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Issue: House of Mystery #254
Publication Date: September 1977
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Issues: #254 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: 06/14/1977
Volume: 26
Pages: 84
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893053010
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #144.
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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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The Curse of the Sea Monkey!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
First Line: Wait... Please come back...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-471
Disclose Notes: 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; Loch Ness Monster
First Line: Glad you could make it back, friends...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Framing sequence interspersed before, after, and between the stories.
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The Night Job

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDoomsday Album #8 published December 1977
as The Night Job [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-3696
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Good for Nothing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDoomsday Album #8 published December 1977
as Good for Nothing [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: J-3926
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: With your aid I shall make short work of yon village...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-4632
Disclose Notes: gag cartoon
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Dead Man's Bride

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDoomsday Album #8 published December 1977
as Dead Man's Bride [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: J-3587
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The Curse of the Sea Monkey!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host); Ivan Bagdonovich
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: J-3289
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Gregory the Gargoyle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Cain; Abel; Paul Kupperberg; Jack C. Harris; Gregory the Gargoyle
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: J-4699
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Skin Game

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDoomsday Album #8 published December 1977
as Skin Game [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: T-150
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: We've done it, Johnson!!!
Synopsis: gag cartoon
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-4741
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Trial by Fire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDoomsday Album #8 published December 1977
as Trial by Fire [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-3466
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Do's and Don'ts for Vampires!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Cain's Fear Facts!
Character(s): Cain (host)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Mysteries #44 published January 1980
as Fear Facts! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Retitled
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-4710
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The Devil's Plague

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDoomsday Album #8 published December 1977
as The Devil's Plague [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShadow of the Batman #5 published April 1986
as The Devil's Plague [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: J-3843
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House of Mystery Puzzle

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Abel (host)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: P-53
Disclose Notes: crossword puzzle
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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: 2
Job Number: L-706
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from readers Roger Klorese, Larry Lisowski, D. B. Webb, and Jeff Kroll.
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Swamp Thing from the Beginning

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

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