(December 1975-January 1976)

DC, 1975 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1975-09-02
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
The Line of DC Super-Stars
Editing
Joe Orlando (editor); Paul Levitz (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #122.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bernie Wrightson
Inks
Bernie Wrightson
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
J-3307
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Cain (vignette)
Cover Thumbnail for Secrets of Haunted House (DC, 1975 series) #5
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The Captive Commissioner (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Batman; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

Destiny / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Steve Skeates ?; Paul Levitz ?
Pencils
Nestor Redondo
Inks
Nestor Redondo
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
J-4013
First Line of Dialogue or Text
If you're so smart... why don't you have your own book?
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Destiny; Cain; Abel; Cynthia

Indexer Notes

Introductory page. Amazing World of DC Comics #7 (1975), in promoting this issue, provided the following credits: “Plus an intro page by Steve Skeates and Nestor Redondo.”

Gunslinger! (Table of Contents: 3)

Destiny / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Murray Boltinoff; Guy Lillian
Pencils
John Albano
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
J-1994
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Destiny (host)
Reprints

What Am I Bid? (Table of Contents: 4)

Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Arnold Drake
Pencils
Tenny Henson
Inks
Tenny Henson
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
J-3911
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Cain (host)
Reprints

The Stars, Like Pallbearers (Table of Contents: 5)

Abel / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
David Michelinie
Pencils
Ernie Chan
Inks
Bill Draut
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
J-3548
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Abel (host)
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

The Haunted Mailbox / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
? [as Destiny]
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
J-4117

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers Chris Arnott and Judy Magraines.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. The Captive Commissioner
    Batman; Hostess Fruit Pies
  3. 2. ["If you're so smart... why don't you have your own book?"]
    Destiny
  4. 3. Gunslinger!
    Destiny
  5. 4. What Am I Bid?
    Cain the Caretaker
  6. 5. The Stars, Like Pallbearers
    Abel
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    The Haunted Mailbox
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  • Paul Lefebvre
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Daniel Thingvold
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