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Issue: House of Mystery #269
Publication Date: June 1979
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Issues: #269 of 321 Issues (405 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/20/1979
Volume: 29
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893053006
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #166.
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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
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
First Line: Blood on the Grooves!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-950
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Cain (host)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-5522
Disclose Notes: Introductory page.
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Heart of Gold

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Cain (host)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHaunted Tales #36 published August 1979
as Heart of Gold [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: J-5019
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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: Z-436; ZA-711
Disclose Notes: Three one-panel gag cartoons.
"You sure have a way with words, Professor."
"I'm sorry, Mr. Preston just stepped out."
A hand reaches down from above to cork factory smoke stacks.
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Superman Meets the Orbitrons!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credits confirmed from sale of original art at Heritage Auctions (https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/complete-story/curt-swan-and-tex-blaisdell-hostess-twinkies-ad-complete-1-page-story-superman-meets-the-orbitrons-original-art-dc-1974-/a/121848-11181.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Open-ThisAuction-120115).
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Blood on the Grooves

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Cain (host)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: J-5020
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Rope Burn

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Cain (host)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Mystery Album #11 published January 1980
as Rope Burn [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: J-5245
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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: 1
Job Number: L246
Disclose Notes: Letter of comment from reader D. B. Webb.
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Volume 76 [79] Issue 12 - Week of March 19, 1979

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Hawkman; Superman; Two-Face
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: P-312

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