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Issue: House of Mystery #269
Publication Date: June 1979
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Issues: #269 of 321 Issues (405 Printings)
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Is Variant Variant: UK Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 29
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893053006
Price: £0.12 GBP
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
9 (3 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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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
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
First Line: Blood on the Grooves!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-950
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Cain (host)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-5522
Disclose Notes: Introductory page.
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Heart of Gold

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Cain (host)
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: J-5019
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: Z-436; ZA-711
Disclose Notes: Three one-panel gag cartoons.
"You sure have a way with words, Professor."
"I'm sorry, Mr. Preston just stepped out."
A hand reaches down from above to cork factory smoke stacks.
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Superman Meets the Orbitrons!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credits confirmed from sale of original art at Heritage Auctions (https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/complete-story/curt-swan-and-tex-blaisdell-hostess-twinkies-ad-complete-1-page-story-superman-meets-the-orbitrons-original-art-dc-1974-/a/121848-11181.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Open-ThisAuction-120115).
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Blood on the Grooves

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Cain (host)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: J-5020
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Rope Burn

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Cain (host)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: J-5245
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L246
Disclose Notes: Letter of comment from reader D. B. Webb.
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Volume 76 [79] Issue 12 - Week of March 19, 1979

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Hawkman; Superman; Two-Face
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: P-312

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