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Issue: Welcome Back to the House of Mystery #1
Publication Date: July 1998
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Vertigo; DCView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 05/13/1998
Volume:
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76194121358300111
Price: $8.50 CAD
$5.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 16 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (original editor); Alisa Kwitney (reprint and new material editor)
Disclose Notes: Reprints from 1969-1974 select stories from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) and Plop! (DC, 1973 series) with some new material.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: One-Shot
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In6
Disclose Reprinted From12
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Bernie Wrightson
Inker(s): Bernie Wrightson
Colorist(s): Bernie Wrightson ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Cain
Character(s): Abel; Cain; Gregory (gargoyle)
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagNeil Gaiman: Leyendas del Abismo #1 published September 2012
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bernie Wrightson (signed)
Inker(s): Bernie Wrightson (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Cain
Character(s): Cain; Gregory (gargoyle)
First Line: Welcome to my private aviary behind the House of Mystery!
Synopsis: Cain welcomes kids to his aviary and speaks of his poacher problem.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagNeil Gaiman: Leyendas del Abismo #1 published September 2012
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #203 published June 1972
was [untitled] [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover introductory text and illustration with indicia information at bottom of page.
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Welcome Back to... The House of Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Neil Gaiman
Penciller(s): Sergio Aragonés
Inker(s): Sergio Aragonés
Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Cain
Character(s): Abel; Cain; Gregory (gargoyle); Phantom Stranger
Synopsis: Cain reminisces and presents to us these tales from the past.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagNeil Gaiman: Leyendas del Abismo #1 published September 2012
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Framing sequence.
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bernie Wrightson [as Berni Wrightson] (signed)
Inker(s): Bernie Wrightson [as Berni Wrightson] (signed)
Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Cain
Character(s): Abel; Cain
First Line: Right now, in the pages that follow you will encounter the following tales:
Synopsis: Cain lists the credits in this issue's stories, while Abel is held prisoner in a giant water cooler.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagNeil Gaiman: Leyendas del Abismo #1 published September 2012
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #219 published November 1973
was [untitled] [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]art only
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-3174
Disclose Notes: Reprinted introductory illustration with new text. Wrightson's signature is on a book spine at lower center and is actually spelled backwards and reads INREB NOSTHGIRW.
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The Gourmet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Skeates
Penciller(s): Bernie Wrightson [as Berni Wrightson]
Inker(s): Bernie Wrightson [as Berni Wrightson]
Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Abel; Cain (story host); Hormsley (servant); Vernon Glute
Synopsis: Vernon Glute, a rich obese man, eats only the best of foods and consumes enormous quantities of fresh frog legs. One day he and his servant face the wrath of an army of legless frogs.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagPlop! #1 published September 1973
was The Gourmet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Sno' Fun!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sergio Aragonés
Penciller(s): Wally Wood
Inker(s): Wally Wood
Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (story host); Gregory (gargoyle); Dr. Wallace B. Peterson (scientist); Professor Strauss (scientist)
Synopsis: Dr. Wallace B. Peterson wants the fame of the discovery of a lost civilization in Antarctica for himself and so kills his colleague Professor Strauss. On the exploratory mission he is then captured and kept prisoner by that lost race of monstrous men who want to know everything about the outside world. A long time later he manages to escape but returning to civilization he doesn't feel well and goes to relax at the House of Mystery. There he finally melts to water having physically become like one of those lost men.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #199 published February 1972
was Sno' Fun! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: J-878
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Nightmare

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Oleck
Penciller(s): ? (pg 1: Cain head); Neal Adams
Inker(s): ? (pg 1: Cain head); Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko (color reconstruction)
Letterer(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
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-138
Disclose Notes: Uncredited Cain head on the top of page one. Judy was modelled after Neal Adams' daughter Zeea Adams.
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The Secret of the Egyptian Cat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Kanigher
Penciller(s): Bernie Wrightson [as Berni Wrightson]
Inker(s): Bernie Wrightson [as Berni Wrightson]
Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko (color reconstruction)
Letterer(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
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-226
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The House of Endless Years

