458
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #13 ([October 1974])
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([May] 2007) [black and white]
-
Indexer Notes
Three one-panel gag cartoons. Albano credit from the Showcase Presents reprint.
A knife thrower hits a soda vender in the audience.
A lion in a cage eats the Pay Toll money taker.
The monster on TV is actually outside the window.
The Tower of Prey
comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Nestor Redondo (signed)
- Inks
- Nestor Redondo (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-1504
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); J. J. Rahtlar; Mary Q. Lardley
- Synopsis
- When he buys Mary Q. Lardley's apartment building so he can put up a skyscraper, she places a curse on him.
- Reprints
- in Das Geisterhaus (Condor, 1989 series) #4
- in Spectral (Arédit-Artima, 1978 series) #11 (juillet 1980) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([May] 2007) [black and white]
-
- Keywords
- curse; raven; skyscraper
[no title indexed]
Cain's Mail Room / letters page / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-1668
Indexer Notes
Letters submitted by Bob Smith; Bruce Long; Chuck Perine; Mark Carson; Gary Skinner.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[The 1000 Eyes of Death]
-
1.
["Welcome to my private aviary behind the House of Mystery!"]
-
2.
The 1000 Eyes of Death
Cain the Caretaker -
3.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
4.
The Golden Doom
-
5.
Almost Human
-
6.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
7.
The Tower of Prey
-
8.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Mail Room
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Clayton Graham
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Dan Kocher
- Paul Lefebvre
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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