(November-December 1968)

DC, 1951 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1968-09-12
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Joe Orlando (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[The Curse of the Cat] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Neal Adams
Inks
Neal Adams
Colors
Neal Adams; Jack Adler
Genre
horror-suspense
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Keywords
cats; cemetery; graveyard
Cover Thumbnail for House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #177
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The Son of the Montross Monster (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mort Meskin
Inks
George Roussos ?; Mort Meskin ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
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.
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Indexer Notes

The GCD index of the original printing of this story gave Roussos as the inker, the indexer of this printing thought it was Meskin inking himself. It is unknown at this time which is correct. House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 1 credits the inks to Meskin.
Both Meskin and Roussos have quite distinctive inking styles during this period. Faces in close up generally reveal the inker's identity. This most definitely looks like Meskin.

Welcome Fellow Tenants! (Table of Contents: 2)

Room 13 / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Orlando
Pencils
Joe Orlando (signed)
Inks
Joe Orlando (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Cain
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Indexer Notes

Cutout picture to hang on wall.

Odds and Ends from... Cain's Cellar (Table of Contents: 3)

Cain's Cellar / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; horror-suspense
Characters
Cain (guide)
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Does Your Hand Have Any of These Lines? (Table of Contents: 4)

Page 13 / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Orlando
Pencils
Sergio Aragonés
Inks
Sergio Aragonés
Colors
?
Letters
?
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Indexer Notes

Joe Orlando script credit from House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2019 series) #1.

Last Meal (Table of Contents: 5)

Stories from Cain's Library / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Ted Udall
Pencils
Joe Orlando (signed)
Inks
Joe Orlando (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
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Indexer Notes

illustrated text story. Is this a reprint? Charles King was a pseudonym for Ted Udall in the 1940's.

The Curse of the Cat (Table of Contents: 6)

Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Howie Post (credited)
Pencils
Bill Draut (credited)
Inks
Bill Draut (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Cain
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Sergio Aragonés
Pencils
Sergio Aragonés
Inks
Sergio Aragonés
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; horror-suspense
Reprints

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.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Marion Telesco, Tom Arneson, Robert Betts, Yvonne Ortiz, Jeff Eston, Douglas C. Wasdorf, Mike James.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [The Curse of the Cat]
  2. 1. The Son of the Montross Monster
  3. 2. Welcome Fellow Tenants!
    Room 13
  4. 3. Odds and Ends from... Cain's Cellar
    Cain's Cellar
  5. 4. Does Your Hand Have Any of These Lines?
    Page 13
  6. 5. Last Meal
    Stories from Cain's Library
  7. 6. The Curse of the Cat
    Cain the Caretaker
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Cain's Game Room
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Cain's Mail Room
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