(2018 [March 2019])
DC,
2018 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 99.99 USD; 130.99 CAD
- Pages
- 796
- On-sale Date
- 2019-01-02
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
DC [circle and serifs]
- ISBN
-
978-1-4012-8566-1
- Barcode
- 9781401285661 59999
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (editor - original series); Mark Hanerfeld (assistant editor - original series); Jeb Woodard (group editor - collected editions); Scott Nybakken (editor - collected edition)
Issue Notes
Collects House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #174-200.
Interior color reconstruction by Rick Keene.
Interior color reconstruction by Rick Keene.
[no title indexed]
insert or dust jacket / 0 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain
Indexer Notes
Front interior dust jacket with brief synopsis of this collection, includes illustrations from House of Mystery #175 "The House of Gargoyles" and #179 "Welcome to the House of Mystery".
[Title Page]
credits, title page / 1 page
- Pencils
- Neal Adams; Win Mortimer; Alex Toth
- Inks
- Neal Adams; George Roussos; Alex Toth
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
Indexer Notes
Title page includes illustrations from House of Mystery #191 Cover, #178 "What's the Youth?", and #182 "The Devil's Doorway".
[no title indexed]
credits, title page / 1 page
- Pencils
- Alex Toth; Mike Sekowsky; Gil Kane; Win Mortimer
- Inks
- Alex Toth; Wally Wood; George Roussos; Carl Anderson
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Indicia and publisher information, includes illustrations from House of Mystery #196 "The Alien Within Me", #198 "The Day of the Demon!", #180 "Comes a Warrior", and #178 "What's the Youth?".
Foreword
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 4 pages
- Script
- Michael Uslan
- Pencils
- Jerry Grandenetti; Bill Draut; Tony DeZuniga; Nestor Redondo; Alex Toth
- Inks
- Jerry Grandenetti; Bill Draut; Tony DeZuniga; Nestor Redondo; Alex Toth; Wally Wood
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Foreword by Michael Uslan dated 2018, includes illustrations from House of Mystery #189 "Eyes of the Cat", #177 "The Curse of the Cat", #185 "Boom!", #191 "The Hanging Tree!", #191 "The Hanging Tree!", #191 "No Strings Attached!", #195 "Bat Out of Hell", #189 "Eyes of the Cat", and #182 "The Devil's Doorway".
[House of Mystery #174]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino (layout); Joe Orlando ?; George Roussos ?
- Inks
- Joe Orlando ?; George Roussos ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino (logo design)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #174 (May-June 1968)
-
Indexer Notes
Art credits from GCD index for original issue. The table of contents for this collection credits layouts to Infantino, pencils to Orlando, and inks to Roussos.
The Wondrous Witch's Cauldron
comic story / 3.5 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A witch's cauldron that brings it's owner fame, fortune, and long life passes from owner to owner.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #174 (May-June 1968) which is reprinted
- from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #58 (January-February 1963)
-
The Man Who Hated Good Luck!
comic story / 5.5 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- In order to receive great fortune, Don Barker must reject three lesser stroked of good luck.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #174 (May-June 1968) which is reprinted
- from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #17 (February 1959)
-
Indexer Notes
Phantom Stranger-esque character
[no title indexed]
Page 13 / illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You'd better hang on to your good luck amulets...
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #174 (May-June 1968)
-
Museum of Worthless Inventions
comic story / 5.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- All these crazy contraptions are scientifically impossible! Could this be... witchcraft?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Professor Amos Todd
- Synopsis
- Amos Todd sells tickets to his Museum of Worthless Inventions when he sees a flash of light come through the rain clouds. He shows a gold making machine and then a power pill which converts water to gasoline. He is surprised when the water suddenly bursts into flame. In the storm he helps a doctor's car with a power pill and water. He finds all inventions now work and fixes the hospital generator with a perpetual motion machine. Back at the museum criminals steal the gold making machine. Todd follows using mechanical wings which stop working as he lands. All machines return to uselessness.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #174 (May-June 1968) which is reprinted
- from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #13 (October 1958)
-
- Keywords
- perpetual motion; power pill
The Court of Creatures
Mark Merlin / comic story / 8.5 pages
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural; science fiction
- Characters
- Mark Merlin; Elsa; Cottswald Creatures
- Synopsis
- Mark exposes Governor Tarsus' plot to keep himself in power by scaring his people with the Cottswald Creatures.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #174 (May-June 1968) which is reprinted
- from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #43 (April 1961)
-
[House of Mystery #175]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #175 (July-August 1968)
-
[Welcome to the House of Mystery]
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Orlando
- Pencils
- Joe Orlando (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Orlando (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (first appearance)
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #175 (July-August 1968)
-
The Gift of-- Doom
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Roger Steele
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #175 (July-August 1968) which is reprinted
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #137 (September 1963)
-
All Alone
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Orlando
- Inks
- Joe Orlando
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #175 (July-August 1968)
-
[no title indexed]
Page 13 / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Put this page on the floor... Drop a pencil (point first)...
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #175 (July-August 1968)
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #175 (July-August 1968)
-
The House of Gargoyles
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 11.67 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); Francois (sculptor, flashback); French sculptor; Jimmy; Samuel
- Synopsis
- Gargoyles come to life and take revenge on the man who killed their designer.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #175 (July-August 1968)
-
- Keywords
- gargoyle; Paris; sculpting
[House of Mystery #176]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #176 (September-October 1968)
-
Welcome... to the House of Mystery!
Cain the Caretaker / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #176 (September-October 1968)
-
The House of No Return!
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sid Greene (signed)
- Inks
- Sid Greene (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Stan Starkman ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #176 (September-October 1968) which is reprinted
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #131 (February 1963)
-
[no title indexed]
Page 13 / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You automatically got 7 years of bad luck...
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #176 (September-October 1968)
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 3 pages
- Script
- Sergio Aragonés
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #176 (September-October 1968)
-
The Roots of Evil!
comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #176 (September-October 1968)
-
Indexer Notes
Script credits from GCD index for original issue, which notes Marv Wolfman reported in Alter-Ego #113 (October 2012) that he was hired to re-dialogue this story. The table of contents for this collection credits Wolfman as the sole writer of this story.
