House of Mystery
#209
(December 1972)
DC,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 21
- Price
- 0.20 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1972-10-31
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [circle]
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #89.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bernie Wrightson (signed as
WRIGHTSON) - Inks
- Bernie Wrightson (signed as WRIGHTSON)
- Colors
- ?
- Job Number
- J-1902
- Reprints
-
in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #14 ([December 1974]) -
in L'Insolite (Arédit-Artima, 1977 series) #17 (novembre 1980) -
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)
-
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Orlando
- Pencils
- Bernie Wrightson (signed as WRIGHTSON)
- Inks
- Bernie Wrightson (signed as WRIGHTSON)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese ?
- Job Number
- J-1897
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Greetings out there! I'm Cain, caretaker and part-time babysitter here...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Cain
- Reprints
-
in Das Geisterhaus (Condor, 1989 series) #3 - in L'Insolite (Arédit-Artima, 1977 series) #17 (novembre 1980) [N&B [B&W]]
- 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
Script credit from the Showcase Presents volume.
For Money... For Love!
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- J-1708; J-1756
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); John; Mr. Lawson; Mary Lawson; Aaron Milford
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lawson will not let his daughter marry John because he is poor. John becomes a grave robber to earn enough money for the marriage.
- Reprints
- in Das Geisterhaus (Condor, 1989 series) #3
- in L'Insolite (Arédit-Artima, 1977 series) #17 (novembre 1980) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #1/1982 (1982) - in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([May] 2007) [black and white]
-
Indexer Notes
The first page has a separate job number (J-1756) than the next 7 pages (J-1708).
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 0.5 page
- Job Number
- J-1881
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Snakes, snails, puppydog tails...
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([May] 2007) [black and white]
-
Indexer Notes
2 gag cartoons
[no title indexed]
Cain's Mail Room / letters page / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-1888
Indexer Notes
Includes letters from Dan Gheno; Mike Murphy; Craig Stone; Laurie Hannon; Art Stampler.
Maniacs
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- J-1717
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); Myra; Michael O'Donoghue
- Synopsis
- A werewolf is hunted by a local sheriff.
- Reprints
- in Das Geisterhaus (Condor, 1989 series) #3
- in L'Insolite (Arédit-Artima, 1977 series) #17 (novembre 1980) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([May] 2007) [black and white]
-
Tomorrow I Hang!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Pencils
- Jim Aparo (credited) (signed as Jim Aparo)
- Inks
- Jim Aparo (credited) (signed as Jim Aparo)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Jim Aparo
- Job Number
- J-1761
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); Mario; Viola
- Synopsis
- Mario is sentenced to death by hanging but he is looking forward to it as it will complete his transformation into a vampire. Unfortunately for him, the method of execution is changed at the last moment.
- Reprints
- in Das Geisterhaus (Condor, 1989 series) #3
- in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #14 ([December 1974])
- in Doomsday Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #16 (April 1980)
- in L'Insolite (Arédit-Artima, 1977 series) #17 (novembre 1980) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #24 (August 1982)
- in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #2/1983 (1983)
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([May] 2007) [black and white]
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
["Greetings out there! I'm Cain, caretaker and part-time babysitter here..."]
-
2.
For Money... For Love!
Cain the Caretaker -
3.
["Snakes, snails, puppydog tails..."]
Cain's Game Room -
4.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Mail Room -
5.
Maniacs
-
6.
Tomorrow I Hang!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Matthew Head
- Andre Heikamp
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Dan Kocher
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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