House of Mystery
#281
(June 1980)
DC,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 30
- Price
- 0.40 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1980-03-25
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893053006
- Editing
- Jack C. Harris (editor); Joe Orlando (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #177.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
Now Dying in This Corner
cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jim Starlin (signed as Starlin)
- Inks
- Jim Starlin (signed as Starlin)
- Colors
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- C-317
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Jack C. Harris
- Pencils
- Romeo Tanghal (signed)
- Inks
- Romeo Tanghal (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-6403
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hiya kiddies! Won't you join me in a spin?
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain
- Reprints
-
in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #137 -
in The House of Mystery Special (Juniorpress, 1984 series) #1 (1984) [oorspronkelijke titel: "["Hiya kiddies! Won't you join me in a spin?"]
-
Indexer Notes
Introductory page.
Now Dying in This Corner
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Arnold Drake
- Pencils
- Joel Magpayo (credited as Joel P. Magpie'O)
- Inks
- Joel Magpayo (credited as Joel P. Magpie'O)
- Colors
- Jerry Serpe
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-6316
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Reprints
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #128
- in The House of Mystery Special (Juniorpress, 1984 series) #1 (1984) [oorspronkelijke titel: "Now Dying in This Corner"]
-
A Flash in the Dam
The Flash; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Flash; Destroyer
[Coffee Break]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Dave Manak
- Pencils
- Dave Manak (signed)
- Inks
- Dave Manak (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Dave Manak
- Job Number
- J-6486
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Gag cartoon. A monster destroying buildings is part of a demolition corporation.
Rampage
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- J-5709
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Reprints
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #135
-
in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #42 ([February 1981]) - in The House of Mystery Special (Juniorpress, 1984 series) #1 (1984) [oorspronkelijke titel: "Rampage"]
-
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Dave Manak
- Pencils
- Dave Manak (signed)
- Inks
- Dave Manak (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Dave Manak ?
- Job Number
- J-6488
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Gag cartoon. A vampire attacks lovers in a park, only it is another vampire and his girl.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Mail Room / letters page / 1 page
- Job Number
- L-501
Indexer Notes
Letters submitted by Chet Frazer; Joe Brobrey; Phil Wells; Milt Adams.
DC Puzzle
activity / 0.67 page
- Script
- Bob Rozakis
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Part of The DC Feature Page.
[no title indexed]
The Answer Man / in-house column / 0.33 page
- Script
- Bob Rozakis
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- F-133
Indexer Notes
Part of The DC Feature Page.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Now Dying in This Corner
-
1.
["Hiya kiddies! Won't you join me in a spin?"]
-
2.
Now Dying in This Corner
Cain the Caretaker -
3.
A Flash in the Dam
The Flash; Hostess Twinkies -
4.
[Coffee Break]
Cain's Game Room -
5.
Rampage
-
6.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Game Room -
7.
[no title indexed]
Cain's Mail Room -
8.
DC Puzzle
-
9.
[no title indexed]
The Answer Man
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- CTGarry
- Gregory Fischer
- Andre Heikamp
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Lou Mazzella
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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