[House of Mystery #177]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #177 (November-December 1968)
-
- Keywords
- cats; cemetery; graveyard
The Son of the Montross Monster
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host - inserted for this reprint, does not appear in original)
- Synopsis
- The grandson of the creator of the Montross Monster creates another monster so that they will destroy each other and restore the family name.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #177 (November-December 1968) which is reprinted
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #130 (January 1963)
-
Indexer Notes
Art credits from GCD index for the original issue. The table of contents for this collection credits Mort Meskin as the inker of this story.
Welcome Fellow Tenants!
Room 13 / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Orlando
- Pencils
- Joe Orlando (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Orlando (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Characters
- Cain
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #177 (November-December 1968)
-
Indexer Notes
Cutout picture to hang on wall.
Odds and Ends from... Cain's Cellar
Cain's Cellar / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (guide)
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #177 (November-December 1968)
-
Does Your Hand Have Any of These Lines?
Page 13 / illustration / 1 page
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #177 (November-December 1968)
-
Last Meal
Stories from Cain's Library / text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Ted Udall
- Pencils
- Joe Orlando (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Orlando (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #177 (November-December 1968)
-
Indexer Notes
illustrated text story. Possibly a reprint from an earlier issue. Charles King was a pseudonym for Ted Udall in the 1940's.
The Curse of the Cat
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #177 (November-December 1968)
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #177 (November-December 1968)
-
Indexer Notes
Multiple single panel gags.
A guy on stilts has one stilt on fire.
An airplane crashes into a radar station.
A boxer knocks another fighter's head off.
A fencer shows up wearing a musketeer outfit.
A coffin maker discovers an awakening vampire.
A doomsday sign carrier passes out in the middle of the street.
A blind beggar is distracted by a passing girl and heads for an open manhole.
A target is painted on the back of a man for a firing squad.
[House of Mystery #178]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #178 (January-February 1969)
-
[Welcome to the House of Mystery]
Cain the Caretaker / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Orlando ?
- Pencils
- Joe Orlando (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Orlando (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Duffy
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #178 (January-February 1969)
-
The Game
comic story / 6.67 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Jaime Markus
- Synopsis
- Young Jamie Markus takes refuge from a storm in an old deserted house and spends the night playing a game with a strange being who has his face.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #178 (January-February 1969)
-
The Man Who Haunted a Ghost!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #178 (January-February 1969) which is reprinted
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #35 (February 1955)
-
[no title indexed]
Page 13 / cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #178 (January-February 1969)
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pet Show
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #178 (January-February 1969)
-
Indexer Notes
3 gags
What's the Youth?
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #178 (January-February 1969)
-
Ghostly Miners
Cain's True Case Files / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- Are ghostly miners mining coal in Lions Coal Corporation mines?
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #178 (January-February 1969) which is reprinted
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #35 (February 1955) [new feature name added]
-
[House of Mystery #179]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #179 (March-April 1969)
-
[Welcome to the House of Mystery]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #179 (March-April 1969)
-
Sour Note!
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #179 (March-April 1969)
-
The Man Who Murdered Himself!
Cain's True Case Files / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #179 (March-April 1969)
-
Roll The Lucky Dice!
Page 13 / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #179 (March-April 1969)
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 1.17 pages
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #179 (March-April 1969)
-
Indexer Notes
4 gags in two parts of 0.67 and 0.5 pages.
The Widow's Walk
comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Howie Post (credited as Howard Post)
- Pencils
- Neal Adams (credited)
- Inks
- Joe Orlando (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Witch burnings, pirate plunder and murder, lost whalers and silent bitter women - this is still the heritage of the village of Whaler's Harbor, clinging silently to the bleak rocky coast of New England...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Angus Beame; Mary Bourne; Mr. Bourne (Mary's father); Homer Clyde (Mr. Bourne's servant); Mildred Clyde (Homer's wife); lawyer; various crewmen of Angus Beame; exotic item merchant; modern-day beachgoers
- Synopsis
- In 1897, merchant seaman Angus Beame marries Mary Bourne for her eventual inheritance. When Mary's father's will is read, and is not to Angus' satisfaction, he sails away and leaves Mary. In response, Mary places a curse on her betraying husband that he may not return to harbor until the day she dies.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #179 (March-April 1969)
-
- Keywords
- 1897; curse; inheritance; New England coastal town; sea or island setting; ships
Indexer Notes
The house given to Mary and Angus by her father bears a noticeable resemblance to the Norman Bates house in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" (1960).
The Dead Tell Tales
Cain's True Case Files / comic story / 0.67 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #179 (March-April 1969) which is reprinted
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #293 (July 1961)
-
[House of Mystery #180]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #180 (May-June 1969)
-
Comes a Warrior
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 9.67 pages
- Job Number
- 270
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Rangarry; Cain
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #180 (May-June 1969)
-
His Name Is... Kane
Gil Kane / comic story / 6.5 pages
- Job Number
- 278
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Abel; Carmine Infantino; Gil Kane; Joe Orlando
- Synopsis
- Comic book artist Gil Kane feels wasted in the comic books he's drawing and tries to gain some privacy by going to the House of Mystery where he plans to write his own stories. There, however, his editor Joe Orlando scolds him until Gil Kane finally kills him. The editor and writer however exact their vengeance by drawing Gil Kane into his own artwork which is then framed by Abel on the walls of the House of Mystery.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #180 (May-June 1969)
-
Indexer Notes
The word "Cain" appears below the story title, but is crossed out.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 1 page
- Job Number
- 293
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #180 (May-June 1969)
-
Oscar Horns In!
text story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- J-203
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #180 (May-June 1969)
-
Scared to Life
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #180 (May-June 1969)
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 1.67 pages
- Job Number
- 294
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #180 (May-June 1969)
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's True Case Files / cartoon / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-223
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fingerprint knowledge probably goes back as far as ancient Babylon...
- Genre
- non-fiction; crime
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #180 (May-June 1969) which is reprinted
- from Gang Busters (DC, 1947 series) #33 (April-May 1953) [feature changed]
-
[House of Mystery #181]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-345
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #181 (July-August 1969)
-
Sir Greeley's Revenge!
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 11.17 pages
- Job Number
- J-124
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #181 (July-August 1969)
-
Indexer Notes
Page 6 is a 2/3-page and page 12 is a 1/2-page.
[no title indexed]
Page 13 / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- An attached plastic good luck amulet ... is missing from the page.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #181 (July-August 1969)
-
The Siren of Satan
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #181 (July-August 1969)
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 0.67 page
- Job Number
- J-297
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #181 (July-August 1969)
-
Indexer Notes
Multiple single panel gags.
