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Issue: House of Mystery #253
Publication Date: July 1977
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Issues: #253 of 321 Issues (405 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/12/1977
Volume: 26
Pages: 84
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893053008
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #142.
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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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Beware the Demon Child

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-437
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Birds of a Feather

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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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; Eve; Destiny
First Line: Hello, friends! This is Cain...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: J-4619
Disclose Notes: Framing sequence interspersed before, between, and after the stories.
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Grave Labor!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-1839
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Images of the Dead

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDoomsday Album #8 published December 1977
as Images of the Dead [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: J-3016
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Demon Child

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host); Melissa Stribling; Mr. Dunlop; Mrs. Dunlop
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: J-3460
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Photo Finish

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Abel; Jack Adler; Cain
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: J-4618
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The Face of a God!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Cain (host)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-1255
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-4629
Disclose Notes: Gag cartoon.
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More Than Human

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-3639
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History of Mystery!

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Cain (host)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-4641
Disclose Notes: Gag cartoons.
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A House Is for Haunting

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: J-3494
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Cain (host)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-4615
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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: 2
Job Number: L-666
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from readers D. B. Webb, Mike White, Theresa Jackson, Harris M. Miller II, and Harvey Schwartz.
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The Actor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Destiny (host)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTerror Tales Album #5 published January 1978
as The Actor [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-3655
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Volume 77 Issue 15 - Week of April 11, 1977

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

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