House of Mystery #303 [Direct]
(April 1982)

DC, 1951 Series
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Volume
32
Price
0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981-12-29
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Karen Berger (editor); Dick Giordano (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.
This issue has variants:

The Carnival of Souls! (Table of Contents)

I... Vampire! / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed as Joe Kubert)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed as Joe Kubert)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Job Number
C-857
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Andrew Bennett
Reprints
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Karen Berger
Pencils
Adrian Gonzales (signed as Gonzales)
Inks
Adrian Gonzales (signed as Gonzales)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Greetings, mystery maniacs!
Genre
humor
Characters
Cain; Karen Berger; Len Wein; Paul Levitz

Carnival of Souls! (Table of Contents: 2)

I... Vampire! / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Bruce Jones
Pencils
Tom Sutton
Inks
Tom Sutton
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Job Number
J-7942
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Andrew Bennett; Mary, Queen of Blood
Synopsis
Andrew finally catches up to Mary at a circus but finds himself in serious danger.
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Directions (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein
Pencils
Dan Spiegle
Inks
Dan Spiegle
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
John Costanza
Job Number
J-7847
Genre
horror-suspense

Hellride (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Mishkin; Gary Cohn
Pencils
Fabie F. Infante
Inks
Fabie F. Infante
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Esphid Mahilum
Job Number
J-7299
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Cain (host)

Bugged! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Bruce Jones
Pencils
Gerry Talaoc
Inks
Gerry Talaoc
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
J-7865
Genre
horror-suspense
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Swamp Thing Is Back! (Table of Contents: 6)

Swamp Thing / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tom Yeates
Inks
Tom Yeates
Colors
Tatjana Wood ?
Letters
?
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Swamp Thing

Indexer Notes

House ad for Saga of the Swamp Thing (DC, 1982 series) #1

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

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

Script
? [as Cain]
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-984

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Jake Brown and Stephen Gawronski.

Editing
This Issue is currently being edited by Juan Gonzalez (since 2024-04-23, last edit 2024-04-23)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Carnival of Souls!
    I... Vampire!
  2. 1. ["Greetings, mystery maniacs!"]
  3. 2. Carnival of Souls!
    I... Vampire!
  4. 3. Directions
  5. 4. Hellride
  6. 5. Bugged!
  7. 6. Swamp Thing Is Back!
    Swamp Thing
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Cain's Mail Room
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