Knight slays dragon to rescue an ugly princess.
Monster running from cops enters a costume party.
[House of Mystery #182]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (inset)
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #182 (September-October 1969)
-
The Devil's Doorway
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 10.67 pages
- Job Number
- J-175
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); Satan [Belial]
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #182 (September-October 1969)
-
Indexer Notes
The first page is labeled "A" as an introductory page. Page 6 is a 2/3-page.
Grave Results!
Cain's True Case Files / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #182 (September-October 1969)
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 0.5 page
- Job Number
- J-385
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #182 (September-October 1969)
-
The Hound of Night!
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 7.67 pages
- Job Number
- J-125
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain; Sir Charles; Sir Edwin; James
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #182 (September-October 1969)
-
[House of Mystery #183]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Job Number
- J544
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #183 (November-December 1969)
-
[Welcome to the House of Mystery]
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-552
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #183 (November-December 1969)
-
The Haunting!
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- J-169
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain; Frank Abel; Peggy Abel
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #183 (November-December 1969)
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 0.67 page
- Job Number
- J-199
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #183 (November-December 1969)
-
Indexer Notes
John Albano credits from the table of contents for this collection. GCD index for original issue had credited Sergio Aragones, but that appears to be incorrect.
Curse of the Blankenships
Odds and Ends from Cain's Cellar / comic story / 0.5 page
- Job Number
- J-565
- Genre
- non-fiction; fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #183 (November-December 1969) which is reprinted
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #35 (February 1955)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from GCD index for original issue. The table of contents for this collection lists the writer and artist as unknown.
Superstitions about Spiders
Odds and Ends from Cain's Cellar / cartoon / 0.5 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #183 (November-December 1969) which is reprinted
- from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #64 (February 1962) which is reprinted
- from Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #109 (May-June 1952) [reduced]
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from GCD index for original issue. The table of contents for this collection lists the writer and artist as unknown.
The Dead Can Kill!
Cain's True Case Files / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Rev. Charles Power; Rawley; Cain
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #183 (November-December 1969)
-
[Horoscope]
Page 13 / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #183 (November-December 1969)
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 1.5 pages
- Job Number
- J-293
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #183 (November-December 1969)
-
Secret of the Whale's Vengeance
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 11.67 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain; Jeremy Bridges; Austin Bridges
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #183 (November-December 1969)
-
[House of Mystery #184]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-587
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (inset)
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #184 (January-February 1970)
-
[no title indexed]
Cain the Caretaker / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-432
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Greed, and the lust for riches...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #184 (January-February 1970)
-
Turner's Treasure
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- J-307
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #184 (January-February 1970)
-
Diploma
Page 13 / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Orlando
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #184 (January-February 1970)
-
The Eyes of the Basilisk!
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 9.67 pages
- Job Number
- J-399-1
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #184 (January-February 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
Story in two parts of 5 and 4.67 pages.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 1.5 pages
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #184 (January-February 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
John Albano credits from the table of contents for this collection. GCD index for original issue had credited Sergio Aragones, but that appears to be incorrect.
Multiple single panel gags.
A hiker with a camera meets a Yeti and runs straight up a vertical incline.
A boater in a storm doesn't realize a giant wave is behind him.
A guy selling good luck charms is about to be hit by a falling safe.
A mummy is sawing his way out of a sarcophagus.
A doctor unwraps a patient covered in bandages and no one is there.
[House of Mystery #185]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-659
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (inset)
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #185 (March-April 1970)
-
Boom!
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- J-287
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain
- Synopsis
- A skydiver lands at the House of Mystery, but Cain learns that the unexpected guest is already dead.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #185 (March-April 1970)
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 0.67 page
- Job Number
- J-342
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #185 (March-April 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
2 gag cartoons
[no title indexed]
Room 13 / activity / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-428
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi! Room 13 offers you a game...
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #185 (March-April 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
board game
Voice from the Dead...
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- J-288
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Synopsis
- After his death, the ghost of James Chaffin helps his family to find his hidden final will that rights the mistake he made in a previous version.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #185 (March-April 1970)
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 0.5 page
- Job Number
- J-151
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #185 (March-April 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
2 gag cartoons
The Beautiful Beast
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 11 pages
- Job Number
- 261
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Synopsis
- Escaped convict Joe Carver flees into a swamp where he meets a beautiful woman with a ruby necklace. He tries to steal the necklace, which leads to his death.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #185 (March-April 1970)
-
[House of Mystery #186]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Job Number
- J726
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #186 (May-June 1970)
-
The Secret of the Egyptian Cat
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Robert Kanigher
- Pencils
- Bernie Wrightson (signed)
- Inks
- Bernie Wrightson (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Irv Watanabe
- Job Number
- J-226
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (story host); Isha (priestess); Konassos (sorcerer); Ra-Na (cat)
- Synopsis
- To the House of Mystery comes Konassos, a sorcerer, with his white cat. Cain one night sees the cat transform into a woman who tells her tale. Isha, Egyptian priestess of the temple of Nu-Ta the Cat-God, is captured and held captive by Konassos. The sorcerer to better control her transforms the priestess into a white cat. Trapped in her feline form, Ra-Na a male cat escorts her but is then poisoned by the sorcerer. She plots her revenge and one day concocts a magical spell that transforms her back into a woman and Konassos into a mouse which she then introduces to Ra-Na's friends.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #186 (May-June 1970)
-
Room 13
Page 13 / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Orlando
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-427
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #186 (May-June 1970)
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 2 pages
- Script
- Sergio Aragonés
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Job Number
- J-687; J-202
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #186 (May-June 1970)
-
Nightmare
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Robert Kanigher
- Pencils
- Neal Adams; Joe Orlando (pg 1: Cain head)
- Inks
- Neal Adams; Joe Orlando (pg 1: Cain head)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- J-138
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (story host); Judy; Judy's father; Miss Winter (governess); Pan (statue brought to life)
- Synopsis
- A lonely little girl, Judy, seeks a friend and finds it in Pan, an animated statue. They play together in a fantasy world, but meantime in the real world she is struck by a fever and a doctor tries to cure her. As she improves, her father convinces her that Pan is just a statue. The statue, with a girl who's now grown up, sheds a tear.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #186 (May-June 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
Uncredited Cain head on the top of page one.
Judy was modeled after Neal Adams' daughter Kris Adams. (Note corrected by Zeea (Adams) Moss via the GCD Errors list.)
