House of Mystery #204
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- July 1972
- Page count
- 36
- Cover price
- 0.20 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/25242
Credits
- Editing
- Joe Orlando, Editor
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
- Code
- J-694 ?
Credits
- Art
- Bernie Wrightson, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
Signature dated 1972.
1Featuring
- Feature
- Cain the Caretaker
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
- Code
- J-1066
- Characters
- Cain (host); Mary; Fred; Gloria
Credits
- Writing
- Mary Skrenes, scripter (script)
- Bernie Wrightson, plotter
- Art
- Bernie Wrightson, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Milt Snapinn , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Weird Mystery Tales Annual (KG Murray, 1975 series) #1 ([1975?]) — All In The Family..
-
DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #24 (August 1982) — All in the Family
-
Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 (2007) — All in the Family...
Synopsis
When Fred and Mary are stranded in the swamp they find a house that Mary had nightmares about the night before.
Notes
Dated 1970 ("70") next to Wrightson's signature at the bottom of the first page.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Cain's Game Room
- Genre
- Humor
- Code
- J-1541
Credits
- Writing
- Sergio Aragonés, scripter
- Art
- Sergio Aragonés, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
Three gag cartoons.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Realm of the Mystics
- Genre
- Non-fiction; horror-suspense
- Code
- G-649
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Jack Sparling, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- John Costanza, letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Showcase Presents: The Witching Hour (DC, 2011 series) #1 (2011) — Realm of the Mystics
Synopsis
Retelling of the Muslim legend of Zacornu, the Tree of Demons.
4Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
- Code
- J-1513
- Characters
- Cooper
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Oleck, scripter
- Art
- Win Mortimer, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- John Costanza, letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (KG Murray, 1974 series) #114 ([October 1974?]) — Never Deal with a Demon
-
Weird Mystery Tales Album (Murray, 1978 series) #7 ([October 1978]) — Never Deal with a Demon
Synopsis
Cooper summons a demon to give him money and he is safe from the demon as long as he doesn't go thru a red door.
5Featuring
- Feature
- Direct Currents
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
6Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
- Code
- J-1607
- Characters
- Cain (host); Stefan Tiza (Karolsi); Magda Kossu; Janos Kossu; Mr. Kossu
Credits
- Writing
- Carl Wessler, scripter
- Art
- Alex Niño, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
Synopsis
Stefan is tricked into signing a fake confession stating that he's a warlock.
7Featuring
- Feature
- Aurora Products
- Genre
- Sports
- Characters
- Roger Staubach; two unnamed kids
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter (ad copy)
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
Advertisement done in comic format for the Olympic Size Skittle Bowl, promoted by football's Dallas Cowboy's quarterback, Roger Staubach, by Aurora Productions Corporation from West Hempstead, New York.
Advertisement appears between page 3 and 4 of the To Die for Magda! story.
8Featuring
- Feature
- Cain's Mail Room
- Code
- J-1716
Credits
- Writing
- Joe Orlando , scripter [signed]
- Art
- , line art (logo art)
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Letters from: Mark Lucke, Tony Robertson, and Craig Ledbetter.
Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #84.
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.