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Issue: DC Special #4
Publication Date: July 1969
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 05/22/1969
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Orlando
Disclose 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.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy covers; Newsprint interiors
Binding: Squarebound and Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
13 Shock-Ending Stories 13

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Neal Adams
Neal Adams
?
Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
horror
The children watch a trial...and are also watched.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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13 Shock-Ending Stories 13

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mark Hanerfeld
Bill Draut
Bill Draut
?
Milt Snapinn ?
Subject Matter
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
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Miscellaneous
8.33
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.
Ghost Writer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Ed Smalle
Ed Smalle
?
Ira Schnapp
Reprinting
FlagHouse of Mystery #9 published December 1952
was Ghost Writer [Story on Interior Page(s)]with splash panel removed
 
Miscellaneous
3.33
The Magic Hammer!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby
?
Pat Gordon ?
Reprinting
FlagTales of the Unexpected #16 published August 1957
was The Magic Hammer [Story on Interior Page(s)]splash panel removed
 
Miscellaneous
5.33
A Piece of Rope!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
Joe Letterese ?
Reprinting
FlagHouse of Mystery #5 published August 1952
was A Piece of Rope! [Story on Interior Page(s)]splash panel removed
 
Miscellaneous
3.33
"Last Mile" Martin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Jerry Grandenetti
Jerry Grandenetti
?
Pat Gordon
Reprinting
FlagHouse of Mystery #15 published June 1953
was "Last Mile" Martin [Story on Interior Page(s)]splash panel removed
 
Miscellaneous
3.33
The Dream Lamp

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Leonard Starr
Leonard Starr
?
Pat Gordon
Reprinting
FlagTales of the Unexpected #1 published February 1956
was The Dream Lamp [Story on Interior Page(s)]splash panel modified
 
Miscellaneous
6
Door of No Return?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Murray Boltinoff
George Roussos
George Roussos
?
?
Reprinting
FlagHouse of Secrets #62 published September 1963
was Door of No Return [Story on Interior Page(s)]page 1 condensed
 
Miscellaneous
1.67
Beware After Dark!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Carmine Infantino
Joe Giella
?
Gaspar Saladino
Reprinting
FlagSensation Mystery #114 published March 1953
was Beware after Dark! [Story on Interior Page(s)]page 1 condensed
 
Miscellaneous
5.5
The Tree Man of Tanganyika!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Ralph Mayo
Ralph Mayo
?
Pat Gordon
Reprinting
FlagHouse of Mystery #30 published September 1954
was The Terrible Tree-Man of Tanganyika! [Story on Interior Page(s)]1st panel removed
 
Miscellaneous
1.67
Written in the Sands!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
George Papp
George Papp
?
Pat Gordon
Reprinting
FlagHouse of Mystery #26 published May 1954
was Written in the Sands! [Story on Interior Page(s)]1st panel modified
 
Miscellaneous
1.67
The Secret of Salzo the Great!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
John Prentice
John Prentice
?
Gaspar Saladino
Reprinting
FlagHouse of Mystery #2 published February 1952
was The Secret of Salzo the Great! [Story on Interior Page(s)]1st panel modified
 
Miscellaneous
3.67
Blakjelly Beens

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Letter to Harlan from Egor.
Secret Locked in the Ice!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Gene Colan
Gene Colan
?
?
Reprinting
FlagHouse of Secrets #63 published November 1963
was Secret Locked in the Ice [Story on Interior Page(s)]title removed and 2nd page condensed
 
Miscellaneous
1.5
The Bullet Man!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bernard Baily
Bernard Baily
?
Pat Gordon
Reprinting
FlagTales of the Unexpected #17 published September 1957
was The Bullet Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]splash panel removed
 
Miscellaneous
5.33
The Strange Faces of Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Ruben Moreira
Ruben Moreira
?
Pat Gordon
Reprinting
FlagHouse of Mystery #19 published October 1953
was The Strange Faces of Death! [Story on Interior Page(s)]splash panel reduced and each tier moved up one spot
 
Miscellaneous
5.67

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