Kanigher script from GCD index for original issue, which was per bio info from Robin Snyder's History of the Comics #v4#7 (July 1993). The table of contents for this collection credits Jack Oleck as the writer.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Sergio Aragonés
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Job Number
- J-688
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #186 (May-June 1970)
-
[House of Mystery #187]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Job Number
- J801
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #187 (July-August 1970)
-
Mask of the Red Fox
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 11.17 pages
- Job Number
- J-299
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #187 (July-August 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
Page 6 is a 2/3-page and page 12 is a 1/2-page.
[no title indexed]
Page 13 / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Orlando
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-690
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #187 (July-August 1970)
-
Appointment Beyond the Grave!
Cain's True Case Files / comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- 291
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #187 (July-August 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
Wood inks credit from GCD index for original issue, which was per Wally Wood checklist. The table of contents for this collection credits Wayne Howard as the inker.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-799
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #187 (July-August 1970)
-
An Aura of Death!
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- 290
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #187 (July-August 1970)
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Sergio Aragonés
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Job Number
- J-689
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #187 (July-August 1970)
-
[House of Mystery #188]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Job Number
- J846
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #188 (September-October 1970)
-
Dark City of Doom
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 11.67 pages
- Job Number
- J-623; J-263
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (Host)
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #188 (September-October 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
First and last page of the story (job number J-623) is a framing sequence featuring Cain.
Page 6 is a 2/3-page.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Gargoyles / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Sergio Aragonés
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Job Number
- J-832
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #188 (September-October 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
Multiple single panel gags.
Cain brings his gargoyle to the veterinary.
A duck hunter sees a flock (gaggle?) of gargoyles.
A rooster wonders why one of his hen's eggs hatches a gargoyle.
[Coffin Cut-Out]
Room 13 / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Sergio Aragonés
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-836
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #188 (September-October 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
A coffin cut-out.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- John Albano
- Pencils
- John Albano (signed)
- Inks
- John Albano (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Job Number
- J-785
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #188 (September-October 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
Multiple single panel gags.
A hunter shoots down a witch on a flying broom.
A man hides behind a door but the monster rips the whole house off its foundation.
An executioner swings his axe and the blade flies into the air.
House of Madness!
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- J-170
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #188 (September-October 1970)
-
The Fly
Cain's Game Room / comic story / 0.67 page
- Job Number
- J-264
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A man reading a newspaper is annoyed with a fly.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #184 (January-February 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
Originally printed in issue #184, in this collection it is included with issue #188.
[House of Mystery #189]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-895
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #189 (November-December 1970)
-
[Surprise!]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages
- Script
- Joe Orlando
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-833
- Characters
- Cain
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #189 (November-December 1970)
-
Eyes of the Cat
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Robert Kanigher (signed)
- Pencils
- Jerry Grandenetti (signed)
- Inks
- Wally Wood (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Job Number
- J-380
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #189 (November-December 1970)
-
The Deadly Game of G-H-O-S-T
comic story / 5.67 pages
- Job Number
- J-926
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #189 (November-December 1970) which is reprinted
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #11 (February 1953)
-
The Thing in the Chair
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- J-195
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #189 (November-December 1970)
-
[House of Mystery #190]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-983
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #190 (January-February 1971)
-
[Welcome to the House of Mystery]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Orlando
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Job Number
- J-837
- Characters
- Cain; Gregory the Gargoyle
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #190 (January-February 1971)
-
Fright!
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Robert Kanigher
- Pencils
- Alex Toth (signed)
- Inks
- Alex Toth (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- J-993 ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #190 (January-February 1971)
-
[no title indexed]
Room 13 / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Orlando
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda ?
- Job Number
- J-929
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Cut the dotted lines and put your fingers through the holes...
- Characters
- Cain
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #190 (January-February 1971)
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- John Albano
- Pencils
- John Albano (signed)
- Inks
- John Albano (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Multiple single panel gag cartoons.
A man being attacked by a monster is told to be quiet by his wife, as the baby is sleeping.
A man with three legs buys shoes during a sale.
A postal delivery person stoops down to see what the sign in the tall grass says. - Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #190 (January-February 1971)
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Gargoyles / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Sergio Aragonés
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Job Number
- J-931
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Multiple single panel gag cartoons.
Guy on park bench feeding pigeons turns to see a gargoyle perched on the back of the bench.
Hunter with a butterfly net sneaks up on what he thinks is a flamingo.
A gargoyle is in love with a guy going to a costume ball dressed as a gargoyle. - Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #190 (January-February 1971)
-
A Witch Must Die!
comic story / 9.67 pages
- Job Number
- J-352
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #190 (January-February 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
Page 6 is a 2/3-page.
[House of Mystery #191]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-1049
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #191 (March-April 1971)
-
No Strings Attached!
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 11 pages
- Job Number
- J-706
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Synopsis
- A puppeteer is evicted from his house and dies without knowing that the children he entertained have not forgotten him. His puppets come to life to enact revenge on the heartless man who stole their master's home.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #191 (March-April 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
Includes two-page humorous introductory sequence.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-930
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #191 (March-April 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
Three gag cartoons.
The Hanging Tree!
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- J-180?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Synopsis
- A witch's curse destroys a man hundreds of years later.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #191 (March-April 1971)
-
Night Prowler!
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- J-1015
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- On Christmas Eve, a man and his wife are awakened by the sounds of a prowler in the house.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #191 (March-April 1971)
-
[House of Mystery #192]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #192 (May-June 1971)
-
The Gardener of Eden!
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- J-774
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #192 (May-June 1971)
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Lore Shoberg
- Pencils
- Lore Shoberg (signed)
- Inks
- Lore Shoberg (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-1121
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #192 (May-June 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
Multiple single panel gags.
Shoes repaired; Werewolf with hippies; Vampire eyeing a neck brace; Frankenstein on a car lift.
Image of Darkness
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- J-705
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #192 (May-June 1971)
-
Nobody Loves a Lizard!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- G-1039
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #192 (May-June 1971)
-
[House of Mystery #193]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bernie Wrightson (signed)
- Inks
- Bernie Wrightson (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-1227
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #193 (July-August 1971)
-
Voodoo Vengeance!
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 13 pages
- Job Number
- J-723
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #193 (July-August 1971)
-
Dark Night, Dark Dreams!
