House of Mystery, #200
Published: March 1972
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Issue Contents:
The Beast's Revenge (1)
Credits
- Pencils: Michael Wm. Kaluta
- Inks: Michael Wm. Kaluta
- Colors: Jack Adler
"Glad you could make it!"
Characters
- Cain
Credits
- Script: Len Wein
- Pencils: Michael Wm. Kaluta
- Inks: Michael Wm. Kaluta
- Letters: Milt Snapinn
Story Notes
Len Wein script credit from House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2019 series) #1.
The Beast's Revenge
Storyline
John is impatient with his sister's love of animals, and accidentally kills her when she tries to protect her dog from his anger. John is then attacked and killed by other animals around the farm that his sister had befriended.
Characters
- Cain (host)
- John
- Margaret
Credits
- Script: John Albano
- Pencils: Michael Wm. Kaluta
- Inks: Michael Wm. Kaluta
- Letters: John Costanza
The Secret of Camp Galaxy
Storyline
Johnny Thornton is chosen to go to a summer camp staffed by aliens from other planets, but his parents believe it's all an elaborate hoax.
Characters
- Cain (host)
- Johnny Thornton
- Mr. Nairam
- Vorkle
- Thboothga
- Uncle Y'Tram
- Zeba
- Orgaal
- Svardo
Credits
- Pencils: Bob Brown
- Inks: Bob Brown
- Letters: Gaspar Saladino
Story Notes
Statement of October 1, 1971 Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 187,408 Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 194,734 Owner: National Periodical Publications, Inc., 909 Third Avenue, N.Y., N.Y. 10022, wholly owned by Kinney National Service, Inc., 10 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y., N.Y. 10020, a publicly-held corporation .
The Forbidden Wish
Storyline
Cal Colby finds a Native American talisman that grants him whatever he wishes for, but warns him not to wish for immortality.
Characters
- Cain (host)
- Cal Colby
- Helen
Credits
- Pencils: George Roussos
- Inks: George Roussos
The Lunatic
Storyline
Angry villagers demand that one of two brothers should be killed because he is insane, but which one is it?
Characters
- Cain (host)
- Aaron Edwards
- Peter Edwards
Credits
- Script: Jack Oleck
- Pencils: Ralph Reese
- Inks: Ralph Reese
- Letters: John Costanza
Credits
- Script: Sergio Aragonés
- Pencils: Sergio Aragonés
- Inks: Sergio Aragonés
Story Notes
3 gag cartoons. Small gargoyles land on a kid's sandcastle. Ladies eating lunch on a terrace are surprised by their neighbor feeding a gargoyle. A cop pulls over Cain and a gargoyle flies off with his motorcycle.
Credits
- Script: Mark Hanerfeld (uncertain)
Story Notes
Includes letters from Craig Ledbetter; Countess Mary Day; Jim; Louis Manzato; Matthew Graham.
A Breath of Black Death
Storyline
An Egyptian Pharaoh begs the gods to restore his son to life, but is unwilling to pay the price they demand.
Characters
- Terron
- Tatuk
Credits
- Script: Matilde Meireles
- Pencils: Cyril Koopmeiners
- Inks: Cyril Koopmeiners
- Letters: John Costanza
Slogging Through the Swamp on a Murky Evening
Featuring A Witch's Garden of Curses
Credits
- Script: Len Wein
- Pencils: Joe Orlando (uncertain)
- Pencils: Sal Amendola (uncertain)
- Inks: Joe Orlando (uncertain)
- Inks: Sal Amendola (uncertain)
- Letters: Ben Oda
Story Notes
Adapted from the Robert Frost poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening." House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2019 series) #1 credits the art to Joe Orlando.