DC Special #4
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- July-September 1969
- Page count
- 68
- Cover price
- 0.25 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Silver Age size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- Branding
-
DC [single circle]
-
![DC [single circle]](/image/brand/244/dc-single-circle.jpg?width=100 "DC [single circle]")
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/22822
![DC [single circle]](/image/brand/244/dc-single-circle.jpg "DC [single circle]")
Credits
- Editing
- Joe Orlando, Editor
Issue contents
Cover
13 Shock-Ending Stories 13
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
- Code
- J332
Credits
- Art
- Neal Adams, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Gaspar Saladino, letterer
Synopsis
The children watch a trial...and are also watched.
1Featuring
- Characters
- Cain (host of House of Mystery); Abel (future host of House of Secrets); Cynthia (co-hostess of The Witching Hour); Mildred (co-hostess of The Witching Hour); Mordred (co-hostess of The Witching Hour); Judge Gallows (from The Unexpected); the Phantom Stranger; various children
Credits
- Writing
- Mark Hanerfeld, scripter
- Art
- Bill Draut, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Milt Snapinn , letterer
Notes
Framing sequence running throughout the book where each named character takes turns telling stories to try and scare the children, with the final story being told by the Phantom Stranger.
2Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Ed Smalle, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #9 (December 1952) — Ghost Writer (with splash panel removed)
Notes
Reprint information from James Zanotto via the GCD Error list.
3Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Jack Kirby, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Pat Gordon , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #16 (August 1957) — The Magic Hammer (splash panel removed)
- Also printed
-
Century the 100 Page Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #22 ([March 1958?])
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Century the 100 Page Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #22 ([March 1958?]) — The Magic Hammer
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The Jack Kirby Omnibus (DC, 2011 series) #1 (July 2011) — The Magic Hammer
4Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Joe Letterese , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #5 (August 1952) — A Piece of Rope (splash panel removed)
5Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Ray Burnley, line art [as Jerry Grandenetti]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Pat Gordon, letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #15 (June 1953) — Last Mile Martin (splash panel removed)
6Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Leonard Starr, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Pat Gordon, letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #1 (February-March 1956) — The Dream Lamp (splash panel modified)
- Also printed
-
Century the 100 Page Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #6 ([November 1956?]) — The Dream Lamp
7Credits
- Writing
- Murray Boltinoff, scripter
- Art
- George Roussos, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #62 (September-October 1963) — Door of No Return (page 1 condensed)
8Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Carmine Infantino, penciller
- Joe Giella, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Gaspar Saladino, letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
Sensation Mystery (DC, 1952 series) #114 (March-April 1953) — Beware after Dark! (page 1 condensed)
9Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Sheldon Moldoff, line art [as Ralph Mayo]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Pat Gordon, letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #30 (September 1954) — The Terrible Tree-Man of Tanganyika! (1st panel removed)
10Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- George Papp, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Pat Gordon, letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #26 (May 1954) — Written in the Sands (1st panel modified)
11Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- John Prentice, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Gaspar Saladino, letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #2 (February-March 1952) — The Secret of Salzo the Great! (1st panel modified)
- Also printed
-
Five-Score Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #70 (March 1964) — The Secret of Salzo the Great!
12Credits
- Writing
- , author
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Letter to Harlan from Egor.
13Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Gene Colan, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #63 (November-December 1963) — Secret Locked in the Ice (title removed and 2nd page condensed)
14Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Bernard Baily, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Pat Gordon, letterer
Reprint history
15Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Ruben Moreira, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Pat Gordon, letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #19 (October 1953) — The Strange Faces of Death! (splash panel reduced and each tier moved up one spot)
Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
First appearance of Abel is in this issue. Abel next appeared in House of Secrets in #81 which came out two weeks after this issue.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.