House of Mystery #212

(March 1973)

Ever After (Table of Contents: 1)

Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Calnan

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

?

Letters

John Costanza

Job Number

J-1295

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Cain (host)

Synopsis

Warren thinks he'll easily get control of his girlfriend's inheritance once her father dies, but the tables are turned when he learns that she is a vampire.

Reprints

• in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #13 ([October 1974])
• in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2009)

Biggest Bargain in Comics (Table of Contents: 2)

Superboy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Nick Cardy

Inks

Nick Cardy

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1973 series) #DC-15, on sale February 6

Oh, Mom! Oh, Dad! You've Sent Me Away to Summer Camp... and I'm So Sad! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Fleisher; Maxene Fabe

Pencils

Alex Niño

Inks

Alex Niño

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

J-1759

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

camp kids [Richard [Richie] (boy in wheelchair); Timmy; Tony; and others]; counselor Bill; counselor Dave; counselor Larry; head counselor Ressler

Synopsis

Little wheelchair-bound Richard is left by his parents at a strange summer camp. After one of the kids apparently drowns in a lake, the others begin murdering, one by one, the counselors, thinking they are aliens out to conquer the earth. Richard then tells this to the head counselor, but the other kids find out and want to kill him. As Richard flees he finds out that the counselors really were aliens, who then escape into outer space carrying away the entire camp to an unknown faraway destination.

Reprints

• in L'Insolite (Arédit-Artima, 1977 series) #12 (1979) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #9 ([January 1979]) [Job number (J-1759) deleted from this reprint.]
• in Welcome Back to the House of Mystery (DC, 1998 series) #1 (July 1998)
• in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2009)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

E. Nelson Bridwell ? (signed as Cain)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

J-2084

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Paul Edwards; Peter Iro; Patrick Fiegenbaum; Christine Martinez.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 1, 1972
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 175,134
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 188,466
Owner: National Periodical Publications, Inc., 909 Third Avenue, N,Y., N.Y. 10022, wholly owned by Warner Communications, Inc., 10 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y., N.Y. 10020, a publicly-held corporation

Halfway to Hell (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Oleck

Pencils

Ruben Yandoc

Inks

Ruben Yandoc

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

J-1918

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Cain (host)

Synopsis

A criminal is shot by the police and awakens on a train full of dead people. Knowing that the final destination of the train must be hell, he demands to return to Earth, which he does, only to find that he is completely and permanently paralyzed.

Reprints

• in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #11 ([June 1974])
• in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2009)