House of Mystery #267

(April 1979)

[I don't get out of the house to the big city often...] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Paul Kupperberg

Pencils:

Romeo Tanghal

Inks:

Romeo Tanghal

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

J-5447

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Cain

A Strange Way to Die (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

T. Casey Brennan

Pencils:

Abe Ocampo

Inks:

Abe Ocampo

Colors:

Tatjana Wood

Letters:

Esphidy Mahilum

Job Number:

J-5197

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Characters:

Cain (host)

Synopsis:

A man is led to his death by the ghost of the girl he killed in a car accident.

The Mouse of History (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Thompson

Pencils:

Ruben Yandoc [as Rubeny]

Inks:

Ruben Yandoc [as Rubeny]

Colors:

Jerry Serpe

Letters:

Esphidy Mahilum

Job Number:

J-5003

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Characters:

Cain (host)

Synopsis:

A mouse escapes from a cage in research assistant Paul Jonas's lab, and leads him to a magic book that can alter the future. He uses the book to his advantage, but the mouse inadvertently causes his death by chewing parts of the pages away, which changes the words written in the book.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #5 (May-June 1980)

The Golden Treasure (Table of Contents)

Wonder Woman; Hostess / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Vince Colletta ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Wonder Woman

Synopsis:

Wonder Woman distracts two thieves who are stealing the Golden Treasure of Aphrodite with another golden treasure - Hostess Twinkies!

Indexer Notes

Copyright © 1979 Continental Baking Company

Follow the Up-to-the-Minute Adventures of Your Favorite Super-Stars (Table of Contents)

The World's Greatest Superheroes / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Tuska

Inks:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Wonder Woman

Indexer Notes

Ad for the newspaper comic strip The World's Greatest Superheroes (Chicago Tribune/New York Daily News Syndicate)

Double Dynamite! (Table of Contents)

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joe Shuster (illustration); ? (photograph)

Inks:

Joe Shuster (illustration); ? (photograph)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-61 [reprint of Superman #1] and All-New Collectors' Edition (DC, 1978 series) #C-62 [Superman: The Movie magazine]

The Lovely Little Lady with the Sea-Green Tail! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Steve Clement

Pencils:

Juan Ortiz

Inks:

Augie Scotto

Colors:

Jerry Serpe

Letters:

Clem Robins

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Characters:

Cain (host)

Synopsis:

A marine biologist finds a mermaid and keeps her captive, but when he tries to lure her mate to add to the exhibit he is eaten by the creature that emerges from the sea.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Cain's Mail Room / letters page / 0.75 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Levitz ? [as Cain]

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

L-227

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Kimberly Arber; Beppe Sabatini

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 1, 1978
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 75,650
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 66,747
Owner: DC Comics, Inc., wholly owned by Warner Communications, Inc., a publicly-held company, both at 75 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y., N.Y. 10019