House of Mystery
#229
(February-March 1975)
DC,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 24
- Price
- 0.60 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1974-11-12
- 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 #112.
Nightmare Castle!
cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Nestor Redondo; Bernie Wrightson (as Berni Wrightson) (creature in background left)
- Inks
- Nestor Redondo; Bernie Wrightson (as Berni Wrightson) (creature in background left)
- Colors
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- J-3806
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #25 ([October 1976]) -
in Classici DC: House of Mystery (Planeta DeAgostini, 2009 series) #1 (Dicembre 2009)
-
Indexer Notes
Background creature re-used from the cover of DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1971 series) #4 (1971) as spotted by Frank Battaglia and submitted via the GCD error list.
Color credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
Five Fear Fables
table of contents / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Nestor Redondo (signed)
- Inks
- Nestor Redondo (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-3683
- Characters
- Cain
Sir Greeley's Revenge!
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 11.34 pages
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Jack Sparling
- Inks
- Jack Sparling
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza ?
- Job Number
- J-3837
- Genre
- detective-mystery; horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #181 (July-August 1969)
-
Indexer Notes
Pages 6 and 12 are 2/3-pages.
Sour Note!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Pencils
- Jerry Grandenetti
- Inks
- George Roussos
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Job Number
- J-3878
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #179 (March-April 1969)
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Mail Room / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- J-3810
Indexer Notes
letters submitted by Lisa Anderson; John Elliot; Rena Allen; Donna Petras; Mike Chapman; P.A. Grant; George Williams
Mystery Crossword
activity / 1 page
- Script
- Bob Rozakis (puzzle construction)
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- P-36
- Characters
- Cain
Indexer Notes
crossword puzzle
Nightmare Castle
comic story / 36 pages
- Script
- Robert Kanigher
- Pencils
- Nestor Redondo
- Inks
- Nestor Redondo
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-1621
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #25 ([October 1976])
-
in Névrose (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #15 (août 1987) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
-
Indexer Notes
Inventory story originally intended for Secrets of Sinister House #6 (August-September 1972).
Story in three chapters: Chapter 1: The Uninvited (6 pp.); Chapter 2: Eyes of Satan (8 pp.); Chapter 3: The Minister of Madness (22 pp.).
The Dead Can Kill!
Cain's True Case Files / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Marv Wolfman
- Pencils
- Bernie Wrightson
- Inks
- Bernie Wrightson
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ray Holloway ?
- Job Number
- J-3839
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #183 (November-December 1969)
- in Weird Mystery Tales Annual (K. G. Murray, 1975 series) #2 ([1976])
-
I Was a Spy for Them
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Mort Meskin
- Inks
- Mort Meskin
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-3840
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #16 (August 1957)
- in Weird Mystery Tales Annual (K. G. Murray, 1975 series) #2 ([1976])
-
Mask of the Red Fox
comic story / 11.34 pages
- Script
- Robert Kanigher
- Pencils
- Alex Toth
- Inks
- Alex Toth
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Alex Toth
- Job Number
- J-3941
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #187 (July-August 1970)
- in Weird Mystery Tales Annual (K. G. Murray, 1975 series) #2 ([1976])
-
Indexer Notes
Pages 6 and 12 are 2/3-pages.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Gargoyles / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- J-3379
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
in Grave Results!
Cain's True Case Files / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Marv Wolfman
- Pencils
- Wayne Howard
- Inks
- Wayne Howard
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-3842
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #182 (September-October 1969)
- in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #16 ([1981]) [pp1: Both “Cain’s True Case Files” logo and Cain’s word balloon removed. Story title centred in bordered white space.]
-
Indexer Notes
Barbados, West Indies.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Nightmare Castle!
-
1.
Five Fear Fables
-
2.
Sir Greeley's Revenge!
Cain the Caretaker -
3.
Sour Note!
-
4.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Mail Room -
5.
Mystery Crossword
-
6.
Nightmare Castle
-
7.
The Dead Can Kill!
Cain's True Case Files -
8.
I Was a Spy for Them
-
9.
Mask of the Red Fox
-
10.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Gargoyles -
11.
Grave Results!
Cain's True Case Files
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