House of Mystery, #226
Published: August-September 1974
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Characters
- Cain
Credits
- Pencils: Luis Dominguez
- Inks: Luis Dominguez
- Colors: Tatjana Wood
Story Notes
Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
"C'mon in, chill-chasers..."
Characters
- Cain
Credits
- Pencils: Pat Broderick
- Inks: Pat Broderick
Garden of Evil
Characters
- Cain (host)
Credits
- Script: Jack Oleck
- Pencils: Alfredo Alcala
- Inks: Alfredo Alcala
Featuring Room 13
Storyline
cut-out coffin
Credits
- Pencils: Sergio Aragonés
- Inks: Sergio Aragonés
"Attention, comic fans! Don't miss any..."
Story Notes
House ad for Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-30 and Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-29, with cover repros.
"We can put DC Comics right in your mail box"
Story Notes
Subscription ad with cover repros of Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #6 and The Superman Family (DC, 1974 series) #165.
Teddy Doesn't Seem to Smile Anymore!
Characters
- Cain (host)
Credits
- Script: Martin Pasko
- Pencils: Frank Robbins
- Inks: Frank Robbins
The Devil's Chessboard
Storyline
Chess expert Alan Blake engages in a deadly game on the magical "devil's chessboard" where every lost piece equals a loss in real life. When Blake's queen is taken, his fiancée suffers a heart attack. She survives only, because Blake can promote a pawn to a queen.
Characters
- Cain (host, inserted)
- Alan Blake
- Elsa Trent
- Rabu
Credits
- Pencils: Leonard Starr
- Inks: Leonard Starr
Coming Super-Attractions!
Story Notes
House ad for Superman (DC, 1938 series) #279.
Story Notes
Letters submitted by Paul Edwards; Derrick Bostrum; Lisa Anderson; Billy Hamilton; Dennis Cozzallo; Jeffrey Lorbski; Louis Manzato; J.O. Rohrer; James Carson; Laura Kerewsky; Tim Kinnes.
The Living Nightmare!
Characters
- Phantom Stranger
- Cain (host, inserted)
Credits
- Script: John Broome
- Pencils: Carmine Infantino
- Inks: Bernard Sachs
The Masters of Mystery
Story Notes
House ad for House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #122 and Weird War Tales (DC, 1971 series) #28, with cover repros.
Monster in the House
Characters
- Cain (host)
Credits
- Script: Jack Oleck
- Pencils: Nestor Redondo
- Inks: Nestor Redondo
The Line of DC Super-Stars
Story Notes
House ad for The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #45, Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #213, Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth (DC, 1974 series) #20, Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #438, Our Fighting Forces (DC, 1954 series) #150, The Shadow (DC, 1973 series) #6, The Phantom Stranger (DC, 1969 series) #32, and Rima, the Jungle Girl (DC, 1974 series) #3, with cover repros. Appears before page 5 of the previous sequence.
Scared to Life
Characters
- Cain (host)
- Lord Dufferin
Credits
- Script: Marv Wolfman
- Pencils: 佐藤ショウジ
- Inks: 佐藤ショウジ
"Timber!"
Credits
- Pencils: Sergio Aragonés
- Inks: Sergio Aragonés
Story Notes
3 gag cartoons.
The School for Sorcerers
The Perfect Mate
Characters
- Cain (host)
Credits
- Script: Robert Kanigher
- Script: Michael Pellowski
- Pencils: Jess Jodloman
- Inks: Jess Jodloman
"Hee...Hee...So you want to have your own gargoyle..."
Characters
- Cain
The Wishes of Doom!
Characters
- Cain (host, inserted)
Credits
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: George Klein
Coming Super-Attractions
Story Notes
House ad for Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #438.
The Haunted Melody
Do You Dare Enter The House of Mystery?
Storyline
Tour of the House of Mystery (double-page spread plus intro).
Characters
- Cain
- Paul Levitz
- Tex Blaisdell
- Sergio Aragones
- Michael Fleisher
- Jack Oleck
- David Michelinie
- Joe Orlando
- Dave Manak
- Gregory the Gargoyle
- Poochie
Credits
- Script: Paul Levitz
- Pencils: Pat Broderick
- Pencils: Sergio Aragonés (uncertain)
- Inks: Pat Broderick
- Inks: Sergio Aragonés (uncertain)
Out of This World
Characters
- Cain (host)
Credits
- Script: Jack Oleck
- Pencils: Gerry Talaoc
- Inks: Gerry Talaoc