House of Mystery, #199
Published: February 1972
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Snow Beast
Credits
- Pencils: Neal Adams
- Inks: Neal Adams
- Colors: Jack Adler
Story Notes
An earlier indexer theorizes a Joe Orlando layout, but it is not credited to Orlando at nealadams.com or in the Showcase reprint. Cover title and cover scene are from two different interior stories.
Sno' Fun!
Storyline
Dr. Wallace B. Peterson wants the fame of the discovery of a lost civilization in Antarctica for himself and so kills his colleague Professor Strauss. On the exploratory mission he is then captured and kept prisoner by that lost race of monstrous men who want to know everything about the outside world. A long time later he manages to escape but returning to civilization he doesn't feel well and goes to relax at the House of Mystery. There he finally melts to water having physically become like one of those lost men.
Characters
- Cain (story host)
- Gregory (gargoyle)
- Dr. Wallace B. Peterson (scientist)
- Professor Strauss (scientist)
Credits
- Script: Sergio Aragonés
- Pencils: Wally Wood
- Inks: Wally Wood
- Letters: John Costanza
Credits
- Script: Sergio Aragonés
- Pencils: Sergio Aragonés
- Inks: Sergio Aragonés
Story Notes
3 gag cartoons. Men are trying to escape out the back window of a butcher shop. The camera man keeps filming while the rest of the safari is being squeezed to death by a giant serpent. A man with bad vision aims at the wrong target.
He Doomed The World!
Storyline
Frank Cable sends four explorers to place special metal rods at the highest, lowest, hottest and coldest parts of the Earth.
Characters
- Cain (host)
- Frank Cable
- Mr. Hiller
- Mr. Lollar
- Mr. Carlson
- Mr. Hogarth
Credits
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Jack Kirby
- Letters: Pat Gordon
Characters
- Cain
- Gregory
Credits
- Script: Sergio Aragonés
- Pencils: Sergio Aragonés
- Inks: Sergio Aragonés
Story Notes
3 gag cartoons. A gargoyle flies through a billboard. Cain uses a gargoyle as an umbrella. A gargoyle lands on the window sill of a bird watching society.
Credits
- Script: Mark Hanerfeld (uncertain)
Story Notes
Includes letters from Karl Merris; Mark LeVeck; Phil Crosby; Ralph Alfonso.
Snow Beast
Storyline
Alaskan miners are being attacked by someone, is it the Su-Ka-Tae or something else?
Characters
- Cain (host)
- Kirk
- Sam
- Nita
- Su-Ka-Tae (Abominable Snowman)
Credits
- Script: Lynn Marron
- Pencils: Rich Buckler
- Inks: Rich Buckler
- Letters: John Costanza
The Whole Ball of Tin
Storyline
After killing a man, Willie goes to his estranged father for help evading the police.
Characters
- Cain (host)
- Wilson Brown
- J. Frederic Brown
Credits
- Script: Len Wein
- Script: Gerry Conway
- Pencils: Bob Oksner
- Inks: Bob Oksner
- Letters: John Costanza
The Haunting Wind!
Storyline
After stealing a ruby ring in Tibet, Dan Russell is cursed to die by a vengeful wind.
Characters
- Cain
- Dan Russell
- Jim Nelson
Credits
- Script: Jack Miller
- Pencils: John Giunta
- Inks: John Giunta
- Letters: Gaspar Saladino