House of Mystery
#280
(May 1980)
DC,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 30
- Price
- 0.40 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1980-02-26
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893053005
- Editing
- Jack C. Harris (editor); Joe Orlando (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #177.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- C-296
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Within these pages dwell creatures from the terrifying beyond!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #40 ([August 1980])
-
Indexer Notes
Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
Each of the three monsters on the cover are from an interior story.
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Jack C. Harris
- Pencils
- Romeo Tanghal (signed)
- Inks
- Romeo Tanghal (signed)
- Colors
- Jerry Serpe ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Job Number
- J-6425
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Cain
Indexer Notes
Introductory page.
Twice-Killed Corpse
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- J-5717
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Reprints
-
in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #130 - in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #40 ([August 1980])
-
[Balloon Rides]
Cain's Gargoyles / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Dave Manak
- Pencils
- Dave Manak (signed)
- Inks
- Dave Manak (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-6331
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Gregory the Gargoyle; Cain; Abel; Witch Hazel
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Gag cartoon.
An Arrow in Time
Green Arrow; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; children
- Synopsis
- Green Arrow uses special arrows to save a cable car from falling when its cable breaks, and also sends Hostess Fruit Pies to the children inside awaiting rescue.
The Hungry Jaws of Death
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- J-5902
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Reprints
- in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #40 ([August 1980])
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #128
-
Flash of Fire
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Kashdan
- Pencils
- Dick Ayers (signed)
- Inks
- Dick Ayers (signed)
- Colors
- Jerry Serpe ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- J-5717
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Reprints
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #130
- in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #40 ([August 1980])
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Mail Room / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Jack C. Harris ?
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (illustration)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-474
Indexer Notes
Letters submitted by Jeffrey Lowndes; Chris Khalaf.
[no title indexed]
activity / 0.6 page
- Script
- Bob Rozakis
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Part of The DC Feature Page. Find-a-word puzzle.
[no title indexed]
The Answer Man / in-house column / 0.4 page
- Script
- Bob Rozakis
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Part of The DC Feature Page.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Within these pages dwell creatures from the terrifying beyond!"]
-
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
Twice-Killed Corpse
Cain the Caretaker -
3.
[Balloon Rides]
Cain's Gargoyles -
4.
An Arrow in Time
Green Arrow; Hostess Fruit Pies -
5.
The Hungry Jaws of Death
-
6.
Flash of Fire
-
7.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Mail Room -
8.
[no title indexed]
-
9.
[no title indexed]
The Answer Man
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Andre Heikamp
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Lou Mazzella
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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