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Issue: House of Mystery #290

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Publication Date: March 1981

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Issues: #290 of 321 Issues (405 Printings)

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Variant: UK Cover Price

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 31

Pages: 36

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UPC/EAN: none

Price: £0.15 GBP

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
8 (4 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Len Wein (editor)

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Format

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

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House of Mystery #290 [Direct Sales]

House of Mystery #290 [Newsstand]

House of Mystery #290 [UK Cover Price]

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Content Items (8 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Character(s): Andrew Bennett

First Line: Beginning: an unforgettable new series...

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Pages: 1

Job Number: C-526

Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): Cain; Abel

First Line: Salutations, shock-seekers...

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Pages: 1

I... Vampire!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Genres: horror

Character(s): Andrew Bennett (introduction); Deborah Dancer; Dmitri Mishkin; Mary Seward (flashback)

Synopsis: Andrew Bennett relates the story of his vampire curse, and how his beloved Mary became Mary, Queen of Blood. He and his present-day allies, Deborah Dancer and Dmitri Mishkin, are attacked by the vampires of Mary's organization, the Cult of the Blood Red Moon.

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Pages: 10

Job Number: J-6489

Notes: Logo design credit from http://kleinletters.com/.

Wonder Woman and the Baron!

Advertisement (Comic Format) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Wonder Woman; the Chocolate Baron

Synopsis: Wonder Woman captures the Chocolate Baron with the help of Hostess Cup Cakes.

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Pages: 1

An Exercise in Fear

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Genres: horror

Character(s): Cain (host)

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Pages: 5.5

Job Number: J-5693

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Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Genres: horror

Character(s): Cain (host)

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Pages: 7

Job Number: J-3297

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Genres: humorous

First Line: So, this is your cousin Fifi...

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Pages: 1

Job Number: J-6452

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Writer(s): ? [as Cain]

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Job Number: L-679

Notes: Letters submitted by Steve Blanks; Alan Naditz; Michael E. Iacca.