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House of Mystery, #195

Published: October 1971

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House of Mystery #195

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Issue Contents:
Bat Out of Hell!
1 page horror-suspense
Credits
Story 1 1 page humor

"Welcome to the House of Mystery!"

Characters
  • Cain
  • Gregory the Gargoyle
Credits
Story Notes

Joe Orlando script credit from House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2019 series) #1.

Bat Out of Hell
Story 2 8 pages horror-suspense
Storyline

Adam Leach kills his wife and hides her body in a wall but a giant vampire bat begins to torment him.

Characters
  • Cain (host)
  • Adam Leach
  • Martha Leach
Credits
The Fantastic Wishing Well
Story 3 6 pages crime; fantasy

"If you'd have told me some time ago I'd find a wishing well that actually worked, I'd have laughed at you."

Storyline

Brad Horton has stolen $150,000 in marked money. He jumps from a train into some woods looking for a place to bury the money until it is safe to spend. He trips and falls into an old well. He wishes he never left the train and suddenly finds himself back there. Leaving the train again he finds his way back to the well where a stone tells him that wishes cost a nickel. He wishes for a million dollars and uses this to buy up the well and surrounding land. Officials visit and want to know the source of his wealth. He makes a wish to escape but the nickel is fake and he is arrested.

Characters
  • Brad Horton
Credits
Story Notes

Signature (Meskin) on lower edge of splash panel. Following discussion on GCD Main, inker changed to George Roussos with a query on Meskin as inker. Meskin and Roussos had a collaborative relationship from the 1940s onwards (information from Lambiek). While Meskin and Roussos DID collaborate extensively during this period, their inking styles were quite distinct. A look at the faces in close up will usually reveal which man has inked them. This looks like pure Meskin.

Story 4 1 page humor
Storyline

3 gag cartoons

Credits
Story Notes

Sergio Aragonés script credit from House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2019 series) #1.

Story 5 1 page humor
Storyline

3 gag cartoons

Credits
Story Notes

Sergio Aragonés script credit from House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2019 series) #1.

Countdown!
Story 6 3 pages horror-suspense; science fiction
Storyline

Peter and Jason were competing to be the pilot on the first mission to Mars until Peter killed Jason to ensure he would be the pilot.

Characters
  • Cain (host)
  • Jason
  • Valerie
  • Peter
Credits
Story Notes

Len Wein script credit from House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2019 series) #1.

Story 7 1 page
Credits
Story Notes

Letters submitted by Scott Strider; Doug Brown; Ralph Alfonso; "Countess Deborah."

Things Old... Things Forgotten
Story 8 10 pages horror-suspense
Storyline

Igor Lazlo is creating a road thru the Old Hills in Central Europe but some creature is stopping his progress.

Characters
  • Cain (host)
  • Igor Lazlo
  • Gork
  • Eric Roder
  • Hans
Credits
Story Notes

Story has Swamp Thing and Parliament of Trees similarities or overtones, and is listed in Overstreet as "Swamp creature story by Wrightson similar to Swamp Thing." One creature looks like The Heap plus there is an Old Ones / Elementals ("creatures of the old hills") vibe.

Who Am I?
Story 9 6 pages science fiction
Storyline

A man with amnesia is forced to steal against his will by a disembodied head. He is a robot, and the head belongs to his creator. When the police trail the robot home, the scientist tries to escape, but he and the robot end up falling to their deaths.

Credits
Trick or Treat
Story 10 2 pages horror-suspense
Storyline

A lethal virus which can only be destroyed by contact with water is being transported on the Titanic.

Credits