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 Hide all

Show/hide 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.

Show/hide 1. All In The Family... (Cain the Caretaker) Comic story, 9 pages

Featuring

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
Australia
Weird Mystery Tales Annual (KG Murray, 1975 series) #1 ([1975?])
All In The Family..
 
United States
DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #24 (August 1982)
All in the Family
 
United States
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.

Show/hide 2. Untitled (Cain's Game Room) Cartoon, 1 page

Featuring

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.

Show/hide 3. Untitled [Zacornu, the Tree of Demons!] (Realm of the Mystics) Illustration, 1 page

Featuring

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
United States
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.

Show/hide 4. Never Deal With a Demon Comic story, 3 pages

Featuring

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
Australia
Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (KG Murray, 1974 series) #114 ([October 1974?])
Never Deal with a Demon
 
Australia
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.

Show/hide 5. Untitled (Direct Currents) In-house column, 0.5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Direct Currents

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, typeset
Show/hide 6. To Die for Magda! Comic story, 10 pages

Featuring

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

Also printed
Australia
Weird Mystery Tales (KG Murray, 1973? series) #13 (October 1974)
To Die for Magda!

Synopsis

Stefan is tricked into signing a fake confession stating that he's a warlock.

Show/hide 7. Roger's Super Skittle Bowl (Aurora Products) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

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.

Show/hide 8. Untitled (Cain's Mail Room) Letters page, 1 page

Featuring

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.

Status

AusReprints ID

  • 77250

Entry created

  • 08/01/2013

Cover added

  • 08/01/2013

Index completed

  • 17/08/2021

Last updated

  • 17/08/2021