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gerry Conway [as Gerard Conway]
Penciller(s): Bill Draut
Inker(s): Bill Draut
Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (story host); Judy (girl); Neal (Peggy's brother); old hag; Peggy (girl); Tippy (Peggy's dog)
Synopsis: Two girls, Judy and Peggy, in search of Peggy's lost brother Neal, enter an old house where lives an old hag who warns them to leave for their own good. They don't and find out that the evil house drains the life from those in it by leeching on their fear of death, condemning them to an endless eternity.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Secrets #83 published December 1969
was The House of Endless Years [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6.5
Job Number: J-3471
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Cain's True Things You Didn't Know About The House of Mystery!!!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Neil Gaiman
Penciller(s): Sergio Aragonés
Inker(s): Sergio Aragonés
Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Cain
Character(s): Cain
Synopsis: Cain explains to us some "true things" about the House of Mystery comic.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagNeil Gaiman: Leyendas del Abismo #1 published September 2012
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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The Demon Within!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Orlando (plot); John Albano (script)
Penciller(s): Jim Aparo
Inker(s): Jim Aparo
Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): Jim Aparo
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (story host); Gary Winters (boy who can become a monster); Gary Winters (Gary's father); Kathy Winters (Gary's sister); Mildred Winters (Gary's mother)
Synopsis: A boy who has magical powers, repeatedly transforms himself in public into a gruesome monster, terrifying everyone. His family decides first to cure him and then to have him lobotomized.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #201 published April 1972
was The Demon Within! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: J-1301
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The Burning!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Oleck
Penciller(s): Mike Sekowsky
Inker(s): Tom Palmer
Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Adam Strat; Cain (story host); Meg Cooper (witch)
Synopsis: A man, without any memories, is apparently saved from death by Meg Cooper, an ugly witch. After having Meg make him a lot of gold he betrays her to the local village. She is tried and burned alive and Adam reverts to the straw man he was.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #206 published September 1972
was The Burning! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-1664
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His Name Is... Kane

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Friedrich
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Wally Wood
Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Abel; Carmine Infantino; Gil Kane; Joe Orlando
Synopsis: Comic book artist Gil Kane feels wasted in the comic books he's drawing and tries to gain some privacy by going to the House of Mystery where he plans to write his own stories. There, however, his editor Joe Orlando scolds him until Gil Kane finally kills him. The editor and writer however exact their vengeance by drawing Gil Kane into his own artwork which is then framed by Abel on the walls of the House of Mystery.
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: 278
Disclose Notes: The word "Cain!" appears in the story title, but is crossed out and replaced with "Kane".
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Your Handy Cut-Out-and-Keep Guide to The House of Mystery!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Neil Gaiman
Penciller(s): Sergio Aragonés
Inker(s): Sergio Aragonés
Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The House of Mystery
Synopsis: A guide to the rooms inside the House of Mystery.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagNeil Gaiman: Leyendas del Abismo #1 published September 2012
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Oh, Mom! Oh, Dad! You've Sent Me Away to Summer Camp... and I'm So Sad!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Michael Fleisher; Maxene Fabe
Penciller(s): Alex Niño
Inker(s): Alex Niño
Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): Alex Niño
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): camp kids [Richard ("Richie", boy in wheelchair); Timmy; Tony; and others]; counselor Bill; counselor Dave; counselor Larry; head counselor Ressler
Synopsis: Little wheelchair-bound Richard is left by his parents at a strange summer camp. After one of the kids apparently drowns in a lake, the others begin murdering, one by one, the counselors, thinking they are aliens out to conquer the earth. Richard then tells this to the head counselor, but the other kids find out and want to kill him. As Richard flees he finds out that the counselors really were aliens, who then escape into outer space carrying away the entire camp to an unknown faraway destination.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #212 published March 1973
was Oh, Mom! Oh, Dad! You've Sent Me Away to Summer Camp... and I'm So Sad! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-1759
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Molded in Evil

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Noonchester (idea); George Kashdan
Penciller(s): Bernie Wrightson [as Berni Wrightson]
Inker(s): Bernie Wrightson [as Berni Wrightson]
Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, humorous
Character(s): Cain (story host); Clothilde (Pierre Gouny's wife); Pierre Gouny (sculptor)
Synopsis: In 1850 Paris, Pierre Gouny, a sculptor, secretly discovers how to make statues come alive. His wife Clothilde, though, wants him to concentrate only on gargoyle statues that bring in the money. Exasperated, the sculptor makes a statue of a woman, so as to escape with her. His wife destroys it prompting him to murder and conceal her, ironically, inside a gargoyle statue which then comes alive making Pierre himself part of a sculpture.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagPlop! #5 published May 1974
was Molded in Evil [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: J-3283

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