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Issue: House of Mystery #282
Publication Date: July 1980
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Issues: #282 of 321 Issues (405 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/22/1980
Volume: 30
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893053007
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 12 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #178. Includes a 32-page advertising insert for Radio Shack with a 28-page Superman story.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
First Line: Fear runs rampant as a modern-day Jack the Ripper stalks the city...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHaunted Tales #43 published May 1981
as ...And Is Stalked in Turn by a Vampire! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, humorous, occult
Character(s): Cain; Len Wein; Jack C. Harris
First Line: Let me ooouuutt!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-6569
Disclose Notes: Introductory page.
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The Lady Killer Craves Blood!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Cain (narrator)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHaunted Tales #43 published May 1981
as The Lady Killer Craves Blood! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: J-5244
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A Flash in the Dam

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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I'm Off to My Funeral

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): Christian Albano ? [as Christian]
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Cain (narrator); Uncle Jedediah; Daniel
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: J-5727
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The Computers That Saved Metropolis!

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: "Cover" for the advertising insert.
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The Computers That Saved Metropolis!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Major Disaster [Paul Booker]; Shanna; Alec; Margaret Wilson; John Bardeen (Nobel Scientist, Cameo); William Schockley (Nobel Scientist, Cameo); Walter Brattain (Nobel Scientist, Cameo); Lana Lang
Synopsis: Alec and Shanna use a pair of TRS-80 computers to help Superman stop Major Disaster after Superman's powers become difficult for him to control.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman in "The Computers That Saved Metropolis" #[nn] published July 1980
was The Computers That Saved Metropolis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 28
Disclose Notes: Advertising insert for Radio Shack.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Shanna; Alec
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: "Back cover" of advertising insert.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Alright, my thirsty friends, here's my plan...
Synopsis: Two hunters duck hunting at night shoot down a bunch of bats.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-6413
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-543
Disclose Notes: Cain answers letters from readers.
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Some Place Where the Sun Don't Shine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Ingersoll
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Cain (narrator); Devil
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHaunted Tales #41 published January 1980
as Some Place Where the Sun Don't Shine [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Volume 80 Issue 15 - Week of April 21, 1980

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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