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Issue: House of Mystery #199
Publication Date: February 1972
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Issues: #199 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: 12/16/1971
Volume: 21
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #77.
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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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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
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Snow Beast

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSkrekk Magasinet #5/1972 published December 1972
as Snøuhyret [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagHorror #5 published December 1972
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #2 published May 2007
as House of Mystery #199 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-1507
Disclose Notes: An earlier indexer theorizes a Joe Orlando layout, but it is not credited to Orlando at nealadams.com or in the Showcase reprint.

Cover title and cover scene are from two different interior stories.
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Sno' Fun!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, humorous
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
In Content Item: FlagSkrekk Magasinet #5/1972 published December 1972
as Byen under isen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHorror #5 published December 1972
as Unter dem Eis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #24 [Direct] published August 1982
as Sno' Fun! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWelcome Back to the House of Mystery #1 published July 1998
as Sno' Fun! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #2 published May 2007
as Sno' Fun! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: J-878
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHorror #3 published October 1972
as Schwarzer Humor [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)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-1438
Disclose Notes: 3 gag cartoons.
Men are trying to escape out the back window of a butcher shop.
The camera man keeps filming while the rest of the safari is being squeezed to death by a giant serpent.
A man with bad vision aims at the wrong target.
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He Doomed The World!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Cain (host); Frank Cable; Mr. Hiller; Mr. Lollar; Mr. Carlson; Mr. Hogarth
Synopsis: Frank Cable sends four explorers to place special metal rods at the highest, lowest, hottest and coldest parts of the Earth.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMy Greatest Adventure #17 published September 1957
was I Doomed the World [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-1391
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Cain; Gregory
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #2 published May 2007
as [untitled] [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHorror #49 published ?
as Kain's Scheusale [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-1436
Disclose Notes: 3 gag cartoons.
A gargoyle flies through a billboard.
Cain uses a gargoyle as an umbrella.
A gargoyle lands on the window sill of a bird watching society.
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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-1495
Disclose Notes: Includes letters from Karl Merris; Mark LeVeck; Phil Crosby; Ralph Alfonso.
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Snow Beast

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host); Kirk; Sam; Nita; Su-Ka-Tae (Abominable Snowman)
Synopsis: Alaskan miners are being attacked by someone, is it the Su-Ka-Tae or something else?
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHorror #5 published December 1972
as Das Grauen im Gletscher! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSkrekk Magasinet #5/1972 published December 1972
as Snøuhyret [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #2 published May 2007
as Snow Beast [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-1223
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The Whole Ball of Tin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host); Wilson Brown; J. Frederic Brown
Synopsis: After killing a man, Willie goes to his estranged father for help evading the police.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHorror #5 published December 1972
as Vergeudetes Leben! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSkrekk Magasinet #5/1972 published December 1972
as Sølvpapirballen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #24 [Direct] published August 1982
as The Whole Ball of Tin [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #2 published May 2007
as The Whole Ball of Tin [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: J-1186
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The Haunting Wind!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain; Dan Russell; Jim Nelson
Synopsis: After stealing a ruby ring in Tibet, Dan Russell is cursed to die by a vengeful wind.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHorror #28 published December 1974
as Der Wind des Grauens! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagThe Phantom Stranger #2 published October 1952
was The Haunting Wind! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3.67
Job Number: J-1481

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