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Issue: House of Mystery #288
Publication Date: January 1981
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Issues: #288 of 321 Issues (405 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Sales
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 31
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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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The Piper at the Gates of Hell!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe House of Mystery #[nn] published January 1981
as The Piper at the Gates of Hell! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-368
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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The Piper at the Gates of Hell

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host); Piper; Simple Joe; Adam Caufield
Synopsis: Adam Caufield rescues Simple Joe from the piper.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe House of Mystery #[nn] published January 1981
as The Piper at the Gates of Hell [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #23 [Direct Sales] published April 1982
as The Piper at the Gates of Hell [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-6841
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Open Season

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host); Reynold Carter; Jim Trask
Synopsis: Jim Trask has returned to take vengeance on the man who shot him and left him for dead.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBeast of Darkness #[nn] published January 1981
as Open Season [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: J-6651
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The Flash Meets the Bureauc-Rat

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash; Bureauc-Rat
Synopsis: The Flash stops the Bureauc-Rat and his Red-Tape gun with a hostess fruit pie.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Blood on the Sand

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Cain (host); Juan De Fiero; Maria Delgado; Roger Gallardo
Synopsis: Juan De Fiero, the bullfighter, fights a demonic bull.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDoomsday Album #19 published August 1981
as Blood On The Sand [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: J-5438
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When the Sea Gives Up Its Dead!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host); Maureen Joyce; Liam Gallagher; Sean O'Feolan
Synopsis: Liam Gallagher get his revenge on the man who killed him.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: J-6598
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Do's and Don'ts of Monsters!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Abel
Synopsis: Humorous Do's and Don'ts for Monsters.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-6675
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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: L-644
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from readers Bob Burros, "The Phantom Monkeywrench," and "The Phantom Stranger".

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