House of Mystery
#221
(January 1974)
DC,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 23
- Price
- 0.20 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1973-10-09
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Line of DC Super-Stars
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (editor); Michael Fleisher (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
Issue may contain the Mark Jewelers insert.
On-sale date from Unexpected #154 and Comic Reader #100.
On-sale date from Unexpected #154 and Comic Reader #100.
[He Who Laughs Last...]
cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-3279
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #27 ([June 1977]) -
in La Maison du Mystère (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #17 (1er trimestre 1982) [Encadrée [Framed]] -
in Mysterieserier (Semic, 1983 series) #10/1983 ([23 september] 1983) -
in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2009) [black and white] -
in Classici DC: House of Mystery (Planeta DeAgostini, 2009 series) #1 (Dicembre 2009)
-
- Keywords
- skeleton; skull
Pingo!
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Michael Fleisher (script); Russell Carley (art continuity)
- Pencils
- Frank Thorne (signed)
- Inks
- Frank Thorne
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Job Number
- J-3144
- Genre
- crime; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- After Pingo the clown's wife realizes that her husband is a serial killer, he arranges to kill her too during their highwire act and make it look like an accident, but she gets her revenge from beyond the grave.
- Reprints
- in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #16 ([1975])
- in La Maison du Mystère (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #16 (4ème trimestre 1981) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Mysterieserier (Semic, 1983 series) #1/1983 ([14 januari] 1983) which is reprinted
- in Fantomen (Semic, 1958 series) #4/1995 (1995)
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2009) [black and white]
-
Indexer Notes
Russell Carley produced breakdowns for Fleisher's scripts, as confirmed by Michael Fleisher.
For the Merriest Xmas from DC
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-3038
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2009)
-
Indexer Notes
Three gag cartoons:
Jungle explorers are looking for a man with a mustache.
A giant puts on a giant shoe that happens to be a house.
Young boys practicing knife throwing with their baby brother as the target.
He Who Laughs Last....
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- J-894
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A plot to steal a young girl's inheritance is foiled by a ghostly clown.
- Reprints
- in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #27 ([June 1977])
- in La Maison du Mystère (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #17 (1er trimestre 1982) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #17 (January 1982)
- in Mysterieserier (Semic, 1983 series) #10/1983 ([23 september] 1983)
- in Roots of the Swamp Thing (DC, 1986 series) #4 (October 1986)
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2009) [black and white]
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Mail Room / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Michael Fleisher ? (signed as Cain)
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (logo illustration)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (logo illustration)
- Colors
- ? (logo illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- J-3319
Indexer Notes
Letters submitted by Jim Quinn; Jeff B. and Christopher M.; Bob Greenberger; Jim Harris; Valerie Lee; John Elliot.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[He Who Laughs Last...]
-
1.
Pingo!
Cain the Caretaker -
2.
For the Merriest Xmas from DC
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer -
3.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
4.
Two Sensational Blockbusters!
-
5.
He Who Laughs Last....
-
6.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Mail Room
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Gregory Fischer
- Marcus Fletcher
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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