House of Mystery
#190
(January-February 1971)
DC,
1951 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1970-11-10
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [character]
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
A Witch Must Die!
cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-983
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Skräckmagasinet (Williams Förlags AB, 1972 series) #1/1974 -
in Skrækmagasinet (Williams, 1972 series) #17/1973 ([December] 1973) -
in Shock Classics (Classics/Williams, 1972 series) #23 (1974) -
in Skrekk Magasinet (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1972 series) #1/1974 ([januar] 1974) -
in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #18 (February 1974) -
in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([April] 2006) -
in Classici DC: House of Mystery (Planeta DeAgostini, 2009 series) #2 (2009) - in House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 (2018 [March 2019])
-
[no title indexed]
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
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Welcome to the House of Mystery...
- Characters
- Cain; Gregory the Gargoyle
- Reprints
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([April] 2006)
- in House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 (2018 [March 2019])
-
Indexer Notes
Joe Orlando script credit from House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2019 series) #1.
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
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #49
- in Fantomet (Semic, 1976 series) #12/1997 (uke 24 1997)
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([April] 2006)
- in House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 (2018 [March 2019])
-
Indexer Notes
Script credit from House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2019 series) #1.
[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
- in 2 grufulde timer (Williams, 1973 series) (1973)
- in 2 ruskiga timmar (Williams Förlags AB, 1973 series) (1973)
- in Groot uur griezelen (Classics/Williams, 1973 series) ([1973])
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([April] 2006)
- in House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 (2018 [March 2019])
-
Indexer Notes
Joe Orlando script credit from House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2019 series) #1.
[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
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #4 (November 1972) [Nur ein Gag nachgedruckt.]
- in Skräckens timmar (Williams Förlags AB, 1973 series) (1973) [ruta 3 från originalet återtrycks här], (1973)
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([April] 2006)
- in House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 (2018 [March 2019])
-
Indexer Notes
John Albano script credit from House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2019 series) #1.
[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
- in Skrækmagasinet (Williams, 1972 series) #1/1973 ([Januar] 1973), #17/1973 ([December] 1973)
- in Shock Classics (Classics/Williams, 1972 series) #23 (1974)
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #18 (February 1974)
- in Mysterieserier (Semic, 1983 series) #11/1983 ([24 oktober] 1983) [svartvit]
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([April] 2006)
- in House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 (2018 [March 2019])
-
Indexer Notes
Sergio Aragonés script credit from House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2019 series) #1.
A Witch Must Die!
comic story / 9.67 pages
- Job Number
- J-352
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in Shock Classics (Classics/Williams, 1972 series) #26 (1974)
- in Skrækmagasinet (Williams, 1972 series) #3/1974 ([Marts] 1974)
- in Skräckmagasinet (Williams Förlags AB, 1972 series) #3/1974 (1 mars 1974) which is reprinted
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #20 (April 1974)
-
in Il Est Minuit... l'Heure des Sorcières (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #2 (1er trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]] - in Il Est Minuit... l'Heure des Sorcières (Arédit-Artima, 1978 series) #16 (juin 1982) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Fantomet (Semic, 1976 series) #16/1996 (uke 32 1996)
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([April] 2006)
- in House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 (2018 [March 2019])
-
Indexer Notes
Page 6 is a 2/3-page.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Mail Room / letters page / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-982
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Letters submitted by Ernie Saxton; Jerry Wilson; Jim Holdridge; Jay Zilber; "Christopher"
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
A Witch Must Die!
-
1.
["Welcome to the House of Mystery..."]
-
2.
Fright!
Cain the Caretaker -
3.
["Cut the dotted lines and put your fingers through the holes..."]
Room 13 -
4.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
5.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Gargoyles -
6.
[no title indexed]
Direct Currents -
7.
A Witch Must Die!
-
8.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Mail Room
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Gregory Fischer
- Andre Heikamp
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- John Monagle
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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