(February 1979)

DC, 1951 Series
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Volume
29
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1978-11-21
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893053002
Editing
Paul Levitz (editor); Joe Orlando (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #162.
This issue has variants:

The Curse of the Spider (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Michael Wm. Kaluta (signed as MW Kaluta)
Inks
Michael Wm. Kaluta (signed as MW Kaluta)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
Todd Klein
Job Number
C-834
Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints
Keywords
spider

Indexer Notes

Cover intended for the never published Weird Mystery Tales (DC, 1972 series) #26. Cover printed in the limited distribution Cancelled Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1978 series) #2.

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

Cover Thumbnail for House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #265
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Paul Kupperberg
Pencils
Romeo Tanghal
Inks
Romeo Tanghal
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
J-5452
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Time to clean out the cellar, fear-fans...
Genre
humor
Characters
Cain
Reprints

The Perfect Host (Table of Contents: 2)

Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Oleck
Pencils
Bill Draut
Inks
Bill Draut
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
J-3309
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Cain (host)
Reprints

An Unbeatable Power! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Hostess Twinkies; Superman / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-195

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Beppe Sabatini and Stan Tychinski.

Illegal Procedure! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Michael Uslan; Nancy Osher
Pencils
Fred Carrillo
Inks
Fred Carrillo
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
J-5246
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Cain (host)
Reprints

Volume 78 Issue 46 - Week of November 26, 1978 (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Daily Planet / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Curse of the Spider
  2. 1. ["Time to clean out the cellar, fear-fans..."]
  3. 2. The Perfect Host
    Cain the Caretaker
  4. 3. An Unbeatable Power!
    Hostess Twinkies; Superman
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Cain's Mail Room
  6. 5. Illegal Procedure!
  7. 6. Volume 78 Issue 46 - Week of November 26, 1978
    Daily Planet
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Nick Caputo
  • CTGarry
  • Jochen G.
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Andre Heikamp
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
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