(August 1972)
- Volume:
- 21
- Price:
- 0.20 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- DC [character]
- Editing:
- Joe Orlando; E. Nelson Bridwell (Assistant Editor)
- Color:
- color
- Dimensions:
- standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
- Binding:
- saddle-stitched (squarebound #224-229)
- Publishing Format:
- was ongoing series
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
[The Coffin Creature]
cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Jack Sparling
- Inks:
- Jack Sparling
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- J-1452
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
-
in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 (2007) [black and white]
-
["Greetings! Welcome to the basement of the House of Mystery!"]
House of Mystery / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Bernie Wrightson
- Inks:
- Bernie Wrightson
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- J-1690
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Cain
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 (2007) [black and white]
-
The Coffin Creature
comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Mike Fleisher (dialogue); Jack Sparling (plot)
- Pencils:
- Jack Sparling
- Inks:
- Jack Sparling
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- J-1626
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Characters:
- Stinky; The Coffin Creature; Pierre; Claude La Plat
- Synopsis:
- Two trappers in the swamp find the treasure the ghostly Coffin Creature has been searching for.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 (2007) [black and white]
-
Phony Face!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- E Nelson Bridwell
- Pencils:
- Gerry Talaoc (signed)
- Inks:
- Gerry Talaoc (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- J-1642
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Characters:
- Cain (host); Grant Weymore; Dr. Magog
- Synopsis:
- Grant Weymore is on the run from the police after pulling a big bank job. Dr. Magog offers to change Grant's face so he won't be recognized.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
-
in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #5 ([June 1973] ?) -
in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #1/1982 (1982) - in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 (2007) [black and white]
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- John Albano
- Inks:
- John Albano
- Colors:
- ?
- Job Number:
- J-827
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
Indexer Notes
3 gag cartoons
Over The High Side
comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Lore Shoberg
- Pencils:
- Alan Weiss
- Inks:
- Ralph Reese
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- J-1233
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Characters:
- Cain (host); Dave the Buck; Beelzebub
- Synopsis:
- Dave the Buck, a member of a motorcycle gang, brags that he'd take on Beelzebub himself for his girlfriend.
- 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 Mail Room / letters page / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- E. Nelson Bridwell ? [as Cain]
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- J-1753
Indexer Notes
Letters submitted by Gail Burt; Greg Myers; E. Rigdon; Dan Gheno; Joel Pollack
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
[The Coffin Creature]
-
1.
["Greetings! Welcome to the basement of the House of Mystery!"]
House of Mystery -
2.
The Coffin Creature
-
3.
Phony Face!
-
4.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
5.
Over The High Side
-
6.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Mail Room
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Dwayne Best
- Mike Nielsen
- Bob Hughes
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- Mike Tiefenbacher
- 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
- R. J. Roper
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