(September 1980)

DC, 1951 Series
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Volume
30
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1980-06-25
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893053009
Editing
Len Wein (editor); Joe Orlando (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #180.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Michael Wm. Kaluta (signed as MW Kaluta)
Inks
Michael Wm. Kaluta (signed as MW Kaluta)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
?
Job Number
C-382
Genre
horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

Cover Thumbnail for House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #284
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Len Wein ?
Pencils
Romeo Tanghal
Inks
Romeo Tanghal
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein
Job Number
J-6738
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi there, fellow hunters!
Genre
humor
Characters
Cain; Abel

Indexer Notes

Introductory page. Trophy heads of Len Wein, Jack C. Harris, Paul Levitz, and Joe Orlando are hanging on the wall.

Ruby! (Table of Contents: 2)

Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
J. M. DeMatteis
Pencils
Noly Zamora
Inks
Noly Zamora
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
Esphid Mahilum
Job Number
J-6264
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Cain (host)
Reprints

A Matter of Good Taste (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Batgirl; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The King and the Dragon! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Bud Simons
Pencils
Keith Giffen
Inks
John Celardo
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
Shelly Leferman
Job Number
J-5277
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Characters
Cain (host)
Reprints

Friends to the End (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Kelley
Pencils
June Lofamia
Inks
June Lofamia
Colors
Bob LeRose
Letters
?
Job Number
J-5566
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Cain (host)
Reprints

Deadly Peril at 20,000 (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Wessler
Pencils
Jess Jodloman
Inks
Jess Jodloman
Colors
Bob LeRose
Letters
?
Job Number
J-5841
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Cain (host)
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Cain's Mail Room / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-561

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Alan Naditz, Jerry Solomon, and Bill Beck.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. ["Hi there, fellow hunters!"]
  3. 2. Ruby!
    Cain the Caretaker
  4. 3. A Matter of Good Taste
    Batgirl; Hostess Twinkies
  5. 4. The King and the Dragon!
  6. 5. Friends to the End
  7. 6. Deadly Peril at 20,000
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Cain's Mail Room
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  • Andre Heikamp
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
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  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
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