House of Mystery
#286
[British]
(November 1980)
DC,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 30
- Price
- 0.15 GBP
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (managing editor); Len Wein (editor)
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #286 [Direct].
There exist further variants:
[Slave of the Pharaoh]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Joe Kubert (signed as
Joe Kubert) - Inks
- Joe Kubert (signed as Joe Kubert)
- Colors
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- C-443
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #45 ([November 1981])
-
Indexer Notes
Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Len Wein ?
- Pencils
- Romeo Tanghal (signed as RT)
- Inks
- Romeo Tanghal (signed as RT)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Welcome back, fear-fans!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Cain
- Reprints
The Long Arm of the Law
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- David Michelinie (under joint name Barry Jameson)
- Pencils
- Irwin Hasen
- Inks
- Danny Bulanadi
- Colors
- Bob LeRose
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-3268
- Genre
- horror-suspense; science fiction
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Reprints
- in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #43 ([May 1981])
-
in DC Through the '80s: The End of Eras (DC, 2021 series) (2020 [February 2021])
-
Indexer Notes
Originally intended for the never published Weird Mystery Tales (DC, 1972 series) #25 (October-November 1978).
Slave of the Pharaoh
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- J-5426
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Reprints
-
in Das Geisterhaus (Condor, 1989 series) #1 - in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #45 ([November 1981])
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Dave Manak
- Pencils
- Dave Manak (signed)
- Inks
- Dave Manak (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Dave Manak ?
- Job Number
- J-6674
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
Indexer Notes
Gag cartoon.
The Man Who Died Tomorrow
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- J-5768
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Reprints
- in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #43 ([May 1981])
- in DC Through the '80s: The End of Eras (DC, 2021 series) (2020 [February 2021])
-
Editing
This Issue is currently being edited by
Juan Gonzalez
(since 2024-04-23,
last edit 2024-04-23)
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Slave of the Pharaoh]
-
1.
["Welcome back, fear-fans!"]
-
2.
The Long Arm of the Law
Cain the Caretaker -
3.
Batman vs. the League of Assassins
Batman; Hostess Twinkies -
4.
Slave of the Pharaoh
-
5.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
6.
Father Knows Best
Richie Rich -
7.
The Man Who Died Tomorrow
-
8.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Mail Room
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- Jim Van Dore
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