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- J-1119
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #193 (July-August 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
Tom Palmer ink credit per GCD index for original issue. The table of contents for this collection credits Bill Draut as the sole artist for this story.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Sergio Aragonés
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #193 (July-August 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
3 gags
The Hero
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Lore Shoberg (signed as Lore)
- Pencils
- Lore Shoberg (signed as Lore)
- Inks
- Lore Shoberg (signed as Lore)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-1175
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #193 (July-August 1971)
-
[House of Mystery #194]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bernie Wrightson (signed)
- Inks
- Bernie Wrightson (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Job Number
- J1314
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #194 (September 1971)
-
Born Loser
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 9.67 pages
- Job Number
- J-253
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #194 (September 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
Page 6 is a 2/3-page.
The Human Wave
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- J-1331
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #194 (September 1971) which is reprinted
- from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #31 (April 1960)
-
The Negative Man
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- J-1332
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #194 (September 1971) which is reprinted
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #84 (March 1959)
-
Indexer Notes
Script credit from GCD index for original issue. The table of contents for this collection lists the writer as unknown.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Sergio Aragonés
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-857
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #194 (September 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
Three gag cartoons.
Midnight Snack
Cain's Room 13 / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- John Costanza
- Pencils
- John Costanza (signed)
- Inks
- John Costanza (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- J-274
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Cain
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #194 (September 1971)
-
The King Is Dead
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- J-279
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #194 (September 1971)
-
[House of Mystery #195]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bernie Wrightson (signed)
- Inks
- Bernie Wrightson (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-1354
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #195 (October 1971)
-
[Welcome to the House of Mystery!]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-920
- Characters
- Cain; Gregory the Gargoyle
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #195 (October 1971)
-
Bat Out of Hell
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- J-1251
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); Adam Leach
- Synopsis
- Adam Leach kills his wife and hides her body in a wall but a giant vampire bat begins to torment him.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #195 (October 1971)
-
The Fantastic Wishing Well
comic story / 5.67 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Mort Meskin (signed as Meskin)
- Inks
- George Roussos; Mort Meskin ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If you'd have told me some time ago I'd find a wishing well that actually worked, I'd have laughed at you.
- Genre
- crime; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Brad Horton
- Synopsis
- Brad Horton has stolen $150,000 in marked money. He jumps from a train into some woods looking for a place to bury the money until it is safe to spend. He trips and falls into an old well. He wishes he never left the train and suddenly finds himself back there. Leaving the train again he finds his way back to the well where a stone tells him that wishes cost a nickel. He wishes for a million dollars and uses this to buy up the well and surrounding land. Officials visit and want to know the source of his wealth. He makes a wish to escape but the nickel is fake and he is arrested.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #195 (October 1971) which is reprinted
- from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #14 (November 1958)
-
- Keywords
- marked money; nickel; wishing well
Indexer Notes
Possible Meskin ink credit from GCD index for original issue. The table of contents for this collection credits George Roussos as the only inker for this story.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Gargoyles / cartoon / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-1045
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- 3 gag cartoons
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #195 (October 1971)
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Gargoyles / cartoon / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-1193
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- 3 gag cartoons
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #195 (October 1971)
-
Countdown!
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Len Wein
- Pencils
- Ralph Reese (signed)
- Inks
- Ralph Reese (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Milt Snapinn
- Job Number
- G-309
- Genre
- horror-suspense; science fiction
- Characters
- Cain (host); Jason; Valerie; Peter
- Synopsis
- Peter and Jason were competing to be the pilot on the first mission to Mars until Peter killed Jason to ensure he would be the pilot.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #195 (October 1971)
-
Things Old... Things Forgotten
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- 284
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); Igor Lazlo; Gork; Eric Roder; Hans
- Synopsis
- Igor Lazlo is creating a road thru the Old Hills in Central Europe but some creature is stopping his progress.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #195 (October 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
Story has Swamp Thing and Parliament of Trees similarities or overtones, and is listed in Overstreet as "Swamp creature story by Wrightson similar to Swamp Thing." One creature looks like The Heap plus there is an Old Ones / Elementals ("creatures of the old hills") vibe.
Who Am I?
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- J-1344
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A man with amnesia is forced to steal against his will by a disembodied head. He is a robot, and the head belongs to his creator. When the police trail the robot home, the scientist tries to escape, but he and the robot end up falling to their deaths.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #195 (October 1971) which is reprinted
- from Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #11 (March 1957)
-
Trick or Treat
comic story / 1.5 pages
- Job Number
- G-390
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A lethal virus is being transported on the Titanic.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #195 (October 1971)
-
[House of Mystery #196]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-1388
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #196 (November 1971)
-
A Girl and Her Dog
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 9 pages
- Job Number
- J-1050
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); Peter (dog); Michael; Lissa; Miss Cruthers
- Synopsis
- During WWII, two orphans are chased through bomb-ravaged London by Satan worshipers.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #196 (November 1971)
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Sergio Aragonés
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Job Number
- J-1046
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- 3 gag cartoons
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #196 (November 1971)
-
The Alien Within Me
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Job Number
- J-1208
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Professor Vraney; Professor Adams
- Synopsis
- An alien sends his image to Earth to stop a bomb sent here by his race.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #196 (November 1971) which is reprinted
- from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #60 (October 1961)
-
Child of the Dead!
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Jack Oleck
- Pencils
- Wayne Howard (signed)
- Inks
- Wayne Howard (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Milt Snapinn ?
- Job Number
- J-176
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); Walter Scott
- Synopsis
- A woman is buried but when grave robbers dig her grave up they find her alive.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #196 (November 1971)
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Room 13 / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Lore Shoberg
- Pencils
- Lore Shoberg (signed)
- Inks
- Lore Shoberg (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-1146
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- 3 gag cartoons
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #196 (November 1971)
-
Dark Journey
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- J-1373
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A man who takes a fortune that was meant to build a hospital in Africa is cursed by the village witch doctor.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #196 (November 1971) which is reprinted
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #72 (March 1958)
-
My Heart Becomes So Icy Cold
A Witch's Garden of Curses / text story / 1 page
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #196 (November 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
"Homage" to William Wordsworth's poem "My Heart Leaps Up" (1802).
Tony DeZuniga art credit from GCD index for original issue. The table of contents for this collection credits Joe Orlando as the artist for this story.
The Little People!
