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Issue: Limited Collectors' Edition #C-23
Publication Date: January 1973
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Issues: #C-23 of 32 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: The Line of DC Super-StarsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/27/1973
Volume: none
Pages: 84
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Irregular
Content Items: 22 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #100.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Tabloid
Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
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Do You Dare Enter... the House of Mystery

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J 3332
Disclose Notes: Color credits provided by Anthony Tollin.
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The House of Mystery

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, humorous
Character(s): Cain; Dracula
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover contents page with border art and indicia information at bottom of page.
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The House of Gargoyles!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host); Francois (sculptor, flashback); French sculptor; Jimmy; Samuel
Synopsis: Gargoyles come to life and take revenge on the man who killed their designer.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #175 published July 1968
was The House of Gargoyles [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11.67
Job Number: J 3343
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A ghost at a costume party has no one underneath the sheet.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Job Number: J-3344
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Lucky Wheel

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, humorous
Feature(s): Page 13
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-3346
Disclose Notes: A monster presents a board game.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-3345
Disclose Notes: Three single panel gags:
A snake charmer's snake attacks a tourist.
A scuba diver sees someone sawing a hole in the bottom of the sea.
A diner catches a glimpse of the cook.
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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 (host); Isha (priestess); Konassos (sorcerer); Ra-Na (cat)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #186 published May 1970
was The Secret of the Egyptian Cat [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-3347
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-3349
Disclose Notes: Three vertical panel gags:
A man on a desert island is hit by the rescue food dropped by parachute to him.
A man dives off of a high dock to find he is headed for a mine.
A man digging for subway construction finds a red demon with a pitch fork.
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The Widow's Walk

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Angus Beame; Homer Clyde; Mildred Clyde (Homer's wife); Mary Bourne; Mr. Bourne (Mary's father)
Synopsis: Mary Bourne placed a curse on her husband Angus that he may not return to harbor until the day she dies.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #179 published March 1969
was The Widow's Walk [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-3350
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Roll the Lucky Dice!

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, humorous
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-3352
Disclose Notes: A monster presents a cut-out for a pair of dice.
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House of Mystery

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Cain; Gregory (gargoyle); Sergio Aragonés
First Line: Hi, kids, how would you like to learn how to draw my House of Mystery?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: J-3353
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, humorous
First Line: House of Mystery offers you a game!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-3360
Disclose Notes: A monster presents a board game.
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Mysteriously Yours - Cain and Gregory

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain; Gregory (gargoyle)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #24 [Direct] published August 1982
as Mysteriously Yours -- Cain and Gregory [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Central pinup printed sideways. Signature dated 1973.
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"His Name Is... Kane"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Gil Kane
Character(s): Abel; Carmine Infantino; Gil Kane; Joe Orlando
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #180 published May 1969
was His Name Is... Kane [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6.5
Job Number: J 3354
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Job Number: J-3355
Disclose Notes: Two single panel gags:
A fencer's opponent is wearing the clothes of a musketeer.
A diver photographs a gangster tied up with his feet in a bucket of cement.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, humorous
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-3356
Disclose Notes: Three single panel gags:
A man about to be beheaded is giving his executioner a hot foot.
A funeral procession finds a cow in the grave.
Cub Scouts are laughing around a campfire because their leader was scarred by an owl.
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The Devil's Doorway

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Belial [Satan]; Beth Warren; Cain; Cathy Warren; Phillip Warren
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #182 published September 1969
was The Devil's Doorway [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Job Number: J-3357
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-3358
Disclose Notes: Four single panel gags:
A coffin maker discovers a vampire in one of his coffins.
A man carrying a doomsday sign is hit by a car.
A man pretending to be blind is distracted by a girl and is heading for an open manhole.
The leader paints a bulls eye target on a man in front of the firing squad.
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The Poster Plague!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Cain (host); Debbie; Gregory (gargoyle); Harold (cat); Warren
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #202 published May 1972
was The Poster Plague [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: J-3359
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Nightmare

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host); Judy; Judy's father; Miss Winter (governess); Pan
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
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #186 published May 1970
was Nightmare [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: J-3361
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Behind the Scenes at the House of Mystery

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Alex Toth; Bernie Wrightson; Bob Haney; Cain the Caretaker; Gil Kane; Howie Post; Jack Oleck; Jack Sparling; Joe Orlando; Mike Friedrich; Neal Adams; Robert Kanigher; Sergio Aragones; Steve Skeates
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-3363
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover all in mini-portraits. Haney, Wrightson, Post, Adams, Kane, Oleck, Toth, Skeates, Aragones and Orlando appear in photographs. Sparling, Kanigher and Friedrich appear in caricatures.
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Cain and His Gargoyle

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Cain; Gregory (gargoyle)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cut-out table-top diorama on back cover.

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