House of Mystery #288

(January 1981)

The Piper at the Gates of Hell (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

J.M. DeMatteis

Pencils:

Dan Spiegle

Inks:

Dan Spiegle

Colors:

Tatjana Wood

Letters:

John Costanza

Job Number:

J-6841

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Characters:

Cain (host); Piper; Simple Joe; Adam Caufield

Synopsis:

Adam Caufield rescues Simple Joe from the piper.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in The House of Mystery (K. G. Murray, 1981 series) #[nn] ([1981])
• in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #23 [Direct] (April 1982)

Open Season (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mike W. Barr

Pencils:

Jess Jodloman

Inks:

Jess Jodloman

Colors:

Jerry Serpe

Letters:

Jess Jodloman (?)

Job Number:

J-6651

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Characters:

Cain (host); Reynold Carter; Jim Trask

Synopsis:

Jim Trask has returned to take vengeance on the man who shot him and left him for dead.

Blood On The Sand (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Wyatt Gwyon

Pencils:

Frank Redondo

Inks:

Frank Redondo

Colors:

Jerry Serpe

Letters:

Benjie Pabulos

Job Number:

J-5438

Content Information

Genre:

Occult

Characters:

Cain (host); Juan De Fiero; Maria Delgado; Roger Gallardo

Synopsis:

Juan De Fiero, the bullfighter, fights a demonic bull.

Reprints:

• in Doomsday Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #19 (August 1981)

When The Sea Gives Up Its Dead! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Kanigher

Pencils:

E.R. Cruz

Inks:

E.R. Cruz

Colors:

Jerry Serpe

Letters:

E.R. Cruz

Job Number:

J-6598

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Characters:

Cain (host); Maureen Joyce; Liam Gallagher; Sean O'Feolan

Synopsis:

Liam Gallagher get his revenge on the man who killed him.

Do's and Don'ts of Monsters! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dave Manak

Pencils:

Dave Manak

Inks:

Dave Manak

Colors:

?

Letters:

Dave Manak

Job Number:

J-6675

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Abel

Synopsis:

Humorous Do's and Don'ts for Monsters.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Job Number:

L-644

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Bob Burros; "The Phantom Monkeywrench," "The Phantom Stranger"

The Flash Meets the Bureauc-Rat (Table of Contents)

Flash / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Vince Colletta

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Flash; Bureauc-Rat

Synopsis:

The Flash stops the Bureauc-Rat and his Red-Tape gun with a hostess fruit pie.

Indexer Notes

Hostess Fruit Pies ad.