House of Mystery, #228
Published: December 1974-January 1975
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Issue Contents:
Credits
- Pencils: Frank Robbins
- Pencils: Luis Dominguez
- Inks: Frank Robbins
- Inks: Luis Dominguez
- Colors: Tatjana Wood
- Letters: Gaspar Saladino
Story Notes
Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
"Heh..heh.. It's Halloween again, kiddies..."
Characters
- Cain
Credits
- Pencils: Alfredo Alcala
- Inks: Alfredo Alcala
Story Notes
Introductory panel with list of story titles and indicia information.
The Wisdom of Many, the Wit of One
Characters
- Cain (host)
Credits
- Script: Doug Moench
- Script: Frank Robbins
- Pencils: Frank Robbins
- Inks: Frank Robbins
Credits
- Script: Sergio Aragonés
- Pencils: Sergio Aragonés
- Inks: Sergio Aragonés
- Letters: Sergio Aragonés
Story Notes
Three one panel gags: A large monster hand at a palm reader. A man with a Prepare to Meet Your Doom sign is about to meet his doom. Convicts tunnel into the electric chair room.
Stamps of Doom!
Characters
- Cain (host)
- Alex Manning
- Von Cramm
- George Bath
- Linquist
- Carter
Credits
- Pencils: Ruben Moreira
- Inks: Ruben Moreira
Story Notes
Bottom third of last page of sequence/story is preview ad for the next issue of Weird Mystery Tales.
The Rebel
Characters
- Cain (host)
Credits
- Script: Michael Pellowski
- Script: Maxene Fabe
- Pencils: Stan Rouse
- Inks: Neal Adams
The Wizard's Revenge
The Man Who Murdered Himself!
Featuring Cain's True Case Files
Characters
- Cain (host)
Credits
- Script: Otto Binder
- Pencils: 佐藤ショウジ
- Inks: 佐藤ショウジ
House of Mystery Hidden Message
Storyline
Crossword puzzle with small head illustration of House of Mystery host Cain.
Characters
- Cain
Credits
- Script: Bob Rozakis
- Pencils: Bernie Wrightson
- Inks: Bernie Wrightson
Halloween Monster Cards
Storyline
Images from other DC horror comics with humorous blurbs.
Characters
- Cain (host)
- Swamp Thing
Storyline
Three single panel gag strips: A dentist drills through the neck of a patient. A boy looking at Easter eggs sees a monster breaking out of one. A ghost is mistaken for a white towel.
Credits
- Script: Sergio Aragonés
- Pencils: Sergio Aragonés
- Inks: Sergio Aragonés
A Coffin for Bonnie and Clyde!
Characters
- Cain (host)
- Bonnie Parker
- Clyde Barrow
Credits
- Script: Robert Kanigher
- Pencils: Jack Sparling
- Inks: Jack Sparling
Story Notes
Bottom third of story/sequence page 6 is sequence 12. Bottom third of story/sequence page 12 is a DC house ad. This results in the 11.33 TOTAL page length. The two parts of this story ending in partial pages indicates a few years of age for it, DC having discontinued that construction that long back, but the job number is paradoxically contemporaneous with this publication date.
Attention College Students!
Story Notes
Text commenting on getting DC magazines into university bookstores.
The Dragon of Times Square
Free! A Lucky Room 13 Amulet for You! (1)
Featuring Room 13
Credits
- Pencils: Sergio Aragonés
- Inks: Sergio Aragonés
Story Notes
Letter column with illustrated title header. Letters submitted by Joshua Case; John Elliot; Steven Dhuey; Glen James; Arturo Tejada; Bill Senger; Mark Harris.
Seven Steps to the Unknown
Wheel of Fate!
Storyline
Archaeologist Edgar Preston discovers an ancient wheel-drawing depicting a man's life in visual episodes. The man looks like Preston and soon fantastic events take place like pictured in the scroll. Preston is cast away on an island, murders a lighthouse keeper in the desert and is executed for his crime.
Characters
- Cain (host)
Credits
- Pencils: Carmine Infantino
- Inks: Frank Giacoia
The Fireworks Man!
Characters
- Cain (host)
Credits
- Script: Russell Carley
- Script: Michael Fleisher
- Pencils: Gerry Talaoc
- Inks: Gerry Talaoc