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Issue: House of Mystery #267
Publication Date: April 1979
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Issues: #267 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: 01/23/1979
Volume: 29
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893053004
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #164.
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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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Title Page
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Assets2
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Statement of Ownership
 
 
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The Lovely Little Lady with the Sea-Green Tail!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-919
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, humorous
Character(s): Cain
First Line: I don't get out of the house to the big city often, but I figured ol' Cain owed you a visit...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-5447
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
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A Strange Way to Die

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host)
First Line: The vision of her face becomes crystal-clear, as you feared it would, blotting out all that is reality.
Synopsis: A man is led to his death by the ghost of the girl he killed in a car accident.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: J-5197
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The Mouse of History

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host); Paul Jonas; Esmerelda (a mouse); a demon
First Line: If you have ever thought how great it would be if the world followed your script, pay heed to the story of Paul Jonas a lowly research assistant who found a way to make a life follow his game plan.
Synopsis: A mouse escapes from a cage in research assistant Paul Jonas's lab, and leads him to a magic book that can alter the future. He uses the book to his advantage, but the mouse inadvertently causes his death by chewing parts of the pages away, which changes the words written in the book.
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In Content Item: FlagWeird Mystery Album #11 published January 1980
as The Mouse of History [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #5 published May 1980
as The Mouse of History [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: J-5003
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The Golden Treasure

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wonder Woman
Synopsis: Wonder Woman distracts two thieves who are stealing the Golden Treasure of Aphrodite with another golden treasure - Hostess Twinkies!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Copyright © 1979 Continental Baking Company
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The World's Greatest Superheroes

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Wonder Woman
First Line: Follow the Up-to-the-Minute Adventures of Your Favorite Super-Stars
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for the newspaper comic strip The World's Greatest Superheroes (Chicago Tribune/New York Daily News Syndicate).
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Double Dynamite!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: House ad for Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-61 [reprint of Superman #1] and All-New Collectors' Edition (DC, 1978 series) #C-62 [Superman: The Movie magazine].
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The Lovely Little Lady with the Sea-Green Tail!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host); Dr. D. L. Whitley; Sucee; Muv
First Line: Dr. D. L. Whitley was what the scientific community had dubbed, "... a rising star."
Synopsis: A marine biologist finds a mermaid and keeps her captive, but when he tries to lure her mate to add to the exhibit he is eaten by the creature that emerges from the sea.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Mysteries #46 published March 1981
as The Lovely Little Lady with the Sea-Green Tail! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: J-5036
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: And a happy 1979 to all you fear-fans out there!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.75
Job Number: L-227
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from readers Kimberly Arber and Beppe Sabatini.
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Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Statement of October 1, 1978
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 75,650
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 66,747
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 79 Issue 3 - Week of January 22, 1979

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superman; Wonder Woman; Bob Rozakis; Dr. Fate; Wildcat
First Line: Superman & Wonder Woman battle Ice Demons!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: P-303
Disclose Notes: Promo for DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #9 with illustration from cover (by Andru & Giordano) and The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #273. Direct Currents: On sale week of February 5th. Ask the Answer Man! with questions from Chi Nguyen, Jay Taliaterro, Mark Snider, Chris Abell, Mike Margiotta, Leo B. Montgomery Jr., N. A. Thomson, Taco-Clark, and Joel Racine. Fred Hembeck's comic strip with Doctor Fate and Wildcat.

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