House of Mystery #228

(December 1974-January 1975)

[Heh..heh.. It's Halloween again, kiddies...] (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Alfredo Alcala

Inks:

Alfredo Alcala

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

J-3533

Content Information

Characters:

Cain

Indexer Notes

Introductory panel with list of story titles and indicia information.

The Wisdom of Many, The Wit of One (Table of Contents)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Doug Moench (Plot); Frank Robbins

Pencils:

Frank Robbins

Inks:

Frank Robbins

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

J-1673

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Cain (host)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Cain's Game Room / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Sergio Aragones

Inks:

Sergio Aragones

Colors:

?

Letters:

Sergio Aragones

Job Number:

J-3794

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

Three one panel gags.

Stamps of Doom! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ruben Moreira

Inks:

Ruben Moreira

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

J-3784

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Cain (host)

Reprints:

• from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #23 (February 1954)

Indexer Notes

Bottom third of last page of sequence/story is preview ad for the next issue of Weird Mystery Tales.

The Rebel (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Michael Pellowski (Plot); Maxene Fabe

Pencils:

Alan Kupperberg

Inks:

Neal Adams

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense; science fiction

Characters:

Cain (host)

Reprints:

• in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #27 ([June 1977])

The Wizard's Revenge (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bill Ely

Inks:

Bill Ely

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

J-3743

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Cain (host)

Reprints:

• from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #41 (February 1961)

Indexer Notes

Bottom third of last page of story/sequence is preview/ad for next issue of The Losers.

The Man Who Murdered Himself! (Table of Contents)

Cain's True Case Files / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Bernie Wrightson

Inks:

Bernie Wrightson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

J-3742

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Cain (host)

Reprints:

• from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #179 (March-April 1969)

House of Mystery Hidden Message (Table of Contents)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Rozakis

Pencils:

Bernie Wrightson

Inks:

Bernie Wrightson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Cain

Synopsis:

Crossword puzzle with small head illustration of House of Mystery host Cain.

Halloween Monster Cards (Table of Contents)

filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

J-3785

Content Information

Genre:

humor; horror-suspense

Characters:

Cain (host); Swamp Thing

Synopsis:

Images from other DC horror comics with humorous blurbs.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Cain's Game Room / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Sergio Aragones

Inks:

Sergio Aragones

Colors:

?

Job Number:

J-3795

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Three single panel gag strips.

A Coffin for Bonnie and Clyde! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 11.33 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Kanigher

Pencils:

Jack Sparling

Inks:

Jack Sparling

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

J-3699

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Cain (host); Bonnie Parker; Clyde Barrow

Reprints:

• in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #26 (April 1977)

Indexer Notes

Bottom third of story/sequence page 6 is sequence 12. Bottom third of story/sequence page 12 is a DC house ad. This results in the 11.33 TOTAL page length. The two parts of this story ending in partial pages indicates a few years of age for it, DC having discontinued that construction that long back, but the job number is paradoxically contemporaneous with this publication date.

Attention College Students! (Table of Contents)

text article / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [The Editors]

Letters:

Typeset

Indexer Notes

Text commenting on getting DC magazines into university bookstores.

The Dragon of Times Square (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Brown

Inks:

Bob Brown

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

J-3744

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Cain (host)

Reprints:

• from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #74 (May 1958)

Free! A Lucky Room 13 Amulet for You! (Table of Contents)

Room 13 / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sergio Aragones

Inks:

Sergio Aragones

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

J-3351

Content Information

Genre:

humor; horror-suspense

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Cain's Mail Room / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Job Number:

J-3719

Indexer Notes

Letter column with illustrated title header. Letters submitted by Joshua Case; John Elliot; Steven Dhuey; Glen James; Arturo Tejada; Bill Senger; Mark Harris

Seven Steps to the Unknown (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bill Ely

Inks:

Bill Ely

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

J-3786

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Cain (host)

Reprints:

• from Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #4 (August 1956)

Wheel of Fate! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Frank Giacoia

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

J-3787

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Cain (host)

Reprints:

• from Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #108 (March-April 1952)

The Fireworks Man! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Russell Carley (Script Continuity); Michael Fleisher

Pencils:

Gerry Talaoc

Inks:

Gerry Talaoc

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

J-3423

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Cain (host)