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Issue: House of Mystery #257
Publication Date: March 1978
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Issues: #257 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: 12/13/1977
Volume: 28
Pages: 84
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893053004
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #151.
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-610
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Batman and Sable Lady

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman; Robin; Sable Lady [the Mink Marauder]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Cain; Abel; "Killer" Cowan
First Line: 'Twas the night before Christmas...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: J-4978
Disclose Notes: Framing sequence interspersed before, after, and between the stories in this issue.
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The Ebony God

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host); Dr. Harrison
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-3629
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: All right, everybody...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-5030
Disclose Notes: Gag cartoon.
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A Gift from Satan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host); High Sheriff Simon Langton; Satan
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-3798
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To Catch a God!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: J-1356
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: ZA-523; ZA-551; ZA-546
Disclose Notes: Three gag cartoons; signatures are not legible.
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Mirror Madness

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDoomsday Album #11 published December 1978
as Mirror Madness [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-260
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Haunts Upon a Time...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Abel (host)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-4731
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? [as Mal]
Inker(s): ? [as Mal]
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: ZA-49; ZA-6; ZA-650
Disclose Notes: Three gag cartoons.
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The Fastest Draw in the East!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Abel (host)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: J-4868
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: ZA-671; ZA-406; ZA-394
Disclose Notes: Three gag cartoons; signatures are illegible or nonexistent.
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Father to the Beast!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Abel (host)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDoomsday Album #11 published December 1978
as Father to the Beast [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: J-3619
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: L-848
Disclose Notes: Letters submitted by D.B. Webb; M.S. Raucher; Mike White; Larry Herlihy.
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Superman Movie Report 2

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superman
Synopsis: Progress report on the SUPERMAN motion picture (1978).
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes photo of Christopher Reeve as Superman.

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