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- 157
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); Michael O'Bannion
- Synopsis
- Michael O'Bannion makes a bargain with the little people to trade his unwanted baby girl for a baby boy.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #196 (November 1971)
-
[House of Mystery #197]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-1424
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #197 (December 1971)
-
Ghost Ship
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 12.34 pages
- Job Number
- J-164
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); John Dodson; Jamie; Captain Jonah Frame; Fenton
- Synopsis
- After a mutiny, three men are picked up by the Flying Dutchman.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #197 (December 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
Pages 6 and 13 are 2/3-pages.
Mr. Mortem!
comic story / 5.67 pages
- Job Number
- J-1389
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Vera; Drew Wilson; Conrad Wilson; Mr. Mortem; Biff Saunders
- Synopsis
- When Drew Wilson sees a strange man at his uncle's funeral, and again at the death of a boxer he realizes that Death itself has been stalking him.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #197 (December 1971) which is reprinted
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #20 (November 1953)
-
I Wish I May, I Wish I Might
comic story / 3.5 pages
- Job Number
- G-350
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mark Wagner; Genie
- Synopsis
- Mark Wagner finds an old bottle with a Genie in it and decides to trade places with him.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #197 (December 1971)
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Lore Shoberg (signed as Lore)
- Pencils
- Lore Shoberg (signed as Lore)
- Inks
- Lore Shoberg (signed as Lore)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-1174
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- 3 gag cartoons
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #197 (December 1971)
-
House of Horrors
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- J-1335
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); Frank Cannon; Anna Vargas; Catherine Vargas; Jan Vargas
- Synopsis
- Frank Cannon believes that the strange family on the outskirts of town are really vampires.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #197 (December 1971)
-
The Guardian of the Past
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- J-1390
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Mr. Haver; Orab; Gamel; Rami
- Synopsis
- An expedition to the Egyptian tomb of Khardis III leads to the theft of emeralds and a strange time trip to the era of the Pharaohs and back.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #197 (December 1971) which is reprinted
- from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #11 (July-August 1958)
-
[House of Mystery #198]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #198 (January 1972)
-
Two Lives to Live!
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 11.67 pages
- Job Number
- #254
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); Ian Lerner; Satan; Luisa
- Synopsis
- A master artist gives his soul to Satan for the ability to be twins, one who can paint and one who can party.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #198 (January 1972)
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Sergio Aragonés
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-1437
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #198 (January 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
3 gag cartoons.
Boy Scouts find a witches' coven.
Boys build an electric chair and are going to test it with their baby brother.
Men carrying a casket are trying to hitch a ride.
He Adopted a Martian Boy
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- J-1472
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); Fred Marshal; Akza
- Synopsis
- When a Martian child crash-lands on his remote island, Fred Marshall is taught a lesson in turning his back on humanity.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #198 (January 1972) which is reprinted
- from Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #28 (August 1958) [retitled]
-
Indexer Notes
Original title: "I Adopted a Martian Boy."
Brief Visit
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- G-1001
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); Satan; Nilats (demon); Itepal (demon); Reltih (demon)
- Synopsis
- Satan takes the form of man to walk the Earth for an hour.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #198 (January 1972)
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Room 13 / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Lore Shoberg
- Pencils
- Lore Shoberg (signed)
- Inks
- Lore Shoberg (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-1166
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #198 (January 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
3 gag cartoons.
A witch sharpens her fingernail with a pencil sharpener.
A vampire bites a figure in a wax museum.
An open grave has a sign that says "Out to Lunch".
The Day of the Demon!
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- J-1276
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); Mordok; Gustav Tablun; Peter Kurt; Erica; Stefan
- Synopsis
- Townspeople plan to raise a demon from the pits of hell and plan to sacrifice young Stefan to the demon.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #198 (January 1972)
-
The Thing in the Telescope
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- J-1471
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Detective-Lieutenant John Hollis; Oswald Freems; Willy; Jack
- Synopsis
- A group of thieves try to locate the gems their boss had stolen but as each looks into a telescope he left them they die.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #198 (January 1972) which is reprinted
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #60 (March 1957)
-
[House of Mystery #199]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-1507
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #199 (February 1972)
-
Sno' Fun!
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 9 pages
- Job Number
- J-878
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (story host); Gregory (gargoyle); Dr. Wallace B. Peterson (scientist); Professor Strauss (scientist)
- Synopsis
- Dr. Wallace B. Peterson wants the fame of the discovery of a lost civilization in Antarctica for himself and so kills his colleague Professor Strauss. On the exploratory mission he is then captured and kept prisoner by that lost race of monstrous men who want to know everything about the outside world. A long time later he manages to escape but returning to civilization he doesn't feel well and goes to relax at the House of Mystery. There he finally melts to water having physically become like one of those lost men.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #199 (February 1972)
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Sergio Aragonés
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-1438
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #199 (February 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
3 gag cartoons.
Men are trying to escape out the back window of a butcher shop.
The camera man keeps filming while the rest of the safari is being squeezed to death by a giant serpent.
A man with bad vision aims at the wrong target.
He Doomed The World!
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- J-1391
- Genre
- science fiction; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); Frank Cable; Mr. Hiller; Mr. Lollar; Mr. Carlson; Mr. Hogarth
- Synopsis
- Frank Cable sends four explorers to place special metal rods at the highest, lowest, hottest and coldest parts of the Earth.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #199 (February 1972) which is reprinted
- from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #17 (September-October 1957)
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Gargoyles / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Sergio Aragonés
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-1436
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Cain; Gregory
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #199 (February 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
3 gag cartoons.
A gargoyle flies through a billboard.
Cain uses a gargoyle as an umbrella.
A gargoyle lands on the window sill of a bird watching society.
Snow Beast
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- J-1223
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); Kirk; Sam; Nita; Su-Ka-Tae (Abominable Snowman)
- Synopsis
- Alaskan miners are being attacked by someone, is it the Su-Ka-Tae or something else?
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #199 (February 1972)
-
The Whole Ball of Tin
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- J-1186
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); Wilson Brown; J. Frederic Brown
- Synopsis
- After killing a man, Willie goes to his estranged father for help evading the police.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #199 (February 1972)
-
The Haunting Wind!
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 3.67 pages
- Script
- Jack Miller
- Pencils
- John Giunta (signed)
- Inks
- John Giunta (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- J-1481
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain; Dan Russell; Jim Nelson
- Synopsis
- After stealing a ruby ring in Tibet, Dan Russell is cursed to die by a vengeful wind.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #199 (February 1972) which is reprinted
- from The Phantom Stranger (DC, 1952 series) #2 (October-November 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
Script credit from GCD index for original issue. The table of contents for this collection lists the writer as unknown.
