House of Mystery
#227
(October-November 1974)
DC,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 23
- Price
- 0.60 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1974-07-11
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [circle]
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (editor); Paul Levitz (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #108.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #31 ([October 1977]) [Amended reprint from The Phantom Stranger (DC, 1952 Series) #2 (October-November 1952)], #31 ([October 1977]) [Amended reprint from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 Series) #37 (October 1960)]
-
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-3674
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #5 ([1978] ?)
-
Indexer Notes
Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-3573
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Greetings, gargoyle-groupies, and welcome...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Cain
- Reprints
-
in Spectral (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #12 (mars 1987) [N&B [B&W]]
-
The Vengeance of Voodoo Annie
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Russell Carley (script continuity); Michael Fleisher (script)
- Pencils
- Nestor Redondo (signed)
- Inks
- Nestor Redondo (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-3309
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Reprints
-
in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #64 - in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #5 ([1978] ?)
- in Névrose (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #1 (mars 1985) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- John Albano ?; Joe Orlando
- Pencils
- John Albano ?; Joe Orlando
- Inks
- John Albano ?; Joe Orlando
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-3675
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Four gag cartoons, top two possibly by John Albano, bottom two by Joe Orlando:
Men's Turkish Bath.
An alien enjoys "All You Can Eat" at Al's restaurant.
The neighbors see a witch with a stew pot.
The undertaker is standing by with an fresh grave for the outcome of a pistol duel. - Reprints
-
from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #185 (March-April 1970), #185 (March-April 1970) - in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #64
-
The Haunting Wind!
comic story / 3.67 pages
- Job Number
- J-3676
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from The Phantom Stranger (DC, 1952 series) #2 (October-November 1952)
- in Spectral (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #12 (mars 1987) [N&B [B&W]]
-
[no title indexed]
activity / 0.33 page
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's the solution to last issue's Hidden in the House puzzle
Indexer Notes
Solution to Hidden in the House puzzle from last issue.
[no title indexed]
Room 13 / activity / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-3632
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When were you born?
- Synopsis
- horoscope page
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #183 (November-December 1969)
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #59
-
Cry, Clown, Cry
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Job Number
- J-1559
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host, inserted); Coco the Clown; Jason, the English Court Jester
- Reprints
- from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #51 (December 1961)
- in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #7 ([July 1978]) [Job number (J-1559), and copyright details deleted from reprint. Cain (host) removed and story tile changed to single line to fill the blank space. Page headings deleted: “The House of Mystery” (odd pages) and “Cry, Clown, Cry” (even pages), except for pp1 which had no heading.]
- in Spectral (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #12 (mars 1987) [N&B [B&W]]
-
- Keywords
- circus; clown; magic elixir
The Town That Lost Its Face
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Job Number
- J-1581
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Cain (host, inserted)
- Reprints
- from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #50 (November 1961)
- in Weird Mystery Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1978 series) #3 ([October 1977])
-
The Weird World of Anton Borka
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Job Number
- J-1557
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Cain (host, inserted)
- Reprints
- from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #37 (October 1960)
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Mail Room / letters page / 2 pages
- Job Number
- J-3663
Indexer Notes
Letters submitted by Brad Kohler; Evan Marks; Lisa Anderson; Craig Ledbetter; Richard Morrissey; Nicky Johnson; Bob Rodi; Brian Wilkes Prescott; Bob O'Brian; Holden McCormack.
Demons Are Made... Not Born
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- J-3585
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Reprints
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #61
- in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #5 ([1978] ?)
- in La Maison du Mystère (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #21 (avril 1983) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Spectral (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #12 (mars 1987) [N&B [B&W]]
-
The Girl in the Glass Sphere
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- J-1568
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Cain (host, inserted); Palmer; Edward Yeager; Tom; Carl; Laurie (Lorelei)
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #72 (March 1958)
- in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #8 ([October 1978]) [Job number (J-1568), and copyright details deleted from reprint. Host (Cain) deleted from pp1 with top panel cropped. Page headings deleted: “Girl in the Glass Sphere” (odd pages) and “The House of Mystery” (even pages), except for pp1.]
-
[no title indexed]
Room 13 / activity / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-3677
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You automatically got 7 years of bad luck...
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #176 (September-October 1968)
-
Make Your Own Monster
activity / 2 pages
- Job Number
- J-3678
- Characters
- Cain; Abel
- Synopsis
- paper doll page
- Reprints
The Carriage Man
comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Russell Carley (script continuity); Michael Fleisher (script)
- Pencils
- Alfredo Alcala
- Inks
- Alfredo Alcala
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-3535
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Reprints
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #108
- in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #5 ([1978] ?)
- in Spectral (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #12 (mars 1987) [N&B [B&W]]
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-3679
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- 3 gag cartoons.
A boy brings his monster to a pet show.
A man shakes hands with another man with a hook for a hand.
Monsters lure spacemen with women puppets. - Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #178 (January-February 1969)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
["Greetings, gargoyle-groupies, and welcome..."]
-
2.
The Vengeance of Voodoo Annie
Cain the Caretaker -
3.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
4.
The Haunting Wind!
-
5.
["Here's the solution to last issue's Hidden in the House puzzle"]
-
6.
["When were you born?"]
Room 13 -
7.
Cry, Clown, Cry
-
8.
The Town That Lost Its Face
-
9.
The Weird World of Anton Borka
-
10.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Mail Room -
11.
Demons Are Made... Not Born
-
12.
The Girl in the Glass Sphere
-
13.
["You automatically got 7 years of bad luck..."]
Room 13 -
14.
Make Your Own Monster
-
15.
The Carriage Man
-
16.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- CTGarry
- Gregory Fischer
- Andre Heikamp
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Lou Mazzella
- Mark Muller
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Karsten S.
- Jim Van Dore
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