House of Mystery
#204
(July 1972)
DC,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 21
- Price
- 0.20 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1972-05-18
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [circle]
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #84.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bernie Wrightson (signed as bw72)
- Inks
- Bernie Wrightson (signed as bw72)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-694 ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in L'Insolite (Arédit-Artima, 1977 series) #20 (juillet 1981) [Image inversée [Mirrored image]] which is reprinted - in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #72 (4ème trimestre 1981)
-
in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([May] 2007) [black and white] -
in Classici DC: House of Mystery (Planeta DeAgostini, 2009 series) #1 (Dicembre 2009)
-
Indexer Notes
Signature dated 1972.
All in the Family...
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Mary Skrenes (credited as Virgil North) (script); Bernie Wrightson (credited as Berni Wrightson) (plot)
- Pencils
- Bernie Wrightson (credited as Berni Wrightson) (signed as
WRIGHTSON) - Inks
- Bernie Wrightson (credited as Berni Wrightson) (signed as WRIGHTSON)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Milt Snapinn ?
- Job Number
- J-1066
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Cain, cadaverous caretakere here...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); Mary; Fred; Gloria
- Synopsis
- When Fred and Mary are stranded in the swamp they find a house that Mary had nightmares about the night before.
- Reprints
-
in Das Geisterhaus (Condor, 1989 series) #5 -
in Weird Mystery Tales Annual (K. G. Murray, 1975 series) #1 ([1975]) - in L'Insolite (Arédit-Artima, 1977 series) #20 (juillet 1981) [N&B [B&W]]
- in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #24 (August 1982)
-
in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #2/1983 (1983) -
in Mysterieserier (Semic, 1983 series) #7/1983 ([1 juli] 1983) - in Spécial USA (Albin Michel, 1985 series) #20 (mai 1986)
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([May] 2007) [black and white]
- in Classici DC: House of Mystery (Planeta DeAgostini, 2009 series) #1 (Dicembre 2009)
-
Indexer Notes
Dated 1970 ("70") next to Wrightson's signature at the bottom of the first page.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Sergio Aragonés (signed as
Aragonés) - Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (signed as Aragonés)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (signed as Aragonés)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-1541
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([May] 2007)
-
- Keywords
- pantomime; wordless comic
Indexer Notes
Three gag cartoons.
[Zacornu, the Tree of Demons!]
Realm of the Mystics / illustration / 1 page
- Job Number
- G-649
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For those who use magic unto evil ends
- Genre
- non-fiction; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Retelling of the Muslim legend of Zacornu, the Tree of Demons.
- Reprints
- in Das Geisterhaus (Condor, 1989 series) #5
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([May] 2007) [black and white]
-
Never Deal with a Demon
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Jack Oleck (credited)
- Pencils
- Win Mortimer (credited)
- Inks
- Win Mortimer (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- J-1513
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Men who have been attempting to outwit
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cooper
- Synopsis
- Cooper summons a demon to give him money and he is safe from the demon as long as he doesn't go thru a red door.
- Reprints
- in Das Geisterhaus (Condor, 1989 series) #5
- in Weird Mystery Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1978 series) #7 ([October 1978]) [Job number (J-1513) deleted from this reprint.]
- in L'Insolite (Arédit-Artima, 1977 series) #20 (juillet 1981) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([May] 2007) [black and white]
-
- Keywords
- colour blind; demon
To Die for Magda!
comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- J-1607
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Did someone knock?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); Stefan Tiza (Karolsi); Magda Kossu; Janos Kossu; Mr. Kossu
- Synopsis
- Stefan is tricked into signing a fake confession stating that he's a warlock.
- Reprints
- in Das Geisterhaus (Condor, 1989 series) #6
- in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #13 ([October 1974])
- in Névrose (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #3 (août 1985) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([May] 2007) [black and white]
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Mail Room / letters page / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-1716
Indexer Notes
Letters from: Mark Lucke, Tony Robertson, and Craig Ledbetter.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
All in the Family...
Cain the Caretaker -
2.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
3.
[Zacornu, the Tree of Demons!]
Realm of the Mystics -
4.
Never Deal with a Demon
-
5.
[no title indexed]
Direct Currents -
6.
To Die for Magda!
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7.
Roger's Super Skittle Bowl
Aurora Products -
8.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Mail Room
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mark Muller
- Mike Nielsen
- Jason Sacks
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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