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Issue: House of Mystery #279
Publication Date: April 1980
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Issues: #279 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: 01/22/1980
Volume: 30
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893053004
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #176.
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
ORIGINAL COVER ART
Sold for $1,015.75 from Heritage Auction Galleries 2010 November Dallas Signature Comics & Comic Art Auction #7027
Assets2
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Statement of Ownership
 
 
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Every Shroud Has a Silver Lining

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
First Line: Fool! Only a silver bullet can kill a werewolf!
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In Content Item: FlagWeird Mystery Album #11 published January 1980
as Every Shroud Has a Silver Lining [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-279
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: humorous
Character(s): Cain; Abel; Destiny; Mordred; Mildred; Cynthia; Madame Xanadu; Gregory the Gargoyle
First Line: Ah! There you are! We have been expecting you!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-6342
Disclose Notes: Introductory page.
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His Brother's Keeper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host)
Synopsis: A deformed man seeks the black magic spell that will allow him to switch bodies with his handsome brother.
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In Content Item: FlagHaunted Tales #40 published August 1980
as His Brother's Keeper [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-1800
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The Borrower

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wonder Woman; Borrower
Synopsis: The only way Wonder Woman can stop the Borrower long enough to capture him is to set out some Twinkies so he takes a snack break.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Copyright © 1980 Continental Baking Company
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (ZA-689); ? (ZA-653)
Inker(s): ? (ZA-689); ? (ZA-653)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: ZA-689; ZA-691; ZA-653
Disclose Notes: 3 gag cartoons
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10 + 4 + 132 + 95

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: house ad for The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #5 [Year's Best Comics Stories], on sale February 14
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Detective Comics Scores Another First!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: house ad for Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series), the first monthly Dollar Comic from DC
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Trial by Fury!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host)
Synopsis: A witch survives the trial to prove her guilt and kills her accuser.
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In Content Item: FlagWeird Mysteries #44 published January 1980
as Trial by Fury! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: J-5718
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A Legion of Heroes in their World's Finest Adventures!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: house ad for Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #470, on sale January 24; Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1980 series) #262, on sale January 24; and World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #262, on sale January 10
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Every Shroud Has a Silver Lining

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host)
Synopsis: Two werewolf hunters come to the town of Lode, Montana, with differing motives.
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In Content Item: FlagWeird Mystery Album #11 published January 1980
as Every Shroud Has a Silver Lining [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: J-5584
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.75
Job Number: L-451
Disclose Notes: Letters submitted by Alan Naditz; Joe Beardslee; Randy Sparks; "Adiadne - Master and Keeper of Blackwood Manor."
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Statement of October 1, 1979
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 85,569
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 93,672
Owner: DC Comics, Inc., wholly owned by Warner Communications, Inc., a publicly-held company, both at 75 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y., N.Y. 10019
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Volume 80 Issue 4 - Week of January 21, 1980

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

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