House of Mystery #279

(April 1980)

["Ah! There you are! We have been expecting you!"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jack C. Harris

Pencils:

Romeo Tanghal

Inks:

Romeo Tanghal ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

J-6342

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Cain; Abel; Destiny; Mordred; Mildred; Cynthia; Madame Xanadu; Gregory the Gargoyle

His Brother's Keeper (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Oleck

Pencils:

Bernard Baily

Inks:

Wayne Howard

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

J-1800

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Characters:

Cain (host)

Synopsis:

A deformed man seeks the black magic spell that will allow him to switch bodies with his handsome brother.

Reprints:

• in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #40 ([August 1980])

The Borrower (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; Borrower

Synopsis:

The only way Wonder Woman can stop the Borrower long enough to capture him is to set out some Twinkies so he takes a snack break.

Indexer Notes

Copyright © 1980 Continental Baking Company

Cain's Game Room (Table of Contents)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Kevin Woodcock (ZA-691); ? (ZA-689); ? (ZA-653)

Inks:

Kevin Woodcock (ZA-691); ? (ZA-689); ? (ZA-653)

Colors:

?

Job Number:

ZA-689; ZA-691; ZA-653

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

3 gag cartoons

10 + 4 + 132 + 95 (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ross Andru

Inks:

Dick Giordano

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

house ad for The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #5 [Year's Best Comics Stories], on sale February 14

Detective Comics Scores Another First! (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ross Andru

Inks:

Dick Giordano

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

house ad for Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series), the first monthly Dollar Comic from DC

Trial By Fury! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Carl Wessler

Pencils:

Alex Saviuk

Inks:

Alex Saviuk ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

J-5718

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Characters:

Cain (host)

Synopsis:

A witch survives the trial to prove her guilt and kills her accuser.

A Legion of Heroes in their World's Finest Adventures! (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ross Andru; James Sherman

Inks:

Dick Giordano; James Sherman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #470, on sale January 24; Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1980 series) #262, on sale January 24; and World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #262, on sale January 10

Every Shroud Has a Silver Lining (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mike W. Barr

Pencils:

Noly Zamora

Inks:

Noly Zamora

Colors:

Jerry Serpe

Letters:

Esphidy Mahilum

Job Number:

J-5584

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Characters:

Cain (host)

Synopsis:

Two werewolf hunters come to the town of Lode, Montana, with differing motives.

Cain's Mail Room (Table of Contents)

letters page / 0.75 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Levitz ? [as Cain]

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

L-451

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Alan Naditz; Joe Beardslee; Randy Sparks; "Adiadne - Master and Keeper of Blackwood Manor".

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 1, 1979
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 85,569
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 93,672
Owner: DC Comics, Inc., wholly owned by Warner Communications, Inc., a publicly-held company, both at 75 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y., N.Y. 10019