House of Mystery
#205
(August 1972)
DC,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 21
- Price
- 0.20 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1972-06-20
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [character]
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #204 (July 1972) and Comic Reader #85.
[The Coffin Creature]
cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-1452
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([May] 2007) [black and white]
-
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-1690
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Greetings! Welcome to the basement of the House of Mystery!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Cain
- Reprints
-
in Démon (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #13 (3ème trimestre 1980) [picture only] - 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)
-
The Coffin Creature
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Michael Fleisher (dialogue); Jack Sparling (plot)
- Pencils
- Jack Sparling
- Inks
- Jack Sparling
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-1626
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Stinky; The Coffin Creature; Pierre; Claude La Plat
- Synopsis
- Two trappers in the swamp find the treasure the ghostly Coffin Creature has been searching for.
- Reprints
-
in Weird Mystery Tales Annual (K. G. Murray, 1975 series) #1 ([1975]) - in Démon (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #13 (3ème trimestre 1980) [Noir & Blanc et remonté [Black & White and reframed]]
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([May] 2007) [black and white]
-
Phony Face!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Pencils
- Gerry Talaoc (signed)
- Inks
- Gerry Talaoc (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-1642
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); Grant Weymore; Dr. Magog
- Synopsis
- Grant Weymore is on the run from the police after pulling a big bank job. Dr. Magog offers to change Grant's face so he won't be recognized.
- Reprints
- in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #5 ([June 1973] ?)
- in Démon (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #13 (3ème trimestre 1980) [Noir & Blanc et remonté [Black & White and reframed]]
-
in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #1/1982 (1982) -
in Mysterieserier (Semic, 1983 series) #10/1983 ([23 september] 1983) [svartvit] - in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([May] 2007) [black and white]
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-827
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([May] 2007)
-
Indexer Notes
3 gag cartoons
Over the High Side
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- J-1233
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); Dave the Buck; Beelzebub
- Synopsis
- Dave the Buck, a member of a motorcycle gang, brags that he'd take on Beelzebub himself for his girlfriend.
- Reprints
- in Démon (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #13 (3ème trimestre 1980) [Noir & Blanc et remonté [Black & White 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-1753
Indexer Notes
Letters submitted by Gail Burt; Greg Myers; E. Rigdon; Dan Gheno; Joel Pollack.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[The Coffin Creature]
-
1.
["Greetings! Welcome to the basement of the House of Mystery!"]
-
2.
The Coffin Creature
Cain the Caretaker -
3.
Phony Face!
-
4.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
5.
Over the High Side
-
6.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Mail Room
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- CTGarry
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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