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Issue: House of Mystery #177
Publication Date: November 1968
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Issues: #177 of 321 Issues (405 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/12/1968
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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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Adult Image
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The Curse of the Cat

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #1 published April 2006
as House of Mystery #177 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Son of the Montross Monster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Cain (host - inserted for this reprint, does not appear in original)
Synopsis: The grandson of the creator of the Montross Monster creates another monster so that they will destroy each other and restore the family name.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #130 published January 1963
was The Son of the Montross Monster [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
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Welcome Fellow Tenants!

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Room 13
Character(s): Cain
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #1 published April 2006
as Room 13 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cutout picture to hang on wall.
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Odds and Ends from... Cain's Cellar

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, humorous
Feature(s): Cain's Cellar
Character(s): Cain (guide)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #1 published April 2006
as A Guide to Ghostly Behavior [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #1 published April 2006
as Page 13 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Does Your Hand Have Any of These Lines?

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Page 13
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Joe Orlando script credit from House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2019 series) #1.
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Last Meal

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Stories from Cain's Library
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Witching Hour #16 published August 1971
as Last Meal [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #1 published April 2006
as Last Meal [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Witching Hour #1 published May 2011
as Last Meal [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled as a 'Tales from the Haunted Library' story
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: illustrated text story. Is this a reprint? Charles King was a pseudonym for Ted Udall in the 1940's.
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The Curse of the Cat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Witching Hour #16 published August 1971
as The Curse of the Cat [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantomet #10/1997 published January 1997
as Kattens forbannelse [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #1 published April 2006
as The Curse of the Cat [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Witching Hour #1 published May 2011
as The Curse of the Cat [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #1 published April 2006
as Cain's Game Room [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHorror #68 published ?
as Kains Spielzimmer [Story on Interior Page(s)]Zweite Seite nicht nachgedruckt
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Multiple single panel gags.
A guy on stilts has one stilt on fire.
An airplane crashes into a radar station.
A boxer knocks another fighter's head off.
A fencer shows up wearing a musketeer outfit.
A coffin maker discovers an awakening vampire.
A doomsday sign carrier passes out in the middle of the street.
A blind beggar is distracted by a passing girl and heads for an open manhole.
A target is painted on the back of a man for a firing squad.
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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
Disclose Notes: Letters from: Marion Telesco, Tom Arneson, Robert Betts, Yvonne Ortiz, Jeff Eston, Douglas C. Wasdorf, Mike James.

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