House of Mystery
#254
(September-October 1977)
DC,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 26
- Price
- 1.00 USD
- Pages
- 84
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1977-06-14
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893053010
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #144.
in 
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Glad you could make it back, friends...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Cain; Abel; Loch Ness Monster
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Framing sequence interspersed before, after, and between the stories.
The Night Job
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Michael Fleisher; Russell Carley (script continuity)
- Pencils
- Jess Jodloman
- Inks
- Jess Jodloman
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Jess Jodloman ?
- Job Number
- J-3696
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Reprints
-
in Sueurs Froides (Arédit-Artima, 1982 series) #3 -
in Doomsday Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #8 (December 1977)
-
Good for Nothing
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- J-3926
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Reprints
-
in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #87 - in Doomsday Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #8 (December 1977)
-
in The Steve Ditko Omnibus (DC, 2011 series) #1 ([October] 2011)
-
[no title indexed]
Abel's Fables / comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-4632
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- With your aid I shall make short work of yon village...
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
gag cartoon
Dead Man's Bride
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- J-3587
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Reprints
- in Sueurs Froides (Arédit-Artima, 1982 series) #3
- in Doomsday Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #8 (December 1977)
-
The Curse of the Sea Monkey!
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- J-3289
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); Ivan Bagdonovich
- Reprints
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #92
- in Sueurs Froides (Arédit-Artima, 1982 series) #3
- in Weird Mystery Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1978 series) #7 ([October 1978]) [Host (Cain) and job number (J-3289) deleted from pp1 of reprint.]
-
- Keywords
- boat; sea monkey
Gregory the Gargoyle
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- J-4699
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Cain; Abel; Paul Kupperberg; Jack C. Harris; Gregory the Gargoyle
- Reprints
Skin Game
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- T-150
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Reprints
- in Doomsday Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #8 (December 1977)
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Dave Manak
- Pencils
- Dave Manak (signed)
- Inks
- Dave Manak (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Dave Manak ?
- Job Number
- J-4741
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We've done it, Johnson!!!
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- gag cartoon
- Reprints
Trial by Fire
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Steve Skeates (credited as Chester Hazel)
- Pencils
- Ernie Chan
- Inks
- Bill Draut
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Job Number
- J-3466
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Reprints
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #91
- in Doomsday Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #8 (December 1977)
- in Névrose (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #1 (mars 1985) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
-
Do's and Don'ts for Vampires!
Cain's Fear Facts! / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Dave Manak
- Pencils
- Dave Manak (signed)
- Inks
- Dave Manak (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Dave Manak ?
- Job Number
- J-4710
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Reprints
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #92
- in Weird Mysteries (K. G. Murray, 1980 series) #44 ([1980]) [Retitled]
-
The Devil's Plague
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- J-3843
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Reprints
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #92
- in Sueurs Froides (Arédit-Artima, 1982 series) #3
- in Doomsday Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #8 (December 1977)
- in Shadow of the Batman (DC, 1985 series) #5 (April 1986)
-
House of Mystery Puzzle
activity / 1 page
- Job Number
- P-53
- Characters
- Abel (host)
Indexer Notes
crossword puzzle
[no title indexed]
Cain's Mail Room / letters page / 2 pages
- Job Number
- L-706
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from readers Roger Klorese, Larry Lisowski, D. B. Webb, and Jeff Kroll.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[The Curse of the Sea Monkey!]
-
1.
["Glad you could make it back, friends..."]
-
2.
The Night Job
Cain the Caretaker -
3.
Good for Nothing
-
4.
["With your aid I shall make short work of yon village..."]
Abel's Fables -
5.
Dead Man's Bride
-
6.
The Curse of the Sea Monkey!
-
7.
Gregory the Gargoyle
-
8.
Skin Game
-
9.
["We've done it, Johnson!!!"]
Cain's Game Room -
10.
Trial by Fire
-
11.
Do's and Don'ts for Vampires!
Cain's Fear Facts! -
12.
The Devil's Plague
-
13.
House of Mystery Puzzle
-
14.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Mail Room -
15.
Swamp Thing from the Beginning
DC Publishorial
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- CTGarry
- Gregory Fischer
- Andre Heikamp
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Lou Mazzella
- Mark Muller
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Daniel Thingvold
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
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