[House of Mystery #200]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Michael Wm. Kaluta (signed as
MW Kaluta) - Inks
- Michael Wm. Kaluta (signed as MW Kaluta)
- Colors
- ?
- Job Number
- J-1527
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #200 (March 1972)
-
[no title indexed]
Cain the Caretaker / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Len Wein
- Pencils
- Michael Wm. Kaluta (signed)
- Inks
- Michael Wm. Kaluta (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Milt Snapinn
- Job Number
- J-1497
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Glad you could make it!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #200 (March 1972)
-
The Beast's Revenge
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- John Albano
- Pencils
- Michael Wm. Kaluta (signed)
- Inks
- Michael Wm. Kaluta (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- J-1369
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); John; Margaret
- Synopsis
- John is impatient with his sister's love of animals, and accidentally kills her when she tries to protect her dog from his anger. John is then attacked and killed by other animals around the farm that his sister had befriended.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #200 (March 1972)
-
The Secret of Camp Galaxy
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 7.67 pages
- Job Number
- J-1526
- Genre
- science fiction; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); Johnny Thornton; Mr. Nairam; Vorkle; Thboothga; Uncle Y'Tram; Zeba; Orgaal; Svardo
- Synopsis
- Johnny Thornton is chosen to go to a summer camp staffed by aliens from other planets, but his parents believe it's all an elaborate hoax.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #200 (March 1972) which is reprinted
- from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #26 (November 1959)
-
The Forbidden Wish
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- J-1392
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); Cal Colby; Helen
- Synopsis
- Cal Colby finds a Native American talisman that grants him whatever he wishes for, but warns him not to wish for immortality.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #200 (March 1972) which is reprinted
- from Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #7 (November 1956)
-
The Lunatic
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- J-1242
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); Aaron Edwards; Peter Edwards
- Synopsis
- Angry villagers demand that one of two brothers should be killed because he is insane, but which one is it?
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #200 (March 1972)
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Gargoyles / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Sergio Aragonés
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Job Number
- J-1435
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #200 (March 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
3 gag cartoons.
Small gargoyles land on a kid's sandcastle.
Ladies eating lunch on a terrace are surprised by their neighbor feeding a gargoyle.
A cop pulls over Cain and a gargoyle flies off with his motorcycle.
A Breath of Black Death
comic story / 11 pages
- Job Number
- G-915
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Terron; Tatuk
- Synopsis
- An Egyptian Pharaoh begs the gods to restore his son to life, but is unwilling to pay the price they demand.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #200 (March 1972)
-
Slogging Through the Swamp on a Murky Evening
A Witch's Garden of Curses / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Len Wein
- Pencils
- Joe Orlando ?; Sal Amendola ?
- Inks
- Joe Orlando ?; Sal Amendola ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Job Number
- G-752
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #200 (March 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
Adapted from the Robert Frost poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening."
Possible Amendola art credit from GCD index for original issue. The table of contents for this collection credits Joe Orlando as the artist for this story.
Complete Your Collection with These Other Silver and Bronze Age Omnibuses
insert or dust jacket / 0 pages
- Characters
- Swamp Thing [Alec Holland]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Teen Titans [Robin [Dick Grayson]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Aqualad [Garth]; Wonder Girl [Donna Troy]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Mal Duncan; Bumblebee [Karen Beecher]]
Indexer Notes
Inside rear dust jacket listing of other Silver and Bronze Age Omnibuses. Includes House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 1, Swamp Thing: The Bronze Age Omnibus, Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 1, Batman in The Brave and the Bold: The Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 1, and Teen Titans: The Bronze Age Omnibus.
[Back Cover]
illustration / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Neal Adams; Gil Kane
- Inks
- Neal Adams; Wally Wood
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- horror-suspense
Indexer Notes
Back cover with text on contents of collection, includes illustrations from House of Mystery #189 Cover and #180 "His Name Is... Kane".
Editing
Related Scans
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
[Title Page]
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3.
[no title indexed]
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4.
[Table of Contents]
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5.
Foreword
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6.
[House of Mystery #174]
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7.
The Wondrous Witch's Cauldron
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8.
The Man Who Hated Good Luck!
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9.
["You'd better hang on to your good luck amulets..."]
Page 13 -
10.
Museum of Worthless Inventions
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11.
The Court of Creatures
Mark Merlin -
12.
[House of Mystery #175]
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13.
[Welcome to the House of Mystery]
Cain the Caretaker -
14.
The Gift of-- Doom
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15.
All Alone
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16.
["Put this page on the floor... Drop a pencil (point first)..."]
Page 13 -
17.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
18.
The House of Gargoyles
Cain the Caretaker -
19.
[House of Mystery #176]
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20.
Welcome... to the House of Mystery!
Cain the Caretaker -
21.
The House of No Return!
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22.
["You automatically got 7 years of bad luck..."]
Page 13 -
23.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
24.
The Roots of Evil!
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25.
[House of Mystery #177]
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26.
The Son of the Montross Monster
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27.
Welcome Fellow Tenants!
Room 13 -
28.
Odds and Ends from... Cain's Cellar
Cain's Cellar -
29.
Does Your Hand Have Any of These Lines?
Page 13 -
30.
Last Meal
Stories from Cain's Library -
31.
The Curse of the Cat
Cain the Caretaker -
32.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
33.
[House of Mystery #178]
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34.
[Welcome to the House of Mystery]
Cain the Caretaker -
35.
The Game
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36.
The Man Who Haunted a Ghost!
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37.
[no title indexed]
Page 13 -
38.
["Pet Show"]
Cain's Game Room -
39.
What's the Youth?
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40.
Ghostly Miners
Cain's True Case Files -
41.
[House of Mystery #179]
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42.
[Welcome to the House of Mystery]
-
43.
Sour Note!
Cain the Caretaker -
44.
The Man Who Murdered Himself!
Cain's True Case Files -
45.
Roll The Lucky Dice!
Page 13 -
46.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
47.
The Widow's Walk
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48.
The Dead Tell Tales
Cain's True Case Files -
49.
[House of Mystery #180]
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50.
Comes a Warrior
Cain the Caretaker -
51.
His Name Is... Kane
Gil Kane -
52.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
53.
