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Issue: House of Mystery #195
Publication Date: October 1971
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Issues: #195 of 321 Issues (405 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [character]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/19/1971
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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:  
Disclose Reprinted In18
Disclose Reprinted From2
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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Bat Out of Hell!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSkrekk Magasinet #8/1974 published August 1974
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagHorror #25 published September 1974
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #2 published May 2007
as House of Mystery #195 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-1354
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Cain; Gregory the Gargoyle
First Line: Welcome to the House of Mystery!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #2 published May 2007
as Welcome to the House of Mystery! [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-920
Disclose Notes: Joe Orlando script credit from House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2019 series) #1.
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Bat Out of Hell

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host); Adam Leach; Martha Leach
Synopsis: Adam Leach kills his wife and hides her body in a wall but a giant vampire bat begins to torment him.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGroot uur griezelen #[nn] published January 1973
as Vleermuis uit de hel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: Flag2 ruskiga timmar #[nn] published January 1973
as En läderlapp från helvetet [Story on Interior Page(s)]originally titled: "Bat out of Hell!"
In Content Item: FlagFantomet #15/1994 published January 1994
as Vampyren fra helvete [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #2 published May 2007
as Bat Out of Hell [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-1251
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The Fantastic Wishing Well

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Brad Horton
First Line: If you'd have told me some time ago I'd find a wishing well that actually worked, I'd have laughed at you.
Synopsis: Brad Horton has stolen $150,000 in marked money. He jumps from a train into some woods looking for a place to bury the money until it is safe to spend. He trips and falls into an old well. He wishes he never left the train and suddenly finds himself back there. Leaving the train again he finds his way back to the well where a stone tells him that wishes cost a nickel. He wishes for a million dollars and uses this to buy up the well and surrounding land. Officials visit and want to know the source of his wealth. He makes a wish to escape but the nickel is fake and he is arrested.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Secrets #14 published November 1958
was The Fantastic Wishing Well [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.67
Disclose Notes: Signature (Meskin) on lower edge of splash panel.

Following discussion on GCD Main, inker changed to George Roussos with a query on Meskin as inker. Meskin and Roussos had a collaborative relationship from the 1940s onwards (information from Lambiek).

While Meskin and Roussos DID collaborate extensively during this period, their inking styles were quite distinct. A look at the faces in close up will usually reveal which man has inked them. This looks like pure Meskin.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: 3 gag cartoons
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHorror #43 published March 1976
as Kains Scheusslichkeiten [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #2 published May 2007
as [untitled] [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-1045
Disclose Notes: Sergio Aragonés script credit from House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2019 series) #1.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: 3 gag cartoons
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #2 published May 2007
as [untitled] [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-1193
Disclose Notes: Sergio Aragonés script credit from House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2019 series) #1.
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Countdown!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, science fiction
Character(s): Cain (host); Jason; Valerie; Peter
Synopsis: Peter and Jason were competing to be the pilot on the first mission to Mars until Peter killed Jason to ensure he would be the pilot.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #24 [Direct] published August 1982
as Countdown! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #2 published May 2007
as Countdown! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: G-309
Disclose Notes: Len Wein 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
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-1366
Disclose Notes: Letters submitted by Scott Strider; Doug Brown; Ralph Alfonso; "Countess Deborah."
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Things Old... Things Forgotten

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host); Igor Lazlo; Gork; Eric Roder; Hans
Synopsis: Igor Lazlo is creating a road thru the Old Hills in Central Europe but some creature is stopping his progress.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSkrekk Magasinet #6/1973 published June 1973
as Det er gammelt ... og glemt [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHorror #11 published July 1973
as Das Grauen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #2 published May 2007
as Things Old... Things Forgotten [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: 284
Disclose Notes: Story has Swamp Thing and Parliament of Trees similarities or overtones, and is listed in Overstreet as "Swamp creature story by Wrightson similar to Swamp Thing." One creature looks like The Heap plus there is an Old Ones / Elementals ("creatures of the old hills") vibe.
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Who Am I?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Synopsis: A man with amnesia is forced to steal against his will by a disembodied head. He is a robot, and the head belongs to his creator. When the police trail the robot home, the scientist tries to escape, but he and the robot end up falling to their deaths.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #11 published March 1957
was Who Am I? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: J-1344
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Trick or Treat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A lethal virus which can only be destroyed by contact with water is being transported on the Titanic.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #179 published September 1974
as Trick or Treat [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #2 published May 2007
as Trick or Treat [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.5
Job Number: G-390

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