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Issue: House of Mystery #251
Publication Date: March 1977
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Issues: #251 of 321 Issues (405 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/14/1976
Volume: 26
Pages: 84
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893053004
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #138.
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-375
Disclose Notes: Cover art based in part on unpublished earlier version of cover by Jose-Luis Garcia-Lopez and Bernie Wrightson. Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Cain; Abel; Gregory the Gargoyle
First Line: Greetings, fear freaks...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: J-4504
Disclose Notes: Framing sequence interspersed before, after, and between the stories. Credits given in letter column in issue #254
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Return of the Vampire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHaunted Tales #25 published February 1977
as Return of the Vampire [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: J-3640
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Bride of the Pharaoh

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTerror Tales Album #5 published January 1978
as Bride of the Pharaoh [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-3128
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That Dirty Beach

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Aquaman; Slud-Jak
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-4458
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Fear Wore Two Faces!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTerror Tales Album #5 published January 1978
as Fear Wore Two Faces [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-3103
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Diploma

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Cain; Abel; Eve
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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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: 2
Job Number: L-602
Disclose Notes: Letters submitted by Eric Broncke; D.B. Webb; Mike White; Larry Nolletti; Kelly Higgins; Matt Wasserman; O.R. Conant.
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Ghostly Games

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-3570
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The Collector

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Abel (host); Rex Starbuck
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #63 [Direct Sales] published August 1985
as The Collector [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: ZA-329
Disclose Notes: The original breakdowns for this story turned up at Auction. Bluelines by Al Sirois with graphite by Wally Wood as Wood refined the work before producing the full pencils.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Cain; Abel
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-4459
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Tour of the Top Floor of the House of Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Cain; Paul Levitz; Gregory the Gargoyle
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: J-4533
Disclose Notes: Editorial Coordinator Paul Levitz is caricatured.
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Page 60 Maze

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Cain
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Maze created by Bob Rozakis
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A House Is Not a Haunt

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Abel (host)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: T-129
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: And Now... We Interrupt This Comic to Bring You a Word from Your New Publisher...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Harvest of Hate

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Abel (host)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDoomsday Album #7 published August 1977
as Harvest of Hate [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: J-1921
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Lightning
Synopsis: Promo for Black Lightning #1 (April 1977).
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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