(November 1972)

DC, 1951 Series
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Volume
21
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1972-09-26
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
DC [circle]
Editing
Joe Orlando (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #88.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Nick Cardy
Inks
Nick Cardy
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Closed -- No One Dies Today!
Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

The Creator of Evil! (Table of Contents: 1)

Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
John Albano
Pencils
E. R. Cruz
Inks
E. R. Cruz
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
J-1489
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Cain (host); Fred; Judge Wheatly; Phil Butler; Leonard Martin; Robert Albertson; Boris Illytch; Professor Phi; John Curry; Doris Edmond
Synopsis
Boris Illytch, locked away in prison, uses his telepathic powers to get revenge on the judge and jury that prosecuted him.
Reprints
Keywords
telepathy

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Sergio Aragonés
Pencils
Sergio Aragonés
Inks
Sergio Aragonés
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
J-1845
Genre
humor
Characters
Gregory
Reprints

Indexer Notes

3 gag cartoons.
Gargoyle riding on the wing of a jet plane.
Gargoyles chasing away a crew about to wreck an old house.
Small gargoyle chases people from back yard barbeque.

The Day the Clock Stopped? (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Ruben Yandoc
Inks
Ruben Yandoc
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
J-1544
Genre
horror-suspense; science fiction
Characters
Cain (host); Adam Sneal; Robert; Kinderger; Nick Roma
Synopsis
When people in a small town stop dying, the mortician decides to take matters into his own hands and generate himself some business.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Sergio Aragonés
Pencils
Sergio Aragonés (signed)
Inks
Sergio Aragonés
Colors
?

Job Number
J-553
Genre
humor; horror-suspense
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Multiple single panel gags.
Vampire on park bench feeding bats.
Boxing glove springs out of opened mummy's tomb.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell ? (signed as Cain)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
J-1838

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Christine Chale; Mike Tracy; Dan Gheno; Sally Weathergreen.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Closed -- No One Dies Today!"]
  2. 1. The Creator of Evil!
    Cain the Caretaker
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Cain's Gargoyles
  4. 3. The Day the Clock Stopped?
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Cain's Game Room
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Cain's Mail Room
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • CTGarry
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore