House of Mystery
#252
(May-June 1977)
DC,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 26
- Price
- 1.00 USD
- Pages
- 84
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1977-02-15
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893053006
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #140.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Neal Adams (signed as
Neal Adams) - Inks
- Neal Adams (signed as Neal Adams)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- C-393
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #8 ([October 1978]) -
in Classici DC: House of Mystery (Planeta DeAgostini, 2009 series) #2 (2009)
-
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 5 pages
- Job Number
- J-4553
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Glad to see you could make it back...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Cain; Destiny
- Synopsis
- The House of Mystery has been condemned and Cain must convince a demolition crew to go away.
- Reprints
-
in Démon (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #10 (novembre 1986) [N&B/B&W]
-
Indexer Notes
Framing sequence interspersed before, after, and between some stories.
The Devil Strikes at My Old Kentucky Home!
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- J-4578
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain; Max Allen; John Shaw; Horatio; Bob; Cedric B. DeMiles
- Synopsis
- The House of Mystery is scouted as a location for an amusement park, then for a movie, but Cain and his fellow weird inhabitants scare everyone away.
- Reprints
- in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #8 ([October 1978]) [Job number (J-4578) deleted from this reprint.]
- in Démon (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #10 (novembre 1986) [N&B/B&W]
-
[no title indexed]
Cain & Abel / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Job Number
- J-4594
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Cain; Abel
- Synopsis
- Cain and Abel spay flowers with bug spray as a giant bug sprays them.
Abel stands in a deep hole while Cain dives into shallow water.
Two ships in bottles are shooting at each other. - Reprints
Indexer Notes
Three gag cartoons.
The House Called Blefestry
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- Z-196
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); Owen Sherwood; Terri Sherwood
- Synopsis
- Owen Sherwood is haunted by terrible nightmares, but when he consults a psychiatrist he learns that the nightmares are real.
- Reprints
-
in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #110 - in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #8 ([October 1978]) [Job number (Z-196) deleted from this reprint. Cain (host) deleted from pp1.]
- in Névrose (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #12 (février 1987) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
-
- Keywords
- psychiatrist
The Man Who Saw Tomorrow!
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- J-3900
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); The Baron; Alchemist (unnamed)
- Synopsis
- An evil baron steals the secret of foretelling the future from an alchemist, but it leads to his death.
- Reprints
- in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #8 ([October 1978]) [Job number (J-3900) deleted from this reprint. Cain (host) and his introductory word balloon deleted from pp1.]
- in Névrose (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #12 (février 1987) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
-
- Keywords
- alchemist; demon
Markham's Masterpiece
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- J-3365
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); Stanley Markham; Mr. Webber; Mrs. Peterson
- Synopsis
- Stanley Markham steals sculptures done by an old lady and passes them off as his own. Eventually he murders her so she can't reveal the truth, but her ghost returns for revenge.
- Reprints
- in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #8 ([October 1978]) [Job number (J-3365) deleted. Host (Cain) deleted from pp1 and pp5 of reprint.]
- in Spectral (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #10 (novembre 1986) [N&B [B&W]]
-
- Keywords
- art museum
The "Hidden Talent" Puzzle
activity / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-4601
- Characters
- Cain
- Synopsis
- Word search puzzle.
Indexer Notes
puzzle constructed by Bob Rozakis; solution found on letters page in this issue
[no title indexed]
illustration / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here it is, folks!
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Pin-up of the House of Mystery (exterior).
[no title indexed]
Witch's Tails / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Job Number
- J-4460
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Indexer Notes
Single gag cartoon about a servant using a witches broom to sweep the floor.
Grim Choice!
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- J-3388
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); ‘Dolph’ Culhane; Guiterrez; Pepper; Martinez
- Synopsis
- After a plane crash in the mountains, Dolph Culhane is forced to eat the race horse he just bought in order to stay alive, but after he is rescued he learns that the horse was diseased, just as he starts to feel the symptoms himself.
- Reprints
- in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #8 ([October 1978])
- in Névrose (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #12 (février 1987) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
-
- Keywords
- race horse
Man Killers
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- T-151
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host); Arnon the Wizard
- Synopsis
- A gang of conquering barbarians are captured and killed by a band of Amazons.
- Reprints
- in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #8 ([October 1978]) [Job number (T-151) deleted from reprint. Host (Cain) deleted from pp1 and pp3.]
-
- Keywords
- Amazons; Wizard
The House of Secrets Speaks... Out
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- J-4568
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Abel; Jenette Kahn; Joe Orlando
- Synopsis
- Two people arrive at Abel's door to see if his house can be used to relocate Cain when the House of Mystery is torn down.
Who -- or What Is the Changing Man?
Shade, the Changing Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
[no title indexed]
Cain's Mail Room / letters page / 1.75 pages
- Job Number
- L-828
Indexer Notes
Letters submitted by D.B. Webb; Jackie Hullette; Jon Mark Glazner; Rick Burnett; Will Nash; "An Adoring Fan"; "Problem Solvers Limited".
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.25 page
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Statement of October 1, 1976
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 124,000
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 87,583
Owner: DC Comics, Inc., wholly owned by Warner Communications, Inc., a publicly-held company, both at 75 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y., N.Y. 10019
From Beyond the Grave!
comic story / 9 pages
- Job Number
- J-2073
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Destiny (host); Maude West; Whitney Lee; George
- Synopsis
- Maude West finally joins her dead fiancee, fifty years after the accident that killed him.
- Reprints
- in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #8 ([October 1978]) [Job number (J-2073) deleted from this reprint.]
- in Névrose (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #12 (février 1987) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-4595
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Single gag cartoon of a beautiful witch changing into an ugly witch so her friends don't find out.
- Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
The Whole World's Upside Down
Batman; Hostess Fruit Pies -
2.
["Glad to see you could make it back..."]
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3.
The Devil Strikes at My Old Kentucky Home!
Cain the Caretaker -
4.
[no title indexed]
Cain & Abel -
5.
The House Called Blefestry
-
6.
The Man Who Saw Tomorrow!
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7.
Markham's Masterpiece
-
8.
The "Hidden Talent" Puzzle
-
9.
["Here it is, folks!"]
-
10.
[no title indexed]
Witch's Tails -
11.
Grim Choice!
-
12.
Man Killers
-
13.
The House of Secrets Speaks... Out
-
14.
Who -- or What Is the Changing Man?
Shade, the Changing Man -
15.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Mail Room -
16.
[no title indexed]
-
17.
From Beyond the Grave!
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18.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
19.
...Another Masterful Missive from Our Publisher!!
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20.
#1 Sol Harrison
DC Profiles
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