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Issue: House of Mystery #186
Publication Date: May 1970
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Issues: #186 of 321 Issues (405 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/03/1970
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing. It is also given as the on-sale date in a house ad in Justice League of America #80.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #224-229)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Nightmare

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #1 published April 2006
as House of Mystery #186 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J726
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The Secret of the Egyptian Cat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (story host); Isha (priestess); Konassos (sorcerer); Ra-Na (cat)
Synopsis: To the House of Mystery comes Konassos, a sorcerer, with his white cat. Cain one night sees the cat transform into a woman who tells her tale. Isha, Egyptian priestess of the temple of Nu-Ta the Cat-God, is captured and held captive by Konassos. The sorcerer to better control her transforms the priestess into a white cat. Trapped in her feline form, Ra-Na a male cat escorts her but is then poisoned by the sorcerer. She plots her revenge and one day concocts a magical spell that transforms her back into a woman and Konassos into a mouse which she then introduces to Ra-Na's friends.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLimited Collectors' Edition #C-23 published January 1973
as The Secret of the Egyptian Cat [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Masterworks Series of Great Comic Book Artists #3 published October 1983
as The Secret of the Egyptian Cat [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantomet #13/1997 published January 1997
as Den egyptiske kattens hemmelighet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWelcome Back to the House of Mystery #1 published July 1998
as The Secret of the Egyptian Cat [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #1 published April 2006
as The Secret of the Egyptian Cat [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-226
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Room 13

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Page 13
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #1 published April 2006
as Room 13! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-427
Disclose Notes: Joe Orlando script credit from House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2019 series) #1.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-760
Disclose Notes: Includes letters from David Blehar, Joseph Carroll, Ilona Johnson, Russell Taylor, and Jerry Wilson.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #1 published April 2006
as Cain's Game Room [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHorror #72 published ?
as Kains Spielzimmer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: J-687; J-202
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Nightmare

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (story host); Judy; Judy's father; Miss Winter (governess); Pan (statue brought to life)
Synopsis: A lonely little girl, Judy, seeks a friend and finds it in Pan, an animated statue. They play together in a fantasy world, but meantime in the real world she is struck by a fever and a doctor tries to cure her. As she improves, her father convinces her that Pan is just a statue. The statue, with a girl who's now grown up, sheds a tear.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLimited Collectors' Edition #C-23 published January 1973
as Nightmare [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #1/1982 published January 1982
as Mareritt [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #17 [Direct] published January 1982
as Nightmare [Story on Interior Page(s)]see notes
In Content Item: FlagFantomet #8/1996 published January 1996
as Mareritt [Story on Interior Page(s)]2. translation
In Content Item: FlagWelcome Back to the House of Mystery #1 published July 1998
as Nightmare [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #1 published April 2006
as Nightmare [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: J-138
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #1 published April 2006
as Cain's Game Room [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-688

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