House of Mystery
#225
(June-July 1974)
DC,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 23
- Price
- 0.60 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1974-03-12
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [block]
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (editor); Paul Levitz (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #104.
Fireman -- Burn My Child!
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Alfredo Alcala; E. R. Cruz; Murphy Anderson; Luis Dominguez (signed as LD [overlapping])
- Inks
- Alfredo Alcala; E. R. Cruz; Murphy Anderson; Luis Dominguez (signed as LD [overlapping])
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-3563
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2009)
-
Indexer Notes
Inset art taken from interior stories.
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-3303
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Welcome back to the new, enlarged House of Mystery, fear fans!
- Characters
- Cain
- Reprints
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2009)
-
in Classici DC: House of Mystery (Planeta DeAgostini, 2009 series) #1 (Dicembre 2009)
-
Indexer Notes
Introductory page with table of contents.
The Man Who Died Twice
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- J-2077
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Reprints
-
in Weird Mystery Tales Annual (K. G. Murray, 1975 series) #2 ([1976]) -
in Névrose (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #4 (octobre 1985) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]] - in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2009)
-
Mystery Maze!
activity / 1 page
- Job Number
- P-23
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Reprints
- in Weird Mystery Album (K. G. Murray, 1980 series) #11 ([1980])
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2009)
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Sergio Aragonés
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-3475
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #186 (May-June 1970) [first page only]
-
in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #78 - in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2009)
-
Indexer Notes
3 gag cartoons.
Master of the Unknown
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Jack Kirby
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (original editor)
- Job Number
- J-3467
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Cain (host, added to original story); Ed Farrow; Professor Eggleston; Marie Kitner; Miss Wilton; Dr. Krishna; Sphinx
- Reprints
- from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #4 (May-June 1957)
- in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #8 ([October 1978]) [Host (Cain), job number (J-3467), and copyright details deleted from pp1 of reprint. Page headings deleted: “House of Mystery Super-Spectacular” (odd pages) and “Master of the Unknown” (even pages), except for pp1.]
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2009)
-
- Keywords
- Quiz Show; Sphinx
Fireman, Burn My Child!
comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Michael Fleisher (script); Russell Carley (script continuity)
- Pencils
- Frank Thorne
- Inks
- Frank Thorne
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Job Number
- J-3201
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Reprints
- in Weird Mystery Tales Annual (K. G. Murray, 1975 series) #2 ([1976])
- in Névrose (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #4 (octobre 1985) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2009)
-
Does Your Hand Have Any of These Lines?
Room 13 / cartoon / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-3468
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Palmistry demonstration.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #177 (November-December 1968)
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #78
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2009)
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Sergio Aragonés
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-3549
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #186 (May-June 1970)
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2009)
-
Indexer Notes
3 gag cartoons.
The Curse of the MacIntyres
comic story / 25 pages
- Job Number
- J-3513
- Genre
- horror-suspense; romance
- Characters
- Cain (host, added to original story); Rachel MacIntyre; Rachel's Father; Blair; Frances (Housekeeper); Jamie; Fred; Maggie; Alfie; Adrienne
- Synopsis
- After Rachel's father dies, Rachel moves in with her cousin's family who are all afflicted with a mental illness that her father was trying to create an antidote for.
- Reprints
- from The Sinister House of Secret Love (DC, 1971 series) #1 (October-November 1971)
- in Weird Mystery Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1978 series) #7 ([October 1978]) [Job number (J-3513), and copyright details deleted from reprint. Illustration of Cain (host) removed from pp1 with his word balloon changed to straight text deleting the words “Fear Freaks”.]
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2009)
-
Indexer Notes
The original job number was D-225.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Mail Room / letters page / 2 pages
- Job Number
- J-3508
Indexer Notes
letters submitted by John Drake; Steve Gilary; Tom Braden; Jim Calogens; Greg Harried; Danny Richards; Lee Purvis; Richard Lee Sullivan; Craig Douglas; Bill Corron; Valarie Lee; Ken Hamilton; G.H.
See No Evil
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- J-2005
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #70
- in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #21 ([February 1976])
- in Névrose (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #13 (avril 1987) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2009)
-
The Hairy Shadows
The Phantom Stranger / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Manly Wade Wellman
- Pencils
- Murphy Anderson
- Inks
- Joe Giella
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (original editor)
- Job Number
- J-1538
- Genre
- horror-suspense; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Phantom Stranger; Cain (host, added to original story)
- Reprints
- from The Phantom Stranger (DC, 1952 series) #4 (February-March 1953)
- in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #4 ([September 1977]) [Job number (J-1538) and Cain (host) deleted from this reprint. “Next Issue” blurb deleted and last three panels of story slightly extended.]
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2009)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits taken from index of original printing.
Shadow Show
The Spectre / comic story / 4.67 pages
- Script
- Mark Hanerfeld
- Pencils
- Jack Sparling
- Inks
- Jack Sparling
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Milt Snapinn ?
- Editing
- Dick Giordano (original editor)
- Job Number
- J-3512
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spectre; Cain (host)
- Reprints
- from The Spectre (DC, 1967 series) #9 (March-April 1969)
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2009)
-
This One'll Scare You to Death!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Kashdan; David Kasakove (story idea)
- Pencils
- E. R. Cruz
- Inks
- E. R. Cruz
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-2038
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Reprints
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #69
- in Weird Mystery Tales Annual (K. G. Murray, 1975 series) #2 ([1976])
- in Spectral (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #12 (mars 1987) [N&B [B&W]]
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2009)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Fireman -- Burn My Child!
-
1.
["Welcome back to the new, enlarged House of Mystery, fear fans!"]
-
2.
The Man Who Died Twice
Cain the Caretaker -
3.
Mystery Maze!
-
4.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
5.
Master of the Unknown
-
6.
Fireman, Burn My Child!
-
7.
Does Your Hand Have Any of These Lines?
Room 13 -
8.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
9.
The Curse of the MacIntyres
-
10.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Mail Room -
11.
See No Evil
-
12.
The Hairy Shadows
The Phantom Stranger -
13.
Shadow Show
The Spectre -
14.
This One'll Scare You to Death!
This issue was modified by, among others
- David B
- Dwayne Best
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Andre Heikamp
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mark Muller
- Mike Nielsen
- Karsten S.
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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