House of Mystery
#257
(March-April 1978)
DC,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 28
- Price
- 1.00 USD
- Pages
- 84
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1977-12-13
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893053004
- Editing
- Paul Levitz (editor); Joe Orlando (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #151.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Joe Orlando (signed)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (signed)
- Colors
- Tatjana Wood
- Job Number
- C-610
- Genre
- horror-suspense
Indexer Notes
Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 5 pages
- Job Number
- J-4978
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 'Twas the night before Christmas...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Cain; Abel; "Killer" Cowan
Indexer Notes
Framing sequence interspersed before, after, and between the stories in this issue.
The Ebony God
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- J-3629
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); Dr. Harrison
- Reprints
-
in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #142 -
in Weird Mystery Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1978 series) #7 ([October 1978]) [Host (Cain) deleted from both pp1 and last panel of story. Job number (J-3629) deleted from reprint.]
-
- Keywords
- North Africa
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Dave Manak
- Pencils
- Dave Manak (signed)
- Inks
- Dave Manak (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Dave Manak ?
- Job Number
- J-5030
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- All right, everybody...
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Gag cartoon.
A Gift from Satan
comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- J-3798
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); High Sheriff Simon Langton; Satan
- Reprints
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #114
- in Weird Mystery Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1978 series) #7 ([October 1978]) [Job number (J-3798) deleted from this reprint.]
-
- Keywords
- Satan
To Catch a God!
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- David Michelinie (under joint name Barry Jameson)
- Pencils
- Michael Golden
- Inks
- Michael Golden
- Colors
- Jerry Serpe
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-1356
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Reprints
- in Weird Mystery Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1978 series) #9
-
in Mysterieserier (Semic, 1983 series) #12/1983 ([2 december] 1983) [svartvit]
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 1 page
- Job Number
- ZA-523; ZA-551; ZA-546
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Three gag cartoons; signatures are not legible.
Mirror Madness
comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Joe Gill; Otto Binder; Guy Lillian
- Pencils
- Jerry Grandenetti
- Inks
- Tony DeZuniga
- Colors
- Jerry Serpe
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-260
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Reprints
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #116
- in Doomsday Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #11 (December 1978)
-
Haunts Upon a Time...
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- J-4731
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Abel (host)
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 1 page
- Job Number
- ZA-49; ZA-6; ZA-650
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
Indexer Notes
Three gag cartoons.
The Fastest Draw in the East!
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- J-4868
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Abel (host)
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 1 page
- Job Number
- ZA-671; ZA-406; ZA-394
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
Indexer Notes
Three gag cartoons; signatures are illegible or nonexistent.
Father to the Beast!
comic story / 9 pages
- Job Number
- J-3619
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Abel (host)
- Reprints
- in Doomsday Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #11 (December 1978)
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Mail Room / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Paul Levitz ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-848
Indexer Notes
Letters submitted by D.B. Webb; M.S. Raucher; Mike White; Larry Herlihy.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
Batman and Sable Lady
Batman; Hostess Cup Cakes -
2.
["'Twas the night before Christmas..."]
-
3.
The Ebony God
Cain the Caretaker -
4.
["All right, everybody..."]
Cain's Game Room -
5.
A Gift from Satan
-
6.
To Catch a God!
-
7.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
8.
Mirror Madness
-
9.
Haunts Upon a Time...
-
10.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
11.
The Fastest Draw in the East!
-
12.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
13.
Father to the Beast!
-
14.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Mail Room -
15.
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