Oscar Horns In!
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54.
Scared to Life
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55.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
56.
["Fingerprint knowledge probably goes back as far as ancient Babylon..."]
Cain's True Case Files -
57.
[House of Mystery #181]
-
58.
Sir Greeley's Revenge!
Cain the Caretaker -
59.
[no title indexed]
Page 13 -
60.
The Siren of Satan
Cain the Caretaker -
61.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
62.
[House of Mystery #182]
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63.
The Devil's Doorway
Cain the Caretaker -
64.
Grave Results!
Cain's True Case Files -
65.
[no title indexed]
Cain the Caretaker -
66.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
67.
The Hound of Night!
Cain the Caretaker -
68.
[House of Mystery #183]
-
69.
[Welcome to the House of Mystery]
Cain the Caretaker -
70.
The Haunting!
Cain the Caretaker -
71.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
72.
Curse of the Blankenships
Odds and Ends from Cain's Cellar -
73.
Superstitions about Spiders
Odds and Ends from Cain's Cellar -
74.
The Dead Can Kill!
Cain's True Case Files -
75.
[Horoscope]
Page 13 -
76.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
77.
Secret of the Whale's Vengeance
Cain the Caretaker -
78.
[House of Mystery #184]
-
79.
["Greed, and the lust for riches..."]
Cain the Caretaker -
80.
Turner's Treasure
Cain the Caretaker -
81.
Diploma
Page 13 -
82.
The Eyes of the Basilisk!
Cain the Caretaker -
83.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
84.
[House of Mystery #185]
-
85.
Boom!
Cain the Caretaker -
86.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
87.
["Hi! Room 13 offers you a game..."]
Room 13 -
88.
Voice from the Dead...
Cain the Caretaker -
89.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
90.
The Beautiful Beast
Cain the Caretaker -
91.
[House of Mystery #186]
-
92.
The Secret of the Egyptian Cat
Cain the Caretaker -
93.
Room 13
Page 13 -
94.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
95.
Nightmare
Cain the Caretaker -
96.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
97.
[House of Mystery #187]
-
98.
Mask of the Red Fox
Cain the Caretaker -
99.
[no title indexed]
Page 13 -
100.
Appointment Beyond the Grave!
Cain's True Case Files -
101.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
102.
An Aura of Death!
-
103.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
104.
[House of Mystery #188]
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105.
Dark City of Doom
Cain the Caretaker -
106.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Gargoyles -
107.
[Coffin Cut-Out]
Room 13 -
108.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
109.
House of Madness!
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110.
The Fly
Cain's Game Room -
111.
[House of Mystery #189]
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112.
[Surprise!]
-
113.
Eyes of the Cat
Cain the Caretaker -
114.
The Deadly Game of G-H-O-S-T
-
115.
The Thing in the Chair
Cain the Caretaker -
116.
[House of Mystery #190]
-
117.
[Welcome to the House of Mystery]
-
118.
Fright!
Cain the Caretaker -
119.
["Cut the dotted lines and put your fingers through the holes..."]
Room 13 -
120.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
121.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Gargoyles -
122.
A Witch Must Die!
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123.
[House of Mystery #191]
-
124.
No Strings Attached!
Cain the Caretaker -
125.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
126.
The Hanging Tree!
Cain the Caretaker -
127.
Night Prowler!
-
128.
[House of Mystery #192]
-
129.
The Gardener of Eden!
Cain the Caretaker -
130.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
131.
Image of Darkness
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132.
Nobody Loves a Lizard!
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133.
[House of Mystery #193]
-
134.
Voodoo Vengeance!
Cain the Caretaker -
135.
Dark Night, Dark Dreams!
-
136.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
137.
The Hero
-
138.
[House of Mystery #194]
-
139.
Born Loser
Cain the Caretaker -
140.
The Human Wave
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141.
The Negative Man
-
142.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
143.
Midnight Snack
Cain's Room 13 -
144.
The King Is Dead
Cain the Caretaker -
145.
[House of Mystery #195]
-
146.
[Welcome to the House of Mystery!]
-
147.
Bat Out of Hell
Cain the Caretaker -
148.
The Fantastic Wishing Well
-
149.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Gargoyles -
150.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Gargoyles -
151.
Countdown!
Cain the Caretaker -
152.
Things Old... Things Forgotten
Cain the Caretaker -
153.
Who Am I?
-
154.
Trick or Treat
-
155.
[House of Mystery #196]
-
156.
A Girl and Her Dog
Cain the Caretaker -
157.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
158.
The Alien Within Me
-
159.
Child of the Dead!
Cain the Caretaker -
160.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Room 13 -
161.
Dark Journey
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162.
My Heart Becomes So Icy Cold
A Witch's Garden of Curses -
163.
The Little People!
Cain the Caretaker -
164.
[House of Mystery #197]
-
165.
Ghost Ship
Cain the Caretaker -
166.
Mr. Mortem!
-
167.
I Wish I May, I Wish I Might
-
168.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
169.
House of Horrors
Cain the Caretaker -
170.
The Guardian of the Past
-
171.
[House of Mystery #198]
-
172.
Two Lives to Live!
Cain the Caretaker -
173.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
174.
He Adopted a Martian Boy
Cain the Caretaker -
175.
Brief Visit
Cain the Caretaker -
176.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Room 13 -
177.
The Day of the Demon!
Cain the Caretaker -
178.
The Thing in the Telescope
-
179.
[House of Mystery #199]
-
180.
Sno' Fun!
Cain the Caretaker -
181.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
182.
He Doomed The World!
Cain the Caretaker -
183.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Gargoyles -
184.
Snow Beast
Cain the Caretaker -
185.
The Whole Ball of Tin
Cain the Caretaker -
186.
The Haunting Wind!
Cain the Caretaker -
187.
[House of Mystery #200]
-
188.
["Glad you could make it!"]
Cain the Caretaker -
189.
The Beast's Revenge
Cain the Caretaker -
190.
The Secret of Camp Galaxy
Cain the Caretaker -
191.
The Forbidden Wish
Cain the Caretaker -
192.
The Lunatic
Cain the Caretaker -
193.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Gargoyles -
194.
A Breath of Black Death
-
195.
Slogging Through the Swamp on a Murky Evening
A Witch's Garden of Curses -
196.
Complete Your Collection with These Other Silver and Bronze Age Omnibuses
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197.
[Back Cover]
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198.
[Spine of Book]
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