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Issue: House of Mystery #200
Publication Date: March 1972
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Issues: #200 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: 01/13/1972
Volume: 21
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 Comic Reader #79.
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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 In8
Disclose Reprinted From2
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets2
Indicia
 
 
Statement of Ownership
 
 
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The Beast's Revenge

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #2 published May 2007
as House of Mystery #200 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-1527
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, humorous
Character(s): Cain
First Line: Glad you could make it!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #2 published May 2007
as [untitled] [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-1497
Disclose Notes: Len Wein script credit from House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2019 series) #1.
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The Beast's Revenge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host); John; Margaret
Synopsis: John is impatient with his sister's love of animals, and accidentally kills her when she tries to protect her dog from his anger. John is then attacked and killed by other animals around the farm that his sister had befriended.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #2 published May 2007
as The Beast's Revenge [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: J-1369
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The Secret of Camp Galaxy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Cain (host); Johnny Thornton; Mr. Nairam; Vorkle; Thboothga; Uncle Y'Tram; Zeba; Orgaal; Svardo
Synopsis: Johnny Thornton is chosen to go to a summer camp staffed by aliens from other planets, but his parents believe it's all an elaborate hoax.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Secrets #26 published November 1959
was The Secret of Camp Galaxy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Job Number: J-1526
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Statement of October 1, 1971
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 187,408
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 194,734
Owner: National Periodical Publications, Inc., 909 Third Avenue, N.Y., N.Y. 10022, wholly owned by Kinney National Service, Inc., 10 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y., N.Y. 10020, a publicly-held corporation .
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The Forbidden Wish

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Cain (host); Cal Colby; Helen
Synopsis: Cal Colby finds a Native American talisman that grants him whatever he wishes for, but warns him not to wish for immortality.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #7 published November 1956
was The Forbidden Wish [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: J-1392
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The Lunatic

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host); Aaron Edwards; Peter Edwards
Synopsis: Angry villagers demand that one of two brothers should be killed because he is insane, but which one is it?
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #2 published May 2007
as The Lunatic [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: J-1242
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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-1435
Disclose Notes: 3 gag cartoons.
Small gargoyles land on a kid's sandcastle.
Ladies eating lunch on a terrace are surprised by their neighbor feeding a gargoyle.
A cop pulls over Cain and a gargoyle flies off with his motorcycle.
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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-1532
Disclose Notes: Includes letters from Craig Ledbetter; Countess Mary Day; Jim; Louis Manzato; Matthew Graham.
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A Breath of Black Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Terron; Tatuk
Synopsis: An Egyptian Pharaoh begs the gods to restore his son to life, but is unwilling to pay the price they demand.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #2 published May 2007
as A Breath of Black Death [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Job Number: G-915
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Slogging Through the Swamp on a Murky Evening

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): A Witch's Garden of Curses
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCreature of the Unknown #[nn] published May 1982
as Slogging Through the Swamp on a Murky Evening [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #2 published May 2007
as Slogging through the Swamp on a Murky Evening [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: G-752
Disclose Notes: Adapted from the Robert Frost poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening."

House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2019 series) #1 credits the art to Joe Orlando.

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